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Dietary advice tips for toddler You need to provide your toddler with a healthy, balanced diet with all the vitamins and nutrients that your child needs to grow, but it surely is not a simple task. Offer your child nutritious foods but let your child decide how much he/she wants to eat.
Take into account your child's daytime naps and plan his/her meals and snacks at regular intervals.
It is best to have three nutritious meals and a couple of small but healthy snacks. Some snacks that you can try are as follows: a small sandwich with boiled vegetables in it, cherry tomatoes, cheese cubes, pancakes, bun with a cup of milk, vegetable sticks, and yoghurt with fruit slices or berries.
Include starchy foods such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, yam, breakfast cereals, pasta and rice that are rich in carbohydrates in his diet.
You can also give him foods that are made from flour; for example, pancakes, scones and bread. Add sufficient fruits and vegetables to his diet. Cut the fruits into finger foods because your child will enjoy them more this way. You should also include high iron and high protein foods such as nuts, pulse, meat, eggs, and fish. For vegetarians, it is best to include pulse, beans, or nuts. Add dairy products such as whole milk, yoghurt, and cheese to provide the required amount of calcium in his diet.
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