Examples of a toddler menu

How much food should a toddler eat in a day?

Knowing if your child is eating enough can be very worrying. Children’s appetite can change regularly.

Some days they seems ravenous and other days it is a challenge to get your child to eat at all.

Toddlers have small stomachs. Small serving sizes are best.

A nutritious breakfast for a toddler might include grains, of which they need three servings per day, and add in two other food groups. Example being a whole-grain muffin with banana slices and milk.

And then when they have a growth spurt it alters again.

Toddlers are ready to have structure in their meals and eating schedule.

It can be confusing knowing just how much and the types of foods to give to our growing little one. Avoid processed foods and sweets if possible. Provide snacks at least 1 hour before a meal. Try to represent at least two food groups in each snack and at least three food groups at each meal. This will ensure they are receiving their nutritional requirements per day.

Offer a variety of food groups throughout the day.

Whole grapes and cherry tomatoes are unsafe to provide to children. They pose a choking hazard. Cutting them reduces the risk.

When a child becomes more active you may find they want more food.

Example of toddler daily menu

Breakfast Lunch Dinner


Breakfast: Half an English muffin ¼ cup of baked beans Handful of grapes Morning Tea: Homemade carrot and sultana muffins Small cup of milk	Lunch: Toasted lamb, cheese fingers (using left over lamb chops) Sliced cucumber and beetroot Afternoon Tea: Sliced fruit Rice crackers with vegemite Small cubes of cheese	Fresh crumbed fish with baked potato wedges Mini salad including tomato, spinach, cheese, avocado & snow peas.

Breakfast:

Half an English muffin
¼ cup of baked beans
Handful of grapes

Morning Tea:

Homemade carrot and sultana muffins
Small cup of milk

Lunch:

Toasted lamb, cheese fingers (using left over lamb chops)
Sliced cucumber and beetroot

Afternoon Tea:

Sliced fruit
Rice crackers with vegemite
Small cubes of cheese

Fresh crumbed fish with baked potato wedges
Mini salad including tomato, spinach, cheese, avocado & snow peas.


Breakfast: Piece of toast (can be French toast) Fruit such as strawberries or banana Milk Morning Tea: 5 or 6 crackers 3 tablespoons hummus Sliced cucumber	Lunch: Wholemeal wrap with grated cheese, carrot, tomato, sliced avocado with ham Small tub of custard Afternoon Tea: Sliced fruit such as watermelon or pear. 100gm yoghurt	Vegetable patties (grated zucchini, carrot and potato) Chicken Apple crumble

Breakfast:

Piece of toast (can be French toast)
Fruit such as strawberries or banana
Milk

Morning Tea:

5 or 6 crackers
3 tablespoons hummus
Sliced cucumber

Lunch:

Wholemeal wrap with grated cheese, carrot, tomato, sliced avocado with ham
Small tub of custard

Afternoon Tea:

Sliced fruit such as watermelon or pear.
100gm yoghurt

Vegetable patties (grated zucchini, carrot and potato)
Chicken
Apple crumble

Renae (Seriously Kids)

Renae is the founder & CEO of SK who has been working with families for decades. Her educational background and experience in the Early Childhood sector, as well as Social Science and Community Services has provided a broad base to her approach which focuses on balancing the informative but never at the expense of providing an entertaining read. From working in the private setting, not for profit, as well as government agencies and at times combining her love of travel and work on a global scale, she is also a mum who has experienced the poo blowouts, the shopping tantrums and the sleepless nights.

Examples of a toddler menu

Example of toddler daily menu

Renae (Seriously Kids)

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