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First Three Important Foods For Toddlers
It is a milestone for every mother when she shifts her baby from liquids to a semi-solid or solid diet. Although, he is old enough to digest these first foods for toddlers doesn't have the taste for them. But they are essential for him to help him grow as all his dietary needs cannot be met by just the mother’s feed and he needs more nutrients that he can get only from foods.
It is for these nutritional needs that the mother has to feed the child with good first foods for toddlers, but it is also important to add some taste to it so that the child enjoys eating and doesn't have to be forced.
The child uses nutrients such as iron during the first few months of the birth from the mother’s milk and the deposits in his body from the womb. But after 5-6 months the nutrient store in his body runs out and hence, he requires to consume food that would satisfy his body needs for the nutrients.
Along with maintaining the nutrient content, the food should be in a form that the child is able to consume without the need to chew.
However, the consistency of the food should be such that the child should not choke. For such purpose the child is given mashed, squashed or puréed form of the food.
Note: Introduce only one food at a time and feed him/her for a few days to check for food allergies.
1.
Raggi
Porridge
Good
first
foods
for
toddlers
could
be
raggi
porridge
but
it
is
not
necessary
that
it
suits
all
babies.
Recipe: Wash and dry raggi and the other millets well and then roast it. Let the roasted raggi cool down and then churn it to make the powder. Add water and cook on low flame for some time whenever you want to feed the child.
2.
Dal-Carrot-Rice
Carrot
is
often
misunderstood,
in
fact
as
per
the
paediatricians
it
is
one
of
the
best
first
foods
for
toddlers.
Recipe: Cook lentils and chopped carrots with a little salt and cumin powder until the carrots are well cooked since carrot chunks might choke the child as he can’t chew. Prepare rice and add the cooked dal-carrot to it and it is ready for the child.
3.
Soups
Soups
are
considered
to
be
good
first
foods
for
toddlers
because
of
their
high
nutrient
content
and
easy
to
consume
consistency.
There
are
a
variety
of
soups
that
can
be
made
for
the
child
such
as
vegetable
soups,
lentil
soups,
rice
soup
etc.
For Non-Vegetarian Parents:
1.
Grilled
Pork
With
Mashed
Potato
Nutrients
from
meat
are
more
easily
digestible
by
the
child
than
the
plant
nutrients.
Pork
and
potatoes
are
extremely
nutritious
and
tasty
first
foods
for
toddler.
Recipe: Cook the potatoes and pork chop until they are tender. Mash the potatoes and check for the tenderness of the pork before serving the child with the delicacy.
2.
Well
Cooked
Beef
Or
Ham
Well
cooked
ham
and
beef
has
a
tendency
to
dissolve
in
the
mouth
without
chocking.
In
case
you
are
not
sure
then
it
would
be
best
you
purée
it
before
feeding
it
as
the
first
foods
for
toddlers.
3.
Eggs
Boiled
and
scrambled
eggs
are
considered
to
extremely
healthy
&
nutritious
solid
foods
for
toddlers.
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