Many parents seriously think about how to diversify the baby's nutrition after a year, and do not always know what products you can feed your child, and which ones are not worth it. A growing organism needs food rich in nutrients, vitamins and minerals. But are all the products suitable for baby food? Let's try to understand this question.
According to pediatricians, the baby's nutrition after a year is approaching the adult's diet. By this age, the child's gastric juice production is significantly increased, the chewing apparatus is formed, and he must cope with any food. After a year the child can already eat meat, game, eggs, porridge, cottage cheese, various vegetables and fruits, and flour products. It is very important to provide the child with enough animal protein. Therefore, dairy products, milk, meat and eggs should be given to the child every day. In the daily diet should also include vegetables, fruits, cereals and other dishes made from cereals.
It is worth noting that the child's energy needs at this age are high enough. The nutrition of the child should contain 4 g of protein, 4 g of fat and 16 g of carbohydrates per day per kilogram of body weight. 70% of the total daily amount of proteins should come from animal proteins, and vegetable fats must be at least 13% of the daily amount. The caloric content of the ration of a child aged 1 to 3 years should be 1540 kcal per day, which is half the daily diet of an adult.
A huge benefit to the child will bring milk and sour-milk products containing useful and easily digestible children's body proteins, fats, minerals and vitamins. Sour-milk products contain lactic acid bacteria, which normalize the digestive system, have a beneficial effect on the intestinal microflora, increase resistance to infections. Milk, yogurts and kefir to the child can be given daily, and sour cream, cottage cheese, cream and cheese - every other day to diversify the food. Parents should pay attention to the fat content of dairy products. Dietary products recommended for adults are not suitable for feeding the baby. Milk and yogurts should contain at least 3% fat, kefir - from 2.5%, sour cream and curd can have up to 10% fat. But yogurt should be dairy (not creamy), contain a moderate amount of carbohydrates, and give it is recommended not more than 100 ml per day.
In total, in a variety of dishes, a child should consume 550-600 ml of milk and dairy products per day. In the baby's nutrition, up to 200 ml of special kefir recommended for children can be daily included. If the child is found to be intolerant to cow's milk, then you can continue to give him milk formulas for children from 6 to 12 months (they do not include whey, only milk). Cottage cheese is a valuable source of protein and calcium, it can be given to a child up to 50 grams per day. You can buy children's curds without filler and add your favorite mashed potatoes to them. Sour cream and cream are used mainly for filling other dishes. Every 1-2 days a child can be offered crushed cheese (about 5 grams).
Very useful for feeding the child a variety of porridge (oatmeal, buckwheat, corn, semolina). They can be cooked on milk or water with the addition of a small amount of butter. In the porridge you can add fruit puree. Buckwheat can be eaten with vegetables, it also serves as a good side dish for meat.
Eggs should be introduced into the diet carefully: the baby may show an allergy or violation of contractions of the ducts of the gallbladder. But if there are no such problems, then the baby's nutrition can be varied with chicken or quail eggs (no more than one per day). At first it is recommended to limit only to the hard-boiled yolk mixed with vegetable puree, and after one and a half years you can add the egg to various dishes.
A one-year-old child is already able to eat meat and must receive it in sufficient quantities. But how correctly to introduce meat into the diet of a child? After all, you will not give him sausage or fried pork with potatoes, but the fresh meat puree from the jar does not look quite appetizing. Delicious and healthy meat dishes from minced meat will help to diversify the food: steam cutlets, little crochets, meatballs from low-fat varieties of beef, pork, chicken, turkey, rabbit. They are great for feeding the baby, as it is easy to chew them. You can give even sausages, recommended for feeding babies. But sausages and similar products are banned due to the large amount of fat and artificial additives. From meat and vegetables, you can prepare a variety of soups, purees, here parents have a lot of space for imagination. The dish can be beautifully decorated by carving out funny figurines from vegetables, and turning the usual meal into a real treat.
When deciding how to diversify a child's nutrition after 1 year, many parents come to the conclusion that everything that makes a healthy and healthy diet of an adult leading an active lifestyle is good for a child. In the absence of allergies, a child can be given even non-fat fish. Suitable canned food from pollock, cod, haddock, hake, and fish souffle. A one-year-old child can consume fish up to two times a week for 30-40 grams at a time.
In the diet of the child must be present fresh vegetables and fruits. The only limitation is the tendency to allergies. If this problem occurs, then you should avoid vegetables, fruits and berries red or orange (strawberries, oranges, tomatoes) and pay attention to fruits of calm green color, for example, apples, pears. From vegetables in the diet of the child can add carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, zucchini. Vegetable mashed potatoes and salads are preferably filled with vegetable oil (6 g per day). You can add to the food and butter in an amount of up to 17 grams per day.
You can begin to teach the child to eat food with bread - rye or wheat from a meal of coarse grinding. Do not give your baby chocolate, soda, candy. Sweets, he still has time to try, when he grows up. But there's nothing wrong with a child loving cookies. It is acceptable to give a child 1-2 pieces of cookies for food intake.