Enter an Infant Menu by Date [Feature]

This feature allows users to plan an infant menu that covers all infants in care and includes the USDA meal pattern portion sizes for each age range. This infant menu but does not link specific amounts of food items to individual infants.

To use this feature:

• Click on Menu from the main site dashboard.

• Select the date and meal type for which you want to plan an infant menu.
• Click on the blue Edit Infant Menu button.

• Add food items to the menu. You may add food items two ways
• Use the Favorite Foods dropdown.
• Search our food database. If you use the search function, we recommend keeping your search term broad as the system will not recognize mis-spelled words. Some sponsors limit the use of the search function. If you do not see a search box, then this feature was turned off by your sponsor.
• If you attempt to plan an infant menu with only formula or breast milk and an infant that is developmentally ready for solid foods is checked in for the meal already, then you will get an error when you save prompting you to add solid foods to your menu.
• When you are done, click the green “Save” button to return to the Meal Details screen.