The child’s body grows, its functions improve, cognitive and physical activity baby, the need for energy increases. All these reasons influence the child’s diet, which is already significantly different from the diet of children in the first year of life.
What happens to a child’s body from one to one and a half years old?At this age, children continue to develop the chewing apparatus, a sufficient number of teeth appear - by the age of 1.5 years, children should already have 12 teeth. The activity of digestive juice and enzymes also increases, but their functions still do not reach full maturity. The volume of the stomach increases - from 200 to 300 ml. Gastric emptying occurs on average after 4 hours, which allows you to eat 4-5 times a day.
The daily amount of food (excluding liquids consumed) for children from one to one and a half years old is 1200-1250 ml. This volume (including calorie content) is distributed among feedings in approximately the following ratio: breakfast - 25%, lunch - 35%, afternoon snack - 15%, dinner - 25%. The volume of a single meal can be 250 ml, taking into account 5 feedings a day, and 300 ml with 4 feedings a day.
How to feed a child from one year old?For children 1-1.5 years of age, dishes with a mushy consistency are preferable. If a child’s chewing teeth (baby molars) have erupted by this age, he can be offered whole pieces of food no larger than 2-3 cm in size. The child develops a sense of taste, an attitude towards food, the first preferences and habits begin to form. The baby begins to develop a conditioned food reflex during meals, which ensures sufficient, rhythmic secretion of digestive juices and good absorption of food. That is why it is important to follow a diet and expand the diet by introducing new products and dishes.
The child’s cognitive and motor activity increases, and along with it, the body’s energy consumption increases. Physiological need for energy in age group from 1 year to 1.5 years averages 102 kcal per 1 kg of body weight. With an average body weight of 11 kg, it is 1100 kcal per day.
The main requirements for a child’s diet after one year are variety and balance in the main nutrients(proteins, fats, carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins). Combinations of dishes from vegetables, cottage cheese, cheese, milk, animal and poultry meat, eggs, cereals and flour products are required.
The basis of the diet of a child from 1 to 1.5 years old is foods high in animal protein: milk, dairy and fermented milk products, meat, poultry, eggs. The child should receive dishes from these products, as well as from vegetables, fruits and cereals, daily.
Dairy products for children over one year oldIn the nutrition of a baby over 1 year of age, an important role belongs to milk, dairy and fermented milk products. They contain easily digestible proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals. Fermented milk products contain lactic acid bacteria, which regulate the functioning of gastrointestinal tract, have a positive effect on the intestinal microflora, improve digestion, and increase the child’s immunity. Milk, kefir, yogurt should be included in the diet daily healthy child, and cream, cottage cheese, sour cream and cheese can be used after one or two days.
For children with normal body weight, foods with a reduced percentage of fat content are not acceptable; the diet uses milk with 3.2% fat content, kefir 2.5-3.2%, yoghurts 3.2%, sour cream up to 10%, cottage cheese like milk , and creamy - 10% fat. Total amount of milk and fermented milk products should be 550-600 ml per day, taking into account the preparation of various dishes. Of these, 200 ml of kefir intended for baby food, the child can receive daily. For babies with intolerance to cow's milk proteins, it is best to postpone introduction to whole milk until a later date (up to 2-2.5 years), and instead continue to use formulas for the second half of life (they are made from whole milk powder without adding whey).
One-year-old babies can receive only specialized children's milk (not creamy) yogurt with a moderate content of fats and carbohydrates in a volume of up to 100 ml per day. Cottage cheese, as a source of protein and calcium, is required for children within 50 g per day. Sour cream or cream 5-10 g can be used to season first courses; hard cheeses up to 5 g in crushed form are used in the nutrition of a baby in the second year of life after 1-2 days.
Can children eat eggs?Definitely yes, if there are no medical contraindications, such as food intolerance, dyskinesia (impaired contractions) of the biliary tract). Eggs are given to the baby hard-boiled or added to various dishes, in the daily amount of 1/2 chicken egg or 1 quail. Until one and a half years, it is recommended to use only hard-boiled yolk, mixing it with vegetable puree.
What kind of meat can a child eat?With age, the amount in the diet gradually increases meat. Canned meat, meat soufflé, meatballs, minced meat from lean varieties of beef, veal, pork, horse meat, rabbit, chicken, turkey in the amount of 100 g can be given to the child daily, preferably in the first half of the day, given their long period of absorption. The expansion of the diet occurs due to the introduction of offal - liver, tongue and children's sausages (the packaging indicates that they are intended for young children). Sausages are not included in the list of “allowed” products.
Fish day: what fish to choose for the children's menu?With good tolerance and absence of allergic reactions, low-fat sea and river varieties are introduced into the child’s diet fish(pollock, hake, cod, haddock) in the form of fish, canned fish and vegetables for baby food, fish soufflé, 30-40 g per serving, 1-2 times a week.
You can't spoil porridge with oilVegetable oil in a daily norm of 6 g, it is advisable to use it raw, adding it to vegetable purees and salads. The child receives fats of animal origin with sour cream and butter (daily allowance up to 17 g). By the way, it is still recommended to widely use gluten-free foods in the diet of children over one year old. porridge(buckwheat, rice, corn), gradually introducing oatmeal. It is recommended to give porridge once a day in a volume of 150 ml. Until 1.5 years old, you should not offer your child pasta rich in carbohydrates.
The set of products for children 1-1.5 years old should include bread various varieties of rye flour (10 g/day) and coarse wheat flour (40 g/day) Cookies and biscuits can be given 1-2 pieces per meal.
Compiling fruit and vegetable menu for childrenVegetables are important as a source of carbohydrates, vitamins, mineral salts, dietary fiber, and should be widely used in the nutrition of children from 1 to 1.5 years old in the form of vegetable purees. The daily volume of vegetable dishes from cabbage, zucchini, carrots, pumpkin with the addition of onions and herbs is 200 g. And potato dishes - no more than 150 g, because it is rich in starch, which slows down metabolism. Young children, as well as children with functional disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, should not be offered garlic, radishes, radishes and turnips.
In the absence of medical contraindications (for example, food allergies), children should receive 100-200 g per day of fresh fruit and 10-20 g berries. They also benefit from various fruit, berry (preferably without sugar) and vegetable juices, rosehip decoction (up to 100-150 ml) per day after meals. It is not recommended to use jelly in the diet of young children, since they unnecessarily enrich the food with carbohydrates and their nutritional value is low.
Compote will not replace waterDo not forget that the child must receive a sufficient amount of fluid. There are no norms for the volume of additional liquid; the baby needs to be given water on demand (during feeding, in between feedings). It is best to offer your child boiled water, baby drinking water, weak teas or baby teas. Sweet drinks - compotes, fruit drinks, juices do not compensate for the lack of fluid, and the sugar they contain reduces appetite and increases the load on the child’s pancreas. Make sure that liquid is available to your baby between feedings.
Cooking food for children must be correctAnd a few words about food processing: for a child under 1.5 years old. Porridges and soups are prepared in pureed form, vegetables and fruits in the form of puree, meat and fish in the form of soft minced meat (passed once through a meat grinder) or in the form of soufflés, steamed cutlets, and meatballs. All dishes are prepared by boiling, stewing, steaming, without adding spices (pepper, garlic, etc.). Feed your baby from a spoon and let him drink from a cup.
The daily volume of food is 1200-1250 ml. The calorie content of the daily diet is 1200 kcal.
Breakfast: Porridge or vegetable dish (150 g); meat or fish dish, or omelette (50 g); Milk (100 ml)
Dinner: Soup (50 g); meat or fish dish (50 g); side dish (70 g); fruit juice (100 ml)
Afternoon snack: Kefir or milk (150 ml); cookies (15 g); fruit (100 g)
Dinner: Vegetable dish or porridge, or cottage cheese casserole(150 g); milk or kefir (150 ml)
Sample menu for 1 day:
Breakfast: Milk porridge with fruit; Bread
Dinner: Vegetable puree soup; vegetable puree from cauliflower with meat; biscuits; Fruit juice.
