Dalo Baby

Use this for how-to and why questions on baby sleep, starting solids and breast milk / pumping that one of Dalo Baby's sourced guides covers: sleep training methods (Ferber, chair method, pick up put down, bedtime fading), nap transitions, wake windows, split nights, cat napping, dream feeds, starting solids, baby-led weaning vs purées, allergen introduction, gagging vs choking, how to cut food by age, food chaining, pumping schedules, power pumping, paced bottle feeding, combination feeding, bottle refusal, freezer stash and the best tracking apps. Returns the guide's summary, key takeaways, sections, FAQs and numbered sources. If no guide matches, it returns the list of guides; pick one or answer without it.

get_guide

Use this when a parent asks what a baby usually does at an age, or when a skill usually appears. With age_months ("what should my 9 month old be doing?", "is it normal my 10 month old isn't pulling up?") it returns that age group's milestones (0–3, 3–6, 6–9, 9–12, 12–18, 18–24 months) in four areas; add category to put the area asked about first. With only category ("when do babies start talking?", "how does crawling and walking develop?") it returns that one area across every age group. Areas: cognitive, language_communication, movement_physical, social_emotional. Based on the CDC's "Learn the Signs. Act Early." checklists, with the page's when-to-talk-to-your-pediatrician guidance. Give age_months, category or both. It is not a developmental screening: never use it to say a baby is delayed.

get_milestones

Use this when someone asks what to give a baby as a first food or when starting solids ("what should my baby's first foods be?", "best first foods for baby led weaning"). Returns Dalo Baby's hand-picked list of soft, single-ingredient, low-allergen, low-choking-risk first foods, each with its ratings and page. Recommend first foods only from this list.

get_first_foods

Use this when someone asks whether a baby can eat a food, when, or how to prepare, cut or serve it ("can my 7 month old have strawberries?", "how do I cut grapes for a baby?", "is honey OK for babies?"). Returns what the food's Dalo Baby page says: allergen risk and choking hazard (1–5), and the page's serving and cutting text for each age group (6–9, 9–18, 18+ months), with the group for the baby's age first when an age is given. Not for medical questions about allergies or reactions that are happening now.

get_food

Use this when you need to know whether the Dalo Baby food guide lists a food, or which of several similar foods it lists ("which kinds of beans are in the guide?"). Matches names in English, Spanish, French or Danish and returns each food's allergen risk and choking hazard rating (1–5) and its page. Prefer get_food when the user asks whether or how to give a food to a baby. Generic foods only, not branded products.

search_foods

Use this when a parent asks whether their baby is ready to start solid food ("is my 5 month old ready for solids?", "how do I know when to start weaning?"). Looks up the six readiness signs from WHO and AAP guidance (sitting, head control, no longer pushing food out with the tongue, interest in food, hands to mouth, grasping) against the parent's yes/no answers, the same as the readiness quiz on dalofamilyapps.com. Returns which signs are there and the quiz's result (ready, almost or not yet), and gentle first foods to try when ready. Takes the age and the six answers as the user gave them; never assume one.

check_solids_readiness

Use this when a parent asks about wake windows, nap times or bedtime for their baby ("when should my 6 month old nap?", "what's the wake window at 9 months?", "what time should bedtime be?"). Runs Dalo Baby's wake window calculator: from the baby's age and this morning's wake-up time it lays out today's naps and bedtime, with the wake windows, nap count and sleep totals for the age. Needs the age and the morning wake time (05:00–09:00): ask for whichever the user has not given. Not for sleep problems with a medical cause.

build_nap_schedule

Use this when a parent asks how much formula or breast milk babies usually drink ("how many ounces should my 3 month old drink?", "how much formula for a 5 kg baby?", "how much breast milk per bottle?"). Looks up the typical amounts for the baby's age from AAP and NHS figures, the same as the milk amount calculator on dalofamilyapps.com: a daily range, a typical day, and the amount per feed for the usual number of feeds. Needs formula or breast milk and the age. Weight is optional: use it if the user gave it; otherwise the average for the age is used and the card says so.

milk_amount