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Suggest Healthy Diet For 3.5 Year Kid

hi...my 3.5 years old son (though he is very energetic throughout the day) has become a fuzzy eater these days. He just doesn t eat any staple diet....chapati, rice, vegetables, pulses,... (we r vegetarians)...keeps asking for biscuits, cakes and jellies....food that he likes include sabudana (tapioca pearls) khichadi and pizza. What can I feed him everyday to help him stay healthy?
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Thank you for the question.
The problem you are facing is problem of most of Indian moms.
Stop running after him to make him eat some thing.
Do not offer any junk food just because he is hungry. Ignore tantrums. Make nutritious food in the form he likes.
Negotiate about food. Yes, kids these days are brilliant and they know how to. Yes even a 3.5 years old.
Be patient.
Make him run around, play physical games this will create hunger. Then only offer food, not every three hours. Let him be hungry before you offer food. Let him have meals with the family.This helps.
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Suggest Healthy Diet For 3.5 Year Kid

Thank you for the question. The problem you are facing is problem of most of Indian moms. Stop running after him to make him eat some thing. Do not offer any junk food just because he is hungry. Ignore tantrums. Make nutritious food in the form he likes. Negotiate about food. Yes, kids these days are brilliant and they know how to. Yes even a 3.5 years old. Be patient. Make him run around, play physical games this will create hunger. Then only offer food, not every three hours. Let him be hungry before you offer food. Let him have meals with the family.This helps.