Location: Statewide
Training Type: Online Real Time
Total Hours: 1.5
Level: Introductory
Cost: Free
Scholarship: No
Gillian MacKinnon
(802) 379-1703
gillian.mackinnon@vermont.gov
Starting Solids in the Daycare Setting: How to Support Your Center’s Babies and Families August 19, 2025
The way you interact with babies around food right now has lifelong impacts. In this training, developed and presented by a Registered Dietitian and Board Certified Specialist in Pediatric Nutrition, you'll learn how to support the babies you care for during the critical transition of adding in complementary foods. The training will cover: signs of readiness, developmental milestones related to feeding, 4 key areas of health and development that are affected by food and feeding styles, the 3 approaches to starting solids, safety tips, balancing infant milk intake with food, how to help babies develop a positive relationship with food, and when to suggest parents seek extra support.
- Child Development & Learning
- Family & Community Partnerships
- Infant/Toddler
Dana Dose is a Registered Dietitian who specialized in pediatric nutrition. She works for Attune2Food and can be reached directly at hello@innerpathnutrition.com or 802-321-4190 with specific questions about the training. If you have questions about the professional development hours, you can contact Gillian MacKinnon, gillian.mackinnon@vermont.gov.