Afternoon snack: Yogurt or biokefir; children's cookies.
Dinner: Curd or milk; fruit or vegetable puree.
For the night: Kefir.
Whole milk is milk, during the processing of which none of its components – proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and mineral salts, etc. – has been changed qualitatively and/or quantitatively.
Gluten-free porridges - porridges that do not contain gluten - vegetable protein from some cereals: rye, barley, oats, wheat (from which they are made semolina), which can cause damage to the cells of the small intestine in young children - celiac disease and allergic reactions, since babies have a deficiency of the enzyme peptidase, which breaks down gluten.
At one year old, the child has already learned a lot: he can stand, walk, and feed himself with a spoon. He already has several teeth, and the child’s menu begins to change at 1 year old. More and more unground food with small pieces appears in it, the diet becomes more varied. In this article I will write an indicative menu for a one year old child, and also write delicious and healthy recipes, according to which you can cook for your kids.
Also read the previous article: . At this age, many parents still have difficulty sleeping at night, although it would seem that the child has already grown significantly. In the article I write about how to ensure good and deep sleep for the whole family.
At this age, a child eats on average 1200 ml of food per day. Of course, all children are individual. Some may eat more, some less. If a child flatly refuses to eat, you should not force him. Better make him have an appetite. Dr. Komarovsky advises to do this by walking more fresh air, move more. If, for example, a child doesn’t want to have breakfast, well, he’s not hungry yet, don’t force him. Go for an active walk, climb stairs and slides. In this case, there is a greater likelihood that by lunchtime the child will “work up” an appetite and eat without mother’s tears and nerves.
You don’t need to focus only on tables, look at your child. I'll write the averages. This is not the weight of the food, but its volume.
It is very good if the child has a feeding schedule. Then the digestive tract will already be preparing to digest food and secrete the necessary juices and enzymes. There should be about 3-4 hours between meals.
New products, as before, are introduced gradually. You can give only one unfamiliar product per week; you need to do this for breakfast in order to be able to track it in time. possible reaction. If the child responded well to the new product, the next day you can give it in larger quantities.
If your baby does not yet have chewing teeth, then food should be pureed or pounded with a potato masher. When the first chewing teeth appear, you need to teach the baby to chew, that is, small pieces of food may sometimes be found in the food.
At 1 year of age, food is prepared without sugar (until 2 years of age, sugar is not allowed). It is also better not to use salt, since natural products there is sodium. If you add salt to children’s food, do it in very small quantities. A child can only have half a gram of salt per day. For example, the norm for an adult is 10 grams.
Baby's daily dietBreakfast . Most often, it is customary to give porridge for breakfast as a source of carbohydrates, that is, energy. Porridge can be either dairy or dairy-free. At this age, many children continue to eat instant cereals from boxes. If you wish, you can cook the porridge yourself and blend it with a blender. Can be added to porridge fruit purees. If you make dairy-free porridge, then offer your child yogurt along with it.
You can also add it to porridge small piece butter and half a hard-boiled egg yolk.
In addition to porridge for breakfast, you can prepare a steamed omelette; the recipe is in this article. You can add greens and small pieces of vegetables to the omelette. You can also have cottage cheese with fruit for breakfast - it’s also very nutritious and energy-intensive.
At 1 year old, a child can eat up to 15 grams. good butter and up to 40 gr. white bread.
In addition to food, don't forget about drinks. Be sure to teach your child to drink clean water. In addition to water, you can give compotes without sugar, weak tea without sugar, juice. 
Dinner . For lunch, mothers most often prepare soup for their children. It can be only vegetable soup, vegetable soup with meat, and also soup with cereals. At this age, children should not be given bone broth soups. Broth can only be on meat. The first broth is poured after 5-10 minutes of cooking the meat and poured over the meat clean water. The soup is already cooked in the second broth.
There are no restrictions on soups. You can put any vegetables there, and then puree them with a blender along with the meat. In addition to soup, you can serve vegetable stew with meat for lunch. You can also start introducing offal: liver, heart, tongue.
Before lunch, you can give your child a salad from fresh vegetables: grate cucumber, carrots, radishes or cut tomatoes onto a fine grater. Don't forget about the fish. Fish should be given at least 2 times a week. Fish can be steamed, boiled, or prepared into fish casseroles and soufflés. Take lean, white fish.
You should not get carried away with potatoes, as they contain a lot of starch. The total amount of potatoes per day should not exceed 1/3 of the total amount of vegetables. Giving your child a lot of potatoes can lead to weight gain and intestinal colic, to allergies.
We also give the child something to drink.
Afternoon snack. For an afternoon snack, offer your child a cottage cheese dish. If your baby is tired of eating just cottage cheese, make a casserole for him. You can put fruits or sweet vegetables (pumpkin, carrots) in the casserole. You can also give your child kefir or yogurt.
Dinner . For dinner they give meat or fish with a side dish. The side dish can be vegetables (boiled or steamed), pasta or porridge.
If you are still breastfeeding, then before bedtime the baby receives mother's milk. If not, you can leave the mixture or drink kefir at night.
What should not be given to a child under 2 years of age?These products should not be on your child's menu.
- sausages and sausage
- fried foods
- fatty fish
- smoked meats
- fat meat
- Exotic fruits
- mushrooms
- caramel, chewing gum and lollipops
- sugar
- products with preservatives, artificial colors, flavorings and other chemicals
- fresh onions and garlic, can be boiled
I offer an indicative table with a weekly menu for a 1-year-old child. Sometimes you just don’t know what to cook for your baby. After all, food should be healthy and at the same time tasty. All children have different tastes. Some people love meat very much, while others, on the contrary, spit on it, etc.
After the table you will find delicious recipes preparing meals for your kids.
Between breakfast and lunch there may be a second breakfast. For second breakfast they give fresh fruits, and once a week you can have juice. Before bedtime, the child is given kefir or milk.
| Breakfast | Dinner | Afternoon snack | Dinner | |
| Monday | ||||
| Tuesday | Children's cottage cheese with sour cream and banana | Soup with beef, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes and herbs | Carrot-apple puree (you can make it yourself) | Buckwheat porridge with steamed vegetables + Mozzarella cheese |
| Wednesday | Rice porridge (or corn) + quail egg | Pumpkin puree soup with sour cream and herbs + steamed turkey | Homemade or baby yogurt with fruit, you can whip it into a smoothie | Mashed potatoes + steamed chicken cutlets with zucchini |
| Thursday | Buckwheat porridge with milk and a piece of butter | Beef meatballs with rice + vegetable stew or vegetable soup with water | Cottage cheese + prune puree | Steamed fish + cauliflower, zucchini, carrots |
| Friday | Steamed omelette + steamed vegetables | Lentil soup (recipe below) | Pumpkin and carrot casserole | Baked turkey breast + rice porridge + vegetables |
| Saturday | 7-grain porridge with water (or wheat) + yogurt + pieces of fruit or dried fruit | Vegetable stew with rabbit meat (can be stewed, or baked with vegetables and natural herbs) | Cottage cheese casserole with banana | Fish casserole with pasta + vegetables |
| Sunday | Oatmeal with milk, fruit and ground flaxseeds | Steamed fish or fish casserole + vegetable stew or steamed vegetables | Rice and pear casserole | Steamed meat soufflé + vegetables |
Broccoli soup with turkey.
