The study aims to characterise cultural practices of feeding of the child from 0 to 3 years, in particular the norms, practices and representations of feeding the latter. The results of our study on the practices and representations of mothers with respect to how they feed their young child display that the dietary pathways (including the products and utensils used) of children are determined more by their social age than their biological age. Feeding is at the heart of the integration of the young child, and must also allow it to learn the dietary repertoire of its group. It must therefore be ensured that feeding training programs aimed at the mothers do not make reference solely to the biological age of the child, but also to its social age. Moreover, the relationship with the body, and particularly the way in which the child is seen by those around it, also determines the choice of foods for the child. A “beautiful” baby is an overweight baby, and an overweight baby is not considered to be “ill” unless it is no longer possible to carry it, and its weight therefore becomes a constraint to social relations. In view of the data gathered within the framework of this study, it can therefore be observed that research on the feeding of the baby remains indissociable with research on the social and cultural representations of the body of the baby, on the one hand, and on the other hand the identity-related issues which determine food choices for the child. This information is in fact decisive in order to understand the decisions made by the mothers in feeding their child.