Healthy nutrition tips for children

As a mother you surely struggle from trying to feed your child in a healthy nutritional way especially if your child is a year or 2 years old and has trouble eating all types of food in addition to children who have low appetite. In this article we provide you with recommendations and advice that will aid you with feeding your child in a healthy manner.

Vegetable and fruit plate

It’s essential to include vegetables and fruits in your child’s nutrition plans, they are considered major in building the body and mind. Don’t give up on including vegetables and fruits in his meals and try multiple times with all possible ways there is.

Useful fats for you child

Children from age 1 – 2 years need fats to help in the growth of their bodies, thus you have to feed them with food that is enriched with these useful fats such as:
• Full cream milk
• Fish
• Meats Children who age from 2 – 3 years old depend on milk which helps in developing healthy bones and enriches their body with the calcium it needs.

Participating in preparing meals

It’s important to let your child participate with you in preparing their meals, this helps a lot with them getting eager to eat what they prepared especially because they chose what to eat how they want it.

Limiting sweets intake

As a parent its’s recommended to try to limit your child’s sweet intake so that they don’t get used to eating sweets daily, maybe at a time where you want to reward them or providing them with sweets once very week or 3 days. Sweets causes loss of appetite and may cause tooth decay so make sure not do make it a daily habit. You can replace sweets with fresh juices because their bodies need juices, water and milk at this stage.

Allergies:

If your child struggles with allergies from milk, eggs or nuts thus you can’t provide them to your child you can replace them with foods that were previously mentioned. You also have to consult your child’s doctor and he will decide what can be done, generally most children outgrow their allergies at the age of 4 – 5 years.

Easy meals for your baby to eat on their own

When your baby is 6 months old you start incorporating some food into his feeding schedule apart from breastfeeding, food that are easily digested and not harsh on their small tummy that has never digested anything except liquids. At this same period your baby starts to be able to sit after this stage start providing your baby with diced food that is easy to eat, so that they can hold it and start feeding themselves. Your baby will start playing with their food and making a mess and they will probably not be able to put the food in their mouth and you will clean up the mess and regret the idea of letting them feed themselves but he will soon learn.

Here are 10 types of food that are easy to eat and rich in vitamins:

• Banana slices
• Avocado slices
• Cooked peas
• Diced and peeled peach
• Sliced cooked chicken
• Corn flakes
• Cooked lentils
• Cooked and thinly sliced carrots
• Thinly sliced cheese
• Diced pieces of fish