Sentences with phrase «manipulate foods in their mouths»

For babies with a sensitive gag reflex, it may be best to wait to offer purees with a chunkier consistency until after baby is comfortable with finger foods and can successfully manipulate food in their mouth.

As they begin to learn how to manipulate food in their mouth that is not liquid, you may notice they will thrust their tongues out of their mouth frequently and might lose a lot of the food you just fed them.

This is another reason positioning in that semi-reclined high chair is helpful; this will help babies be successful with eating while learning to correctly manipulate foods in their mouths.

Although this is commonly confused with choking, it is actually the normal protective mechanism, preventing choking while a baby learns to manipulate food in his mouth with his tongue, to chew and swallow.