single sheet for nutrition

[Guest guest]

Hello,

 

I'm looking for a single sheet with nutrition information for fruits and

vegetables to post on

my refrigerator to be sure that my 15 month old daughter (who is also very

finicky and a

vegan) is getting everything she needs. Does anyone know of such a sheet (by

mail, print

from the internet, etc.)? I've seen some containing protein, Vitamin A and C,

but that's about

it.

 

Thank you,

Jennifer

[Guest guest]

Hi Jennifer,

 

Offer a rainbow of fruits and veggies every day and lots of whole grains and

water. If you try to follow a chart as you have described, you will make

youself crazy and turn meals into battles.

 

Toddlers have eating days and non eating days. Some days they just want to

graze and other days they want big meals. Some days they only eat frozen peas

and frozen blueberries.

 

This is truly a time of developmental wonders in your daughter's life. Enjoy!

 

Robin

 

jkupinse <jkupinse wrote:

Hello,

 

I'm looking for a single sheet with nutrition information for fruits and

vegetables to post on

my refrigerator to be sure that my 15 month old daughter (who is also very

finicky and a

vegan) is getting everything she needs. Does anyone know of such a sheet (by

mail, print

from the internet, etc.)? I've seen some containing protein, Vitamin A and C,

but that's about

it.

 

Thank you,

Jennifer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I did the same thing when my daughter was in her first year of solids. I

couldn't find any great guidelines online so I went and made my own info sheets,

detailing things like how much protein, certain vitamins etc. were needed for

her developmental stage/age. I googled " calcium needs 15 months " or something

like that to get an idea. It did give me something to sort of reassure myself

by although like Robin said, you can NOT let yourself get crazy about it. You

can lead a horse to water. . .

 

I had a great toddler class taught by a nutritionist who told us to think about

kids' eating habits not by the meal, but more by the week, does it even out more

or less? She also stressed very often that we are born with a good idea of how

much we want to eat to get the nutrition we need. She said problems begin when

we try to re-set that clock by insisting on certain amounts of food etc. She

cited studies where they had a group of toddlers, offering them a full " buffet "

to choose their own meals from. At first of course they all went for the

cookies and things, but as they became accustomed to being allowed whatever they

wanted, they branched out and ate rather balanced meals (over a week, not meal

by meal). She simplified the idea by saying " It is the parent's job to offer a

variety of healthy foods several times per day. It is the child's job to decide

how much, and what to eat. "

 

Another reason I liked having that research is that my husband (and of course my

in-laws) are not vegetarian (although they are fairly open-minded along with

being nosy and opinionated hee hee) and it really helped to be able to tell them

that I knew what I was doing. So having the research to back me up was nice,

but really just offering a variety of healthy foods (with treats sprinkled in,

you don't want to make cookies into something that's too hard to get so that's

all they want) you are good to go!

 

Good Luck!

 

Dee

 

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robin koloms

Monday, May 26, 2008 4:22 AM

Re: single sheet for nutrition

 

 

Hi Jennifer,

 

Offer a rainbow of fruits and veggies every day and lots of whole grains and

water. If you try to follow a chart as you have described, you will make youself

crazy and turn meals into battles.

 

Toddlers have eating days and non eating days. Some days they just want to

graze and other days they want big meals. Some days they only eat frozen peas

and frozen blueberries.

 

This is truly a time of developmental wonders in your daughter's life. Enjoy!

 

Robin

 

jkupinse <jkupinse wrote:

Hello,

 

I'm looking for a single sheet with nutrition information for fruits and

vegetables to post on

my refrigerator to be sure that my 15 month old daughter (who is also very

finicky and a

vegan) is getting everything she needs. Does anyone know of such a sheet (by

mail, print

from the internet, etc.)? I've seen some containing protein, Vitamin A and C,

but that's about

it.

 

Thank you,

Jennifer