They are so convenient — but experts say they can be a gateway to bad eating habits.
By Rachel Cernansky
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“Feeding is truly a developmental process, just like learning to crawl, walk, run. We would never do anything to keep a child from crawling,” Ms. Potock said. “Let’s not do anything that would stall them in the development of eating.”