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I recently stopped breastfeeding my two year old baby boy .Right now I want to now which foods should be given to him to get all the right nutrition required for his growth and that doesn't effect his health in future.
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This is the key stage for your child's growth, immunity, and brain development. After stopping breastfeeding, it is important to focus on your child's nutrition through a well-balanced diet.
Below are the foods you can include in your child's diet:
- Include 3 main meals and 2 healthy snacks daily with a mix of grains (wheat, rice, millets), pulses, fruits, vegetables and dairy.
- Include protein rich foods such as milk, curd, paneer, lentils, tofu, eggs and lean chicken to support muscle and tissue growth.
- Add healthy fats such as nuts and oilseeds, ghee, nut butters and avocados for energy and brain health.
- Give a lot of colourful fruits and vegetables for vitamins, minerals and fiber.
- Avoid giving processed, refined and fried foods as it may affect appetite and long-term health.
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Please ask me directly for personalized diet plan
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Consult on app personally regarding same
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The Child can be made to sit at the dinning table and allowed to eat all the foods that the adults in the house are eating
Restrict sweets &.sugar drinks & beverages, plan healthy snack options
Restrict screen timing so that the child pick up his food chewing well and enjoy all the homecooked foods
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connect with me online for healthy food options to Include all the macro & micronutrients
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You can give full diet all food options no issue
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For a 2 year old, the meal pattern should be similar to what you cook for the rest of the family. Include fruits, vegetables, eggs, dairy and animal foods if you eat them.
Make sure you include fats like ghee and butter too.
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Good afternoon,
You can Incoperate all vegetables, fruits,grains in the diet, well cooked.
Small freaquent food of regular interval.
Kindly contact personally for a paediatric diet.
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Add everything to his diet , he is 2 years old and now you can introduce everything including eggs also
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consult me directly
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add small and frequent meals add more colour full fruits and vegetables, that will attract your kids
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Ms. Swarn Shikha Sharma
Dietitian/Nutritionist
19 yrs exp
Delhi
You should avoid giving the child packged food, preservatives, and junk meal. All homade food should be given. Avoid salt and sugar. Add seasonal fruits, 1-2 soaked almonds/ day, seasonal vegetables along with the normal diet
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Ms. Neema Yadav
Dietitian/Nutritionist
5 yrs exp
Kolhapur
2 yrs. old baby’s diet should focus on growth , immunity, brain development and digestion.
At this age the child can eat almost all home foods
( with less spice , salt ,oil )
After waking
1 cup warm milk + 1-2 soaked dates/ raisins
Breakfast
1 soft idli with ghee / veg Upma/ 1 small paratha with curd
Mid morning snack
Seasonal fruit pieces ( banana/ apple / orange/ guava /pear )
Lunch
Soft dal khichadi / curd rice / veg pulao
Evening snack:
1 cup milk + veg cutlets/ boiled corn/ besan chilla
OR
Fruit smoothie
Dinner :
Soft chapati with dal / veg Dalia / oats porridge/ khichadi
1 tsp ghee
Bedtime:
Small glass milk
Give 5-6 small meals instead of big 3
Ensure protein daily ( dal , egg, fish, paneer, curd, pulses )
Add ghee / healthy fats
Avoid packaged biscuits, chips , juices , chocolate
Encourage chewing:
Give soft chapati pieces , small rice not only mashed foods
Water : 700-800 ml / day
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Ms. Trupti Padhi
Dietitian/Nutritionist
16 yrs exp
Bhubaneswar
Good evening pls connect with specific subject dietitian on that.
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Ms. Shamika Desai
Dietitian/Nutritionist
17 yrs exp
Thane
You can consult me on practo app for detail diet consultation.
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