Babies need to be on a 80% insect diet.....with fruit flavored baby food mixed with the gecko diet (50/50 mix) once a week for optimal growth. If you are using a loose substrate it is essential that you feed your gecko from a bowl so that the crickets do not escape and your gecko won't ingest any loose bits of substrate. Personally I used paper towels and it works just fine. I doubt you'll be able to get a baby to feed from your hand so a shallow dish for the baby food/gecko diet is necessary. Don't forget to mix in calcium/vitamin supplements 1-2 times a week.