How to raise a baby Western style for babies from 1 to 2 years old

aFamilyToday Health offers you a detailed menu of a day when you want to raise your baby Western weaning with all the necessary nutrients.

Unlike the Japanese weaning method, Westerners have a secret to feeding their children separately. The Western-style weaning method also needs to be scientifically built, rich in nutrition to help children develop both physically and intellectually. Besides traditional menus, you can adopt the same diet for children as Western mothers.

Western-style weaning menu for 1 year old baby (9.5kg)

Some of the measuring instruments mentioned in the article that you should note are:

1 teaspoon = ½ tbsp = 5 ml

1 tbsp = 15 ml

1 cup = 240 ml.

1. Breakfast

A proper breakfast will help stimulate the baby's metabolism better, you should prepare your baby cup of iron-rich cereal or 1 cooked egg.

You feed your baby 1/4 - 1/2 cup of milk, you can add or not depending on your baby's preference.

After the meal, feed your baby again sliced ​​bananas and 2-3 large slices of strawberries to support their digestion.

To add more fruit to your baby, you can add it to your own cereal or food.

2. Mid-breakfast snacks

Playful babies will consume a lot of calories in their body, you need to give them a snack before a lunch consisting of 1 slice of toast or muffin with 1-2 tablespoons of cream cheese or peanut butter or yogurt with chopped fruit. You can give your baby 1/4 - 1/2 cup of milk.

3. Lunch

You can feed your baby half a slice of sandwich with shredded turkey or chicken, tuna, egg salad or peanut butter. You add green vegetables for your baby with half a cup of cooked vegetable soup. Don't forget to give your baby an extra 1/2 cup of milk.

4. Snack

In the afternoon, the baby will often play with friends or family a lot. You should energize your baby with 28.4 - 56.7 g of cheeses cut or shredded. Continue giving dessert with 2-3 tablespoons of fruit or fruit and 1 cup of milk.

5. Dinner

You should not feed your baby too much at night because it will affect the baby's digestive system. Let your baby cook 30 - 60g cooked meat (meat must be ground or diced), half a cup of cereal, rice, potatoes.

Before going to bed, don't forget to give your baby 1/2 cup of milk.

Western-style weaning menu for 2 year olds (12.5kg)

1. Breakfast

Aside from the standard of half a cup of skim or low-fat milk, you need to feed your baby half a cup of iron-rich cereal or half a slice of toast. As your baby is grown, after breakfast, you can add 1/3 cup of fruit juice (eg banana, cantaloupe or strawberry) and an egg.

2. Mid-breakfast snacks

About 1.5 hours after breakfast, you should let your child choose a snack of 4 cheese cakes or hummus that you bought at a restaurant or cooked yourself. Your baby can also replace it with half a cup of chopped fruit.

When he was 2 years old, he could walk and run continuously. You should pay attention to the child add boiled water to cool regularly.

3. Lunch

At lunch, you can feed your baby a sandwich with 30g of meat, 1 piece of cheese, vegetables (butter, fish lettuce or tomato). You need to pay more attention to your child's digestive system by adding 2-3 carrots (chopped or cooked) to your baby's menu or 2 tablespoons of vegetables that are yellow or green. Offer your baby another cup of strawberry juice or a small low-fat (14.2g) oatmeal cake. About 30 minutes later, you give your baby a half cup of low-fat or fat-free milk before nap time.

4. Snack

2-year-olds love to be curious and explore colorful things. Mom, give him half an apple (cut into slices) or 3 dried plums or 1/3 cup chopped grapes or half an orange, always with half a cup of milk.

5. Dinner

The menu of a 2-year-old "standard Western" dinner includes 56.7g of meat cooked with 1/3 cup of cereal (like rice), potatoes and 2 tablespoons of vegetables. Don't forget to give your baby half a cup of low-fat or fat-free milk before bed.

To make sure your child has the most complete menu, stick it on the refrigerator. You can download this menu here!