How to feed a child in a year?

A one-year-old baby digestive system is developed to a greater extent than that of the baby. This affects his nutrition. The daily diet of the child is transitional, but increasingly resembles the food of adults.

The basis of the one-year-old child's menu

The basis of the daily ration of crumbs is dairy products , which contain the necessary for the growth and development of the baby proteins, fats and vitamins. Breastfeeding at this age should not be abolished, but to feed the crumb should be 2 times a day - in the morning and before bedtime. In addition, fermented milk products are used: cottage cheese, kefir, yoghurt, cheese. It is better to choose a manufacturer specializing in baby food.

The necessary products for children 1 year and include cereals , consisting of carbohydrates and minerals. The most useful are oat and buckwheat porridge. Less commonly, you can use pearl barley, corn porridge and rice. Cooking semolina is not recommended for children. Occasionally you can vary the diet of pasta.

In the diet of a child of 1 year must be present meat products and fish . Low-fat varieties are allowed: meat - veal, pork, chicken, turkey, rabbit; fish - hake, pollock, cod, and also by-products. They are prepared in the form of steam cutlets, soufflé, stew with vegetables.

An integral part of the one-year-old child's menu are vegetables and fruits - sources of vitamins and microelements. Beans, peas, beets, turnips are introduced. You can cook not only vegetable soups and mashed potatoes, but also salads. Use raw and boiled carrots, cooked beets, stewed cabbage, cabbage. Fruits and berries are added to the porridge during cooking (for example, pumpkin in millet, raspberry in porridge, and apples in rice). You can enter an orange, kiwi, peaches, strawberries, apricots. Raspberries, gooseberries, cherries, currants are given in the garbled form. Fruit juices and mashed potatoes are prepared.

In the diet of crumbs should be present oil , a source of fat. It can be vegetable and butter, which should not be heat-treated, but simply added to ready-made meals or smeared on bread.

Three times a week, the child is prepared dishes from eggs (chicken or quail) in the form of a steam omelette on milk and boiled hard-boiled.

To the soup the child is offered a slice of white bread .

You can pamper the little girl sweet . Some foods are sugared with sugar, and preferably fructose. Occasionally, crumbs are given a pastille, marshmallows, jam, jam, jam.

Regarding the fact that you can not give a child a year, the list of prohibited products includes: sausages, fried, smoked, salted, spicy, fatty meat and fish, candy, chocolate, mushrooms.

How much should a child eat per year?

The total amount of food eaten by a child should be 1-1.2 liters per day, without taking into account the consumption of liquid.

There are standards for the child's consumption of certain products per day:

kefir, milk or a mixture - 500 ml;

The child's diet regime 1 year includes 4-5 meals a day at intervals of 4 hours. The most caloric meal should be lunch, and light - an afternoon snack. It is recommended not to give the child snacks to maintain a good appetite and set the conditioned reflexes.

We offer an approximate menu of the child per year:

Early breakfast . Breast milk, a mixture.

Breakfast . Porridge is dairy or dairy-free with fruits (rice, buckwheat, millet, oatmeal). Bread and butter. Juice or tea.

Lunch . Vegetable soup with meat broth. Vegetable puree (zucchini, cauliflower, carrots) and steamed meat cutlet. Bread. Juice.

Snack . Fruit puree (apple, pear, apricot). Yogurt for children. Cookies for children.

Dinner . Cottage cheese casserole. Kefir.