Feeding

Related Basics

What is feeding?

What should I watch for?

How do you know when baby is ready for the next stage of feeding?

Related Milestones

Latches onto nipple or bottle

Tongue moves forward and back to suck

Drinks 2 oz. to 6 oz. of liquid per feeding, 6 times per day

Related Activities

Gentle Strokes

Keep a Diary

Massage Feeding

Related Abilities

Is able to use utensils to pick up pieces of food

Is able to take appropriate bites of food, does not always stuff mouth (4-6 years)

Is able to take appropriate bites of food, does not always stuff mouth (2-3 years)

Related Warning Signs

Unable to latch on while nursing or bottle feeding (0 at 3 months)

Loses a lot of breast milk or formula out of side of mouth while feeding

Does not hold own bottle during feeding