Balanced Meal for Baby! 👏🏻⭐️ When creating a balanced meal for a baby I aim to focus on three types of foods. ✅High-iron foods. If you have been following me for even a little bit, you know that adequate iron intake is a major goal when introducing solid foods to prevent iron deficiency. Providing a high iron food with every meal is recommended. Examples of high iron foods are beans, lentils, animal based products, sardines, eggs, tofu, etc. ✅Vitamin C containing food. These foods tag team the high iron foods and aid in iron absorption. Most all fruits and veggies contain vitamin C and are also important for babies to be consuming for their vitamin and antioxidant content. Other vitamin C food sources are oranges, grapefruit, grapes, berries, collards, cantaloupe, raspberries, etc. ✅Energy-Dense/Healthy Fat Food. We know that every bite counts when starting solids so choose a food option that contains tons of healthy fats and calories to help meet their nutritional needs. Fats are also recommended to be unrestricted for the first two years of life to aid in brain development! Examples of energy dense and healthy fat foods - avocado, sardines, cheese, olive oil, avocado oil, animal products, eggs, etc. 👉🏻Remember that some of these foods may overlap and meet both the high iron and the energy dense food requirement! Use this simple method to create a balanced meal for your little one! But don’t worry if your little one isn’t always eating a balanced meal.
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