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Once your baby realizes just how useful his little fingers and hands are, he’ll start to reach out and grab just about anything he can. And as your child's awareness of the world — and all the objects and people in it — grows, his interest in touching and holding them will, too.| What to Expect
If your baby is ready to graduate from spoon-feeding — or you're trying a baby-led weaning approach — it’s time to introduce a new utensil to the high chair: baby’s fingers.| What to Expect
Go, baby, go! Crawling is an intermediate step between sitting and walking, and there are almost as many different ways for a baby to learn to crawl as there are babies.| What to Expect