What to Feed Your Baby in the first 2 years

Feeding the child and the appropriate amount for each meal and every age

• Correct feeding of the child is one of the most important steps in the care of the child and therefore we provide you in our articles information about healthy and correct nutrition for your children from birth to the later stages.

• In this article, we will talk about feeding a child aged 4-6 months and the appropriate amount for each meal at these ages.

• At the age of 4 or 6 months, the baby begins to eat along with breastfeeding, After that, breastfeeding gradually becomes a complementary food.

• Many mothers wonder about the types of food that they can provide to their children and the amount of food sufficient for each stage at this age, and they also wonder how a mother can assess that her child has had enough food, whether quantity or nutritional elements, stay with us in this article in order to answer these questions We inform you about the types of foods that the child can eat and the appropriate amount for your child, as well as the important nutrients for children at this stage of life.

Baby feeding schedule

Baby Feeding at 4 Months:

•  Offer him a spoonful of boiled rice with a spoonful of milk, or an unsweetened biscuit with milk, let it be breast milk or formula.
• Also, try offering your baby a puree of some vegetables like carrots, potatoes and potatoes, and fruits like apples and pears.
•  Offer your baby no more than two meals a day, three teaspoons each, in addition to breastfeeding or formula feeding three to five times.

Baby feeding at 6 months:

• Variety of meals between vegetables such as peas, potatoes, carrots, potatoes, squash, legumes, and beets, and fruits such as bananas, apples, apricots, pears, peaches, and melons.
• Serve also boiled pasta without sauce, and boiled or cooked rice with very little fat.

Baby Feeding at 8 Months:

• During this age group, continue to vary meals between vegetables such as peas, potatoes, carrots, potatoes, zucchini, legumes, and beets, and fruits such as bananas, apples, apricots, pears, peaches and melons.
• Serve also boiled pasta without sauce, and boiled or cooked rice with very little fat.
• Increase the number of meals to four meals and each meal consists of five teaspoons, in addition to breastfeeding or formula feeding on three to five times.

Baby Feeding at 12 Months:

• Offer him cow’s milk after the first year is over, but choose the low-fat version.
• Serve cheese and yogurt in small quantities.
• Increase the number of meals and make them from five to six meals, each meal seven teaspoons, in addition to breastfeeding or formula three times or less as desired.

Feeding the child at the age of two years and beyond:

• Reduce breastfeeding as much as possible, so that he can eat his regular meals, and to be feeding at bedtime, do not wean him off breastfeeding until at the age of two years, and offer him three main meals with the family in addition to three other light ones, such as nuts, fruits, popcorn, yogurt with fruits, milkshakes, and others.
• Provide him with all the nutrients according to the meals that you prepare for the family, so that the elements are complete and made up of bread, grains, meat, fruits, vegetables, and dairy products

 Toddlers need meals made of the four main food groups:

1. Proteins, such as meat, fish, poultry, eggs, and legumes.
2. Dairy products.
3. Vegetables and fruits.
4. Grains and starches, such as potatoes, rice, pasta, and bread.

I hope at the end of this article I may have given you a simple and sufficient explanation about feeding children between the ages of 6 months to two years

Attention:

All the articles that we provide to you are general medical information, so we provide health education on some topics that the mother or family needs, but each child has a special case so that we stress that no action is taken without returning to the family doctor.

References:

https://www.webmd.com/

https://www.supermama.me/