This is a simple soup with a light turkey broth. There are only two ingredients: broccoli and turkey. If desired, you can add other vegetables to the soup that the child is already familiar with and to which he is not allergic (for example, zucchini, cauliflower, pumpkin, carrots, onions).
Ingredients:
- turkey fillet - 200 gr.
- broccoli - 5-7 florets
- water - 2 - 2.5 tbsp.
Pour water into a saucepan and boil it. Rinse the fillet and place in boiling water. It is better for children under 1 year old not to prepare soups with bone broths, they are too rich. Just cook the meat. To make the meat juicy and tasty, you need to put it in boiling water. For a rich broth, bones and meat are placed in cold water, but this is not necessary for a baby.
Cook the meat until done, about 50 minutes. You can add a little salt to the soup, literally a pinch of salt. At this age, children should not be given as much salt as adults eat. Or you can skip the salt at all. Then remove the meat from the soup and let it cool slightly.
Rinse the broccoli and place in the boiling water in which the meat was cooked. Cook for about 15 minutes. Meanwhile, cut the turkey into medium cubes. Add the chopped meat to the cooked broccoli. Use a blender to puree the soup. Before serving, place a piece of butter on a plate.
Creamy pumpkin soup.
This is a vegetable soup, pumpkin and carrots will give beautiful colour and sweetness to boot.
Ingredients:
- pumpkin - 200 gr.
- potatoes - 2 pcs.
- carrots - 1 pc.
- onions - 1 pc.
- milk - 100 ml
Peel and seed the pumpkin and cut into cubes. Weight 200 gr. listed in clean form. Peel the potatoes and onions and cut them into small pieces so that they cook faster. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Place all the vegetables in boiling water, lightly add salt and cook for 30 minutes.
Using an immersion blender, puree the finished soup directly in the pan. Add milk, bring to a boil and simmer over low heat for another 5 minutes. Vegetable cream soup is ready. When serving, you can sprinkle it with sesame or flaxseeds for greater health benefits.
Lentil soup.
Lentils are a very healthy product. If you want to try lentils for the first time, it’s better not to cook the soup, but just boil them and give your child a few pieces. If there are no colics, bloating, etc., then you can cook soups.
Ingredients (for 3 servings):
- carrots - 1.5 pcs.
- onion - 0.5 pcs.
- red or green lentils - 150 ml (by volume)
- vegetable broth - 0.5 l
- garlic - 0.5 cloves
- celery - 2 stalks
- rapeseed or olive oil- 1 tbsp.
- tomato paste - 30 ml
Vegetable broth for soup can be cooked in advance, or immediately. Use any vegetables for the broth: onions, carrots, celery root. To cook the broth, vegetables are placed in cold water and cooked for about 40 minutes. Then these vegetables are thrown away, all the benefits remain in the broth.
Lentils need to be soaked overnight in advance.
Pour a tablespoon into an empty, thick-bottomed pan. vegetable oil, which can be heated and does not turn into a carcinogen. This can be refined olive oil or rapeseed oil. Place the onion and garlic cut into small cubes into the heated oil. Fry these vegetables a little until translucent (not yellow, let alone Brown), you just need to soften the onion.
Chop the carrots and celery stalks into small pieces. Add to softened onions. Also add washed lentils to the pan. Stir and let heat through for 1 minute.
Add tomato paste to the soup and pour in the broth. Bring the soup to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for about 20 minutes until the lentils are tender. Immersion blender puree the soup. If the soup is too thick, thin it with water or broth.
Cauliflower soup.
This is a very simple white soup.
Ingredients:
- cauliflower - 200 gr.
- potatoes - 100 gr.
- rice - 50 gr.
- butter or sour cream - 1 tbsp.
Peel the potatoes and cut into arbitrary pieces. Wash the cauliflower and separate into florets. Boil water, put potatoes and cabbage in it, cook until tender.
At the same time, in another pan, boil the rice until tender. It is better to soak the rice for at least 10 minutes first so that excess starch comes out of it. Place the finished rice with the cooked vegetables and use a blender to make a puree soup. Add sour cream or butter to the finished soup and stir. When serving, you can sprinkle with finely chopped dill or any seeds.
Cottage cheese casserole with banana.
For children who do not like to eat cottage cheese, mothers bake various casseroles, cheesecakes, puddings, as long as the child receives useful substances. This is a very simple casserole recipe with just 3 ingredients.
Ingredients:
- cottage cheese - 100 gr. (it’s better to take children’s without additives)
- semolina - 2 tsp.
- banana - 1 pc. small
Pour the curd into a bowl and add semolina to it, stir until smooth. Leave for 10 minutes for the semolina to swell. The banana needs to be pureed. To do this, you can use any device that you can use in this moment: blender, grater, chopper. Add banana puree into the cottage cheese and mix thoroughly again.
Place the resulting dough into silicone molds - they do not need to be greased, and the baked goods come out easily. Cook this casserole in a multicooker in the “Steam” mode for 20 minutes. Or just steam it in the container you have. The finished casserole is sweet, soft, easy to digest, and your child should like it.
If you have already entered egg white into the diet, then you can add half an egg or one quail to the casserole. This will make the casserole a little denser.
Pumpkin and carrot casserole.
This casserole is also steamed. You can do it as in previous version, in a slow cooker. You can just use a water bath.
Ingredients:
- pumpkin - 100 gr.
- carrots - 100 gr.
- egg - 1 pc.
- milk - 50-70 gr.
- semolina - 2 tbsp.
Grate the pumpkin and carrots on a fine grater. Place the vegetables in a saucepan and add milk. Place on the stove and bring to a boil. Simmer over low heat, stirring until the milk is absorbed. Remove the vegetables from the heat and let them cool.
Beat the egg into the cooled mixture and add semolina. Mix all the dough so that there are no lumps.
Pour the mixture into a deep small plate or broth and place it in the pan. Pour about 2 cm of water. There should be enough water so that when boiling it does not fall into the casserole. Bring water to a boil and reduce heat.
Cover the pan with a lid and steam the casserole for about 20-25 minutes. That's all, you can treat your child to the finished casserole.
Steamed fish casserole.
In addition to the traditional cottage cheese casserole, you can make fish and meat casseroles. I suggest making a delicious fish casserole.
Ingredients:
- white sea fish fillet - 100 gr.
- green peas (can be frozen) - 2 tbsp.
- milk - 30 ml
- carrots - 1/2 pcs. average
- chicken egg - 1 pc. (or 2 pieces of quail)
- onions - 1/4 pcs.
If your fish is not in the form of fillets, then you need to remove the skin from it and carefully remove all the bones. Then turn the fish and onions into minced meat in a blender or meat grinder. Green pea also chop and mix with minced fish.
Grate the carrots on a fine grater. In a separate bowl, beat the milk and egg with a mixer until a loose foam forms. Beating is enough for 3 minutes.
It is convenient to prepare the casserole in a small silicone mold. Place the fish and pea mixture on the bottom of the pan and press down slightly with a fork. The next layer is carrot. Don’t put too many carrots, a thin layer is enough. Use a fork to compact the carrots a little.
Pour the milk-egg mixture over the fish casserole. Place the mold in a steamer. Pour half a liter of water into the multicooker and cook in the “Steam” mode for 35 minutes. Along with the form in which the casserole will be prepared, you can put vegetables in the steamer, which will be an excellent side dish. Cook the vegetables for 25 minutes, then remove them.
That's all. There are not many actions on your part, but the child is fed and happy.
Rice and pear casserole.
This casserole is great option for afternoon tea.
Ingredients:
- pear - 1 pc. average
- rice flakes - 2 tbsp. without a slide (can be replaced with oatmeal)
- children's cottage cheese - 100 gr.
- sour cream - 1 tsp.
