Toddler Nutrition Guide

Toddler Finicky About Fruits & Vegetables

If you think your child does not eat enough fruits and vegetables, you are right. Many young children don’t get enough fruits and vegetables in their diet

Don’t be surprised if your child turns down fruits and veggies

Children naturally like sweets and fats, but they have to learn to like most others foods. If you only offer your child what she likes, she will fill up on that and resists trying anything new. On the other hand, It’s not a good idea to push fruits and vegetables too much. Children tend to turn up their noses at foods that are forced to them. 

What’s a well -meaning parent to do?

·       Be Patient You may have offer a new food to your child as many as 15 times or more before she is willing to try it (this can apply to fickly spouses and other family members too). She will see ,smell, taste, and probably touch it. Hopefully she will see you and other family members eating it. Don’t bribe or beg her. If you don’t pressure her, sooner or later she’ll try it.

·       Try serving a variety of fruits and vegetables in many forms.  

This will help your child avoid a food jag,or the desire to eat the same few foods all the time ,If your child turns down the food that you are serving, resist the urge to give her something later when she is hungry. She will learn to eat less preferred food in order to avoid being hungry.

A potato can be served in backed, boiled or chips, creamed. Toddlers need more fat in their diets than older children and adults. Use cheese sauces, cream sauce, gravy and butter to flavor veggies, use cream cheese, chocolate sauce and whipped cream for fruits.

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 Serving Size Of Toddlers

Very young children need the same variety of nutrient rich foods as older kids and adults. An appropriate toddler serving size is about one quarter to one-half an adult serving. Another way to quickly estimate serving size for children is 1 tablespoon per year. For example, a 2 -year-old would be served 2 tablespoons of fruits or vegetables and 4 -year – old would be 4 tablespoon or ¼ cup.

·       Grain Group:  About 3 ounce of grain per day. Preferably half of them whole grains, That is about three regular slice of bread, Chapati,1/2 cup cereal,1/4 cup cooked rice or semolina pasta.

·       Vegetable Group: 1 cup raw and/or cooked vegetables per day.

·       Fruit Group : 1 cup fresh fresh, frozen, canned,dried and 100% fruit juice per day.

·       Milk Group: 2 Cups per day. Whole milk is recommended for children younger than 2. Older children can have lower fat, calcium rich choices such as fat free or low fat milk. Other subsidiaries is cheese, yogurts, paneer.

·       Meat /Beans : 2 ounce total per day, Option include one ounce of lean meat or chicken plus one egg or 1 ounce of fish plush ¼ cup of cooked beans like chick peac..