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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.

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

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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Tell Us What You Think!

What do other moms think about pregnancy and baby care? Tell us what you think and see how your opinions compare! You can only answer each poll question once. Press "Vote" once you've made your selection and you will automatically see the poll results to date.

 

For Pregnancy:

 

Question 1

How far along were you when you announced your pregnancy to family and friends?




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Question 2

What is the symptom you’ve felt most in your pregnancy?





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Question 3

Do you want to know the sex of your baby before the delivery date?



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For Birth:

 

Question 1

How much money did you spend on baby items before your little one arrived?



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Question 2

Did you deliver via cesarean section?


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Question 3

Have you made time to spend with friends since Baby was born?



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Question 4

What advice would you give to other moms of newborns?




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Question 5

How often do you take photos of Baby?




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Question 6

Is your baby sleeping through the night?


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Question 7

How many hours a night does your baby sleep at a stretch?



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Question 8

Do you plan to return to work outside of the home?



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Question 9

If you (will) work, who cares (will care) for your baby?





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For Supported Sitter:

 

Question 1

How has Baby changed most since the newborn days?



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Question 2

Does your baby use a pacifier or suck her thumb?



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For Sitter:

 

Question 1

Do you read to your baby?



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Question 2

What is your baby’s favorite comfort object?





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Question 3

Is your baby starting to feed herself?


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Question 4

When do you plan to baby-proof your house?





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For Crawler:

 

Question 1

What is child's favorite type of snack?