Feeding Developmental Milestones

Typical Feeding Development feeding milestones

0-6 Months feeding developmental milestones

Breast or Bottle Exclusively

 Eagerly accepts breast or bottle

 Nurses or finishes bottle in 30 minutes or less

 Easy breathing and coordinated sucking

4-6 Months baby feeding milestones

Cereal, Purees

 Gets excited to eat

 Anticipates and follows spoon by opening mouth wide

 Spoon is placed easily in the mouth

 Swallows without grimace, gag or loss of food

6-9 Months infant feeding milestones

Textured Purees, Dissolvable Solids

 Moves food side to side to mash soft textures

 Shows interest and eagerly accepts all textures

 “Chews” using back gums or teeth

9-12 Months feeding milestones

Beginning Cup Drinking, Finger Foods

 Tongue moves food from side to side during chewing

 Completely chews foods without difficulty

 Drinks from open cup without coughing

12-18 Months feeding milestones asha​

Cup Drinking, Mostly of Table Food

 Swallows food or liquid without coughing

 Bites through solids, moves to the side to chew

 Self-feeds and easily chews a large variety of foods

18 Months Feeding Developmental Milestones

Variety of Table Foods

 Has discontinued baby foods and bottle.

 Competent self-feeder of a wide variety of table foods

 Chews table food completely Feeding Developmental Milestones

24 Months

Most Table Foods

 Eagerly accepts new foods

 Eats food from all food groups24 Months Most Table Foods

 Eagerly accepts new foods

 Eats food from all food groups

• Chokes or coughs during eating

• Gags or vomits

•  Congestion with eating

•  Fussing and irritability

•  Feeding refusals

•  Disruptive feeding behaviors

•  Difficulty transitioning to purees

•  Inability to chew table foods by 12 months

•  Holds food or spits out food

•  Accepts less than 20 foods

•  Does not chew foods completely

•  Refuses a food group

•  Dependence on puree or bottle after 12 months

• Feeding Developmental Milestones