12-18 months

Oral-motor and self-feeding skills/behaviors

• Continuing to develop self-feeding skills (e.g., picking up cup, finger-feeding with pincer grasp)

Positioning

• Seat back at 90 degrees
• External support may be required for sitting
• Feet supported
• Hips flexed and trunk and head in midline
• Highchair seatbelt used for safety, not support

Appropriate foods

• small finger foods
• soft table foods
• chopped or ground table foods
• liquids (e.g., milk or juice) from a cup