Making Food Fun
Making mealtimes exciting for your toddler will encourage her to try new foods. Fun foods do not have to be difficult or time consuming; a little imagination is all it takes.
Smiley pizza face
Cheese, vegetables, and fresh fruit decoratively [...]
Portable Baby Chair
Your child can eat at the table in her usual high chair, but there are other types of seats available that are more portable and will give her greater independence.
Clip-on chairs
These light collapsible chairs are suitable for babies [...]
Toddler Food Menu: 18 Months Old Toddler
MENU PLANNING: The menus below assume that your toddler will eat three meals a day and several snacks. If you find in practice that she eats fewer meals and more snacks, just make sure you choose snack foods that you would have served at mealtimes.
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Messy Eaters
Your child may regard mealtimes as just another game and will see nothing wrong in getting food everywhere.
Although it may seem to you that she is doing it on purpose, it’s just a phase, and her coordination will improve eventually. Make [...]
Family Eating: Toddler
Now that your toddler is feeding herself, she will enjoy sitting at the table during family mealtimes. Although she’s eating the same food as everyone else, you may need to mash or chop it so that she can eat it without much help. A very [...]
Feeding Your Toddler
By the age of 18 months your baby will already be eating more or less the same foods as you, and she will probably take about one third to half an adult portion at meals. You should try to ensure that she has at least one protein food at each [...]
Toddler weight chart: Boys
Your toddler’s weight
Your child may have spurts of growth, but these will balance out with periods of slower weight gain. Any weight within the colored band is normal.
Little and often
Your child will need more snacks than [...]