- quail egg - 1 pc. (or half a chicken)
Mix sour cream, cottage cheese and egg in a bowl. To easily separate half a chicken egg, crack it into a separate bowl and shake with a fork. Then pour half into the curd. Stir until smooth.
Pour rice flakes into the cottage cheese (if you don't have them, grind the rice cereal in a blender). Grate the pear on a coarse grater and add to the general mixture, stir. Grease a silicone mold with butter and pour the dough into it. Next it is steamed, as in previous recipes. You need to put the casserole in a double boiler, then in a slow cooker and steam for 35 minutes. Alternatively, bake in the oven until done.
If baking in the oven, cover the pan with foil to prevent a crust from forming.
This casserole can be served with fresh berries or fruits, or topped with fruit puree.
Steamed cutlets with zucchini.
You can make cutlets out of meat for your child. Moreover, you can add any vegetables to the cutlets, you will get a balanced product. Use the amount of ingredients at your discretion. It depends on what ratio of meat to vegetables you want.
Ingredients:
- minced meat (beef, veal)
- zucchini
- carrot
- egg (or one yolk)
Grind the meat through a meat grinder or make minced meat in a grinder. Grate the vegetables or chop them together with minced meat. Combine all the products, add an egg or one yolk, lightly salt and mix until smooth.
Form cutlets and steam them for 30 minutes. This can be done in a slow cooker. If you don’t have a multicooker, you can put the cutlets on a sieve and place them in a pan of water. Cover the top of the sieve with a lid.
Steamed omelette.
When the child begins to eat egg whites, after a year, you can make steamed omelettes. They turn out soft and kids generally like them.
Ingredients:
- egg - 1 pc.
- milk - 3 tbsp.
- butter - 5-7 gr.
- greens - optional
Beat the egg into a small bowl, but separate part of the white. At this age, it will be too much for a child to eat whole protein, separate half. Pour milk into the egg and beat with a fork. Place a piece of butter in a small ovenproof dish and pour the beaten egg over it. If desired, you can add finely chopped dill. Place on the steamer rack and steam in the slow cooker for 10 minutes (don't forget to pre-heat the water in the slow cooker for steam).
This steamed omelette is good to serve with steamed vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots).
Fish casserole with pasta.
If you want to diversify your baby’s menu, make him a fish casserole. It turns out quite fluffy due to beaten eggs. All ingredients used should be familiar to the child.
Ingredients:
- cod fillet - 300 gr.
- whole grain pasta - 100 ml (measurement by volume)
- green onion - 1 feather
- butter - 30 gr.
- flour - 2.5 tbsp.
- milk - 250 ml
- eggs - 2 pcs.
- ground nutmeg - 1/3 tsp.
- breadcrumbs - 2-3 tbsp.
- carrots - 300 gr.
- pepper - to taste
Immediately turn on the oven to preheat to 160 degrees. Cook the pasta (if you can’t find whole grains, then take durum wheat). The pasta is placed in boiling water and cooked for several minutes, see instructions on the package. In this case, it is better not to cook the pasta a little, so it will still be baked.
Cut the fish fillet (defrost it in advance and rinse it) into 2 cm pieces. Thinly chop the green onions. Now you need to make the bechamel sauce. To do this, melt the butter in a saucepan, add flour to it and stir. Now pour in the milk in a thin stream and stir so that there are no lumps. Cook the sauce for a few minutes until it thickens. Add nutmeg and black pepper to the sauce. Cool the sauce.
If you are in a hurry, simply beat the eggs with a whisk or even a fork. If you have time, separate the whites from the yolks. Beat the whites with a mixer into a strong foam. When turning the bowl over, the whites should not fall out. Whipped egg whites will make the finished casserole more porous and airy.
Chop the fish, cook the sauce, beat the eggs. Mix the yolks into the whites; this can be done with the same mixer.
Add beaten eggs to the cooled sauce and stir. Add chopped fish, boiled pasta and green onions to the same mixture. Mix gently with a spoon. Grease a baking dish with butter, pour the entire mixture into it, and level it out. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Bake in an already preheated oven for about 40 minutes.
Grate the carrots and place in a deep plate. Place a portion of the casserole on top of the carrots. This is how it turns out tasty dish for a child. As you noticed, there is no salt in the recipe. The dish doesn’t need to be salted at all, or you can add just a little salt to the sauce.
Steamed meat soufflé.
A very tasty meat recipe for children. It's easy to prepare.
Ingredients:
- minced meat - 50 gr.
- egg - 1 pc.
- white bread - 10 gr.
- milk - 3 tbsp.
In a small bowl, pour milk over the bread and leave to swell for 10 minutes. Now you need to combine the minced meat, egg and soaked bread together. Using a blender, turn this mixture into a homogeneous mass.
Place the resulting mixture into silicone molds. Place the molds on the steamer. In the same steamer, immediately place the vegetables that you will serve with the meat: zucchini, cauliflower, broccoli, green beans, carrots, etc.
Pour water into the multicooker, place the steamer, close the lid and cook in the “Steam” mode for 40 minutes. Mash the vegetables and soufflé with a fork before serving; you can sprinkle with fresh herbs.
Oatmeal with nuts and flax seeds.
If you decide to switch from boxed instant cereals to regular ones, then this year is the time to do it. Porridge for a child can be cooked with both milk and water. If you haven't already given the usual cow's milk, then for the first time, like any new product, you should give very little to see the reaction. If you are afraid to give regular boiled homemade milk, buy special baby milk, it must pass quality control.
If the child tolerates the introduction of milk well, his digestion does not deteriorate and there is no rash, then the amount can be gradually increased.
Ingredients:
- milk or water - 200 gr.
- oat flakes - 100 gr.
- banana - 1 pc.
- walnuts - 1 tsp.
- flax seeds - 1 tsp.
Boil milk or water. Add the cereal and cook for 5 minutes, stirring. Cooking time will depend on the flakes you choose. By the way, it can be not just oatmeal, but 5-7 cereals. Read on the package how long to cook them. It’s better not to take instant cereals, they are highly refined and contain few useful substances.
Add banana pieces to the finished porridge and grind a little with a blender. Walnuts and grind the flaxseeds in a blender or coffee grinder. Add to porridge.
Add nuts if your child is already familiar with this product.
Avocado and banana salad.
If children don't eat vegetables well, it always upsets parents. They need to get their vitamins from somewhere. Avocado is a very healthy fruit, it is not sweet and fatty (it contains a lot of Omega-9 fats, like olives). And avocado is simply a storehouse of vitamins and minerals. To make the salad tastier, add a banana to the avocado; children mainly love bananas for their softness and sweetness.
Ingredients:
- avocado - 1/2 pcs.
- banana - 1 pc.
- carrots - 1 pc. small
- apple - optional
Grate half an avocado and carrots on a fine grater. You can simply crush a banana with a fork or cut it into small cubes to teach your child to chew. If you puree everything for a long time for a child, then he will not be very willing to eat as he grows up. solid food. At one year old, give your child food with pieces.
Mix all prepared products. As you know, carrots contain a lot of beta-carotene, which is absorbed only in combination with fats. Avocado will be a fatty conductor of vitamin A to the cells of the body. There is no need to add any additional oil.
Serve this salad with cottage cheese or yogurt.
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When there is a child in the family after one year, parents involuntarily have questions related to his nutrition. All kinds of information sources are replete with complementary feeding schemes, but the principles and nutritional features of a one or two year old baby are not so easy to find. Feeding a child after one year has basic rules, knowledge of which makes the task much easier for many young parents.
Child's diet after 1 yearThe basis of nutrition small child after one year, it is mother's breast milk or a special liquid formula. Over time, the number of such servings should be gradually reduced until the “adult” food completely fills the baby’s diet. The decision about when to completely stop breastfeeding remains with the parents.
