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Every Milestone has Meaning

Milestones are important when it comes to feeding, as your child's needs change with every developmental stage. Select the Milestone Symbol™ below that reflects your child’s current stage of development to receive customized feeding guidelines, menus and nutrition advice tailored to your child's individual readiness cues and motor skills.

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Pregnancy

  • 1st Trimester
  • 2nd Trimester
  • 3rd Trimester
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Every Milestone has Meaning

Milestones are important when it comes to feeding, as your child's needs change with every developmental stage. Select the Milestone Symbol™ below that reflects your child’s current stage of development to receive customized feeding guidelines, menus and nutrition advice tailored to your child's individual readiness cues and motor skills.

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Birth

  • Makes crawling-type motions with her legs
  • Enjoys bold colors as vision continues to develop
  • Smiles, frowns and grimaces
  • Reaches for you when she wants attention
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Every Milestone has Meaning

Milestones are important when it comes to feeding, as your child's needs change with every developmental stage. Select the Milestone Symbol™ below that reflects your child’s current stage of development to receive customized feeding guidelines, menus and nutrition advice tailored to your child's individual readiness cues and motor skills.

Select a Milestone

Crawler

  • Crawls with stomach off the floor
  • May pull self up to stand
  • Begins to self-feed with fingers
  • Begins to use jaw to mash food

Supported Sitter

  • Sits with help or support
  • On tummy, pushes up on arms with straight elbows
  • Moves pureed food forward and backward in mouth with tongue to swallow

Sitter

  • Sits independently
  • Picks up and holds small objects in hands
  • Reaches for food or spoon when hungry
  • Uses upper lip to help clear food off of spoon
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Every Milestone has Meaning

Milestones are important when it comes to feeding, as your child's needs change with every developmental stage. Select the Milestone Symbol™ below that reflects your child’s current stage of development to receive customized feeding guidelines, menus and nutrition advice tailored to your child's individual readiness cues and motor skills.

Select a Milestone

Crawler

  • Crawls with stomach off the floor
  • May pull self up to stand
  • Begins to self-feed with fingers
  • Begins to use jaw to mash food

Toddler

  • Stands alone and begins to walk alone
  • Feeds self easily with fingers
  • Begins to use fork and spoon
  • Bites through a variety of textures
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Every Milestone has Meaning

Milestones are important when it comes to feeding, as your child's needs change with every developmental stage. Select the Milestone Symbol™ below that reflects your child’s current stage of development to receive customized feeding guidelines, menus and nutrition advice tailored to your child's individual readiness cues and motor skills.

Select a Milestone

Preschooler

  • Runs well without falling
  • Sits in a booster seat or child seat at family meals
  • Chews more skillfully and efficiently
  • Mastering use of spoon and fork
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Choosing the right formula

Choosing the right formula

Breastmilk is the ideal source of nutrition and protection during your baby’s first year of life. Naturally gentle on your baby’s tummy, breastmilk contains the perfect balance of nutrients—including protein, carbohydrates, and fat—to help her grow and develop. Breastmilk also helps protect your baby by providing antibodies and fostering a natural protective environment in the digestive system.

If you decide to supplement or use formula exclusively, talk with your physician about your formula choices.

Milk-based formula is made from cow’s milk protein, with added carbohydrates, fat, vitamins, and minerals. NESTLÉ® GOOD START® milk-based formulas provide complete nutrition and are specially designed to support your baby’s healthy growth and development while being gentle on her digestive system. Ingredients in GOOD START milk-based formulas are:

COMFORT PROTEINS®
We start with 100% whey proteins, the highest-quality protein available in infant formula. Then we break it down into smaller pieces that are easy to digest in your baby’s developing tummy.

DHA & ARA
Many GOOD START formulas have DHA & ARA, two key nutrients found naturally in breastmilk. Studies have shown that DHA & ARA may play important roles in babies’ brain and eye development.

Beneficial Cultures
NESTLÉ® GOOD START® NATURAL CULTURES™ is the only brand of infant formula with the added protection of beneficial cultures like those naturally promoted by breastmilk. These cultures help support a healthy immune system in many ways, including increasing babies’ levels of key antibodies. GOOD START NATURAL CULTURES formula also contains COMFORT PROTEINS and the nutrients DHA & ARA.

While all infant formula sold in the United States provides complete nutrition, only GOOD START formula offers beneficial cultures and COMFORT PROTEINS.

More about COMFORT PROTEINS.

Talk with your pediatrician about switching infant formulas.

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NESTLÉ<sup>®</sup> GOOD START<sup>®</sup> NATURAL CULTURES™ Formula

NESTLÉ® GOOD START® NATURAL CULTURES™ Formula

Contains BIFIDUS BL™—beneficial cultures like those found in breastmilk to help support your baby’s healthy immune system.

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