Nutrition
Decrease FontIncrease FontPrintPrint

​Healthy eating for infants, toddlers and preschoolers

Breastfeeding gives your baby the best start for optimal growth and is recommended to two years and beyond.  At around six months of age, your baby will be ready to start solid foods. 

How you feed your baby and young child is just as important as what you feed them. Start family meals early, role model healthy eating, and support your child as they learn to eat and accept new foods. 

Visit HealthlinkBC, Healthy Eating for Infants and Toddlers for information on:

  • Breast and formula feeding
  • Baby's first foods
  • Feeding your toddler
  • Allergy and food safety information

Handouts are available in up to eight languages. On-line nutrition assessment tools are also available for toddlers and preschoolers.  

Additional Resources:

Community Partners

Dietitian counselling services

Call 8-1-1 to:

  • Reach Dietitian Services at HealthLinkBC about feeding your baby or young child: a food allergy expert is available

 

We recognize and acknowledge that we are collectively gathered on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the seven Interior Region First Nations, where we live, learn, collaborate and work together. This region is also home to 15 Chartered Métis Communities. It is with humility that we continue to strengthen our relationships with First Nation, Métis, and Inuit peoples across the Interior.

Interior Health is committed to the elimination of racism and to Cultural Safety and Humility in our facilities and the communities we serve. Read the Statement on Racism, from the Interior Health Board of Directors.
MoH     PCQO