Topic Category: Ped Chap5
Feeding: 12 Months Through Early Childhood
The rate of weight gain for toddlers starts a long plateau between approximately 9-12 months of age. The infant’s BMI continues to decrease from its…
Feeding: 8-9 Months
Older infants gain new oral-motor skills. They have more mature chewing movements and are now able to close their mouth fully and move…
Feeding: 6-7 Months
By 6-7 months, infants are usually being offered solid foods, i.e., soft, pureed foods, three times a day at breakfast, lunch and…
Feeding: 4-6 Months
At 4 months of age, babies continue to gain efficiency with feeding, with the volume per feeding continuing to increase (on average,…
Feeding: 2 Months
At 2 months, infants are following their in-utero programming for weight gain and usually gaining weight well. This is a rapid time…
Feeding: Newborn
Establishing breast-feeding or bottle-feeding with adequate weight gain is the key goal of the early newborn period. Initially, parents often worry about…