1. Tell what infants can digest the first 4-6 months of life.
2. Give your baby healthy foods or milk/formula every day (record in a journal or calendar).
3. Demonstrate holding a baby correctly when bottle or breast-feeding.
4. Demonstrate burping a baby.
5. Tell at what age to wean a baby from the bottle or nursing.
6. Tell when a baby can drink cow’s milk.
7. Explain why infants need solids.
8. Tell at what age infants can eat first foods (e.g. rice cereal).
9. Describe the signs of food allergies and digestive problems.
10. Describe how to introduce foods to a baby.
11. Tell at what age babies feed themselves.

Activities:

Be Prepared    Bottles Up    Starting Solid Foods    Eating Like a Person

Breastfeeding: Something Special for Mother and Baby    p. 1-24    Foods    Weaning from the Breast    Study Questions    Guide, Suggested Learning Activities

PAYA    Module 5, Physical and Health Care    Module 5, Introducing Solid Foods    Module 5, Appearance and Common Behaviors

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn    Breastfeeding and Formula Feeding

What to Expect    Infant, Feeding Your Baby    Infant, Bottle Feeding    Infant, Breast Feeding    Infant, Your Newborn Baby, Feeding Your Baby    Infant, Burping    Infant, Cow Milk    Infant, Weaning    Infant, Feeding    Infant, Cup    Infant, Finger Foods    Infant, Self Feeding    Infant, Nutrition    Infant, Best-Odds Recipes

You and Your New Baby    Guide, Class IV, Feeding Your Baby    Guide, Breast is Best    Guide, Making Formula    Feeding Your Baby

Web Resource    Parent’s Magazine    Parent Soup    The American Academy of Pediatrics    The Parent Center/Baby Center