Additional Resources
To read more about ages and stages:
General:
http://www.med.umich.edu/yourchild/topics/devmile.htm
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/Pages/default.aspx
Healthy Portions for Preschoolers
http://articles.extension.org/pages/66145/healthy-portions-for-preschoolers
Feeding through development:
Infants and Toddlers:
Feeding Guidelines for Infants and Young Toddlers: A Responsive Parenting Approach
Toddlers:
Below are a series of information pages. You will note there is overlap amongst the ages. This is because children progress at different rates. Observation of the child will help determine which stage is appropriate. This resource may help you determine that:
http://ellynsatterinstitute.org/fmf/fmf095.php
11-36 months: http://ellynsatterinstitute.org/htf/11to36months.php
“Let her eat her way - fingers or utensils, fast or slow, much or little, 1 or 2 foods.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoUMNCqDNuk
1-2 years: https://brightfutures.org/nutritionfamfact/pdf/ColorEng/EC12color.pdf
Preschool:
http://ellynsatterinstitute.org/htf/3to5years.php
Bright Futures by Georgetown University has printable handouts found at http://www.brightfutures.org/nutritionfamfact/pdf/ColorEng/EC34color.pdf
“Be family-friendly in your meal-planning, not by catering to your child, but by putting together meals that allow everyone to be successful.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC4OqdZElX8
“Sit down and eat with him, don't just feed him. Be good company.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_0WE0uGWkc
Youth:
http://ellynsatterinstitute.org/htf/5to12years.php
5-7 years: https://brightfutures.org/nutritionfamfact/pdf/ColorEng/MC57color.pdf
8-10 years: http://www.brightfutures.org/nutritionfamfact/pdf/ColorEng/MC811color.pdf