Tray Top Reach

Activity

Place new and safe foods within reach on baby's tray so she 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

7–9 Months

Explores and examines an object using both hands and mouth

7–9 Months

Starts to look and reach for objects, such as food, that is nearby

7–9 Months

Related Abilities

Uses both hands equally to play with toys (7-9 months)

Is able to latch on while nursing or bottle feeding (7-9 months)

Is able to transition from milk or formula to infant cereal

Popular Resources

Areas of Development

Baby Milestones App

Activities for Baby

Tummy Timer

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