It might be time to put down the cutlery and let kids get messy as research suggests spoon-fed babies are more likely to ...

Babies want to feed themselves. It sometimes feels as if parents spend more time trying to stop them than encouraging them. Over the last few years, however, some people have begun to ask if we ...

Babies that feed themselves have no increased risk of choking, study suggests. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 12 / 171207094943.htm ...

I remember the first time my daughter discovered her hand. The look of amazement on her face was priceless. It wasn’t long before she was putting that discovery to use, trying to put everything ...

Skip the spoon-fed puree and let babies go straight to finger foods, a new study suggests. Babies who learn to feed themselves early on may develop healthier eating habits and be less likely to ...

Feeding peanut butter to babies — starting during infancy and continuing until age 5 — has shown to be effective in reducing allergies into adolescence, according to a new study.

Babies go through a lot of changes in the first 6 months. When your child experiences physical and psychological changes, they may need extra nutrition. That can lead to cluster feeding.

While spoon-feeding has long been a traditional approach to introducing solid foods to babies, a new study suggests an alternative method that may offer greater benefits for growth and development.