Manu opens his mouth for food but he keeps all in his mouth and won't swallow, sometimes for like half hour.It is very frustrating for me.Please suggest me what I can do to make him swallow food. ck replied. May be he doesn't like what you feed or he may not be hungry. Try different foods, different tastes, consistancies. My daughter likes foods that she can bite and eat, if I make it pastelike she would stop eating. Try bite size boiled veggies, etc. It is a trial and error type only, all babies r different, same trick will not work for all babies. Shikha replied. Hi Nav,

Its a common story and all kids. Rahul used to do this so tried a trick of getting him involved in talking and keep say \";num - num\"; or \";chew and swallow\";.. used to keep him busy in talking and activities while having his food so that with other body parts he starts moving his jaws... this kind worked with him but not with Muskan...

ufff she smarter than him I just have to think something else for her. In the meanwhile you may try what I did with Rahul and if I get to any new thing i will definitely keep you posted.

Take care and all the best.

Shikha G replied. Try giving him little water with spoon while feeding him food. It works for me when my son is real stubborn about swallowing!!