A child aged one year should eat children's meals. Food should not be too fatty, salty or spicy. You should not give your small child processed and fried foods. Foods rich in nutrients are recommended to be baked, boiled, stewed or steamed. Many experts argue that children's menus must include lean meat. It is recommended to give your baby a nutritious fish dish once a week.
Cottage cheese is the main source of calcium in the diet of a small child after one year. Curd and fruit purees are a complete breakfast for a baby at this age. Parents should take into account that steamed vegetables retain significantly more useful vitamins and minerals than boiled products.
Below is a table of products that must find a place in the diet of a small child after one year. Opposite the name of each product is the norm of its daily consumption for children after one year to 1.5 years and from 1.5 to 3 years. The table presents average figures, so you shouldn’t worry too much if on some day you won’t be able to offer your child the exact amount of product indicated.
- The baby should be fed until approximately 6 months breast milk or special mixtures. Intensive infant feeding, as a rule, is scheduled strictly by the hour. If the mother has breast milk, it is recommended to feed the baby until 1.5 years. This natural food product will provide the child with protective antibodies and help strengthen his immunity.
- The diet of a small child after one year should be flexible. Observe your baby's reaction after feeding. Gradually, you will learn to distinguish the signs of hunger in your child from other causes of anxiety and feed him as needed. Free feeding does not mean disordered eating.
- Until one year of age, the baby develops a certain diet. Over time, the interval between meals lengthens. Experts recommend feeding your baby based on his appetite.
Cow's milk protein is a major allergen for children younger age. This product contains approximately 20 types of protein, which can provoke the development of an allergic reaction in the baby. Casein, as well as whey proteins α-lactoalbumin, β-lactoglobulin, and ordinary whey albumin, have the maximum allergenic properties.
If a baby is diagnosed with an allergy to cow's milk, experts strongly recommend that mother's breast milk be included in the child's diet as much as possible. The mother is prescribed a hypoallergenic diet. If the mother has a lack or absence of breast milk, the child is prescribed dairy-free formulas. In this case, pediatricians strongly recommend excluding ordinary cow's milk from the baby's diet.
Knowing the characteristics of a small child’s body will allow parents to plan sample menu for a week. Food should be balanced. It is important to pay attention to its calorie content. Food products should contain a minimum of simple carbohydrates and fat, but at the same time they should become the child’s main source of energy. For normal operation intestines and digestive tract you need to follow a diet.
Monday:- Breakfast. Buckwheat, tea with sugar, sandwich with butter;
- Dinner. First - cabbage soup. For the main course - salad with cucumber, pasta balls, compote;
- Afternoon snack. A glass of kefir, baked apple;
- Dinner. Milk, carrot-apple casserole, cheese sandwich;
- Snacks. Biolact, milk, cottage cheese.
- Breakfast. Rice porridge, bread with a piece of cheese, tea;
- Dinner. Vegetable soup, beet salad, cutlet with mashed potatoes, compote;
- Afternoon snack. Banana, cottage cheese;
- Dinner. stewed cabbage, omelette, yogurt;
- Snacks. milk, cookies.
- Breakfast. Mashed potatoes, half a boiled egg, a glass of apple juice, bread with jam;
- Dinner. Cabbage soup, cabbage and apple salad, buckwheat, meat puree, jelly, bread;
- Afternoon snack. Curd casserole, milk;
- Dinner. Kefir, semolina, sandwich with butter;
- Snacks. Apple, banana.
- Breakfast. Oatmeal, cocoa with milk, sandwich with cheese;
- Dinner. Carrot salad, boiled fish, vegetable puree, compote, bread;
- Afternoon snack. Cottage cheese, fruit;
- Dinner. Potato casserole, bread, tea;
- Snacks. Yogurt, kefir, cookies.
- Breakfast. Milk soup, tea with milk, sandwich with butter;
- Lbed. Cabbage salad, borscht, boiled chicken, rice porridge, jelly;
- Afternoon snack. Cookies, milk, banana;
- Dinner. Tea, rolled oats, bread with cheese;
- Snacks. Apple, cottage cheese.
- Breakfast. Cheese pancakes with carrots and pumpkin, bread and butter, milk;
- Dinner. Carrot salad with apple, meat cutlet, pickle, vegetable stew, bread, compote;
- Afternoon snack. Peach, cottage cheese;
- Dinner. Buckwheat, milk, sandwich with jam;
- Snacks. Banana, tea.
- Breakfast. Millet, kefir, cheese sandwich;
- Dinner. Beetroot salad with sour cream, noodle soup, mashed potatoes, compote;
- Afternoon snack. Pear, kefir, bun;
- Dinner. Cottage cheese casserole, yogurt, sandwich with butter;
- Snack. Cookies, peach, milk.
A child under the age of 1 year should eat foods specially prepared for children's delicate digestion. It is important to pay due attention to the energy value, nutritional value, composition of food and determine the method of heat treatment of products. To avoid unpleasant diseases accompanied by constipation and stomach pain, it is recommended to prepare foods ahead of time, boil or bake them.
Products :
- 1 piece cucumber,
- spinach,
- 1/2 tsp. sugar syrup,
- salt.
Products:
- 500 g chicken meat,
- 1/2 carrots,
- 1 piece onion,
- 250 ml milk,
- 2 tbsp. l. flour,
- 2 tbsp. l. butter,
- 500 ml water,
- 1/2 cup sour cream,
- fresh greens,
- salt.
Cooking method
Products:
- 100 gr. cauliflower,
- 2 tsp semolina
- 200 ml milk,
- 250 ml water,
- a small piece of butter,
- salt.
Cooking method
Products:
- 60 g lean meat,
- 1/2 slice of white bread,
- a small piece of meat
- salt.
Cooking method
Products:
- cottage cheese,
- egg,
- sugar,
- butter,
- powdered sugar,
- a pinch of salt,
- breadcrumbs.
Cooking method
In the presented episode of the program "" we will talk about what you should feed a small child from one year old, how complementary feeding should be done and what kind of diet the baby should have at this age. early age. The presenter and a child nutrition specialist invited to the program will try to find out all the issues of concern to young parents related to feeding a child over one year old.
Just yesterday you returned from the maternity hospital with an envelope in your hands, and today you are already celebrating your first, real birthday. The first joys and smiles, the first words and steps are already behind us. Your baby, having crossed the one-year mark, begins to change surprisingly quickly. And mom has a lot of worries. Follow the correct daily routine, walk a lot, invent Interesting games and help the little one make first acquaintances on the playground. But for physical development What is most important is the optimal diet for children aged 1 year.
How many times a day do we sit down at the table?According to pediatricians, by the age of 12 months, the baby can continue to eat five times a day, but may already be limited to the adult diet, four times a day. Observe your child’s behavior at the table; in due time, he will quite independently refuse his first breakfast and begin to wake up at 8-9 in the morning. Wherein approximate schedule will look like this. Nutritious breakfast, lunch at 13:00, afternoon snack after nap and dinner after a walk at 19:00. If your baby can't handle this routine, add another snack in the form of yogurt or puree.
Breast milk and complementary foodsThe diet of children aged 1 year must be varied. At this age, many babies receive a lot of nutrients from their mother's milk. You may hear a lot of advice that it’s time to wean your baby exactly one year from the breast, but it’s better to rely on the opinion of experts. According to WHO, it is recommended to continue breastfeeding up to 1.5, and even better, up to 2 years. The diet of children aged 1 year already includes a large number of variety of foods, but mother's milk will still provide a source of protein and protection against many infections.
If breast-feeding is impossible, then an adapted milk formula can become a complete replacement. In this case, the diet of children aged 1 year does not imply a reduction in the proportion of dairy products in the diet. It is a source of protein and calcium, various vitamins. For normal height and development one year old baby you need at least 600 ml of dairy and fermented milk products per day.
