Nutrition for a child at 3 years old

A balanced and healthy child's diet is an important task for any parent. The kid is actively moving, physical activity is growing and therefore he needs a sufficient intake of all vital trace elements and vitamins.

What can a child eat at 3 years old

Child's diet at 3 years old should be more varied than at 2 years old. Protein foods should always be present. Since he participates in all processes of the body - growth, work of the brain and body, metabolism and strengthening immunity.

Protein is found in the following foods:

• meat;
• a fish;
• milk products;
• eggs.

In meat, preference should be given to turkey, beef, rabbit. The fish should be marine - salmon, pink salmon, etc.

Recommended servings per day:

• meat - 100 g;
• fish - 100 g;
• eggs - 1/2 pcs.;
• dairy products - 0.5 l;
• cottage cheese- 40 g.

Along with proteins, the child should receive carbohydrates - the main source of vitality.

They can be obtained from:

• porridge;
• pasta;
• vegetables;
• potatoes;
• fruit and berries;
• of bread.

It is advisable not to give a lot of foods with fast carbohydrates - cakes, sweets, sugar, butter biscuits. As an exception, you can use marshmallows and marmalade.

Vegetable and animal fats can be obtained from sunflower and butter. The recommended portion is no more than 30 g per day.

The main thing is not to overdo it in nutrition. Do not forcefully shove something into a child that he cannot eat. Everything should be in moderation.

Child's menu at 3 years old

Breakfast. It must contain complex carbohydrates, which give strength for the whole day. These can be cereals, dairy products, egg dishes or casseroles. For drinks, you can offer cocoa with milk.

Dinner. Of course, nobody canceled the first course. It is essential in the baby's diet. For the second, you can offer a cutlet, vegetable stew or fish. At the end - juice or compote.

Afternoon snack. Here you can pamper your child with delicious sweets - pudding, muffin, sweet casserole. You can make a butter sandwich and cheese.

Dinner. The evening meal should be light, but hearty. For example, cabbage rolls, pasta with vegetables, potato cutlets. Then you can eat toast with jam.

Of course, it is impossible to strictly follow only this diet. Some children have allergies for milk protein or simply do not like fish. Therefore, you should replace products with equivalent nutrients.

You can also eat canned foods such as green peas, corn, or beans.

Remember: at the age of three, the ban on honey, margarine and mushrooms remains.

As an exception, honey can be used in baked goods, in pure form - a maximum of half a teaspoon. The baby's pancreas is still too weak to handle such a heavy product.

How much should a child eat at 3 years old

Any pediatrician will answer this question with exact numbers, that a child should eat at least 350 g at one meal. And now mothers start to frantically stuff their little one with food. This is where you should stop and think if you are doing the right thing. Remember yourself in childhood, how your mother forced you to eat every last drop, and you no longer wanted to eat. Don't repeat these mistakes.

The child eats exactly as much as he needs. And you can also feed a bear. The exception is those cases when the baby refuses to eat at all. But there must be reasons for this - a sore throat, poor health, etc. Here it is already worth contacting a doctor.

If the child often snacks before main meals, then it is better to establish a diet. Usually there are no problems with this in the kindergarten. there everything is on schedule. And, of course, the size of the portions eaten depends on the time of year. In summer, almost all children eat poorly.