To ask what your 1 year old eats in a day?

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Posting here mainly for traffic.
Dd is 13 months old and never really eaten much. She drinks enough etc, has three bottles a day (trying to hard to wean her off) but she's 6 inches taller than she should be for her age an she's slightly underweight. I feel awful!.
I've tried everything to get her to eat but she won't. She likes to feed herself, I let her but I'll offer food and either way. If it's her feeding herself or I'm feeding her, majority of the time she will just reject it.
So for breakfast (9am) she will have a big bowl of natural yoghurt with lots of blueberries, strawberries, blackberries and some seeds usually or a bowl of porridge with some banana and natural honey. (she likes it but she's iffy with it so she doesn't usually eat a lot.

Lunch (12/1pm) this is so difficult! I like to give her the freshest food I can so I usually do some vegetables or I do her some sort of healthy green salad, beetroot, or I'll do her some beans on toast. She hardly touches this. Even if I feed her or let her feed herself, she just isn't interested

She will then have some milk around 2pm an have an hour nap.

Dinner is at 5pm.

I'll give her some veggies, fish, she had some pasta bake that we made earlier and lapped it up but still, not a huge amount.

Then for 'pudding' I'll give her a kiwi as I've read it can help you sleep.

The she will have a bottle around 8pm and fall asleep but 8/10 times there's a fight to sleep.

Bottle if she wakes up in the night but I'm trying again to put a stop to this.

She just isn't hungry. Does this sound like enough? I offer snacks etc she refuses them.
Should I be more concerned or take her to see someone?

AND regarding the salad - if you are having some yourself put some down so it’s “normal” but beyond cucumber and tomatoes mind didn’t eat more salad stuff until they had more teeth although i noticesd a red pepper strip get sucked for 5-10 seconds yesterday and thrown on floor. FWIW my six year old eats loads of raw things and didn’t touch them at 13 months.

OP, like it’s already been said, what’s healthy for you is not always what’s healthy for toddlers. They need fats, calcium and calories. Especially if they’ve told you she is underweight. Milk, cheese and yoghurts will naturally do this, a salad is hard for a baby that age to eat so you’re better off giving her something easier to ensure she’s had something. I’d be very worried if my child was underweight!

Are you seeing a GP or dietician regarding dairy free? Children under 2 shouldn't be given dairy free milk except under medical supervision.
Children need fat and carbs, especially when they are young and can only fit in small portions. I know you're trying to avoid junk but you can still do this and provide nutritious foods high in calories, I don't know any toddlers who would happily eat a salad. Look at avocado, nut butters etc (if no allergies obviously). Ideally most meals should have protein, carbs and vegetables.

All children are different and seem to need to different amounts of food and go through phases where they eat more or less. I alwaysthink it is good to google the recommended portion size for your childs age as it can be reassuring.

My youngest turned two recently so i can tell you what he has/will eat today
Breakfast - A brioche, a banana, a few berries with a cup of milk
Lunch - Cheese on toast, a couple of slices of cucumber, a few crisps, watermelon, and a little yogurt.
Dinner - Chicken Katsu with rice followed by a piece of fruit.

Some days we have an afternoon snack which could be; breadsticks, mini cheese cubes, toddler popcorn, a biscuit.

I wouldn’t give her chocolate milk to up her calories, she needs more nutrient dense food
Carbs at every meal - you say she wolfed her pasta, that’s because it was the first carb she’d had all day!
Her breakfast and lunch are just not enough and are the wrong kinds of food
Her daily intake reads like an adult on a diet, not a growing toddler
You seem to be confused about what’s healthy for children (it’s very different than what’s healthy for an adult) I suggest you do some serious research

Hiya,

DD2 is 11 months and in a day she'll have
6am 9oz bottle of milk

10am slice of toast cut up with jam/marmite/peanut butter, half a banana.

2pm yoghurt, other half banana, handful of whatever berries I've bought that weeks (raspberries or blueberries usually). Couple of mini rice cakes

5pm Cut up mini version of whatever our dinner is. Usually pasta with less sauce, or bit of fish with some soft veggies that she can pick up.

8pm 9oz bottle before bed.

All kids are so different though, she would eat all day if she could, my boys however were never that fussed about food and just loved their milk.

Forgot to add she constantly snacks too, little bites of whatever I'm eating and breadsticks etc between her set meals

I agree with other posters - the food you are giving her is not calorie rich. My son is 3 and wouldn't eat a salad.I don't know why you are all dairy free (but she has yoghurt for breakfast?) but cows milk is a great source of protein and all sorts of good things. Also she could have yoghurt or fromage frais for pudding rather than a kiwi which may be healthy but not if she's not eating it. Try omelettes, scrambled. eggs, dippy eggs. Give her a sandwich for lunch as the carbs will help fill her up too. Jacket potatoes? Mashed potatoes with sausages and gravy and peas?

