HOW TO GET YOUR TODDLER TO EAT HEALTHY

Healthy foods are foods that are densed with the essential nutrients needed for healthy growth and development in children, and the general well being of humans. Healthy foods are considered beneficial  to baby's/toddler's health because of the vital nutrients they contain.
Healthy foods are natural foods, organic foods and whole foods. Example of these foods are: grain products, egg plant, malt, fish oil, herbal extract, honey, groundnut, fruits, vegetables etc.

The crux of this write up is actually on how to get your toddler to eat healthy foods. Justice cannot be done to this topic, without having the knowledge of what healthy foods are.

The need for your toddler to eat healthy foods cannot be over emphasised.  This is because the total well-being of your toddler is connected to the kind of foods he/she eats. Healthy foods are paramount in the life of your toddler, the reason is that, healthy eating promotes or enhances the optimal growth and development of your toddler. A healthy child is a happy child. When your toddler is happy, you as a mother are equally happy.
To get your toddler to eat healthy foods can be an easy task,  and at the same time,  a herculean task. It will be a herculean task if your toddler is a picky eater. The tips below would assist you as a mother on how to get your toddler to eat healthy foods.

BE INFORMED: Researches have shown that a toddler needs about 1,000 calories a day. This implies that, as a mother you must know what and what foods to combine which will sum up to this amount of calories. This will make you to be sure that your child is getting the required nutrients in his/her meal per day. Ensure that a meal contains all the necessary nutrients i.e protein, magnesium,  zinc, fibre and calcium. Your toddler does not necessarily need quantity, rather quality.

INVOLVEMENT IS KEY: You might be thinking about the possibility of this point, yeah! It's possible. Involve your toddler in the family menu by taking him/her to the grocery store, this is synonymous to taking him/her on food excursions. He/she will be attracted to different fruits, vegetables and foods. This will appeal to their sensory, they might even want to touch. By so doing, you are familiarising them with diffrrent fruits and foods.

MEAL TIME EQUATES FUN TIME: If there is anything toddlers love, it is shapes and colours. As a mother, create fun out of meal time, use plates that are in different shapes and colours, these will attract your toddler to the food, thereby increasing his/her interest level in meal time, because she knows that fun awaits her. Mothers can also infuse the singing of different rhymes,  just to make feeding more fun filled for their toddlers.

BE CREATIVE: Toddlers differ in the way they eat. Some love their food in solid forms, while others love theirs in liquid and semi-liquid forms. As a mother, to get your toddler to eat healthy foods, you need to be highly creative in your presentation. To get creative means you must not be lazy.
If your toddler detests fruits, why don't you change your mode of presentation through your creativity. Get that blender, combine fruits together, blend them,  make a shake out of it. There you go...your adorable is having those vitamins densed fruits in his/her diet.

PRACTICE IT: Hey mummy! You want your toddler to eat healthy foods,  do you eat the same? Be a good role model to your toddler, avoid junks, don't skip meals. Eat whole grains, fruits and vegetables and you and your toddler would do just fine.

DO NOT BRIBE: The decision of how much you eat is the sole responsibility of your toddler, not yours. Yours is to provide a meal that is rich in essential nutrients that is appropriate for him/her healthy growth and development. The age long trick of bribing the children with sweet treats and snacks is not advisable. It does not help, it only worsens your toddler's alienation to foods.

AVOID DISTRACTIONS: To get your toddler to eat healthy foods, unnecessary distractions must be removed or reduced, like the watching of cartoons, playing of games etc.


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