12 months is a big transition time. Your baby is one. What? So if you're wondering what changes

with nutrition and feeding right around their first birthday, we're going to cover it today.

I'm Casey Barnes. I'm a registered dietitian nutritionist, and I'm the dietitian for all things.

Toddler, this is my specialty. I've worked with hundreds of families with toddlers. I've studied

toddler development, and I have a three and six year old, so you know, I've been through it myself.

And just in case you're wondering, when they turn one, yes, they are officially classified as a toddler.

So you only get those first 12 months with your baby and then they're into toddlerhood.

I am going to chat today about what we're doing at 12 months, what looks different, and

right around this phase in time.

This is Feeding Toddlers Made Easy, and you can call into the podcast voicemail anytime to

ask your question for a chance for me to answer it on a future episode.

You can get all those details at the show notes. And before

we hop in, make sure to hit subscribe on the podcast so we can hang out next week too. Melissa called in

for this week's question. Let's hear it. Hi, my name's Melissa Ferguson. My son, Titus, just turned one last week, and I was curious how necessary is food before one and right after one?

My son is pretty much a grazer and doesn't really eat a whole lot.

He's interested in food, but he doesn't actually swallow much. Is this

normal for 12 months? We're just curious. Thanks. How necessary are solids at this age? Right before

one, and once they turn one, we're going to talk about that. Then I'll talk about what a typical

day would look like right around 12 months and

the months thereafter. So incorporating solids with three meals a day really is your goal when

they are 12 months old. Many of you will be doing three meals before they turn one. But if you

haven't yet, now is the time. At 12 months, again, they are officially a toddler,

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