At the age of
eight to ten months old, your baby is going to be eating more pureed food aside
from the usual breast milk but he is also at the stage where he can start
making the transition from eating puree to eating ‘chunks’. Chunky food or
finger food introduces new textures to your baby and is their first real step
towards, adult food.
It is ideal
to introduce finger food at this stage because your baby is beginning to
develop teeth and the ability to chew as well as the ability to grasp food in
their hands. He’ll not only start to learn how to chew, he’ll also be working
on his motor skills! But what exactly qualifies as good finger food for your
baby?
·
Finger food can be eaten even with just gums (not all babies have teeth
at this stage)
·
Finger food should be in soft, mashable bits
·
Finger food should always be fed to the baby while he or she is sitting
upright to avoid choking
Does this
mean that you can completely shift to finger food and ditch purees when your
baby reaches eight to ten months old? The answer is no, you can’t really take
purees completely off the table yet but your baby will be able to start
sampling soft-cooked finger food.
Don’t worry, pretty soon they’ll be eating
finger food version of what your family regularly eats and those thin fruit or vegetable
purees will be a thing of the past.
This is an excerpt from the book: Homemade Healthy Baby Food Recipes and Cookbook
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