Pincer Grip continued

Grandpa wanted some photographic evidence of the pincer grip. I managed to get a couple of pics at lunchtime today, it's difficult because Mia swipes the food so quickly. It's very clever though because it means that she is now developmentally ready to eat smaller food and she is certainly interested in it, she is much less interested in the larger pieces of food now.


Here's some info about the pincer grip that i found online:
Using the thumb and forefinger to pick up things like peas or Cheerios — a.k.a. the pincer grasp — is a tiny, yet mighty, movement. For early childhood experts, the pincer grasp marks a momentous developmental milestone, showing that a baby's brain, muscles, and nervous system are becoming highly synchronized and capable of increasingly sophisticated coordination.

"The pincer grasp will eventually allow a child to button a shirt, use a pencil, play the violin," says Tanya Remer Altmann, M.D., a clinical instructor in pediatrics at UCLA. "But [even] when it first emerges, typically between 8 and 12 months, it opens up a whole new world for a baby to explore." With thumb and forefinger working together, blocks can be stacked, not just whacked; bits of food can be picked up and eaten without help; and (the bad news) coins can be pried off the floor and swallowed." http://wondertime.go.com/learning/article/get-a-grip-pincer-grasp.html