Toddler | Food

Feeding Your Toddler Young children are creatures of habit, especially when it comes to what they eat, and it's easy to keep serving up what you know will be eaten. But variety really is the spice of life when it comes to food and it's worth regularly introducing new tastes and textures to your toddler's diet. If your child is quite fussy and you don't want to have your meals rejected, try adding just one new ingredient into a trusted recipe – such as pieces of fruit in your child's usual breakfast cereal. New vegetables can be disguised in pasta sauces and soups, if you reduce the mixture in a food processor.
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Between finicky appetites and a penchant for junk food, meal-planning for toddlers can be a real challenge. Looking for ideas? Check out these nutritious, tasty, easy-to-prepare menus your toddler will love.
Easy, healthy meal-planning for toddlers

Young children need to eat five or six times a day. For help coming up with healthy snack ideas, check out our suggestions for toddlers age 1 to 3 years. Plus, foods to avoid and a word about juice.
Best snacks for toddlers

Gourmet Baby At seven months you can start introducing lots of new flavours to your baby's diet. Try to make the food you offer as diverse as possible to avoid fussiness later on. Be bold with your choices of ingredients, using fruit and vegetable types that you don't necessarily cook with all the time - even those you don't personally like!
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Table Troubles! Has your busy baby lost interest in mealtimes? Is your previously keen eater becoming fussier by the day? Don't worry, this is normal 1-year-old behaviour. Food is not a big deal for her right now. There's walking and talking to do, and eating just isn't enough fun! Put your mind at rest, with her growth rate slowing down and all that baby-fat stored away, she's got plenty of fuel to get her through her busy days.
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Toddler Food Guide Are you happy with your child's diet, or do you worry that certain food groups or vitamins and minerals may be missing? Children at this age don't eat huge amounts of food so it's important to ensure that what does get eaten represents a balanced diet. Get advice from your GP and use healthy snacks to supplement meals.
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The White Stuff From 1 year of age you can start giving your baby cow's milk. But this doesn't mean that you have to give up breastfeeding if you are still keen to continue. Whether on breastmilk or already on formula, make the transition to cow's milk gradually as some children develop lactose allergies at this stage.
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While breast milk is ideal, most babies get some formula at least part of the time -- and that's okay! We'll tell you how to choose the right formula, how to prepare it safely, important precautions, and more!
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My 15-month-old baby drinks a bottle of milk while he falls asleep in his cot. I have been told it's time to switch to a cup. Should I really stop the bottle? If so, how do I do that?
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Help! I think we've allowed our 13-month-old to eat jars of baby food too long. Although she loves crackers and biscuits, she wants nothing to do with more substantial table foods (e.g. what we're eating) and gets quite angry at us if we try too hard. How can we get her to move beyond basic baby food?
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Food Facts Busy toddlers burn off lots of calories. More often than not, they experience picky phases, too. So it's time to pay particular attention to the diet your child eats. If you're not sure that your toddler is eating enough to get all the vitamins, minerals and calories he needs, keep a food diary for a week and discuss it with your GP or health visitor.
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Fast Food For Toddlers Snacks don't have to be quick-fix tummy-fillers. They can be nutritious, too, and can form part of your toddler's balanced diet. Go exotic with chopped or dried fruit, opt for crackers instead of biscuits, and try to stick to milk and water for drinks, as fruit juices are not good for budding little teeth.
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