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Meals For Toddlers!

Meals for toddlers are numerous, but how do you know which are the best meals to give? You have kids that eat everything, but you also have kids who throw tantrums. What does one do about such kids? What kinds of meals are given to tantrum throwers? How can you make meals colorful, delicious, healthy and easy to be eaten by your child? According to you guys which are the best interesting food recipes for children with a low appetite, or a fussy appetite.

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Aldo Harding | Aug 9 2011

Feeding toddlers can be challenging. They are often picky eaters, are hesitant to try new foods, and in general, don't seem to eat very much. To begin planning your toddler's diet, it can help to begin with the idea that toddlers need a lot less to eat than you think. Remember that children aren't growing as fast as they were during their first year of life and so have lower energy needs (the amount of calories per kg of their body weight) and smaller appetites. So if your child is active, healthy, and growing and developing normally, then he is likely getting plenty to eat. The average toddler needs about 1300 calories each day. Bigger kids will need a little more and smaller kid a little less. A good rule of thumb is that your toddler will need 40 calories each day for each inch of his height. So plan your toddler meal according to this data. I am giving you an example of baby meal: A sample breakfast, with 1/2 cup of cereal, 1/4 cup of milk and 4 ounces of orange juice would give about 230 calories. If you instead gave a slice of bread with 1 tablespoon of peanut butter and jelly and 4 ouces of orange juice, your toddler would get over 250 calories. For lunch, consider a 1/2 sandwich (one slice of bread), with 1 slice of lean luncheon meat (90 calories) and cheese. Or a tuna fish sandwich Or a sliced and quartered hot dog. And water, juice or milk. Dinner might include 1-2 ounces of chicken (75-100 calories) or beef (120-165 calories), 2-3 tablespoons of vegetables (50-75 calories), some whole wheat bread (40 calories) and 1/2 cup of milk (76 calories).