Do not forget that mixtures have special markings that indicate what age they are intended for. The diet of children aged 1 year should consist of specialized products for this purpose. age category. These are milk mixtures, kefir and mild cheeses. Cottage cheese is also an obligatory component of the diet, and not necessarily in pure form. You can gradually introduce casseroles made from cottage cheese and vegetables or fruits into your baby’s menu.
Light soups are another healthy product that it’s time to introduce your growing baby to. The diet of a 1-year-old child involves eating tasty and rich broth with any type of cereal once a day. Make sure that the broth is not too fatty. It is recommended to boil the meat, then drain the water, add clean water and cook until cooked. But the growing body does not need spices and salt at all; try to keep them to a minimum.
Cereal dishes, porridgesThe diet of a 1-year-old child must include one of the cereals every day. Change them with each other every day. Pediatricians do not recommend giving your baby only semolina porridge, as well as legumes, because the baby’s digestion is not yet ready for such loads. And so cereals are the most valuable product that must be on the table every day. You should not cook them thick, otherwise there will be problems with feeding.
Young mothers sometimes find it difficult to master the technique of cooking a small amount of porridge. But there is nothing complicated about it. First, the cereals are thoroughly boiled in water, and then milk is added to them. They can be prepared both sweet and neutral, and served as a side dish for meat dishes.
Despite the benefits of porridge, it is not an option for feeding several times a day. This is a very satisfying dish, and a delicate stomach should be able to cope with the incoming products. Therefore, make it a rule to give porridge to your baby once a day. Parents should be aware that some grains, such as wheat and oats, contain phytic acid. It interferes with the absorption of calcium and magnesium, as well as a number of other microelements that are extremely beneficial for the growth and development of the baby. The previously popular semolina porridge should be included in the diet as rarely as possible.
There is no need to rush to introduce the baby to pasta. Their nutritional value is not very high, but the load on the pancreas is enormous. As a last resort, let it be durum wheat pasta soup. However, it is better to leave this until the baby is 2 years old. What else should a 1-year-old child’s diet include? The table tells young parents that it is at this time that they can start giving him bread little by little. Just not sweet baked goods, but regular white wheat bread. After some time, you can gradually give black and rye bread.
Vegetables and fruitsGetting to know these healthy products You should start as early as 6 months, and give preference to vegetables, since after sweet fruits their taste will not seem attractive to the baby, and he will most likely refuse. Therefore, leave the apple for later, and start with carrots, beets and broccoli.
If until now they were present in the crumbs menu in the form of purees, now you can change the serving method. When the child is 1 year 1 month old, the diet may include grated salads. If the baby still has problems with chewing, then you can use the smallest grater. Carrots and peeled cucumbers and tomatoes, as well as greens, are perfect for this time.
IN summer time You can diversify your diet with seasonal fruits. These can be apples, pears and plums. But it’s better not to take exotic fruits at all or give them in tiny pieces. IN winter period Fruits are often sold treated with special compounds for better preservation. Therefore, it is better to store frozen vegetables and berries for future use and prepare jelly and compotes from them. In addition, you can prepare soups and purees or buy baby food in jars.
A child’s diet after 1 year must include sources of protein. These are meat, fish and eggs. It’s impossible to imagine without them full development body. There must be meat on the menu every day. In addition to protein, it gives the body iron and B vitamins. Of course, boiled meat will be too rough food. It is recommended to cook steamed cutlets, meatballs from beef or veal, and rabbit. Daily norm- at least 85 g. You can also give special canned food.
Two or three times a week, meat on the menu is replaced with lean fish. Pollock fillet works well. Sea fish is also a good choice. additional source iodine and polyunsaturated fatty acids. The fish can be cooked in the form of steam cutlets or boiled, and then thoroughly ground.
Second year of lifeGradually, the variety of foods your baby can eat is growing. Every month his menu becomes more and more similar to what is familiar to adults. So, the diet of a 1.2 year old child allows you to add an egg, although only the yolk for now. The daily dose is approximately ½. But you’ll have to wait a bit with protein for now. Usually the yolk is not fed on its own, but is added to vegetable purees and porridges. Omelette goes very well with carrots and peas.
The diet of a 1.3 year old child already includes almost everything, with the exception of egg whites, offal, and of course, sweets, smoked and spicy foods. How later baby If he gets acquainted with these harmful delicacies, the better it will be for him. However, each dish has its own optimal time for administration when it will be easiest for the body to cope with the load and optimally absorb the incoming nutrients. We adhere to the principles of four meals a day, which is optimal for this age:
- The most nutritious foods are best for the first half of the day. Lunch time is considered optimal. These are meat and fish, poultry and cottage cheese, as well as eggs. But all other dairy products can be used throughout the day.
- Must be offered to your baby balanced diet. When using similar products, the proportion of each of them must be reduced accordingly. For example, if you offer your baby liver (40 g), then we reduce the amount of meat by exactly the same amount. Proteins, fats and carbohydrates should be on the table every day so that there is no overload. And of course, be guided by the taste preferences and digestive characteristics of your baby.
- If a product is missing, a replacement must be sought among similar sources. We exchange carbohydrates for carbohydrates, fats for fats, and so on.
- Storing prepared meals is another important point. Vegetable and fruit purees will last in the refrigerator for no more than 12 hours, soups and pates for no more than 1.5 days.
In the second year of life, the baby's growth rate slows down significantly. Now the number of meals per day is reduced by almost half, but portions are increasing. The diet of a child (1 year 3 months) includes at least four meals. These are the three main ones, an afternoon snack and kefir before bed. It can be replaced with yogurt, but not with cow's milk. Just like for a baby in his first year of life, dairy products are now very important. However, you should not give your baby more than 50 g of cottage cheese per day, and 150 g of yogurt.
Sample menu for the dayThe diet of a 1.5-year-old child is not much different from what a one-year-old is fed. However, he can already be given offal and egg whites. The total amount of food consumed is about 1200 g. That is, one serving should not exceed 240 g, including juice.
- The first breakfast is milk or porridge.
- The ideal breakfast is porridge, which will give you a boost of energy.
- Lunch is the main, protein dish.
- Afternoon snack - fruit puree.
- Dinner - vegetable puree or kefir.
The diet of a 1.6-year-old child most often makes precisely this adjustment. Until now, mom was calm that if the baby didn’t eat properly, he would snack on breast milk. Now it all depends on his appetite. And for him to be good, the most important thing is not to let him snack on unhealthy goodies or carry cookies and crackers. You also need to walk more in the fresh air. Then by the next meal he will be hungry and will definitely eat well and will not choose only individual delicacies. Remember that we ourselves form taste preferences in our children. And we often discourage the desire to eat healthy food by regularly offering the child some tasty treats an hour before the main meal.
Another important point is the taste preferences of the parents themselves. If you regularly have chips and crackers, cookies and candies on your table, and the most common side dish for lunch is French fries, then you shouldn’t be surprised that your child will be drawn to these gastronomic delights. Little ones tend to follow their parents' example and steal food from their plates. Therefore, first of all, train yourself to eat vegetables and steamed cutlets, and buy fruit as a side dish.
Young parents who have a baby after one year often have questions - what to feed the child next?
Young parents who have, often have questions - what to feed the child next? Nutrition guides are full of complementary feeding schemes, but they focus on the nutrition of one- and two-year-old children less attention. But mom and dad not only need to know the principles of nutrition for the baby, but also plan it correctly for the day, week or even month! It is necessary to plan the purchase of products, methods of preparation and even preparations for future use. Let us pay close attention to the menu for babies from one year to about two years.
