Research supports the idea that gross motor (head control and sitting) and
oral motor readiness (mouth coordination) for eating coincides with intestinal and immunological readiness.
Not exact matches
They state that though crawling generally develops between 6 and 10 months of age, it is not a true milestone and has little to do with
oral -
motor development, and thus may be misleading if used to designate finger - food
readiness.
Developmental
Readiness of Normal Full Term Infants to Progress From Exclusive Breastfeeding to the Introduction of Complementary Foods: Reviews of the Relevant Literature Concerning Infant Immunologic, Gastrointestinal,
Oral Motor and Maternal Reproductive and Lactational Development
They state that though crawling generally develops between 6 and 10 months of age, it is not a true milestone and has little to do with
oral -
motor development, and thus may be misleading if used to designate finger - food
readiness.