I'm having trouble with my 12 month old eating table food. he spits everything out. he will eat smushed and purred food. but nothing with texture. i've tried everything. please help me. he needs to chew and eat. any ideas?

Food introductions: Find foods and textures that he likes, re introduce foods several times and if the growth and swallowing mechanism is normal, follow closely.

That's quite young: Many 12 month-olds don't like foods with coarser, firmer, harder, or stickier textures. It's fine to have mashed up foods until they grow comfortable with foods that need chewing or are harder to swallow. Each child is different. Parents can offer a variety of foods (that's important) but mashing everything up is ok. Normal kids explore foods at their own pace, and should be fine beyond 18 months.