{"id":123,"date":"2016-04-30T17:42:21","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T17:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/?p=123"},"modified":"2017-03-03T17:46:08","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T17:46:08","slug":"food-for-toddlers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2016\/04\/30\/food-for-toddlers\/","title":{"rendered":"Food for Toddlers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>After a baby\u2019s first year, growth slows down and so does the appetite.&nbsp; Here is a list of foods to try with your toddler.&nbsp; Present food as good, rather than good-for-you.&nbsp; Have happy mealtimes. Encourage without urging, forcing, or rewarding a child to eat.<\/div>\n<h2>Finger Foods<\/h2>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Toddlers enjoy the independence of eating by themselves.&nbsp; Eating with fingers is a good way to give this independence before baby has the skill to use utensils.&nbsp; As baby sees you eating with utensils, he\u2019ll want to develop his skill.&nbsp; Start with a child\u2019s spoon for spoon foods.<\/div>\n<h2>Fruit \u2013 cut into appropriate sizes<\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Apples, peeled \u2013 raw or cooked<\/li>\n<li>Bananas<\/li>\n<li>Blueberries<\/li>\n<li>Canned fruit and fruit cocktail<\/li>\n<li>Canned Mandarin oranges<\/li>\n<li>Cantaloupe<\/li>\n<li>Dried fruits softened by soaking in a little hot water (or they can be chopped)<\/li>\n<li>Figs<\/li>\n<li>Grapefruit sections<\/li>\n<li>Grapes, halved or quartered<\/li>\n<li>Kiwi, peeled<\/li>\n<li>Oranges, sectioned<\/li>\n<li>Peaches, peeled<\/li>\n<li>Pears<\/li>\n<li>Plums<\/li>\n<li>Strawberries, halved<\/li>\n<li>Sweet cherries, halved and pitted<\/li>\n<li>Watermelon&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Vegetables<\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Cooked asparagus tips<\/li>\n<li>Ripe avocado<\/li>\n<li>Steamed broccoli<\/li>\n<li>Carrots, steamed or grated<\/li>\n<li>Cooked Cauliflower<\/li>\n<li>Celery, with strings removed<\/li>\n<li>Cooked green beans<\/li>\n<li>Shredded lettuce<\/li>\n<li>Cooked mushrooms<\/li>\n<li>Slightly cooked green peas<\/li>\n<li>Potatoes, mashed or french fries (oven-baked)<\/li>\n<li>Cooked squash, zucchini and yellow<\/li>\n<li>Tomatoes, peeled&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Meats<\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Beef roast, sliced thin or ground<\/li>\n<li>Crisp bacon<\/li>\n<li>Chicken or turkey, diced or sliced very thin<\/li>\n<li>Frankfurters cut in small pieces that could not cause choking<\/li>\n<li>Ham, cut into bite-sized pieces<\/li>\n<li>Hamburger, meat balls, or meat-loaf pieces<\/li>\n<li>Lamb<\/li>\n<li>Luncheon meats<\/li>\n<li>Tuna<\/li>\n<li>Veal&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Dairy<\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Cottage cheese (add fruit, or blend and make into dip.&nbsp; Serve on crackers)<\/li>\n<li>Cream cheese on cracker or bagel<\/li>\n<li>Eggs, scrambled, or hard-boiled, deviled, omelets<\/li>\n<li>Mild cheese \u2013 small pieces, or grated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Breads<\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Arrowroot cookies<\/li>\n<li>Bagels<\/li>\n<li>Biscuits<\/li>\n<li>Bread pudding<\/li>\n<li>Breads \u2013 white or dark<\/li>\n<li>Cereals, hot or cold, unsweetened varieties (with or without milk)<\/li>\n<li>Cooked pasta (noodles, macaroni \u2013 different shapes and colors, spaghetti, ravioli, and&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; many others)<\/li>\n<li>Cookies \u2013 oatmeal, or plain<\/li>\n<li>Corn bread<\/li>\n<li>French toast fingers<\/li>\n<li>Graham crackers \u2013 plain or with peanut butter<\/li>\n<li>Milk toast<\/li>\n<li>Pretzels \u2013 without excess salt<\/li>\n<li>Sandwiches \u2013 egg salad, lunch meat, tuna or chicken salad, peanut butter and jelly and many more<\/li>\n<li>Soda crackers<\/li>\n<li>Toast strips, with a little butter<\/li>\n<li>Zwieback<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h2>Other Toddler Foods<\/h2>\n<h2>Drinks&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>milk<\/li>\n<li>eggnog<\/li>\n<li>fruit juice<\/li>\n<li>milk<\/li>\n<li>fruit juice blends&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Spoon foods<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Casseroles of meat or fish, vegetables, and pasta<\/li>\n<li>Cereal with fruit<\/li>\n<li>Cooked spinach<\/li>\n<li>Custards or puddings<\/li>\n<li>Eggs (soft-cooked, baked with milk, creamed hard boiled)<\/li>\n<li>Gelatins<\/li>\n<li>Ice cream<\/li>\n<li>Junket<\/li>\n<li>Soups<\/li>\n<li>Tapioca or rice pudding<\/li>\n<li>Yogurt (plain, vanilla, or mixed with baby fruits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a baby\u2019s first year, growth slows down and so does the appetite.&nbsp; Here is a list of foods to try with your toddler.&nbsp; Present food as good, rather than good-for-you.&nbsp; Have happy mealtimes. Encourage without urging, forcing, or rewarding a child to eat. Finger Foods &nbsp; Toddlers enjoy the independence of eating by themselves.&nbsp; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2016\/04\/30\/food-for-toddlers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Food for Toddlers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parent_resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions\/125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}