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Feeding Behaviors and Other Motor Development in Healthy Children (2–24 Months)

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Feeding Behaviors and Other Motor Development in Healthy Children (2–24 Months)

Betty Ruth Carruth, Jean D. Skinner · 2002 · Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Children
About 100 children
Where
Not given in the summary we read
Ages
2 months to 2 years
How
Mothers were interviewed at home as their child grew
What it found
Babies first used their fingers to rake food towards themselves at about 9 months on average, and fed themselves soft foods with their fingers at about 13½ months.
Limits
We have only read the summary. Mostly well-off families.

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