Time for finger foods!

He's been occasionally eating vegetable Baby Mum Mums for the past month, but since they disintegrate once in the mouth I haven't counted them as serious finger food. I noticed he was making chewing motions with his jaws when eating mashes, so with my pediatricians okay, I started him on soft carrot dices. And amazingly there was none of the usual gagging, sour faces or spitting out! :D I'm thinking of maybe swapping his fruit purees and mashes for boiled fruit pieces now. Due to a family history of celiac/gluten intolerance, his Dr. recommended I wait until he's a year before trying grains. He seems o.k. with just fruits, veggies and a few bites of ground animal proteins a day.