Important note: the recommendations of this article can be fully applied only to children whose mothers adhered to and gradually replaced feedings (usually with formula, but sometimes with breasts) with certain volumes of “adult” food. Babies who are breastfed on demand are more suitable, which is gaining more and more supporters. These children may not be able to handle the portion sizes given, but their mothers can easily follow the recipes and general recommendations in this article.
Nutritionist - mom?The principles of baby food for a 12-month-old child remain the same as in the second half of the first year - a gradual expansion of the range of products and a gradual change in the degree of grinding and processing of the product.
To properly organize your baby’s nutrition, you should think through and create an approximate menu for 7-10 days in advance. At first glance, this seems difficult - but let's try, using certain knowledge about the products and their daily requirement, make approximate layouts.
When creating a menu, you need to take into account the norms for daily food consumption - that is, which foods must be given to the baby every day, and which ones - with a certain frequency. For simplicity, we will make calculations for a week - so we will distribute the products by day. We calculate daily products based on daily norm, multiplying it by 7 days of the week, the rest - based on the number of receptions.
Every day the baby receives milk and dairy products, butter, bread, vegetables, cereals; for example, cottage cheese, cheese, fish, sour cream, eggs are distributed on certain days of the week. It is recommended to give meat and fish 5-6 times a week at least - that is, 4 times meat and 1-2 times fish.
Sometimes it happens that it is impossible to prepare all the products planned on the menu. Then you have to resort to replacing the product with one of approximately equal value. When replacing, you need to take into account the calorie content of the product - that is, replace carbohydrate products with them, fats with other fats, proteins with other proteins. For example, interchangeable carbohydrates are bread, bakery products, pasta, and cereals. Among proteins, milk, cottage cheese, meat, fish, and cheese are replaceable. Vegetables - potatoes, beets, cabbage, carrots, etc. Fats are replaceable, both vegetable and animal. However, by the end of the week, all quantities of replaced products are equalized.
Milk, butter, vegetables, bakery products should be mandatory and indispensable in a baby’s diet every day; other products can be varied by day of the week.
In addition, when planning your baby’s menu, you should remember to take into account the boiling and loss of the product, take their volumes taking into account cooking - for example, fish loses up to 40% of its weight when cooked, meat - up to 30%, vegetables lose up to 35% of their weight when processed. raw mass.
Feeding a child per year: age characteristics nutritionIn the first months of the second year of life, the main components of food are mashed potatoes and porridges mashed or mashed with a fork. But the degree of their grinding should gradually change - from the beginning of the second year you can switch to heavily boiled and diluted porridges boiled with milk, side dishes from heavily boiled vegetables or cereals - buckwheat, rice, wheat, corn or millet. Closer to one and a half years, with the appearance of 8-10 or more teeth, it is necessary to start giving denser foods - steamed cutlets, meatballs, dark bread.
In addition, we must remember that until one and a half years of age, the acidity of gastric juice is still insufficient, and therefore delicate proteins - mainly milk - should predominate in the diet. It is advisable not to use confectionery and sugar in the diet of children under 2-3 years of age, but you can give dry cookies, homemade preserves, marmalade, jams and honey from about one and a half years old, if there are no allergies.
It is believed that 5 or 4 meals of 200-225 ml each are optimal.
When feeding babies, you should follow certain rules:
- For breakfast you can give a variety of cereals, vegetables, eggs, cottage cheese, meat, fish. From liquid dishes - milk, weak tea, herbal teas, fruit drinks;
- lunch should consist of any type of soup - meat or vegetable, a second course - meat, fish or vegetable with a side dish and sweets - juices, fruits, compotes, mousses, souffles;
- closer to one and a half years, a light snack before the first course is recommended - salad;
- for an afternoon snack, preferably a liquid, milky, preferably sour dish with cookies and fruit;
- maximum protein in the first half of the day - breakfast and lunch;
- dinner is based on the principle of breakfast;
- It is mandatory to have a hot dish at each feeding;
- After eating, the baby should drink.
Here are menu options developed by various doctors and nutritional guides. You can use one of them or create your own menu based on the standard ones.
For example, pediatrician Ezhova N.V. in his guide “Nutrition for Children from Birth to Three Years”, he offers the following menu options for the day (with some additions and changes by the author of the article).
For ages 1 year - 1 year 3 months
Breakfast
Porridge from various types cereal – 150 g
Tea with milk or milk - 100 ml
Bread and butter – 30 g + 3 g
Dinner
Vegetable or meat soup - 100 g
Meat puree or cutlet - 40 g
Side dish (vegetables, pasta, cereals) - 50 g
Compote or fruit juice - 100 ml
Afternoon snack
Cottage cheese - 30 g
Kefir or milk - 150 g
Bun or cookies - 10 g
Fruits – 50 g
Dinner
Tea with milk – 50 ml
Second dinner (if desired, there can be a second breakfast instead)
Kefir, milk, biolact, children's yogurt (optional) - 150 ml
For ages 1 year 3 months - 1 year 6 months
Breakfast
Porridge – 150 g
Tea with milk or milk - 150 ml
Bread and butter – 40 g + 5 g
Dinner
Vegetable salad - 10 g
Soup – 100 ml
Meat cutlet (fish, liver, chicken) - 50 g
Side dish (vegetables, cereals, vermicelli) - 80 g
Compote (fruit drink, fruit juice) – 100 ml
Afternoon snack
Cottage cheese - 50 g
Fruits – 100 g
Tea with cookies 150 g + 10 g
Dinner
Vegetable puree or porridge - 150 g
Tea with milk – 150 ml
For ages 1 year 6 months – 1 year 9 months
Breakfast
Grated carrots (fruit salad, half an egg) - 30 g
Milk porridge – 150 g
Tea with milk or milk - 150 g
Bread and butter 60 g + 5 g
Dinner
Vegetable salad – 40 g
Soup (cabbage soup, borscht) - 100 g
Meat puree or cutlet - 60 g
Side dish (vegetables, cereals) - 100 g
Fruit juice – 100 ml
Afternoon snack
Kefir with bun – 200 g
Fruit 100 g
Dinner
Vegetable puree or porridge - 200 g
Milk (kefir, yogurt) - 150 g
For ages 1 year 9 months – 2 years
Breakfast
Milk porridge (noodles, vermicelli) - 150 g
Unnatural coffee, or tea with milk, or milk - 150 g
Bun with butter, jam or cheese 70 + 3 g
Dinner
Vegetable salad - fresh, pickled - 30-40 g
Soup, cabbage soup or borscht - 50-100 g
Meat or fish cutlet - 50 g
Side dish (vegetables, cereals) 100 g
Compote – 150 g
Afternoon snack
Kefir with cookies – 150 g
Fruits – 50 g
Dinner
Vegetable dish - 150 g
Kissel or milk - 100 g
As you can see, the menu is not without its shortcomings. These are approximate servings and quantities and should be used as a general guide only. Based on it, taking as a basis an approximate menu layout from a pediatrician’s reference book (Local pediatrician. Reference manual. - Phoenix, 2008) and making practical adjustments, we developed several menu options for the week.
Children's menu for a week. Option oneThe first day
Breakfast - buckwheat porridge, tea and bread with butter.
Lunch - cucumber salad, cabbage soup, meatballs with noodles, dried fruit compote, bread.
Afternoon snack - kefir, cookies - 2 pcs., baked apple.
Dinner - carrot-apple casserole, milk, wheat bread with cheese.
Let's have a snack either between lunch and breakfast, or at night - a glass of biolact, milk (100-150 ml) or cottage cheese (50 g).
Second day
Breakfast - rice porridge, tea with milk, bread with cheese.
Lunch - beet salad, vegetable soup, meat cutlet with mashed potatoes, compote, bread.
Afternoon snack - cottage cheese, banana.
