Your 12-month old baby is ready to
start eating more solid foods and relying less on breast milk or
formula for nutrition, according to Kids Health from Nemours. Choose
healthy foods full of beneficial vitamins and nutrients when feeding
your 1-year-old to make sure she is getting the most nutrition out of
every bite. Give your baby access to plenty of different foods at
mealtimes, and let her use her fingers to pick and choose what she would
like to eat and how much.
Breakfast
For
breakfast, WholesomeBabyFood.com recommends offering your 1-year-old a
small variety of foods from which to choose. Offer a small portion of
cereal, such as rice cereal specially formulated for infants. Baby
cereals are fortified with extra iron to help your baby develop
properly, according to BabyCenter. Alongside, give your 12-month-old two
small servings of fruit or vegetables, such as applesauce or
soft-cooked carrots. If your child's pediatrician says that you can
start offering your 1-year-old dairy, you can provide a small amount of
yogurt or full-fat milk in a sippy cup along with breakfast.
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Lunch
At
lunch time, offer your 1-year-old a well-cooked grain such as soft rice
or pasta. Provide some high-protein options for your child to keep her
energy levels up. Choose from soft tofu, pureed or ground meats,
scrambled eggs or mashed beans. Offer some soft cooked vegetables or
soft fruit, such as bananas, and dairy such as soft cheese or more milk.
You can mix the grains with the vegetables to provide new and
interesting combinations, such as peas with rice or pasta with steamed
green beans. Your baby can start to chew on more solid foods at this
point, such as lightly toasted bread cut into strips.
Snacks
Your
1-year-old needs two or three small snacks per day, according to Kids
Health. Offer finger foods such as o-shaped cereals or teething biscuits
designed for babies. Dairy foods, such as cottage cheese or yogurt,
make good high-calcium snacks as well.
Dinner
Continue
to provide a variety of proteins, grains, fruits, vegetables and dairy
items to your 1-year-old at dinner. Kids Health states that it is normal
for small children to occasionally skip meals. Offer your child three
meals a day plus snacks, but don't be worried if he often skips a meal
or two. To try something different at dinner, AskDrSears.com suggests
giving your 12-month-old a cooked chicken bone to chew on. Make sure all
the small bone slivers and hard pieces have been removed and leave just
a small amount of cooked meat attached to the bone. Babies over
9-months-old may enjoy the sensation and new experience of chewing food
right off the bone.
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