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Reasons why letting your little one make a mess is so important: ✨ 👉🏻Babies learn through touch. 👉🏻Babies naturally crave autonomy. 👉🏻Grasping and coordination skills developed. Decreasing sensitivities to tastes and textures start with the hands. ✅ ✨Studies have shown that babies who are able to explore the food with their hands without limitation are more receptive to consuming that food later on. ✨Babies who are allowed to play with their food will be less likely to develop texture aversions. ✨Allowing them to have autonomy by self-feeding with their hands helps them learn self-control and trust their body. ✨When babies are allowed to learn how to feed themselves they are able to control how much they are going to put in their mouth without pressure from caregiver. ✨Self-feeding helps the child be confident in their unique abilities and trust their hunger cues. Grasping and picking up foods help develop fine motor skills. ✅ ✨Allowing them to play with food helps them learn how to use their fingers and hands for complex movements. ✨By scooping food with their whole hand, by developing the pincer grasp, and by practicing using utensils, babies are training their muscles and learning valuable coordination skills. Research posted in comments. #babyledwean #babyledweaning #babyfood #babyfoods #toddlernutrition #infantnutritionist #blwmeal #blwfoods

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SAVE and SHARE this These are some of my favorite snack swaps for babies and kids. Most of these snack upgrades contain more whole food ingredients, lower amounts of added sugar, and lower amounts of sodium. As always, I like to focus on Whole Foods in their natural state making up the majority of our kiddos intake and having nutrient dense snack options for quick options. Some of these snack swaps are more expensive alternatives, if you can’t afford - don’t stress it. Make sure to offer nutrient dense whole foods whenever possible! Reminder, some of these snacks may be for kids with more advanced feeding skills so always monitor your child to ensure they can safely consume the food. More snack options can be found in my snack e-book. #babysnacks #toddlersnacks #babydietitian #pediatricdietitian #toddlerfood #fyp #viral