What to eat baby when it's hot outside?
Often children almost refuse to eat during the grueling summer heat. However, replenishing fluid loss and saturating the body with vitamins and trace elements is vital. To understand the peculiarities of feeding children in the summer, it is best to attend a consultation for parents about this from a nutritionist. They will tell you the following:
- Increase the calorie content of the daily menu by approximately 10-15%. Since protein is necessary for the full growth of the child's body, try to give the son or daughter as much milk and dairy products as possible. Pay special attention to sour-milk products and cottage cheese, which are the leaders in this category of products for protein content.
- On a detailed consultation about the baby's nutrition in the summer, you will be told that at this time of the year, with almost every meal, the baby should receive seasonal vegetables and fruits. Before you give them in large quantities, be sure to make sure that your child does not have any allergies on them. It can be fresh radish, early cabbage, carrots, turnips, beets, cucumbers, tomatoes, young potatoes, zucchini, peppers and various greens:
dill, parsley, green onions, coriander, lettuce, nettle, sorrel, rhubarb, young garlic, etc. From fruit, children adore cherry, plums, apricots, strawberries, apples. - Usually on a consultation about the features of children's nutrition in the summer, experts recommend for this period to change afternoon snacks and lunch in places. In the hot time of the day, offer the baby kefir or yoghurt with fruit or a roll, but closer to the evening, he enjoys the delicacies of meat or fish dishes.
- Also it is necessary to drink as much as possible mineral non-carbonated water, unsweetened compote or broth of a dogrose.