Feeding your toddler may seem a challenging task but, if we have our priorities set right, this difficult looking job will turn to be an exciting and adventurous journey. As a mother of 2 girls: 10 year old and 19 months old, I have burnt my hands in cooking and serving meals to them, but learnt a lot from that. In this read I am focusing on the required rather than focusing on non required baby tantrums, nakhre, emotional outbursts and then taking refuge in junk food. Bachha kuch to khaa hi lega…jo bhi khaata hai vo do!!! Tala bhuna, meetha, biscuit !!!
In contrast, bachha vo hi khaayega jo hum unko denge. I have learnt that since you introduce food to your child, be it 6 months or 9 months…offer the child everything that the child can digest at the right temperature, right time, in the right bite size after enough physical activity. Kids have a tendency to know when they are hungry since birth to cry and reach out to the right place on a mother’s chest to drink right amount of milk and as soon as the baby is full the baby detaches from the mother. If you can understand the brilliance of your baby/toddler’s genius…you can feed the toddler/baby anything and everything.
Let’s see if I can frame a picture for you…!
Hope this helps you to be more prepared while thinking about your child’s meal plans. For an additional idea generation CLICK HERE to see some home made food served to a toddler.
Believe in this ‘Sahi Aahaar (food) aur Vihaar activity se hi milega bachhon aur badon ko sahi Aachaar (conduct) aur Vichaar (thought process) !
