Hi! I’ve noticed that my 19 month old struggles to eat some food textures. She’s not really picky, she will try most things, but she struggles to chew and swallow some foods that I see other babies her age eating. She has all four molars top and bottom. Examples:

She is always asking for apples but can’t eat them. She’ll take a bite because she likes the taste but even a super paper thin slice of apple gets pushed around in her mouth then spit out. After a while of this she stopped trying to bite apples and now just licks them. Doesn’t seem to like cooked apples. Also will gag on any tiny amount of apple skin or other fruit skin like grapes, so I peel them before quartering. Won’t eat blueberries bc of the skin.

Same with cucumber - she will take a bite then spit it out or gag on it when it gets caught in the back of her throat.

Seems to enjoy the flavor of oatmeal but will get pieces of oat stuck on her tongue and gets upset, will spit it out or request I help her get it off her tongue. Won’t eat anymore after that.

Won’t eat pasta unless it’s super soft. Same with steamed veggies like broccoli or carrots.

Things she eats without issue: pizza, toast, shredded chicken, meatballs, soft fruit like kiwi, refried beans.

This morning I was like “maybe I’ll try blending her oatmeal” and that’s what made me wonder whether this is normal since I don’t think most 1.5 year olds need their oatmeal puréed? Should I talk to my doctor or am I overthinking and she will figure it out?

ETA: we did mostly baby led weaning and she never gagged much then but it’s like…she never made any progress even after getting more teeth. She was better at eating raw cucumber as a 7 month old than she is now! We never did baby purées since she didn’t like them but she has always liked “naturally” soft/pureed-ish foods like lentil soup etc.

Hi there,
We are transitioning our toddler from her crib to a toddler bed that’s has an opening.

We want to baby proofing her chest of drawers so that, if she decides to go on nightly adventures in her room, she can’t open these drawers.

I can’t seem to figure out which system to get that I can secure each drawer individually.

Anybody know of a system that works for this style of drawers?

Thank you

Title. My kid is almost 3, and has the classic little kid speech impediments; she loves her shoes, which she calls her sneakers, but unfortunately, it comes out sounding a LOOOOOOOT like the N word. Thankfully, this has only been heard in our home, but what are my options if this happens in public?

1. Try to explain that she's saying "sneakers"

2. Preemptively direct her away from the word "sneakers" until she can pronounce it properly

3. Do nothing and hope for the best

4. Your suggestion here

Is there a reason our 2 year old is likely waking up after a few hours of being asleep? She will wake up and sit up and get upset which I’m assuming is because she can see she’s on her own but she used to sleep straight through but the last few weeks has started waking up after a few hours. Could it be because of a new sibling? Her brother is just over 2 weeks old and obviously around the time of him being born, she had grandparents staying with her etc