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Pincer Grasp: When Can My Baby Pick Up Smaller Pieces of Food? with Rachel Harrington, COTA/L, AC

In this episode we're talking about:

What the pincer grasp is and when babies develop it
Developmental activities you can engage your baby in
Why we wait until babies have their pincer to cut food smaller

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When can I start cutting up my baby’s food into smaller pieces? Your baby needs their pincer grasp to pick up smaller pieces of food to self-feed…and for most babies, they won’t develop this skill until 9 or 10 months of age. In this episode Rachel Harrington, COTA/L, AC shared some insight on how babies develop their pincer grasp and what you can do to help along the way.

SUMMARY OF EPISODE

In this episode we’re talking about:

What the pincer grasp is and when babies develop it
Developmental activities you can engage your baby in
Why we wait until babies have their pincer to cut food smaller

ABOUT THE GUEST

Rachel Harrington is a pediatric occupational therapy assistant and mom of 3
She is passionate about sensory integration, primitive reflexes and early intervention.
Rachel hosts the All Things Sensory podcast & runs the Instagram @thesensoryproject208

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Follow Rachel on Instagram @thesensoryproject208
All Things Sensory podcast https://harkla.co/blogs/podcast
Rachel’s Primitive Reflexes course

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