After 30 days on pureed foods, how do I transition to a regularly textured diet?
After 30 days on a pureed diet, you may slowly transition to a regularly textured diet. To do this: • Try new foods slowly and one at a time. Try only one new food every day. • Try soft foods first like eggs, cottage cheese, ground meat, well-steamed vegetables, and tender fish. If tolerated, and over the course of several weeks, work your way to cooked whole meats, toast, raw fruits and vegetables. • When trying a new food, chew the first bite well, until it is almost liquid in your mouth. • Wait 10 minutes after the first bite to see how your body will tolerate it. • If no pain, nausea, or vomiting, continue to the next bite. • Continue to chew the food well through the entire serving. • If you do experience unpleasant side effects, stop eating and try the food again in one week using the same procedure. Take as many days or weeks to transition to solid food as needed.
