diet routine for a 18 months old baby

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hi to all moms there.
Can u plz share ur 18 months old toddlers diet routine.
Thanx

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Rough template - you can always refer to healthychlidren.org - for American Academy of Pediatric recommendations and information on just about anything for your kids.

     Sample One-Day Menu for a One-Year-Old

Article Body
This menu is planned for a one-year-old child who weighs approximately 21 pounds (9.5 kg).
1 teaspoon = 1⁄3 tablespoon (5 ml)
1 tablespoon = 1⁄2 ounce (15 ml)
1 cup = 8 ounces (240 ml)
1 oz = 30 ml
Breakfast

  • 1⁄2 cup iron- fortified breakfast cereal or 1 cooked egg
  • 1⁄4–1⁄2 cup whole milk (with cereal or without)
  • Fruit can be added to cereal or on its own
  • 1⁄2 banana, sliced
  • 2–3 large sliced strawberries

Snack

  • 1 slice toast or whole wheat muffin with 1–2 tablespoons cream cheese or peanut butter, or yogurt with cut-up fruit
  • 1⁄2 cup whole milk

Lunch

  • 1⁄2 sandwich sliced turkey or chicken, tuna, egg salad, or peanut butter
  • 1⁄2 cup cooked green vegetables
  • 1⁄2 cup whole milk

Snack

  • 1–2 ounces cubed or string cheese, or 2–3 tablespoons fruit or berries
  • 1 cup whole milk

Dinner

  • 2–3 ounces cooked meat, ground or diced
  • 1⁄2 cup cooked yellow or orange vegetables
  • 1⁄2 cup pasta, rice, or potato
  • 1⁄2 cup whole milk
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this is my daughter's routine for the past few months

Breakfast:
1. 1/2 cup milk, scrambled egg with cheese, half a piece of toast, some fruit OR
2. 1/2 cup milk, full piece toast, Greek yogurt, fruit, cereal

Lunch and dinner:
Usually some chicken or keema with rice/kichri and a veggie (like carrots, peas, beans, squash, zucchini, or spinach)
fruit
Another 1/2 cup of milk before nap/bedtime

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2 y/o nephew's routine (weighs about 35 lbs):

Breakfast:
- One egg or a bowl of cereal
- Mixed fruits
- Half a glass of (whole) milk

*Snack: *
- Cheese, yogurt, fruits, or crackers

Lunch:
- Whatever the grownups eat... rice w/ meat or vegetable curry, pasta, lasagna, etc.

*Snack: *
- Cheese, yogurt, fruits, or crackers

Nap time:
- A bottle of milk

Snack:
- Cheese, yogurt, fruits, or crackers

*Dinner: *
- Whatever the grownups eat... rice w/ meat or vegetable curry, pasta, lasagna, etc.

*Snack: *
- Cheese, yogurt, fruits, or crackers

Bed time:
- Bottle of milk (he also drinks an additional bottle during the night).

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^ That sounds like a lot of milk for that age group, but if he's eating well, it's all good, mashAllah!

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At the ageof 2, children should drink about 16-24 oz of milk (2-3 cups) a day. 2%is fine at that age, not whole milk.

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Mine is 17 months old and on most of the days it is like this:

Breakfast:
Omelet,usually with cheese followed by a cup of milk.Very recently she had started to show interest in toast…yaaay..!
OR
Paratha stuffed with whatever is cooked (qeema/chicken/vegetable) followed by a cup of milk (8 ozs.)

Afternoon snack/lunch
This can be before her afternoon nap(if she takes a nap around 2 pm) or after she wakes up from it(if she went down for a nap around noon time),..some fruit …despite my efforts she is not a big fan of fruit…:(…
Or some pasta or paratha (if she hasn’t had it already earlier in the day).

Dinner:
Whatever we are having.Usually it is rice with whatever is cooked.Sometimes it is roti,if that is what we are having.Her favorite is rice and chicken though.

Bedtime:
8 ozs of milk with cereal.

She usually has 2 cups of milk a day.some days it is 3 cups.
If I look at it,only breakfast and dinner are proper meals for her.Lunch is just a fun time,and I dont force her because she just runs away from it…:bummer:

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It's! And my brother and his wife are trying really hard to cut the amount down to only one bottle a day and one at night, but they haven't been able to do so. Looks like they'll have an extremely difficult time getting the little one off the bottle.

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My SIL was actually giving him 2% for a couple of weeks, but when they took him to the doctor for one of his (regular) checkups, they were told to switch to whole milk instead.

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I feed my kid spicy biryani, fried chicken, samosas, soda and most importantly, cupcakes, cookies, and cake..... nothin but the best for my gulab jamun. :)

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Ok, now I’m totally depressed, my 6 yr old twins weigh 33 lbs/35 lbs…they are in -5 percentile :(. But they eat so healthy Mashallah, one if them is almost a vegetarian, doesn’t like the taste/texture of meat & chicken but will eat fish & shrimp…out pediatrician (Indian) assures me that they are fine, are active, alert and have met all developmental targets, so I’ve tried to stop obsessing, considering that their birth eights were 3 lbs 11 oz & 4 lbs 2 oz, we’ve come a long way!!! And they are pretty darn cute, if I do say so myself :cool:

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thanx every body for ur inputs.
Sahar how old is ur daughter??

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She is 20 months now, mashAllah.

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Really? My doctor said to aim to get her down to 1 cup a day by age 2.

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I got mine off the bottle a month ago, but she just stopped drinking milk. So I thought I'd let her have it for a few more months, and then just stop all together when she's 2 inshAllah, and milk is less critical.

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I have been told that by age 2 they should be having 2 cups/day.
I am not sure if there is a hard and fast rule to it...the parent can be the better judge.I mean at 2 years if milk is all that they are having,it wont be doing them any good..!

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No need to be depressed.

My girls were smaller babies and have lower percentiles too. The older one has maintained a steady chart and what docs say is that if you have a kid that maintains the chart you are fine. Of course you work hard at making them eat more but if they are developing normally, meeting their milestones, are active, then no worries. My younger was higher in percentiles but last year she dropped down…could be due to more activity less food…some temporary changes as her bloodwork/stool exams all came back normal. However as she fell, her doc has asked me to see a nutritionist to get a guideline on what to eat. Once I get that, I’ll post it out for you . However, she’s already gaining back her weight mashaAllah as I have increased her intake of calorie + nutrition dense foods. She is a growing child, very healthy mashaAllah and extremely active, so overall I’m not worried. But we do want to get her percentiles up.

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We were told that at 2ish, kids need 16-24 ounces of milk a day. My 2.5 year old takes two to three sippy cups of milk a day. Rest, she doesnt eat much, but she has always been like this. She is really picky. She has a cup of milk for breakfast, then some days she wants nutella on toast, some days its part of her lunch. She eats lunch at day care so i pack a variety of things in hope that she will eat atleast half of it. I include pasta with keema or chicken, cheese stick (which she loves usually), boiled egg, some fruit and dry cereal etc. Some times i get her pizza or home made muffins. Most days most of her lunch comes back although she is starving. For dinner i make sure she eats something substantial like roti. But she does not like eating salan. She also has fruit as a snack and sometimes yogurt if she wants it, in the evening. Extremely picky and some days she does not even want her fav foods. She weighs 27 lbs and her doc thinks she is just a skinny child (takes after her dad).

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now ny 2nd question is which do u give 2 ur toddlers, specially moms from pakistan?

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sorry i mean which Milk ***