 0-1 months
- Suckle on nipple
- Nose breathing
- Presence of rooting reflex
- Incomplete lip closure
2 months
- Suckling pattern
- Mouth opens in anticipation of feeding
- Improved lip closure
3 months
- Continue feedings via nipple
- Orientation to midline
- Liquids only
4 months
- Voluntary control of mouth
- Pursing of lips
5 months
- Liquids and purees
- Sucking pattern used with spoon
- Gagging with new textures
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6 months
- Lip closure increased
- Gag reflex reduced
- Rooting reflex disappears
- Teething
7-9 months
- Lower lip used to stabilize cup drinking
- Mouth closure around top of cup
- Drooling with teething
10-12 months
- Independent finger feeding
- Increased cup drinking as weaned from nipple
- Removes food from spoon using lips
13-18 months
- Consumes all textures
- Can drink using straw
19-24 months
- Primarily self-feeding
- Swallows with lip closure
- Rotary chewing predominate
24-36 months
- Completely self-feeding
- Uses fork independently
- Holds cup with one hand
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