How CERELAC® Helps Oral Motor Skills: Building Stronger Bites, One Chew at a Time

At ten months, your little bulilit is becoming more confident with food, and texture is now their teacher.

From the smooth creaminess of CERELAC® Infant Cereals to the gentle crunch of CERELAC® Nutripuffs, each texture helps your baby practice mouth movements that support chewing, tongue coordination, and jaw strength — key foundations for healthy growth and future speech development.

Here’s how textures create BIG Sustansya moments for stronger bites, independence, and yummy taste milestones.

What Are Oral Motor Skills—And Why Do They Matter?

Oral motor skills are the coordinated movements of the jaw, tongue, lips, and cheeks that make chewing, swallowing, and even speaking possible.

CERELAC® supports this development through gentle textures, familiar flavors, and BIG Sustansya nutrients made for growing mouths.

These skills form the foundation for:

Self-feeding and independence at the table

CERELAC®’s smooth, age-appropriate textures help babies practice mouth movements while giving them confidence to scoop, chew, and self-feed.

Speech development through stronger muscles and coordination

By encouraging repeated chewing and tongue movement through CERELAC® meals and Nutripuffs®, babies strengthen the muscles that support clearer speech later on.

Proper digestion

With its gentle, easy-to-mash consistency, CERELAC® supports safe swallowing and smoother digestion as babies learn to manage different textures.

Offering textured food like CERELAC® gives your little bulilit daily opportunities to practice these skills safely, all guided by BIG Sustansya.

Textures in Action: Helping Baby Practice & Play

Textures aren’t just fun, they’re like a mini workout for the mouth.

• The smooth-to-gently-thick CERELAC® textures encourage chewing motions that help strengthen the jaw and tongue.
   
• Scooping, reaching, and grasping CERELAC® pieces support growing focus and hand-eye coordination.
   
• Exploring, smushing, or even pausing with CERELAC® is part of learning — every moment builds confidence and curiosity at mealtime.

Always remember that messy moments on the table means progress in motion.

Nutrient Support: Calcium & Vitamin D

As your baby strengthens their jaw muscles, it’s also the perfect time to support bone and teeth development with nutrient-rich CERELAC® meals that provide:

• Calcium — helps build strong bones and supports healthy muscle function.
   
• Vitamin D — aids calcium absorption to support bone and teeth development.

Each bowl of CERELAC® delivers these important nutrients as part of its BIG Sustansya, helping your baby grow strong and steady with every spoonful.

Try These Texture-Boosting Recipes

Here are two yummy ways to practice textures:

Tiny Afritada Bites
A baby-friendly take on the Filipino classic: soft-cooked veggies and chicken chunks for chewing practice. Packed with protein and fiber for growth.

Wappleicious Waffles
Soft inside with a slightly firm bite outside, perfect for practicing the pincer grip and oral strength. Fun to hold and full of yummy taste.

Pro Tip: Serve in small pieces and always supervise during mealtime.

Pair these with CERELAC® Infant Cereals for a nourishing base. With over 20 vitamins and minerals, including Calcium and Vitamin D, CERELAC® complements textures with BIG Sustansya your little bulilit needs. Available in yummy flavors such as Mixed Fruits & Soya, Mixed Veggies, Rice & Soya, and Wheat & Banana, there’s always something new and exciting for your baby to enjoy. Explore CERELAC® recipes here.

Encouraging Progress Without Pressure

At ten months, mealtime is still about practice, not perfection. CERELAC® helps make exploration fun, safe, and comforting.

• Offer variety through CERELAC® flavors and textures to encourage exploration through repetition
   
• Let baby decide how much they want to try
   
• Keep mealtimes calm and playful — CERELAC® adds a familiar, comforting start to trying new foods
• Celebrate effort, not perfection — even if baby makes a mess with CERELAC®, it’s still progress

Every chew, squish, and playful bite builds the skills they’ll use for years to come.

Final Thoughts

The textures your little bulilit explores today are shaping the oral motor strength they’ll carry into childhood. With every bite, or a spoonful of CERELAC®, they’re learning to chew, move, and grow with confidence.

By offering textured meals and BIG Sustansya options with yummy taste, you’re fueling more than just mealtime; you’re nurturing strength, independence, and joyful discovery.

✨ Kaya naman ang little bulilit na #LakingCerelac ay may cereLAKI, cereLAKAS at cereLISTO, with proper diet and exercise.

Ang little bulilit na laki sa BIG Sustansya, laking Cerelac yan!