Developmentally, what should most children at age 12 months be able to do?

A) Use a spoon adeptly
B) Relinquish the bottle voluntarily
C) Eat the same food as the rest of the family
D) Reject all solid food in preference to the bottle

By age 12 months, most children are eating the same food that is prepared for the rest of the family. Using a spoon usually is not mastered until age 18 months. The parents should be engaged in weaning a child from a bottle if that is the source of liquid. Toddlers should be encouraged to drink from a cup at the first birthday and be weaned from the bottle totally by 14 months. The child should be weaned from a milk- or formula-based diet to a balanced diet that includes iron-rich sources of food.