Getting Ready — Staying Healthy

• The right foods help you both.
• Learn the facts about breastfeeding.
• Stay fit and be safe.

Your Health is Important Too!

• A balanced diet is a must.
• Breastfeeding is good for baby and you.
• You need exercise and folic acid every day.

You want the best for me.

• I need your touch.
• When can I try new food?
• Look what I can do.
• Clean my gums and teeth.

I grow best with love & the right food.

• Let me eat food with my fingers.
• Play with me.
• Health and safety tips.
• Clean my gums and teeth.

I'm ready to try new foods!

• Teach me to eat my WIC foods.
• Offer me breakfast, lunch, and dinner and 2 to 3 healthy snacks every day.
• Offer me water to drink between meals and snacks.
• Help me brush and floss my teeth every day.

• Offer me a variety of healthy foods to eat.
• Make food safe for me to eat.
• Eat with me at mealtimes and snack times.
• Help me brush and floss my teeth every day.

• I learn by watching you choose foods.
• Do not fight with me or force me to eat.
• Do not let me fill up on juice, milk, punch, or soda between meals.
• Help me brush and floss my teeth every day.

I want to help!

• I want to help!
• When you let me help you, I feel close to you.
• Please show me how.
• Help me brush and floss my teeth every day.

• I am proud that I can feed and dress myself.
• Please let me serve myself at the table.
• Could I ask for a second helping?
• Help me brush and floss my teeth every day.

• A snack helps me get what I need to grow, play, and learn.
• Just a little sugar is plenty.
• I do not need too much fat.
• Help me brush and floss my teeth every day.

• Let me stop eating when I am full.
• Do not use food to reward me or to make me obey.
• Do not let me eat or drink all day long.
• Help me brush and floss my teeth every day.

• Help me become a breakfast eater.
• I must stay active to keep my body strong.
• If I sit and watch TV every day, I may not be active enough to keep my body healthy.
• Help me brush and floss my teeth every day.