Get ready! Your child is old enough now to begin a food adventure. Before the age of one, certain foods were off limits (like cow’s milk). Now, he can enjoy most food as long as it does not pose a choking hazard.

This is the time to gradually introduce new foods. 

This new food adventure includes whole-fat dairy. Here are some whole-fat dairy ideas to get you started. 

• Whole-fat milk
• Whole-fat yogurt
• Cheese (shredded, small slices)
• Whole-fat milk smoothies
• Whole-fat cottage cheese

Tip

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Looking Ahead
The food adventure will continue in your child’s life long after the age of two. He will continue to develop a healthy eating pattern with your help. Before his second birthday, keep whole-fat dairy in his daily menu. Your child should begin moving from whole to low-fat dairy foods at the age of two as recommended. Until then, his growing brain needs the extra fat.

Recommendation

We recommend the lesson Feeding Your Infant Solid Foods which focuses on baby’s first foods and how to tell when your baby is ready to begin solid foods. The lesson, Feeding Your 1-Year-Old focuses on 12 to 24-month-olds, finger foods, and self-feeding.