I'm sure I won't be much help, but in my experience you really can't force them... I have a kid that when I have her take a bite, the minute it hits her tongue she sticks her tongue out and lets the food fall out of her mouth, but what can I do? I can't force her to swallow or shove it back in. They can control their tongues and swallowing, you can't make them, IMO.

I have a different small problem, sometimes the kids (mostly my DS) will eat a bunch of food and then when he's to full to swallow but it's still delish! (today, sauteed green beans with real bacon, sweet potato, and organic carrot, SO GOOD!) he starts to squirrel it away in his cheeks! He's too full to swallow, but it's so good wants to have more or hold on to it!

After awhile when he's walking around with a food wad in his mouth and he seems to have forgotten it's even there (or meat that he can't totally chew up) i just have to prompt him to spit it into a napkin.

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