My son is EXACTLY the same! Yesterday we were at Yorktown Mall. We got Kenny a hot dog and I cut it up into small pieces. Anyway (may get a little gross here),my husband gave him a piece of cookie it did not realize that is was a little to big for him. Well he did not chew it very well and he started choking and eventually threw everything up! That is when (here comes the gross part!)I noticed that he did not chew ANY of the hot dog pieces! NOT ANY ONE OF THE ONES I SAW!!! He has all of his teeth, and I tell him to chew, chew, chew. I show him and he imitates me all the time! I want him to be independent in his feeding (he is 20 mos old), but when he starts shoveling the food in, I have to take it from him!
So, J., you are not the only one experiencing this!
Good Luck to you!
P.S. I wanted to say that we did not just sit there and watch my son choke! The way I put it above sounds like we sat there and did nothing! I needed to clear that up!!