Infant Nutrition

A summary of what and how to feed infants and young children with additional recommendations for communicating and disseminating feeding recommendations.

This University of Illinois Extension website provides expert information to put you at ease when feeding your baby.

 This website brings together existing information and practical strategies on feeding healthy foods and drinks to infants and toddlers, from birth to 24 months of age. Parents and caregivers can explore these pages to find nutrition information to help give their children a healthy start in life.

Find information on feeding and nutrition support for infants below, including clinical protocols and guidelines. Please also see these pages for specific infant resources:

• Breastfeeding Infants
• Guidelines for Feeding Healthy Infants, birth to 1 year
• Bottle Feeding/Infant Formulas
• Complementary Feeding/Baby Foods

Find a selection of tools and resources for learning about or teaching parents about infant nutrition. Also available in Spanish.

Find recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV and strategies for counseling mothers with HIV.

Find evidence-based, global recommendations that address issues related to the management of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children.

Provides information on a well-balanced vegetarian diet that supports the normal growth and development of infants.

Provides an overview of topics related to infant nutrition and feeding and answers some common questions on feeding infants.

Find infant feeding guidelines for topics such as hypoglycemia, supplementation, hypotonia, jaundice, allergic proctocolitis, and more. Available in multiple languages.