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Hi, My 3 yr old twin boys were giving me a tough time with their meals. They absolutely refused to bite and chew into their food and I had to feed them everything in mashed form - even idlis and steamed carrots. But after they started going to playschool, they see other kids having snacks and started asking for it by name. I bought small packs of most of the stuff and tried one at a time, esp after they got back school and were real hungry. It took a while for me to persuade them to bite and take a taste. But finally they' ve learnt to bite their snacks.

Likewise, I made their food increasingly thick and of a consistency where there just cannot swallow, but have to keep it in their mouth. After a while, they realised there' s no other way, but to chew....

Hope this helps all moms who are having a tough time getting their young ones to bite and chew into their morsel of food. Good luck !!! ranjana replied. Hi Twin Mom,

I am facing the same problem with my 16m son.He doesnt want to chew his food at all.So all his food including fruits have to be mashed or pureed.In case i put a piece of fruit or roti or anything else in his mouth he just spits it out and keeps doing it with every morsel.So it' s war time for both of us till i finally give up.

I am really very upset with all this.Can u please suggest something.

Thanks in advance.

Ranjana Jaya replied. Hi Twin mom

Thanks for your wishes. Iw ill try with carrot and beans sticks initially.

Jaya replied. Hi Twin mom. I have already seen ur posts here regarding the chewing problem. Finally u have succeeded in doing ur sons to eat well. My son also having same problem.Thanks for sharing ur experience. Let us know more how u started initially and how their reaction was and what needs to be taken care and what kind of foods u gave them initially etc. By sharing this good news u are helping lot of frustrated moms.

Again thanks a lot.