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Now that your little one is officially a toddler, her eating habits may well change. Toddlers are notorious for being fussy eaters - they may refuse to eat the food they loved last week, or eat like a horse at one meal and consume practically nothing the next.

This is partially explained by the change in your child's growth patterns after her first birthday. While your baby tripled her birth weight in the first year, she'll gain only around 1.5-3 kilograms / 3-7 pounds in her second year. And, because of her newfound and growing independence and mobility, your toddler may just be too busy exploring her world to bother much with food. So be prepared to serve small portions and small meals with nutritious snacks throughout the day. Also, toddlers' stomachs still aren't big enough to eat large amounts of food at one sitting. Don't worry when your little one pushes food away - no child will voluntarily starve herself. She will eat when she's hungry. 

Learning to be independent

Keeping it healthy 

Do still try to keep fatty and / or sugary foods and drinks (such as sweets, crisps and sugary drinks) to a minimum. Help your toddler develop a taste for more natural tastes, rather than one for strong or synthetic flavours.

After your child is a year old, you can start giving her whole milk to drink. Do carry on breastfeeding though, if you and your toddler are happy to continue. If she is eating and growing well you can change her to semi-skimmed milk when she is two, or skimmed milk when she is five. Skimmed and semi-skimmed milk are too low in energy (calories) and fat-soluble vitamins to meet her nutritional needs before this.

Try to offer between 350ml and 450 ml / two-thirds of a pint to a pint daily. Too much milk can leave not enough room in her tummy for other foods. If your toddler does not enjoy drinking milk, try offering it in the form of custards, cheese sauces, yoghurt, and fromage frais. About three servings of milk, cheese or yoghurt is enough.