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Every Milestone has Meaning

Milestones are important when it comes to feeding, as your child's needs change with every developmental stage. Select the Milestone Symbol™ below that reflects your child’s current stage of development to receive customized feeding guidelines, menus and nutrition advice tailored to your child's individual readiness cues and motor skills.

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Pregnancy

  • 1st Trimester
  • 2nd Trimester
  • 3rd Trimester
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Every Milestone has Meaning

Milestones are important when it comes to feeding, as your child's needs change with every developmental stage. Select the Milestone Symbol™ below that reflects your child’s current stage of development to receive customized feeding guidelines, menus and nutrition advice tailored to your child's individual readiness cues and motor skills.

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Birth

  • Makes crawling-type motions with her legs
  • Enjoys bold colors as vision continues to develop
  • Smiles, frowns and grimaces
  • Reaches for you when she wants attention
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Every Milestone has Meaning

Milestones are important when it comes to feeding, as your child's needs change with every developmental stage. Select the Milestone Symbol™ below that reflects your child’s current stage of development to receive customized feeding guidelines, menus and nutrition advice tailored to your child's individual readiness cues and motor skills.

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Crawler

  • Crawls with stomach off the floor
  • May pull self up to stand
  • Begins to self-feed with fingers
  • Begins to use jaw to mash food

Supported Sitter

  • Sits with help or support
  • On tummy, pushes up on arms with straight elbows
  • Moves pureed food forward and backward in mouth with tongue to swallow

Sitter

  • Sits independently
  • Picks up and holds small objects in hands
  • Reaches for food or spoon when hungry
  • Uses upper lip to help clear food off of spoon
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Every Milestone has Meaning

Milestones are important when it comes to feeding, as your child's needs change with every developmental stage. Select the Milestone Symbol™ below that reflects your child’s current stage of development to receive customized feeding guidelines, menus and nutrition advice tailored to your child's individual readiness cues and motor skills.

Select a Milestone

Crawler

  • Crawls with stomach off the floor
  • May pull self up to stand
  • Begins to self-feed with fingers
  • Begins to use jaw to mash food

Toddler

  • Stands alone and begins to walk alone
  • Feeds self easily with fingers
  • Begins to use fork and spoon
  • Bites through a variety of textures
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Every Milestone has Meaning

Milestones are important when it comes to feeding, as your child's needs change with every developmental stage. Select the Milestone Symbol™ below that reflects your child’s current stage of development to receive customized feeding guidelines, menus and nutrition advice tailored to your child's individual readiness cues and motor skills.

Select a Milestone

Preschooler

  • Runs well without falling
  • Sits in a booster seat or child seat at family meals
  • Chews more skillfully and efficiently
  • Mastering use of spoon and fork
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START HEALTHY, STAY HEALTHY™

We don’t have to tell you that the choices you’re facing as a mom can be complicated. That’s why we created an innovative new approach to simplifying the feeding decisions you make for your child—the Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Resource Center.

Introduction

An introduction to all of the Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Resource Center information and tools to help simplify the feeding decisions you make for your child.
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Nutrition 101

The need-to-know basics about nutrients, including proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals and how they work together to form a healthy diet.
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Nutrition Guides and Menus

Our Nutrition Guides include nutrition and feeding guidance tailored to your child’s developmental stage as well as suggested menus and information on common nutrition needs and gaps—all at your fingertips!

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Print out the Nutrition Guide for easy nutritional reference specific to your child's stage of development.

START HEALTHY, STAY HEALTHY™ Guides and Menus

Birth+ Nutrition Guide: Birth+Birth+ Menus
Supported Sitter Nutrition Guide: Supported SitterSupported Sitter Menus
Sitter Nutrition Guide: SitterSitter Menus
Crawler Nutrition Guide: CrawlerCrawler Menus
Toddler Nutrition Guide: ToddlerToddler Menus
Preschooler Nutrition Guide: PreschoolerPreschooler Menus