For anyone involved in feeding little ones — whether that’s a parent, caregiver, family member, or friend — timely guidance can make it easier to navigate the ups and downs of each child’s feeding journey.

Clinicians can play an important role in providing families with credible education on feeding development but often lack the resources to do so.

That’s why the Dr. Yum Project, in collaboration with the Partnership for a Healthier America and a multidisciplinary team of child experts, teamed up to create free patient education handouts for clinicians with stage-by-stage anticipatory guidance on feeding development during pregnancy and from 0-15 months of age.

These Raising Adventurous Eaters with First Foods guides include proactive tips and practical activities to boost feeding development and build healthy habits at every stage of a child’s feeding journey

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Make sure to let your patients know about our BABY FOOD TOOLKIT which has all of these handouts, recipes, a list of our favorite products and a FREE video course on starting solids. 

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This guide includes tips to help parents and caregivers understand how food choices can support a healthy pregnancy and impact the short and long-term health of themselves and their child.

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 This guide explains the responsive feeding model and provides families with guidance on how to boost developmental skills that will be helpful when their child starts eating solid foods at around the 6 month mark.

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While breast milk and/or iron-fortified formula are still the main food in a baby’s diet, it is almost time to introduce new flavors and textures. This guide highlights the signs of readiness to begin solid foods.

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This guide provides information for families on how to safely introduce babies to a variety of new tastes and textures.This guide now includes the safe feeding guide with the  high allergen food exposure chart.

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These tips to help make food introduction even more safe for your baby including  information on the top 9 food allergens, safe textures, and more. This guide is now included in the at the end of the 6-9 month guide. 

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This guide provides tips for families on how to offer a wide variety of textures and flavor combinations by enjoying modified family meals and building self feeding skills.

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Starting around one year, children may be less hungry and not as interested in foods they once liked. This guide offers toddler feeding tips to create a positive mealtime environment for the whole family.

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Download the full set of Raising Adventurous Eaters materials in English or Spanish. Let your patients know all of the handouts are available in the Baby  Food Toolkit on doctoryum.org, with recipes, videos and more!

Bonus Feeding Handouts

 

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Dr. Yum’s No Cavity Club handout help families with guidance on how to take care of a baby’s new teeth. The 6 month visit is the recommended time to share this handout.

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Give families practical guidance on what nutritious foods they can feed their brand new eater, besides store bought toddler foods which are often not that nutritious.