The food you are offering her sounds like an adult menu which is geared towards "clean eating". Let her have the odd cake and treat . If she;s not eating the food then it doesn't matter how healthy you are trying to be.

OP I agree with other posters that she needs more carbs and fat. It does sound like diet food tbh but I get that you probably thought as it's fruit, veg and protein that it was really good. But yes children do have different needs to adults.

My youngest is 21m now but has eaten similarly for a while now. Generally she will have:

B: weetabix or porridge with berries and a little honey / toast with PB and honey + banana / buttered toast with egg and a serving of OJ / banana, oat + egg pancakes (blend and cook) / sometimes a raisin pancake or pain au chocolat + yohgurt if we're in a rush.

S: milk + fruit

L: pasta with basic tomato and basil sauce + cheese / veg soup with buttered bread / tortilla tomato, cheese + sweetcorn "pizza" + fruit / cheese + sweetcorn toasted tortilla + fruit / picky plate of cheese, cucumber, grapes and something carby / cream cheese sandwich with picky fruit + veg.

S: maybe a couple of mini breadsticks and houmous.

D: could be anything. Yesterday we had fish pie. Tonight will be cottage pie. Also on the cards this week is a cheesy tuna + veg pasta bake and baked sweet potato with beans.

Small yoghurt for dessert and a small cup of milk before bed.

We could probably all make adjustments to what we give our children but don't stress too much. Offer more carb and fats and I'm sure she'll soon pick up more of an appetite. She's not long turned 1 and it takes time sometimes for them to adjust to having proper meals and less milk etc.

I agree with pps although you a promoting healthy food at this age they need carbs and fat as well.
My twins 15 months (although this has been the same for the last few months) have

Bottle first thing 180ml at some time between 7.30 - 8.30

Porridge or muesli made with full fat milk 9.30-10.00

Bottle 180ml pre nap 11.30 -1.00

Jam on bread or toast. Some form of crisp/puff snack
Yogurt or fresh fruit. Sometimes both offered

Toddler snack at about 4.00

Dinner 5.30 toddler pre made meal shared between them or fish fingers/ chicken nuggets/turkey dinosaurs a potato waffle and veggie fingers.
Toddler dessert or fresh fruit as dessert.

Maybe a bottle during the night.

Mine has some fruit and a couple of handfuls of shreddies with whole milk or some wholemeal toast with marmite / jam for breakfast.

For lunch she will have a bit of sandwich (equivalent of a quarter usually), some cubed cheese, some savoury crackers or toddler crisps and some fruit. Then a little biscuit as a pudding.

For Dinner something like pasta, risotto, fish fingers, half baked potato with filling, beans on toast etc... Always with veg of some type. Followed by a little pudding of yoghurt or a small cake.

Some days she eats a lot, some days barely anything, some days she is selective and will pick at certain things and reject others.

She still has 3 full bottles of whole milk per day and she also drinks lots of weak cordial throughout the day so I don't worry on the days when she eats very little. Would worry more if she wasn't talking the milk or drinking much.

She is a pretty average size for a 19 month old as far as i can tell.

my almost 14mth old sleeps 7-7/715

715 5/6oz milk
8 breakfast cereal/omelette/toast and grapes
12 lunch pasta/veg or casserole or mince/rice
4.30 tea,either same as lunch or beans on toast/sarnie and fruit/cucumber etc
6/630 5/6oz milk

My 50th centile height and weight 1 year old DD's meals during the week.

Breastfeed at 6am

Then at nursery:
Breakfast (8am): Porridge
Snack (10am): Fruit
Lunch (1pm): Med veg pasta/cauliflower cheese bake/butterbean casserole - it's a veggie nursery so she eats stuff I wouldn't even think of making at home!
Tea (4pm): Avocado dip/veg soup/cheese sandwiches/crumpets with yoghurt or milkshake for dessert and extra fruit if they're still hungry

Then home:

Breastfeed at 17:30
Supper at 7pm of rice cakes/yoghurt/toast (or bits stolen off our evening meal)
Breastfeed at 10pm

She apparently eats "loads" at nursery but she never sits still which she'll have to fuel somehow!

At home she likes scrambled egg, cheese omelette, fish pie, sliced turkey, breadsticks, banana weetabix, cous cous, macaroni cheese...