As a responsible parent - no, really - I sent G on a baby first aid course this week with particular instructions to ask about choking. Interestingly she came back with the following information...
1) As long as the baby is still coughing, he is not choking. Coughing shows that he is still able to take air into his lungs and is doing all the right things to dislodge whatever it is.
2) If he appears unable to take a breath that is when he is choking. (With The Boy there has been lots of coughing so far but no choking and most of my fellow blw'ers have reported the same thing.) This link has good info on what to do if a baby is actually choking
3) If he is coughing don't pat baby on the back - this could be harmful as he is doing everything he needs to to dislodge the item and patting may actually distract him and could cause it to fall further in.
Kind of reassuring that actual medical professionals seem to support what we were doing anyway which was just letting him get on with it!
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