Your Child's Food Requirements Are Not The Same As Yours

When meeting parents for nutrition advice for their child, I always ask these two questions.

1.  is it OK to feed a toddler what we eat as adults, a similar palette?

2.  I!s it going to meet the nutritional needs of a child who’s between 2-5 years of age?

The answer is “No”. Let's understand some key differences between an adult’s palette and a t!oddler's and how to meet the nutritional requirement of a toddler.
Your child’s food requirements are not the same as yours

As adults, we have full meals 3 times a day and may be snack once, but is that an ideal meal plan for a toddler? It isnt! First things first,
The number of meals for a toddler is more than our three-meal pattern.

A typical Indian thali or a palette of an adult consisting of two vegetables/non-vegetarian dish, dal, salad, breads, curd/raita and a dessert can be overwhelming for a small little child. T!his is not even. We as adults can definitely have more variety and bigger portion per meal. But a child does not have to have the same. This is because a child has lesser capacity; that is the size of s!tomach is smaller. So the child should not be expected to finish a full plate piled with food. Rather than increasing the amount of food per meal, increase the number of meals per day. Ideally, you could give your toddler three main meals like breakfast; lunch and dinner