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Tray Top Reach

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Place new and safe foods within reach on Baby's tray so they can begin to reach and explore.

Helps expose baby to new foods and reaching skills.

Related Milestones

Picks up small objects with thumbs and fingers

6–9 Months

Explores and examines an object using both hands and mouth

6–9 Months

Experiments with the amount of force needed to pick up different objects

6–9 Months

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Is generally happy when not hungry or tired (6-9 months)

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