diet for 1 yr old baby

Dear Doctor,

Please help.

my baby is 1 year old. She completed one year on 4th March 2006. I need your help to give her healthy diet.

In the morning I used to give her milk and biscuits but now she refuses to take. I give her formula milk, 3 feeds one in the morning, afternoon and at night (150 ml) per feed. She also eat small qty rice, bannanas etc. She got two teeths.

Pl. suggest healthy food for by baby. Now her weight is 9.7 Kgs.

Thanks,

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follow some basic principles given here:

for a 9 kg childher daily intake of calories should eb around 900 cal
on an average, a good feed if prapared as per instructionscontains around 100 calories per 100 ml
a full meal for a child of 9 kg will be around150 calories 6 times a day.
so fo these 150 calories: you can distribute over different items
vegetable usually contain less calories but more of nutrientspulses contain more proteinscereals and fruits contain more carbohydrates.oils and fats and some pulses contain good fats.
a good feed includes around 60-70% cereals, 15-20% pulses and 10-15% fat.
on an avaerage
100 g cereal = 150 cal100 g pulses = 100 cal1 ml oil = 50 calories
banana and egg are high calorie and in addition egg is a high quality protein.
CONFUSED?.............
Thats what your normal diet must be!so for 10 kg or 1 year child, he should be eating half of a diet of an adult.
so he should be taking something closer to 1/2 wati rice-pulse twice a day1/2 bread twice a day2 milk feeds twice a day,with one or half serving of banana and other fruit %2B Juice %2B/- soups !
that should be ok!
dont be strict, give your baby some liberty to what he takes.
As long as his weight is normal for age, he must be doing / eating Ok for age !

MILK REQUIREMENT DECREASES AFTER FIRST YEAR OF AGE.

MILK ISNT THE ONLY DIET FOR KIDZ MORE THAN 6 MONTHS AGE.

BISCUITS WITH MILK SEEMS TO BE AN EASY DIET, BUT MAY HAVE ITS OWN PROBLEMS.

FORMULA MILK IF NOT GIVEN PROPERLY MAY HAVE ITS CONSEQUENCES.

ITS IMPORTANT TO WEAN THE CHILD FROM MILK, YES EVEN COWS MILK AND FORMULA MILK AND FEEDS... AS THE BABY IS NOW 1 YR OLD.

NEED FOR DIFFERENT NUTRIENTS AND CALORIE INCREASES TREMENDOUSLY AS BABY IS NOW MORE ACTIVE AND RUNNING AROUND; AND BABY IS NOW CAPABLE OF CHEWING SOLIDS AND SEMISOLIDS.

DONT YOU COOK NORMAL DIET FOR YOURSELF?

EATING CAPACITY OF A 1 YR OLD CHILD IS AS GOOD AS HALF OF YOURS. IF THE BABY DOESNT GET PROPER QUANTITY, ITS MORE LIKELY THAT BABY MAY GET MALNOURISHED... AND MAY BE VITAMIN DEFICIENT.

SO WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

USE THE SAME DIET ITEMS AS YOU DO.

INTRODUCE A NEW FOOD SLOWLY IN SMALL QUANTITY, AS SMALL AS PINCH , MAY BE EVEN ONCE A DAY.. BUT ALMOST EVERY DAY.

LET THE CHILD GET USED TO THE TASTE.

THEN GRADUALLY INCREASE THE AMOUNT AND DURATION OVER A WEK OR TWO SO THAT BY END OF MONTH HE IS TAKING THAT FOOD LIBERALLY.

SO, THIS WAY INTRODUCE A VARIETY IN DIET.

NOW WHATS THE REQUIREMENT OF A 1 YR OLD KID?

IT IS ALMOST 1000 CALORIES PER DAY.

HERE IS A SCHEDULE FOR EXAMPLE:

BREAK FAST:

100ML MILK 8 AM = 70 CAL

WITH 1 BREAD = 100 CAL

SMALL MEAL =

VEG SOUP THICK = 60 CAL

HALF ROTI = 50 CAL

HALF WATI RICE WITH DAL = 100 CAL

LUNCH =

HALF GHEE ROTI = 80 CAL

HALF WATI RICE WITH DAL /VEG = 100 CAL

EVENING SNACK =

FRUIT SALAD SMALL BOWL = 50 CAL

MILK 50 ML WITH SUGAR = 100 CAL

DINNER:

HALF GHEE ROTI = 80 CAL

HALF WATI RICE WITH DAL /VEG = 100 CAL

100 ML MILK 8 PM = 70 CAL

HALF BANANA 50 CAL

THIS IS JUST A GUIDELINE, DONT BE SURPRISED BY THE NUMBER OF TIMES THIS KID WILL ASK FOR FOOD.

SAME FOOD QUOTA CAN BE DIVIDED TO FEED OVER 1-3 HOURS RATHER THAN INSISTING HIM TO FINISH ALL IN AN HR.

THIS IS OFCOURSE ONCE THE CHILD HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUCED TO THESE DIET ITEMS.

ONE CAN SEEK FOR MORE VARIETY.

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Dr kondekar santosh venketraman
child health specialist at HIS best!
9869803343
pediatrician; seth G S Medical colllege
KEM Hospital - Parel/Bhabha Hospital - Bandra
Mumbai