does this sound a balanced diet for a 13 month old?

Question

7oz milk (cows)
breakfast honey on toast and an pureed fruit or porridge with fruit
snack organic fruit bar and weak squash
lunch meat veg potato with gravy,cream sauce or tomato sauce,spag bol or a stew yogurt
snack veg biscuit weak squash
tea scrammbled egg and toast,cheese spread sandwich or potato waffle and roast veg.(something like that) yogurt or pudding and custard
before bed 7oz milk (cows)

i just cheaking that she's getting everything she needs

Answer 1

Sounds perfect! The fact that you are asking makes you a great mum. I worried all the time about my kids diet and tried really hard to make sure they got the right things. Now they're 27, 24 and 19, the eldest still eats healthily, the second eats 'fast food' and the youngest eats anything he can get his hands on!
Well done, you're doing great!

Answer 2

It sounds good to me. As long as baby gets a good mix of protein, carbs, fruit and veg and dairy foods - then you're doing well.

For comparison my 12 month old son has...

Breakfast: small bowl of fruity porridge and half a slice of wholemeal toast & butter

Mid morning: 4-6 ozs milk

Lunch: Either dairylea or tuna sandwich or cauli cheese or cheesy pasta + yoghurt + water

Mid afternoon: 7-8 ozs milk

Dinner: Meat and veg + potatoes or rice (alternate between chicken, beef, lamb and fish) + yoghurt + fruit juice.

Bedtime 4-6 ozs milk

All babies are soooooo different - his cousin is only 5 months older and eats about triple what my son eats - but my son seems happy with this amount and this routine - I always offer milk at breakfast time - but we're trying to switch from bottle to cup - so it ends up being thrown across the floor!!

Answer 3

Sounds fine to me, although I'd probably leave out the honey and the gravy and try water instead of squash. But that is personal preference. You could also try snacks such as raisins, berries etc (my son loves olives...) To cut down on the sugar.

As long as you are getting a decent amount of fruit and veg in, 5 a day!, your baby is eating well and putting on weight at a normal ratte, you seem to be doing fine.

Answer 4

Sounds fantastic! I spent hours cooking organic homecooked food for my daughter and I have to say it did pay off - she pretty much eats anything except for broccoli (lol).

Personally, I would just cut out the squash and offer pure apple juice or similar. At 13 months you should dilute it 50:50 with water. (I didn't give my daughter pure fruit juice until she was 2 yo, but that's personal opinion). I just think that squash is full of rubbish like additives and colourings.

Instead of one of the yoghurts or pudding, why not give your child some fruit? My daughter loved blueberries, strawberries, mango, pineapple, raisins etc and I used to make up little fruit salads for her, which she adored. For a treat I used to put ice cream on it.

Having said all that, I think it's great to offer children treats like pudding and custard. It teaches them all about a little bit of everything in moderation and stops them going mad over chocolate as soon as your back's turned! To be frank, I like pudding and custard too, so perhaps you ought to scrub my second suggestion!

Once again, well done on doing such a great job of giving your baby a great start in life.

Answer 5

Sounds great! The only thing I did different was cut out the honey. I had put it on her porridge because she wasnt a fan. It's very high in natural sugar and I found my daughter started to lean towards liking sweet foods more and was beginning to have problems with greens. I just stopped giving her the honey before she was old enough to shout and ask for it lol.

Answer 6

OK at that age there is alot going on some babies develope colic and some maybe from teathing who know may be she put something in her mouth "not nesesarily toxic" from the floor that you didnt see an old penny could be enough at that age to throw off her digestion a little like the person above if it dosent get better and your not happy with your Dr take her to the ER but remember your going to be there for a while its not really an emergency unless there is blood, broken bones or failure of a main organ. ie lungs, heart or brain.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Very well balanced diet......just one thing tho. Honey is not a good ides for smaller children. It can contain a bacteria called botulinum which can cause botulism.

Answer 9

your like the wonder mum i want to be lol. your abaies diet sounds wonderful i just wish i could get my 2 year old to eat half of what your little one does. keep up the good work you are giving all what that little person needs to become very healthy young person. i envy you. well done xxxxx

Answer 10

sounds great to me - I would swap the weak squah for a high juice version and make the evening pudding a fruity based one witht he custard.