Gabriel is doing very well with eating solids. He is eating twice a day, and in his morning meals I mix some rice cereal with fruit to thicken it up a bit. So, I got to thinking about the next phase in his eating evolution: finger foods. At BabyCenter, they suggest several kinds of finger foods to start with such as pieces of bread or bagel, carrots pieces (cooked through), pasta, banana pieces, or very ripe mangos or pears.
Only, to me, most of these food don't make sense for a baby that just has two front teeth. There is just so much a person can gum. Even I have to make sure I chew a bagel good enough, and I have all my teeth! They do say that babies have to master the "pincer grasp", a major milestone in motor development, before you want to start finger foods (Gabe hasn't reached this). Personally, I would add that I think babies should have a few molars in to help grind that food up.
So to those that have kids, when did you start finger foods? I've decided to forgo them for now. We'll see what happens in the next couple of months, maybe more teeth will come in.
2 comments:
You and I have discussed this Nise. Not now. His coordination has to get better and he does need some teeth contrary to what the EXPERTS say.
I agree with you on the bagel! Too chewy. I think we started with ripe banana once he could pick it up himself but my memory is so bad right now... lol Probably says on the blog somewhere if I go back far enough....
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