Infants

• Healthy at Home: A Toolkit for Supporting Families Impacted by COVID-19  
  ReadyRosie has developed a free toolkit to support families with information and resources for supporting the children in their care. The content will be available through the summer. We invite educators to explore ReadyRosie’s complete family engagement platform to help CACFP institutions and facilities partner with families.  

• COVID Disaster Relief Sample Menu - INFANT 

• Grab and Go CACFP Meals for Infants Birth - 5 Months 

• Grab and Go CACFP Meals for Infants 6 - 11 Months 

• Questions and answers - Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Breastfeeding 

Please see infant related forms on our CACFP Forms page.

• Infant Meal Pattern 

• Sample Infant Menu – 4 weeks  

• Infant 5- Day Menu Planning Tool (2 meals, 1 snack) 

• Infant 7- Day Menu planning Tool (2 meals, 1 snack) 

• Feeding Infants in the CACFP – Team Nutrition Guide / Alimentación para Bebés  
  This guide helps childcare providers understand the CACFP meal pattern requirements for infants. It includes best practices for feeding babies to support their growth and development. Use this guide to understand what to feed babies and how to offer meals that are reimbursable in the CACFP. (FI_FullGuide_2021.pdf) 

• Crediting Store-Bought Combination Baby Foods /  Acreditación de alimentos combinados para bebés comprados en la tienda 
  Combination baby foods include a mixture of two or more meal components, such as meat and vegetables. Under certain circumstances, these foods may be counted toward a reimbursable infant meal or snack in the CACFP. Institutions or facilities must have the baby food packaging, a Product Formulation Statement, or other form of documentation to show how the food is credited toward the CACFP infant meal pattern. 

• Feeding Infants Using Ounce Equivalents for Grains / Usando onzas equivalentes para granos 

• Healthier Cereal Choices for use in CACFP 

• Breastfed Babies Welcome Here Kit / Bebés Lactados son Bienvenidos Aquí 

Team Nutrition Feeding Infants Trainer’s Guide / Guía del Instructor  

The CACFP Trainer’s Tools: Feeding Infants kit was developed from the Feeding Infants in the CACFP guide to assist trainers in conducting training on the CACFP infant meal pattern.  

Communication Tools for Child Care Providers: 

• Feeding Babies in Their First Year / La alimentación de un bebé durante su primer año 

• Keeping Solid Foods Safe / Mantener la comida sólida segura 

• Hand Washing / Lavado de manos 

• Making Foods Safer for Baby / Haga la comida para bebés más segura 

Communication Tools for Parents:   

• Is Your Baby Ready for Solid Foods? / ¿Está listo su bebé para comer alimentos sólidos? 

• Breastfeeding? Tell Us About Your Breastfed Baby! / ¿Tiene un bebé lactante? ¡Cuéntenos! 

• Feeding Your Baby Infant Formula? Tell Us More! / ¿Alimenta a su bebé con fórmula? ¡Cuéntenos! 

• What Is Your Baby Eating? Let Us Know! / ¿Qué come su bebé? ¡Cuéntenos! 

• Making Sure Your Baby Gets Enough Iron / Asegúrese de que su bebé consume suficiente hierro 

• Varying Your Baby’s Veggies / Varíe los vegetales de su bebé 

• Lesson 1: Overview of the CACFP Infant Meal Plan / Descripción general del patrón de comidas para bebés en del CACFP 

• Lesson 1: PrePost Test / Prueba PrePost 

• Lesson 2: Identifying Signs of Hunger and Fullness / Identificar señales de hambre y sacieda 

• Lesson 2: PrePost Test /  Prueba PrePost 

• Lesson 3: Supporting Breastfeeding Mothers in a Child Care Site / Apoyando a las madres lactantes en un sitio de cuidado infantil 

• Lesson 3: PrePost Test /  Prueba PrePost 

• 4: Handling and Storing Breastmilk and Infant Formula in a Child Care Site / Manejo y almacenamiento de la leche materna y fórmula infantil en un sitio de cuidado infantil 

• Lesson 4: PrePost Test / Prueba PrePost 

• Lesson 5: Developmental Readiness for Solid Foods / Disposición madurativa del bebé para comer alimentos sólidos 

• Lesson 5: PrePost Test / Prueba PrePost 

• Feeding Infants: Starting with Solids 

• How to Support Breastfeeding in the CACFP 

• How to Support Breastfeeding in the CACFP (SP)