| There can be nothing more exciting than seeing your | | | | spears, whole green beans, sweet potato slices and |
| cute little child eating his own food and getting a feel of | | | | many others. You can also try wide variety of finger |
| accomplishment. But as far as self feeding is | | | | food recipes which you can easily get either through |
| concerned the capabilities and the mind of the baby is | | | | internet or through various books and your kid will |
| not always in synchronization. Though baby is | | | | definitely love them. |
| determined to feed herself but do not have the | | | | After this initial stage of finger food you can slowly |
| capability to grasp food or have it through spoon. | | | | and gradually move towards spoon feeding. At this |
| During the early stages of self feeding baby when the | | | | stage of time give a spoon to your child while you |
| child is around eight to nine months you can introduce | | | | feed with the other. The spoon for children use load of |
| him to baby finger food. | | | | sticky food so that the baby learns to self food. During |
| This type of baby food should always have soft | | | | this time it is always better to give homemade baby |
| texture so that it can be easily gummed by your child. | | | | food to your child as it is nutritious and healthy. Various |
| The baby finger food which can be served raw | | | | baby food recipes for these types of food are also |
| include avocado, banana, puffed rice cereal, O shaped | | | | available. Be patient while your baby is learning to self |
| cereal, semi hard cheese and others. | | | | feed. Do not try to make the process to hard and too |
| Many other types of food may also require cooking in | | | | fast. Just enjoy each and every moment while your |
| order to make them soft enough for gumming. These | | | | baby is self feeding. |
| foods may include pear slices, apple slices, broccoli | | | | |