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Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Pediatric Nutrition
  • Infant Feeding Behavior

Background:

  • Introduction of solid foods marks a critical transition in infant feeding.
  • Infant-caregiver feeding interactions require complex adjustments to a new context.
  • Eating behavior in infants can be highly variable during this period.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe patterns of variability in infant eating behavior during the transition to solid foods.
  • To analyze short-term variability in food intake, meal duration, feeding efficiency, and food refusal.
  • To investigate the relationship between developmental stage and feeding behavior variability.

Main Methods:

  • Naturalistic observations of 20 infant-caregiver dyads.
  • Repeated observations (15 per dyad) from initial spoon-feeding up to 12 weeks post-introduction.
  • Analysis of key eating behavior metrics including intake, duration, efficiency, and refusal.

Main Results:

  • Considerable short-term variability in infant eating behavior was observed.
  • Variability was particularly pronounced immediately after introducing solid foods.
  • The highest intra-individual variability occurred in the earliest feeding sessions.

Conclusions:

  • Infant eating behavior is highly variable during the introduction of solid foods.
  • Rapid developmental changes in early infancy increase sensitivity to contextual feeding variables.
  • Understanding this variability is crucial for supporting successful feeding transitions.