As babies grow older, they need foods of varied tastes and textures.
Textured foods are good for babies as they get a little older and begin to develop teeth.
Teething is an important stage in your child's development. Chewing is an acquired skill - if children do not have the opportunity to learn how to chew, they may have trouble accepting all but pureed foods later on. Between seven and nine months is the usual time to switch to chunkier baby foods. If you are preparing your own chunkier baby foods, remember to follow the same guidelines for making baby foods described for preparing beginner foods. The foods do not need to be strained but the chunks should not be too large and hard to present difficulty in chewing and swallowing.