Dinner - omelet, stewed cabbage, biolact or yogurt, bread.
Snack: milk and cookies.
Day three
Breakfast - mashed potatoes with half an egg, apple juice, bread with jam.
Lunch - cabbage salad with apple, cabbage soup, meat puree with buckwheat porridge, apple jelly, dark bread.
Afternoon snack - cottage cheese casserole, milk.
Dinner - semolina porridge, kefir, bread and butter.
Snack - banana, apple.
Day four
Breakfast - oatmeal, cocoa with milk (very diluted - if the child is not allergic), bread with cheese.
Lunch - carrot salad, boiled fish with vegetable puree, dried fruit compote, bread.
Afternoon snack - cottage cheese, peach.
Dinner - potato casserole, tea, bread.
Snack - kefir or yogurt, cookies.
Day five
Breakfast - milk soup with noodles, tea with milk, bread and butter.
Lunch - cabbage salad, borscht, boiled chicken with rice, pear jelly, dark bread.
Afternoon snack - milk, cookies, banana.
Dinner - oatmeal porridge, tea, bread with cheese.
Snack: cottage cheese, apple.
Day six
Breakfast - cheesecakes with pumpkin and carrots, milk, bread and butter.
Lunch - apple and carrot salad, pickle soup, meat cutlet, vegetable stew, compote, bread.
Afternoon snack - cottage cheese, peach.
Dinner - buckwheat porridge with milk, bread with jam.
Snack: banana, cookies and tea.
Day seven
Breakfast - millet porridge, kefir, bread with cheese.
Lunch - beet salad with sour cream, chicken noodle soup, boiled egg, mashed potatoes, bread, compote.
Afternoon snack - kefir with a bun, pear.
Dinner - cottage cheese casserole, yogurt, bread and butter.
Snack - peach, cookies with compote.
All dishes can be varied according to your wishes and depending on the time of year. The salads offered on the menu are introduced into the diet around the age of one and a half years.
And here is the second version of the menu for a baby of the second year of life, taken with some corrections and additions from a reference book on the practice of feeding children in the first years of life (Kalmykova A.S., Tkacheva N.V. et al. Healthy child from birth to three years - Phoenix, 2008).
Menu for the week. Option twoFirst day
Breakfast - buckwheat porridge with milk.
Lunch - lean cabbage soup with sour cream, steamed cutlet, mashed potatoes and juice.
Afternoon snack - kefir, bun, cottage cheese.
Dinner - fruit mousse (apple and apricot), cookies.
Second day
Breakfast - semolina porridge with fruit, tea.
Lunch - chicken broth with rice, navy pasta, jelly, bread.
Afternoon snack - omelet with milk.
Dinner - vegetable stew, bread, yogurt.
The third day
Breakfast - corn porridge with milk.
Lunch - lean borscht with sour cream, zrazy, jelly.
Afternoon snack - yogurt with cookies or a bun.
Dinner - carrot-pumpkin casserole, juice.
Fourth day
Breakfast - rice porridge, jelly.
Dinner - fish soup, potato casserole with meat, compote, bread.
Dinner - vegetable stew, bread, milk.
Fifth day
Breakfast - milk soup with noodles, bread and butter.
Lunch - potato soup with meatballs, boiled fish with beetroot puree, pear juice.
Afternoon snack - cottage cheese, cookies, kefir.
Dinner - semolina porridge.
Sixth day
Breakfast - oatmeal with fruit, bread and butter.
Lunch - vegetable soup, stewed cabbage with meatballs, bread, apple juice.
Afternoon snack - egg, tea with cookies.
Dinner - yogurt, bun.
Seventh day
Breakfast - omelet with milk, bread with cheese.
Lunch - meat noodles, boiled chicken with rice, jelly, bread.
Afternoon snack - cottage cheese with peach.
Dinner - millet porridge, tea with milk, cookies.
Snacks are at the discretion of the mother and based on the baby’s appetite. For snacks, fruits, a piece of cheese, tea with cookies, cheesecake, and a bun are recommended.
Whichever of our offers you choose, try to diversify your baby’s menu as much as possible so that the same dish is not repeated more than twice a week.
Next time we will introduce you to those found in these menus.
Paretskaya Alena
pediatrician, member of the Association of Consultants
By natural feeding, member of the IACMAH association,
early childhood nutrition specialist,
Project Manager "Children's Doctor"
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Alena | 01/08/2017
We are now 1.4 years old, we liked the menu! I think you shouldn’t take what’s proposed so seriously, because all children are different and each mother chooses how to feed her baby herself, but here is a sample menu and you can take something from it for yourself. It is not necessary to comply with it 100%. When we were still 10 months old. The doctor herself advised us to increase the portions to 250 grams, we are large and have a good appetite, we already eat almost everything. And when we had 3 more teeth, we were already crunching carrots) and chewing them well, for a long time, really)
Madlen | 10/26/2016
I read a lot of information on the Internet about nutrition... The most important thing is to find delicious recipes... Because every child is individual, and not everything will be eaten. It is very difficult to please)) And, of course, you need imagination) We are now 1 year 10 months old. and we don’t really like rice, buckwheat, or wheat porridge...on rare occasions he eats them. I give what he likes) I come up with something interesting. For example, very healthy pumpkin. The child overate and completely refused it, because from the age of 6 months. up to 10 months I only ate it)) I really liked it. And now he doesn't eat. I had to add a little to the soup, it was really nothing)) there were zucchini)) and other vegetables that the child did not eat separately... the main thing is not to overcook. Some people don't eat semolina. They also added it to the soup. Delicious. And the child didn’t understand anything)) Every morning we eat oatmeal with milk. I just add different fruits. Bananas, strawberries, cherries, etc. He doesn’t eat an apple crushed in a blender, not because the apple is tasteless, but because it is crushed through a blender, the reaction with the metal and the taste is completely different)) I like to scrape the apple with a spoon and give it) And so, you can go on and on... If the child refuses to eat something that he ate before, this does not always mean that he is not hungry) My husband tells me that means she is not hungry) But she ran to the plate, opened her mouth wide and... the child is disappointed) does not eat ) perhaps it’s not so tasty, or perhaps I cooked something wrong)) we need to somehow get out of this situation))
Sergey | 09/15/2016
This is such nonsense, giving a one and a half year old child 1.2-1.5 kg of food a day, why are you feeding a pig for slaughter? You need to feel the baby, and not stuff him with food
Elena | 09/10/2016
Girls, all children are different, some eat pureed food until they are a year old, but even at 9 months they are already chewing as they should be) in terms of food, everything is different for everyone, some give fresh food, some add salt, but it depends on the little one, if they poop well, they gain weight And great mood, then feed as you see fit) (without fanaticism, of course) the main thing is that the child eats)
Lerunya | 08/13/2016
We are one year and 1 month old. I really would remove semolina porridge from the menu. I give you baked apples. He tries to eat the casserole well. Well, about salads, I also don’t understand a little. Well, finely grate the apple and carrot, yes. But something else confused me. Otherwise good. How's that for fish with beetroot puree??
guest | 06/30/2016
Thank you. Very useful. And when asked how to give it, a blender will help you.
Galina | 06/15/2016
Honestly, I don’t understand how to give some kind of salads (cabbage or something else). How will a child chew all this? We are one year and almost four months old, with only six teeth. What is there to chew on all this? I give everything crushed in a blender or store-bought purees. And the first, and the second, and the compote... I don’t know, maybe we eat very little, but we have never had such a situation where a child ate such large portions, and even the first and second in one sitting.
Anastasia | 06/11/2016
Great menu! We are 1.2 years old and it suits us perfectly! We only have front teeth, but we chew great! They forgot about the blender at 11 months. But how to have time to prepare all this variety is really a problem))) Thanks for the useful article!
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