Fast fact
Babies who eat purée for too long may struggle to pronounce words properly.
The puréed, smooth baby food your baby has been learning to eat won’t interest him for long. Besides mushy food being boring, it’s also important developmentally that he learns to eat more textured, lumpier foods. Rough food means he has to chew and – even though he doesn’t have any teeth yet – get those muscles ready for “real” food. All those