What to feed your little one as their eating skills grow
From first tastes to confident self-feeding, discover how food can help build skills and curiosity.
Sponsored by Little Bellies.
Starting solids does more than fill tiny tummies. It’s the beginning of a learning journey, as little ones discover new tastes, textures, shapes and smell while developing the skills they need to eat more independently.
As children grow, so do their feeding skills. What works for a six-month-old exploring first foods won’t necessarily suit a toddler learning to feed themselves. Knowing what to offer at each age and stage can help build skills, confidence and curiousity around food.
First tastes
Around six months, once developmentally ready, babies can begin exploring new tastes and textures. As their skills develop, offering appropriately textured foods and soft finger foods can help them practise grasping, holding and bringing food to their mouth.
It’s less about how much they eat and more about becoming familiar with the experience of eating.
From first bites to independent eaters
As babies become toddlers, their growing coordination brings more independence. This is where the characteristics of food can create different opportunities for exploration.
Shapes that are easy for little hands to hold can encourage self-feeding, while different textures offer new experiences as chewing skills develop. A mix of familiar and new flavours can help children discover their preferences too.
Choosing the right snacks
The latest additions to the Little Bellies range are organic snacks designed for babies and toddlers at different ages and stages of their feeding journey.
Organic Mini Pick-Up Sticks
New flavours and smaller format inspired by one of Little Bellies’ most loved early stage snacks, created for little ones from 7+ months as they begin exploring self-feeding.
Organic Cheddar Cheese Softcorn
A new savoury flavour in the popular Softcorn range, with an easy to hold shape and texture made for toddlers 12+ months building confidence with independent eating.
Organic Nibblers
Little Bellies’ latest innovation in the freeze-dried category and a new take on toddler snacking. Combining puffed organic corn stars with real freeze-dried fruit and made for toddlers 12+ months, Nibblers bring together different shapes, textures and flavours for curious little eaters to explore.
Organic Strawberry & Apple Jammies
A wholesome, new fruit-filled biscuit for toddlers 12+ months, bringing another playful shape, texture and flavour to the growing Little Bellies toddler range.
The new Little Bellies snacks are available at Coles and Woolworths.
Sponsored by Little Bellies.
