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I watched that a lot with my siblings. The biggest thing I remember was people freaking out at the different foods they were given them because they were “choking hazards” and the wrong size pieces which was probably true for most babies. But me and my siblings rarely choked on anything so it wasn’t an issue for us.

Here is a story of one thin my parents did while raising us kids that, people thought was nuts; but actually benefited us kids in the long run.
My parents gave each of us kids our own knife by the age of 5. Granted the pocket knife had a blade 1” lond and we could only use it with supervision, until they trusted us with it. But we each had our own knife. We all learned basic knife knowledge and safety at that age, and when we accidentally cut ourselves it wasn’t bad, nothing a band-aid couldn’t fix. So by the time we 7-8 we all knew how not to cut ourselves, and were pretty handy with it. My dad’s theory was; teach them when they aren’t strong enough to really hurt themselves, and when they are strong enough to really cause damage, they won’t really get hurt because they already respect the knife for the sharp tool it is.’ Besides the few laps of judgment, and accidents we rarely cut ourselves. And we do it far less often, and less severely, than people that never got the chance until they were older. I have only gotten stitches once from cutting myself and that was because the pan slipped while cutting banana bread at age 14, and 3 stiches is nothing. My sisters have never needed stitches yet. My brother has needed stitches quite a few times, however he makes knifes, so that kinda goes with the territory, (like if you ride horses you will fall off eventually). So despite everyone fear for us horribly injuring ourselves we are all fine.

Everyone raise their children differently, which is the parents right. Even if grandma, grandpa, friends, neighbors, and strangers throw a fit.

Thank you guys! I'm doing my best but they are my firsts. All I want is the best for them