Steamed broccoli and baby sweet potatos were DS's first food and are still his favourites. I always steam boil them for 10 minutes to make them soft enough for DS to eat (but not too soft so that he breaks it before putting into his mouth). DS never eats the stalk of broccoli....he always spits it out after eating all the flowers because it is not soft enough.
If you are still worried...this WAS my rule of thumb when I first started BLW (actually someone in this forum has mentioned this before) if you can use your tongue to mash the food (you are going to offer to your baby) in your mouth (without using your teeth), then the texture of the food is probably safe for your baby too.
Don't panic - your lo may sense your feeling and become nervous too. You may search previous posts (and refer to the blog too) to know more about the differences between gagging and choking. Even your lo can't "process" a piece of food, she may just gag and spit it out. Real choking is very rare if you follow the golden rules of BLW - e.g. sitting upright, don't force food into your lo's mouth, avoid hard round food like nuts and grapes, etc.
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