A Simple Guide to Feeding Babies and Toddlers
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Then let her do it her way.
Introducing Baby Food: Everything You Need to Know
Another cautiously accepts solids but needs to be introduced gradually to a variety of tastes and textures and get to family meals when she is in her second or even third year. This point is NOT to get food into your baby. She is getting plenty of nourishment from her breastmilk or formula.
It is to introduce her to the notion of eating different food, in a different way. Your baby is ready to be introduced to solid foods when she can:. The almost-toddler — the child just getting started with finger-feeding — cares deeply about feeding himself and is enthusiastic about eating almost everything you put before him. The problem is that it happens so fast. One day he happily lets you feed him.
The very next day — or the very next meal — he refuses the spoon, grabs at it, and puts up a fuss when you try to feed him. Many parents become alarmed and force or play games to get their child to eat. His eating will be worse, not better, and you will introduce feeding struggles that can go on for years.
Instead, let him feed himself. Offer any nipple-fed breastmilk or formula as a structured, sit-down snack. Many times, she will only eat a few tastes, swallows, finger-fulls, or bites. Other times, she will eat more than you can imagine. Instead, give her both clear leadership and a sense of control. Your toddler is at high risk for learning to use food for emotional reasons. Toddlers are active, unceasing in their demands and prone to get upset.
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It is tempting to give food to quell the riot. Instead, stick to scheduled feedings and sort out whether your child is hungry or sad, full or tired. Give attention, discipline, hugs or naps. Compared with feeding the toddler, feeding the preschooler is easy. Your preschooler is playful and quirky and wants to please you in all ways — including eating. But in some ways, that makes feeding harder. You can get your preschooler to eat more, less, or different foods than he wants. You can keep after him about table manners, even though it is still natural for him to use his fingers along with his silverware.
But if you do, it will make him feel bad about eating. He will, that is, provided he is a compliant child. Then trust your preschooler manage his own eating.
Toddlers to Preschool
Your school-age child is full of contradictions. She wants to master all things — including eating, but she is still a child, and is entitled to be free from worry about eating, moving, and weight. She seems independent, but she depends on you to keep control of the family mentu and continues to need the structure and support of regular family meals and structured snacks.
He will participate in family meals when you make meals a priority, keep mealtimes pleasant and use mealtimes for connecting. Adolescents who have family meals do better in all ways, and they do better nutritionally after they leave home. With feeding as with all other things, your task is to find the middle ground between being controlling on the one hand and throwing away all controls on the other. Child feeding ages and stages. On this page Birth to 3 months: Feeding your newborn 2 to 6 months: Feeding your infant 5 to 9 months: Feeding your older baby 7 to 15 months: Feeding your almost-toddler 11 to 36 months: Feeding your toddler 3 to 6 years: Feeding your preschooler 6 to 12 years: Feeding your school-age child 12 to 17 years: Video shows you what to do and not do with feeding.
See what to do and not do with feeding. Pay attention to her cues and feed her when she wants to eat, when she is wide-awake and calm and before she gets upset from crying. Sit still during feeding.
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Keep the feeding smooth and steady. Let her eat her way — much or little, fast or slowly, steady or start-and-stop.
Stop feeding her when she shows you she is finished eating. She will relax, slow down and stop nursing. The AAP suggests serving no more than 4 ounces of juice per day, diluted half and half with water if you're offering it frequently. Citrus juice is too acidic for most babies, and some also find apple and pear juices indigestible.
Research indicates that white grape juice is least likely to cause diarrhea and cramping. Up until now, your baby has been happy eating mush. But around month seven, she may begin picking parts of your dinner off your plate—a sure sign that she's ready for the next phase. Pay attention to her cues: Good choices for first lumps include toast strips, well-cooked pasta, bits of soft fruit, and cooked chopped vegetables.
Many foods, such as nuts, raisins, grapes, and hot dogs, present a choking hazard for kids under 5 years. Through the eighth month, breast milk or formula should form a large part of your baby's diet three to five breast-feedings or 24 to 32 ounces of formula a day. At this stage, however, she needs additional sources of protein and iron. Meat can provide both—but she may not like it on first tasting. Try mixing a little bit of pureed meat with her favorite vegetable, and gradually build up to 2 tablespoons a day.
Or use a similar quantity of pureed beans: They're packed with nutrition. As your baby grows out of a milk-based diet, his attitude changes too. More and more, he'll insist on feeding himself. To make it easier, serve thick-textured foods—mashed potatoes, casseroles—that stick to a spoon. The range of finger foods can expand to include finely chopped meat, chicken, or fish. At 1 year, your child can drink breast milk, whole milk, or enriched soy milk from a cup.
Low-fat milk should not be given before age 2. By this time, his daily diet will be nearly as varied as your own: Now that your child has mastered the basic food groups, you can begin teaching him the finer points of healthy nutrition. Setting a good example yourself works better than pushing him to swallow every bite of strained vegetables. Eat right, eat together, and work on making mealtime a relaxed, enjoyable occasion for the entire family. Don't put your baby at risk for choking or an allergic reaction.
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This point is NOT to get food into your baby. More and more, he'll insist on feeding himself. Read more about why here. Your baby refuses to accept any table foods by 11 months. Pay attention to her cues and feed her when she wants to eat, when she is wide-awake and calm and before she gets upset from crying.
Parents may receive compensation when you click through and purchase from links contained on this website. By Bridget Swinney, R. Age 4 to 6 Months: Starting Solids Several developmental milestones indicate when your baby is ready to eat solid foods. Age 6 to 8 Months: Adding Fruits and Vegetables At around 6 months, your baby should start to eat fruits and vegetables. Age 7 to 10 Months: Lumpy Foods Up until now, your baby has been happy eating mush.