Developing this skill can help babies strengthen the small muscles in their hands and get them to learn how to produce movement, hold and manipulate objects, and eventually use them in their daily life.
Practicing different pincer grasp activities for babies can be an excellent way to do this, but before diving right into that, here’s a bit more you should know about it all.
A pincer grasp is a grasp that uses the pads of the fingers or the fingertips to hold a tiny object. It is basically when the index finger and thumb are used together like pincers or pinchers.
It still remains unclear whether pincers are a gross or fine motor skill though since some say that pincers have qualities of both gross and fine motor skills.
Palmar grasp is actually one of the earlier stages of development of the pincer grasp. It involves bringing the fingers inwards towards the palms, letting the fingers curl around the object.
Also known as the inferior pincer grasp, crude pincer grasp is the term used to define the grasp made using the pads of the fingers, instead of the tips. This is usually observed in babies around 7 months of age.