Feeding

Question 1

Sucks or suckles from bottle/breast with some liquid lost

Answer 1

0-1 month

Question 2

Able to use 20 or more sucks from breast/bottle with suck/swallow/breath rhythm
Brings teether to mouth using hands

Answer 2

3 months

Question 3

Suckling/sucking from help cup
Recognizes spoon and readies mouth 
Can swallow thicker pureed foods
Mouths and gums solids
Holds bottle with both hands

Answer 3

6 months

Question 4

Tongue lateralization begins when food placed on side of mouth

Answer 4

7 months

Question 5

Can handle ground/junior foods, mashed table foods

Answer 5

8 - 9 months

Question 6

Can take consecutive sips from open cup
Uses vertical (primarily) and rotary (emerging) chew
Tongue lateralizes with ease
Begins to transfer solids from center of tongue to side of mouth

Answer 6

9 months

Question 7

Upper lip actively removes food from spoon

Answer 7

7 - 10 months

Question 8

Eats chopped table foods including easy to chew meats
Takes liquids primarily from cup
Bites through soft cookie
Transfers food from center to sides easily

Answer 8

1 years old

Question 9

Uses fingers to feed self

Answer 9

1 years old

Question 10

Drinks from straw

Answer 10

7 months - 1 year 3 months

Question 11

Diagonal rotary jaw movement well coordinated

Answer 11

1 year 3 months

Question 12

Eats crunchy textures including some raw vegetables and cookies
Lips closed when eating

Answer 12

1 year 6 months

Question 13

No liquid loss when cup removed from lips
No food lost when chewing
Bites through food or varying thickness
Transfers food from one side of mouth to other without pausing in middle
Eats wide variety of table foods but still can choke

Answer 13

2 years

Question 14

Adult oral motor patterns fully established

Answer 14

5 years