Healthy Foods For Toddlers

Healthy Foods For Toddlers

• Eating is one of the 'has to be done' things in our lives and therefore should be enjoyable. Keeping calm and unworried will help you keep it so!
• 'Finger' foods may suit the fussy eater but always encourage toddlers to try new food whenever possible.

Fruit

• Apples (cut, and peeled if that is how they will eat them)
• Banana (cut away any discoloured bits so they won't be 'put off')
• Oranges (cut and peeled if they don't like the mess and drips)
• Mandarins (children can peel their own)
• Pears (softer ones are easier for small teeth)

Vegetables

• Toddlers often don't like vegetables with strong smells and bitter/acid taste. These can include tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower and capsicum.
• Begin with simple choices like lettuce, carrots, celery (with the strings taken off), pumpkin and zucchini.

Dairy

• Cheese can be cut into cubes. Older toddlers enjoy eating things from toothpicks!
• Yogurt is a treat when toddlers can feed themselves.
• Milk (and milk drinks) adds to the balance of the diet and helps bodies grow. Reduced fat or skim milk is not appropriate for children.
• Some toddlers can be sensitive to dairy products - look for non dairy alternatives

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