Serving food to babies
This may be a silly question but why do 9 month olds need food cutting up into smaller pieces compared to younger babies?
Is it purely because young babies need bigger bits to be able to hold?
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It’s for them to practice their pincer grasp, a fine motor skill that develops around nine months.
You’ve basically answered your own question there😂
At 6mths they don’t understand the basics of chewing so it’s for them to learn grasping and different flavours/textures. Plus less of a choking hazard.
Also to add the don't *need* it cut smaller just that it can IF they have developed their pincer grip.
I'm sorry but I would not give a 6 month old a whole chicken leg! This cycle just seems inaccurate to me.
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Pretty much yeah