This module and associated resources are intended to support the design and implementation of integrated nutrition and responsive care and early learning activities for this age group. These provide program managers and implementers a brief overview of key considerations for infant feeding and care needs at 9 up to 12 months of age; guidance on healthy growth and development, including key developmental milestones to watch for; common caregiver challenges; and illustrative activities to support integrated, tailored, age-specific infant feeding, responsive care, and early learning activities during counseling and group sessions.
Download Module 3: Nine Up to Twelve Months of Age (PDF, 1.87 MB)
See the Program Design and Implementation Guide for more information on this module and the prerequisites for its use. Additional resources to support programming for this age and stage can be found below.
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Your Baby's Developmental Milestones
Guideline/Guidance published by UNICEF in
Webpages with interactive activities to test your knowledge and explain baby’s development including things to look out for.
Our First Baby: Health Education for Adolescents Who are Pregnant or First-Time Parents
Guideline/Guidance published by Save the Children in
This Our First Baby Facilitator’s Guide contains nine participatory sessions to be used in small-group sessions with first-time mothers and their male partners.
The “C” in NACS: FANTA’s Experience Improving Counseling in the Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS) Approach
Technical Report published by FANTA in
Despite great success in assessing and treating people for malnutrition, observations in health facilities reveal that counseling—the “C” in NACS—remains weak.
Toolkit for Measuring Early Childhood Development in Low and Middle-Income Countries
Indicator Guide published by World Bank in
The toolkit provides a practical, “how-to” guide for selection and adaptation of child development measurements for use in low- and middle-income countries.
How To Scale Up Maternal Nutrition: A Successful Operational Approach Based on WHO’s Antenatal Care Guidelines and Alive & Thrive’s Implementation Framework
Brief published by Alive & Thrive in
Until now, little experience or evidence has existed on how to mainstream maternal nutrition at scale.
Alive & Thrive Program Brief: Timed and Age Appropriate Messaging Approach on Infant and Young Child Feeding
Guideline/Guidance published by Alive & Thrive in
Timed and age-appropriate messaging for infant and young child feeding is an approach that facilitates frequent one-on-one contact between health personnel and mothers of children less than two years of age.
Timed and Age-Appropriate [Infant and Young Child Feeding] IYCF Messaging For [Health Development Agencies] HDAs
Job Aid published by Alive & Thrive in
This job aid is intended for health development army team leaders and health extension workers to promote timed and age-appropriate infant and young child feeding messaging with mothers and caregivers of children under two as part of the health extension program.
Advancing Early Childhood Development: from Science to Scale
Journal Article published by The Lancet in
The 2016 Lancet Early Childhood Development Series highlights early childhood development at a time when it has been universally endorsed in the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
