It is linked to most parents who are looking to figure out the right time for him to feed himself. There isn’t a specific time to teach him how to hold a spoon or eat his baby food. A baby can learn to feed himself at the age of 6-8 months old.
He can learn how to feed himself from a loaded spoon and using a straw to drink water or juices. A majority of the parents tend to delay this process, and he takes time to learn how to feed himself. However, many parents should allow their child to feed himself from a young age due to the following reasons:
To learn how to eat
It inclines a majority of the babies towards their meals and eateries, and they relish it thoroughly. A recent study shows that there is a relation between eating and sensory experiences, and it enables them to become acquainted with different textures, types of smell, and tastes.
If a baby is using his sensory experience to feed himself, it can help him grow his teeth faster and digest food better.
It allows them to become independent
While a baby is growing up, it usually craves independence to learn how to crawl, walk, and stand up. If he is not given space, he loses his motivation and prolongs his learning process.
However, if you give him a spoon and a bowl of cereal at the tender age of six months, you are motivating him to become independent.
It improves their coordination skills
When a baby is born, it has a total number of 300 bones, and they reduce the number of bones to 206 bones with the passage of time.
Reduction in a bone structure can drastically improve the coordination skills of your baby, so you should motivate him to feed itself which will enhance his coordination skills.
It enables to become aware of them
The reason that many pediatricians emphasize on letting your child feed him at a tender age of six months; he will learn to locate his arms, to hold a spoon, to put it back, and to control his bodily movements. He also learns how to hold a cup, and he learns how to balance it by the time he is twelve months old.
These skills take time to develop, which is why it’s recommended to teach them how to feed themselves at a tender young age.
It also helps them to train their sensory processing and motor systems which proves crucial in the brains development.
It helps them to develop their oral motor
Development of oral motor in a child plays a crucial role in his overall development. When a parent feeds their baby, they deposit the bite in its mouth. It is a straightforward process, and it does not influence their oral motor to any extent.
When you encourage your baby to pick up the spoon, scoop out the baby puree, and feed himself, he learns how to deposit it into his mouth through trial and errors, and how to open and close his mouth, and how to wipe off cereal from his chins.
This activity constitutes towards the development of its oral motor.
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