GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1 YEAR OLDS

Dairy products should continue to be a fundamental part of their diet. The quantity should be around 500-700ml a day, this includes yogurt and cheese and the milk can be cow’s milk.

Food should start to be more solid in consistency. Depending on the dentition of your baby, prepare food that encourages chewing. Vegetables and pulses should be mashed with a fork to facilitate this. Fruit should be ripe and cut into pieces but not so large that they could choke. Meat should be cut up finely in small chunks that a child could eat with his hands.

Children should start to feed themselves. using a fork and spoon and a cup. Watch them to avoid choking.

In this stage, the quality and variety of food is more important than the quantity. Many child for 1 year of age start to eat less so, don’t force them. Eating should not become a battle.

It is important that we, as parents, adapt our eating schedule so that, at least once a day, we eat with our children. The child should begin to sit with the rest of the family in a relaxed, social environment that will become the best moment of the day.

Never forget that we, the parents, are the only reference they have. Try to eat responsibly and healthily as your child’s dietary education will depend on it.