Today we commit excesses in energy intake on a regular basis and that leads us to think that our son eats little because it did not want to have a snack or dinner. But we think that the variety and quality of food are more important than the quantity and for this reason it is important to help our child to discover food in the stage of 0-2 years in which we will introduce solids in their diet and to get it to see all groups at home and in the table: fruits, vegetables, fish, meat, eggs, cereals, legumes or dairy,respecting safety periods to prevent intolerance or allergic reactions.
Discover foods
It seems a widespread practice that children at these ages to eat hours different from the parents and usually alone. The human being is social in itself and away from the basic need that is feeding, eating has become a social event that involves much more. It is clear that we can not keep pace with an infant and eat with him at three in the morning, but when we sit down to our son at the table we can adapt our schedule to eat with him and encourage you to try the food while we eat them too; quiet, playing without worry too much quantity that eats. So have the confidence to discover a new world that appears in front of him and that is far from what is known up to now that it is basically milk and we sit well the bases so that our son or daughter learn to have healthy habits and to feel included in the main meals and avoid some future practices eating alone in front of the computer.
Some tips
- Moderate consumption of red meat. Gives blue and white fish. You can make him,meatballs, hamburgers, croquettes...
- What important are legumes! Ask the pediatric age and forever.
- Fruits and vegetables are essential. Wash the fruit well and give them with skin. Get Macedonia, draws a train with the Tangerine segments... eats you also!
- Do not force you to eat. It manages games and gives example.
- Serve small portions
- It creates a good atmosphere
- Not much prologue the meal time so eat more.
- Remember that it is more important to the quality and variety that the amount.
- Some foods are more allergens than others: egg, milk of cow, fish, dried fruit, peach,melon, strawberries, cherries, vegetables. Enter in your diet slowly.
- Leave a period of a few days between a new food and another to watch his reaction.