The kid, who is one year old, already eats quite variedly. There are many different fruits, dairy products, meat, vegetables, fish on its menu. Dishes for the baby are becoming more complex, but his diet is still very different from that of an adult. Let's take a look at what is important for parents to remember about nutrition for the correct development of a child at 1 year old and how best to build a day menu for a baby of this age.
Features of the diet of a one-year-old baby
Breast milk or formula may remain in the diet of a baby over a year old. Pediatricians consider such food useful for the child's body and welcome breastfeeding for at least 1.5-2.5 years.
- At the same time, many mothers choose exactly 1 year to say goodbye to breastfeeding. If you also decide to complete this process, try to organize everything with a minimum of psychological discomfort for the crumbs. More preferable for both baby and mother's breast will be gradual weaning with the cancellation of one feeding. Read more about this in our article on how to get rid of breast milk.
- Food for a one-year-old baby can already be diversified with the help of herbs and spices. Add chopped fresh herbs (dill, parsley, celery) to baby soups, mashed potatoes, omelets. Bay leaves, garlic, and onions can be used to make vegetable stews or soups. Raw garlic and onions should not be given to a child yet, as well as exotic seasonings.
- From a year old, you can begin to add salt to food for a child, however, the total daily amount of salt added to children's dishes should not exceed 0.5 grams (the dish will still seem unsalted to you).
As for sugar, it can be added to dishes for a child over a year old, but it is better to try to do without it. Let your child learn to eat savory foods. From sweets in the diet of a one-year-old child, there may be not only baby cookies, but also marshmallows and marshmallows, but in small quantities.
What shouldn't a child eat?
Although the child is already one year old, his menu is still childish, so be aware of foods that should not be given to children under 2-3 years old. These include:
- Fried dishes.
- Fat meat.
- Sausages and sausages.
- Fatty fish.
- Exotic fruits.
- Smoked products.
- Caramel and gum (there is a risk of choking).
- Products with artificial colors and flavors.
- Mushrooms.
Feeding schedule
A baby who is 12 months old continues to eat five times a day at intervals of about 3.5-4 hours. At the same time, it is recommended that the nutritional value of lunch and dinner is greater than that of breakfast. For example, a child can have breakfast at 8 o'clock, the next feeding will be at 11-12 o'clock, then at 14-15 o'clock and at 18-19 o'clock, and the last one at 22 o'clock.
How much should a baby eat at 12 months?
To determine the total amount of food for a one-year-old child, his body weight should be divided by 8 or 9. On average, one-year-old children weigh about 10-11 kg, therefore, an approximate calculation of the daily food volume will show a figure of 1100-1300 grams. Dividing it into 5 feedings, we get the average amount of food per meal - 220-260 g.
As for individual complementary foods, the following maximum amounts per day are recommended for a one-year-old child:
Sample menu
For a child who continues to breastfeed or an adapted formula, the menu at 1 year will look like this:
For a baby whose mother decided to wean at 1 year old, an approximate daily menu will be as follows:
Several useful recipes
Mashed potatoes and cauliflower soup
Peel and rinse two or three cauliflower inflorescences and half a potato, cut, fill with boiling water so that it only covers the vegetables, cook under the lid until tender. Grind vegetables with a blender or pass through a sieve, add a teaspoon of mashed boiled rice to them. Pour a mixture of cabbage, potatoes and rice with half a glass of vegetable or meat broth, bring to a boil and salt. Add sour cream (10 g) to the soup before serving.
Steam cutlets from rabbit meat
Grind 100 grams of rabbit meat in a meat grinder. Separately soak wheat bread (20 g) in water (30 ml). Combine minced rabbit meat with soaked bread, chop again with a meat grinder. Whisk the mixture by adding cold water. Make cutlets out of minced meat and steam them.
Mashed potatoes and carrots
Boil 150 g potatoes and 40 g carrots separately, cutting the vegetables into small pieces. While still hot, pass them through a sieve, add butter (5 g) and a pinch of salt, as well as hot milk (50 ml). Whisk the puree until fluffy.
Rice porridge with apples
Peel the apple (100 g) from the peel, put the peel in a saucepan, pour 50 ml of water and boil for 5 minutes. Straining the resulting apple broth, pour 100 ml of milk into it, add washed rice groats (25 g) and boil until the rice is cooked. Add a teaspoon of sugar and grated apple to the porridge, bring to a boil, and add butter (5 g) before serving.
Fish steamed pudding
Boil 40 g of fish fillets and refrigerate. Grind another 40 g of fish fillets using a meat grinder, adding 15 g of wheat bread, which should be soaked in a tablespoon of milk. Combine raw fish mince with boiled fish, mix, add half of the egg yolk and 5 g of butter, mix again. Next, carefully add half of the beaten egg white into the fish mass. Place in a mold and steam.
Potato zrazy with cabbage
Boil 150 g of potatoes in a uniform, peel off, chop while still hot through a meat grinder, add 5 g of flour and one egg, mix. Separately chop the cabbage (80 g) and finely chop the onions (10 g), simmer until tender. Form small tortillas from the potato mass, put a little cabbage filling inside each. Having blinded the zrazy, bake them in the oven until tender.
Tips
On your baby's first birthday, you will want to please your baby with festive dishes, but still, you should not give your baby food that he has never tasted before, especially if the baby has a tendency to allergies. You can easily prepare a festive table from products that are already familiar to the little one. And instead of a cake with cream, treat the little one with a curd casserole, which do not forget to decorate with a lighted candle.
Consider the following guidelines:
- Continue to teach your child to eat in nibbles. Puree less and less food for your baby. Give the crumbs meatballs, steamed cutlets, casseroles, steamed omelets, sliced ​​vegetables, cottage cheese with pieces of fruit, vegetable salads and other dishes that will encourage the baby to actively chew.
- Continue to prepare food for your child without frying. Products for a one-year-old child need to be boiled, stewed or steamed.
Should I give vitamins to a child from 1 year old? Read about it in another article.
