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Moving on to Coarser Foods

Nutrition is essential to good health, and by planning your baby's meals, to ensure she eats food from the four main food groups, and doesn't fill up on snacks and drinks, you will be giving her a healthy start to life. Breakfast is her most important meal of the day, as it provides the body with the energy that is needed for the day ahead, and should as far as possible be a completely balance meal containing a serving from each of the main food groups. There is an old saying which illustrates this: "Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dine like a pauper.'

Your growing baby will need to have a protein serving at each meal, and four fruit or vegetable servings a day, which could be served in the form of smaller more frequent snacks or larger meals. At this age it is probably better to offer food in smaller portions, more often, because some younger children may feel overwhelmed when a big plate of food is put down before them, and the other advntage is that frequent snacks will prevent her blood sugar levels from dropping - which is usually the cause of irritability and aggression.

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