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Feeding Infants 6-12 months old

Feeding Infants 6-12 months old. What are the hunger and satiety cues for infants this age?. • Hunger cues Excitedly moves arms and legs Moves head toward food Reaches toward food Opens mouth when food is seen Crying • Satiety cues Sealing lips Turning head away Spitting out food

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Feeding Infants 6-12 months old

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  1. Feeding Infants 6-12 months old

  2. What are the hunger and satiety cues for infants this age? •Hunger cues • Excitedly moves arms and legs • Moves head toward food • Reaches toward food • Opens mouth when food is seen • Crying • •Satiety cues • Sealing lips • Turning head away • Spitting out food • Becoming distracted

  3. When is an infant ready for solid foods? • • Starting around 6 months old •Infants are ready for solid foods when • They can sit up and hold head unsupported • They can take food from a spoon an swallow it • They can turn head away to refuse food

  4. What characterizes feedings for infants 6-9 months old? • Up-and-down jaw movements and side-to-side tongue movements •Can eat pureed and lumpy foods •Can hold a bottle to self-feed and grasp food with fingers •4-5 feedings per day; 2-3 solid food offerings

  5. What characterizes feedings for infants 10-12 months old? • Hand and mouth muscle control to manage a lidded cup and pick up finger-foods •Can eat ground and bite-sized foods •May have teeth •4-5 feedings per day; 3-4 solid food offerings

  6. What foods should not be offered to infants 6-12 months old? •Cow’s milk • •Foods that pose a choking hazard, e.g. • Popcorn • Candy • Raw fruits and vegetables

  7. How should you feed an infant 6-12 months old? •Sit face-to-face at eye-level •Offer a small amount of food in each spoonful •Wait for the child to open their mouth before putting the spoon in; wait for the child to swallow before offering another spoonful •Make eye contact and speak encouragingly •Be responsive to nonverbal cues

  8. What actions contribute to a negative feeding experience? •Force-feeding •Feeding from behind •Feeding from above •Rapid-feeding

  9. Activity: Spoon-feeding Scenarios

  10. How can negative feeding experiences affect infants? •These negative early feeding experiences put infants at risk for • Choking (aspiration)  Pneumonia • Under-eating  Malnutrition • Over-eating  Vomitting • Insecure attachment

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