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Baby's First Finger Foods
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New Resources for Nutrition Educators
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pictured including fruits, vegetables, crackers, cereals, eggs, breads, meats, and tofu. The back of the card also lists common choking hazards to avoid, as well as 3 good tips for determining how much food to serve to the baby. This would be a great resource for those offering nutrition education to parents and caregivers of babies ready to make the transition to finger foods, such as staff members of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children clinics or physicians' offices.
Baby’s First Finger Foods. 2015. Learning ZoneXpress, PO Box 1022, 667 East Vine St, Owatonna, MN 55080. Handout, $11.95/100. The card features recommendations for development milestones that indicate baby is ready for finger foods, suggestions for safe and healthy food choices, as well as tips for portion sizes.—Learning ZoneXpress For first-time parents and caregivers, the first year of a child's life can be a challenging time. Making the transition from baby food to solid foods is one developmental stage that can be especially confusing. This resource is a 2-sided card that provides great information about making the transition of moving babies toward feeding themselves. The front of the card features 2 sections. The first, When Is My Baby Ready for Finger Foods? provides a list of signs parents and caregivers can look for to determine whether their
baby is ready for finger foods. The second, What Foods Can Baby Eat? gives examples of what types of foods the baby can eat, as well as 8 eye-catching colorful photos of actual foods chopped up. A photo of a baby's hand next to the food photos gives great perspective on how small the pieces offered should be. The back of the card features 10 additional colorful photos of foods chopped up or diced. A diversity of foods is
Tanya O'Connor, MS, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, 4300 Cherry Creek Dr S, Denver, CO 80246 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2015.09.006
Cite this article as O'Connor T. Baby's First Finger Foods [New Resources for Nutrition Educators]. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2016;48:231.e1.
Inclusion of any material in this section does not imply endorsement by the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. Evaluative comments contained in the reviews reflect the views of the authors. Review abstracts are either prepared by the reviewer or extracted from the product literature. Prices quoted are those provided by the publishers at the time materials were submitted. They may not be current when the review is published. Reviewers receive a complimentary copy of the resource as part of the review process. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2016;48:231.e1 Ó2016 Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. Published by Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
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New Resources for Nutrition Educators
HANDOUT
pictured including fruits, vegetables, crackers, cereals, eggs, breads, meats, and tofu. The back of the card also lists common choking hazards to avoid, as well as 3 good tips for determining how much food to serve to the baby. This would be a great resource for those offering nutrition education to parents and caregivers of babies ready to make the transition to finger foods, such as staff members of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children clinics or physicians' offices.
Baby’s First Finger Foods. 2015. Learning ZoneXpress, PO Box 1022, 667 East Vine St, Owatonna, MN 55080. Handout, $11.95/100. The card features recommendations for development milestones that indicate baby is ready for finger foods, suggestions for safe and healthy food choices, as well as tips for portion sizes.—Learning ZoneXpress For first-time parents and caregivers, the first year of a child's life can be a challenging time. Making the transition from baby food to solid foods is one developmental stage that can be especially confusing. This resource is a 2-sided card that provides great information about making the transition of moving babies toward feeding themselves. The front of the card features 2 sections. The first, When Is My Baby Ready for Finger Foods? provides a list of signs parents and caregivers can look for to determine whether their
baby is ready for finger foods. The second, What Foods Can Baby Eat? gives examples of what types of foods the baby can eat, as well as 8 eye-catching colorful photos of actual foods chopped up. A photo of a baby's hand next to the food photos gives great perspective on how small the pieces offered should be. The back of the card features 10 additional colorful photos of foods chopped up or diced. A diversity of foods is
Tanya O'Connor, MS, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, 4300 Cherry Creek Dr S, Denver, CO 80246 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2015.09.006
Cite this article as O'Connor T. Baby's First Finger Foods [New Resources for Nutrition Educators]. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2016;48:231.e1.
Inclusion of any material in this section does not imply endorsement by the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. Evaluative comments contained in the reviews reflect the views of the authors. Review abstracts are either prepared by the reviewer or extracted from the product literature. Prices quoted are those provided by the publishers at the time materials were submitted. They may not be current when the review is published. Reviewers receive a complimentary copy of the resource as part of the review process. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2016;48:231.e1 Ó2016 Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. Published by Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Volume 48, Number 3, 2016
231.e1