Contents:
- Medical Video: Baby and Toddler Milestones, Dr. Lisa Shulman
- Children's food guidelines 1-3 years
- Types of food for children 1-3 years
- The portion of eating children 1-3 years
- Schedule eating children 1-3 years
Medical Video: Baby and Toddler Milestones, Dr. Lisa Shulman
Feeding children is certainly not arbitrary. Because the food can determine the development and growth of your baby. Especially if the child enters the age of 1-3 years. At that time their patterns and eating habits will begin to form. Therefore, you must prepare children's food 1-3 years properly and correctly, according to their needs. Confused what foods should be given to children 1-3 years and how? See the following explanation.
Children's food guidelines 1-3 years
Entering the age of one year, your child is allowed to eat family food. This means, you don't need to make soft food again for your little one. However, many mothers do not know what the food menu should be given to the child and are not sure how to give it. Actually, children's food guidelines 1-3 years are almost the same as adults, things that must be regulated are the type of food, portion of food, and meal schedule.
Types of food for children 1-3 years
If it is based on balanced nutrition, of course the selection of food for children 1-3 years will not be much different from adults. In the daily meal menu, all food ingredients must be present. Ranging from staple foods, vegetable dishes, animal side dishes, to vegetables and fruits.
This period will determine whether your child will become a picky child of food (picky eater) or not. This depends on the type of food you gave him at that time. The more diverse a child's food is, the more likely he is to be picky about food.
Although you can eat family food, but when you are one year old, you should provide food with a texture that is still rather soft. The new child will receive family food well when he is 2-3 years old.
The portion of eating children 1-3 years
According to the nutritional adequacy rate from the Ministry of Health, the average calorie needs of children 1-3 years is around 1,125 calories per day. So, in one day, you can share the food needs with the appropriate portion, such as:
- Staple food. You can give your child rice, bread, rice noodles, potatoes, or noodles with portions of around 150 grams. This portion is equivalent to 2 servings of adult rice or about 2 inches of rice.
- Animal side dishes like beef, chicken, eggs, or fish. In one day, you can give one side dish for one meal. For example, in the morning you give it a chicken egg, during the day beef is 35 grams or a piece is medium, and in the afternoon a medium piece of chicken meat equals 40 grams.
- Vegetable side dishes like tempeh, tofu, soybeans, or red beans. You can give one portion of vegetable dish for one meal. One serving is equal to 1 large size tofu.
- Vegetables and fruits. For children 1-3 years, the portion of vegetables in a day is 1½ servings or equal to 1½ cups of star fruit and 3 servings of fruit.
- Snack. Make a snack or snack for your little one, you can make a break from the fruit mixture, so that it tastes better. Examples of snacks that you can give are pudding, green bean porridge, or even cakes. You can also use fruit as a snack for your little one.
- Milk You can give it once a day as a substitute for breast milk (if your child is more than 2 years old).
Schedule eating children 1-3 years
Preferably, from childhood, children are accustomed to having regular eating schedules. For 1-2 year children who are still breastfed, they can use the following schedule scheme:
- 06.00: ASI
- 8:00: breakfast or breakfast
- 10.00: Interlude food
- 12:00 p.m.: lunch
- 14.00: ASI
- 16.00: interlude food
- 6:00 p.m.: dinner
- 20.00: ASI
Meanwhile, if your baby is no longer breastmilk, it can be replaced with ordinary milk. If you want to make a regular meal schedule for your little one, you should not give other foods between these meals. This is to prevent your child from being overweight due to eating too much or uncontrolled food.
If you have difficulty in designing your baby's food menu according to your needs, you can consult a nutritionist.
