The same food can be softer another day
A carrot they refused as a stick may be easier cooked soft. You are changing the texture, not the food.
Softer is the safer direction
The app keeps the age in mind when it tells you how to serve it. At home, softer is the safer direction when chewing is still new.
This page will not give the cutting steps. Cook it until it squashes, and sit with them.
Same name
Call it carrot again, even if it looks different. They are learning one food, not a new mystery.
Keep the familiar food beside it so the softer version is an addition, not the only thing on the plate.
Hard shapes
Hard raw carrot is easy to choke on. Leave the stick off the plate for a toddler still learning to chew.
If you are unsure a texture is right, leave it off and ask your child’s doctor.
A sentence you can say
“Same carrot, cooked soft.”