TIPS FOR FEEDING TODDLERS

Toddlers Dietary Guidelines

These are the guidelines for feeding toddlers:

The question which comes in mind of all parents that what should my toddler eat & drink? Toddlers need to eat a variety of food everyday limit too much milk, sugary foods, juice another wise child will not accept other healthy food.

Every child required adequate Nutrition for healthy growth & Development.

Food items that to be introduced in his/ her Diet :

• Cereals & millets –
  .include 2 cups of cereals & millets for the age of 1-3 yrs of children/ day & the quantity increases to 4 cups for the age of 4-6 yrs of age.
  They are a good source of iron, calcium, proteins, vitamin B complex.
  Grated carrot, lauki, boiled beans, onion, tomatoes can be added to make paratha, pulao, upma, soft chapati, Dalia, oats etc


• Pulses –
  1 bowl/ day for the age of 1-3 yrs old child & quantity increases to 2 bowls for the age of 4-6 yrs old child They are rich in proteins, vitamins, minerals. Can be added in the preparation of Dalia, khichdi, sprouts sandwich, soups, poha, upma, dal paratha, dal, besan cheela.


• Fruits –
  include 1 bowl/day in any form cut fruits, milkshake, custard, fruit porridge.


• Milk & its products- 500 ml/day include milk, curd, paneer, custard, kheer etc


• Egg /non-veg – 1 whole egg/day or 30 gms of non-veg/ week

Note:

Limit too much sugar, canned food, preservatives, fries, salted chips, creams, mayonnaise.

RDA for 1-3 yrs old child
Child’s ideal weight should be around 12.9 kg
Total Nutrition- Energy – 1060 kcal
/ day , proteins – 16.7 gms / day , fat- 27 gms / day, iron – 9 mg/ day, calcium- 500 mg / day

RDA for 4-6 yrs old child

Child ideal body weight should be around 18 kg Total Nutrition – Energy -1350 kcal / day , proteins – 20.1 gm/ day, fat – 25 gm/ day, iron – 13 mg / day, calcium- 600 mg / day

Options which can be given for toddlers:

Stuffed paratha ( dal, paneer, potato), dal cheela, besan cheela, sooji cheela, Dalia with milk/ veg, poha, bread sandwich, cutlets (with paneer, sooji, atta, potato), custard, sewai, sooji kheer, sabutdana kheer, egg sandwich, egg toast, idli, dosa etc.