how to make my 2 years old daughter learn chewing her food?

my 2 years old daughter doesn't chew her food, every thing she eats has to be in paste form or else she vomits it out,though she tries chewing some finger foods but not all that she eats. need help..
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I think it's partly a 2 year old thing. My two older kids wouldn't chew their food, they'd just stick whatever it was in and swallow. The one that would scare me is fruit snacks. I did show them how Daddy and I chew up and swallow food, but I didn't make too big of an issue out of it. I just made sure to cut up their food pretty small and not give them things with sharp edges. For the first little bit they would start chewing and them spit it out (usually into my hand, gross)... then they got the idea and chew it and swallow it. You might want to see if she has a texture issue. I have a friend whose son wouldn't eat anything but breast milk until he was two because he couldn't stand the texture. Pay attention to what kinds of things she's willing to eat and see if there's a similarity.
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I find it strange that a 2 year old doesn't know to chew. Does he eat cut up fruits or cooked veggies? My son was eating foods before 1.
Answered 12/19/11
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My daughter is almost 3. She won&#39;t chew anything at all. We have to mash all her food. It is really strange and frustrating. We have tried every trick possible. We even set an hour a day to dedicate to training her to chew. But no change yet. We&#39;ve gotten lots of advice. We decided to just wait another year and start the training again. Closest thing I&#39;ve heard about her condition is that she has a reflex problem with her inner tongue. Hence she can&#39;t move and control the food when it&#39;s in her inner mouth close to the throat and she may easily push it down the wrong pipe. That&#39;s quite scary. We don&#39;t know what to do but just to wait.
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Answered 2/24/15
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