Sweetpea77, I believe the current advice re gagging is to let the baby/child/adult get on with it and not smack them on the back or stick your fingers down their throat which could push the offending item further down. I can understand that you have had a distressing experience but flaming on a blog will not change that and feeding purees will not prevent gagging. Presumably at some point you intend for your child to eat non-pureed food? The mother I know who has the most gaggy baby followed Annabel Karmel to the letter and still encountered gagging once lumpy foods were introduced at the AK recommended time (actually slightly later since her daughter is a preemie). I would recommend that you avoid raw apple which is a particularly gag-inducing food (as Aitch said above) until your daughter can hold and manipulate an entire apple. Try giving her a soft fruit like nectarine, mango, papaya, melon, you'll have far fewer problems. And good luck with weaning whichever method you use. This BLW blog and forum is a lovely friendly and inclusive environment and no-one is so hardcore to suggest that puree feeding is a bad way to wean a child. We all have to do what we feel is right for our child. LB2K from the forum.