The well child Initiative

  🍽️ COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING: THE PASTA FRAMEWORK The caregiver’s guide to providing optimal child nutrition in the first 2 years of life Quick question: When do we grow the fastest — body and brain? Infancy? Puberty? Adolescence? Adulthood? 🤔 It's the first two years of life. If you got it, you are an OG of The Well Child Initiative. If you did not, welcome to the family! For the first six months, breast milk does the heavy lifting beautifully and supplies all the energy and nutrients needed for this rapid phase excellently. But after that? Your baby needs more. That's where complementary feeding comes in. Getting it right in this critical period matters because of its lifelong results on the brain and body. So how do you get it right? Remember one word: PASTA 🍝 (Yes, we know you just pictured that smoky golden pasta with the crispy chicken, rainbow veggies, and shredded fish. Come back — the children need you!😄) PASTA is an acronym coined by The Well Child Initiative that...