Effects of Staged Adapted Inclusions in Infant Cereals on Oral-motors Patterns of 6-24 Month-old Children

Exclusion Criteria

• •1\. Infant's parents or LARs have not reached legal age of majority (18 years) 2. Children with history of oral/facial malformations or surgery (i.e. cleft lip, cleft palate, tongue-tie/ankyloglossia), or history of tube feeding for any reason.
• •3\. Children with any chronic illness, congenital malformations (e.g., esophageal or intestinal atresia), surgical sequela (e.g., short bowel syndrome), gastroesophageal reflux disease, behavioral disorders, neurodevelopmental delay or illness that impacts feeding. \[children with an acute illness, such as a cold, gastroenteritis etc. can be included but can only attend the visits once they have recovered\].
• •4\. Children with feeding or swallowing difficulties/disorders, history of choking, or at high risk of choking.
• •5\. Child or sibling(s) who has known or suspected food allergy or intolerance, such as cows' milk protein allergy, celiac disease, lactose intolerance, soy allergy, fish allergy, or any other suspected or confirmed food allergies or intolerance.
• •6\. Children with undernutrition as determined by age-group weight threshold (based on parental reports): weight at \[6-8\[month \< 6 kg; weight at \[8-12\[months: \< 6.5 kg; weight at \[12-18\[months: \< 7.5 kg; weight at \[18-24\] months: \< 8.5 kg.
• •7\. Child is currently participating in or has participated in another intervention clinical study that impacts study outcomes within 4 weeks prior to enrolment or has participated in another age group of this study.
• •8\. Family or hierarchical relationships with the research team members.