Feeding Skills

1-2 Months

Move food from a spoon to the back of the mouth

3-4 Months

Accept complementary foods quite quickly and with variety
Open mouth for food
Move head towards spoon with mouth open while watching food

5-6 Months

Move food from side to side of the mouth
Taste preferences rapidly learned and easily accepts new foods
Cope with pureed and mashed food

7-9 Months

Eat Pureed table food
Eat Soft mashed table food
Eat Baby foods
Eat Meltable hard solids (like cookies and bagel)
Try to feed from spoon without spilling especially eight months
Show clear interest in feeding self
Point to food

10-12 Months

Accept soft texture (muffins, pastas, thin deli meats in small rectangles
Accept mixed texture, French fries, spaghetti
Accept soft cubes (avocado, overcooked squash, kiwi, boiled potatoes

13-23 Months

Eat Different textures
Eat Soft table foods in appropriate sizes and shapes
Eat Hard texture (cheerios, thin pretzel sticks, crackers
Recognize food by sight, smell and taste
Close the lips to clear the spoon
Say the word for food they want

2-3 Years

Use spoon and fork
Accept green veggies
Ask for and eat desserts/sweets
Eat raw veggies, but may refuse salads

3-4 Years

Like food to be separated on plate
Have fewer demands and will accept available food

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