How should a child eat? When and how much should he sleep? Learn about this and other features in the children's mode of the day.
Why is a regimen needed?
The daily regimen is useful for the child in development. The baby must sleep and eat at the same time. It is necessary for the body. So he adapts to a specific time and begins to work smoothly. At the right time, the peanut will be happy to take food, will always be ready for sleep or for games and walks. Also, the regime of a one-year-old child (it’s not necessary to draw it up to a minute by the minute, but a certain framework is needed) allows you to distribute time, so that mothers can have more time to implement plans, take a minute to themselves. If you follow the daily routine, you will always be sure when you need to cook food for the baby, when to start preparing his bed, what you can do for yourself.
What will happen if you do not follow the regime?
Constant whims and crying, dissatisfaction, drowsiness, impaired attention, weakening of intellectual abilities - this is what can be if you do not observe the regime of a one-year-old child.
If you want to change or get rid of the usual daily routine, it will be difficult for you to do this, there will be many problems with the baby. An organism accustomed to the regime will require food and sleep at the right time, and you will not be ready for this. You will try to reassure the baby so that he waits for another time, but he will be constantly unhappy.
Diet
The peanut should take food at a certain time, so that the body prepares for its digestion. The feeding regimen for a one-year-old baby should be determined based on your plans and the characteristics of caring for the baby. The main thing is to organize a meal at the same time. Usually the baby should eat 4-5 times a day.
Approximate daily schedule by the hour
- Morning 9:00. Lifting, washing and breakfast. For breakfast, one-year-old baby should be given milk or milk porridge if he is not allergic to it. It is important to give an egg, or at least a boiled chicken yolk, fruit puree, weak tea and white bread.
- Walk from 10 to 11 in the morning.
- After a walk, classes and games with the baby. At this time, the baby is better at absorbing new information and is not too tired.
- Afternoon 12:00. Weak tea, compote, jelly or a glass of warm milk. Baby cookies, cottage cheese or yogurt.
- Stroll.
- Day, 2 p.m. For lunch, give your child low-fat chicken soup, vegetable puree, compote and white bread.
- Sleep.
- Snack 16:00. A good option for a snack is kefir, yogurt or milk, cottage cheese or fruit puree, as well as cookies.
- Dinner - 18:00. Give mashed potatoes with minced meat, jelly and white bread at this time.
- Water procedures at 19:30. Do not wash your baby immediately after eating or shortly before bedtime.
- Dinner before bedtime - 20:00. Give your child foods containing milk - kefir, milk porridge, or breastfeed.
- 20:30. A short walk.
- 9 p.m. 12 hour sleep.
Sleep
The sleep mode of a one-year-old child does not end on rest at night. In order for the baby to feel cheerful at the time when he should do something, he must sleep in between meals.
Daytime sleep. The best option for the baby in the afternoon is 2 sleeps lasting one hour or half an hour more. Or the second time of sleep may be less - 30-40 minutes. If your baby spends more than 12 hours at night in a dream and can stay awake for 4 hours during the day, then one daytime sleep lasting 2 hours or a little longer is suitable for him. This must necessarily enter the regime of a one-year-old child. Tips on the routine and number of dreams you may not need. It is enough for you to trace the condition of the baby with a certain amount of sleep at night and during the day and determine its mode.
Night sleep. Children under 1 year old should sleep 11-12 hours at night. This helps them to relax better and fully stock up on energy for the whole day.
In general, a one-year-old baby should sleep at least 13 hours a day. His well-being, mental and physical abilities depend on this.
Walks
Children need to breathe fresh air. This improves their general condition and mood. In day mode, you can combine walk and sleep.
It is useful to take the child for a half-hour walk before bedtime, at 20:30, this is just after the second dinner. Breathing oxygen, he will quickly fall asleep already at the doorstep of the house.
Development
To use all the capabilities of the brain, you need to train it. With the development of the brain, memory and attention improve, and the level of intelligence increases. Brain training is important for babies. The most interesting activity for the kids is the game. Therefore, it remains only to choose special classes and not to limit the flight of your imagination. The regime of the day of a one-year-old child must definitely include fun games with mom.
Simple sorters and pyramids may well be offered to the kid. For children of this age, special books are issued - cardboard or fabric, with large and bright pictures and a minimum of text. With their help, you can introduce your baby to various animals, flowers, objects, etc. But the main thing that you can not forget about is physical development. With crumbs, you can and should crawl, run, jump.
Perhaps the baby will not immediately be able to master the developmental games, so you need to help him. Classes should be pleasant for the child, then he will be happy to take part in games, while training his brain.
What to feed?
The regimen of a one-year-old child includes only those foods that are well absorbed by them and do not harm digestion. Better not experiment with the health of your crumbs.
Dairy and dairy products are very important in the nutrition of a one-year-old baby. Cottage cheese, casseroles, yogurts, hard cheeses, natural butter (in mashed potatoes or cereals) diversify the diet well. Choose those dairy products that are made according to children's nutrition standards. In no case do not feed the crumbs to expired products, since the harmful bacteria contained in them can cause serious damage to his body.
The first product that should go into the regimen (menu) of a one-year-old child should be porridge for a long time to come. It contains many nutrients that will support the body of crumbs, help it grow and develop. In addition to buckwheat, rice and oat, you can give corn and wheat. At the age of one year, a child can well digest not only mashed cereals, but also well-boiled ones. Boil them in milk or water and serve for breakfast. In the regime of a one-year-old child, these products must be included.
Instead of rye bread, let's get white. From rye, fermentation processes can occur in the intestines, which will cause the baby’s stomach ache.
You can make the daily regimen of a one-year-old child by hours and days. Many things are done not only every day at a specific hour, but also every week on a specific day. So, the baby can be given pasta, but not in large quantities - up to 30 g no more than twice a week.
When making mashed vegetables containing a large amount of fiber, grind them well so that crumbs make it easier to digest them. Choose pureed fruits and vegetables that your child is not allergic to. In 1 year you can give weak soups and broths with vegetables and lean meat.
Do not accustom your child to sweets. It starts with being given sugar tasting. Instead, replace it with fructose. Give him fresh fruits that grow this season. Many berries and fruits have a dense skin. You should not remove it, because it contains more vitamins than the pulp itself. It is better to grind the fruits in mashed potatoes, then the baby will get a lot of vitamins.
Introduce each new fruit and vegetables into the diet gradually, in small portions. So you can see the reaction of the child's body to them and let his digestive system prepare for new products. The daily norm is 200-250 g. These products should be included in the regime (menu) of a one-year-old child.
As drinks, juices, weak fruit teas, compotes and jelly are suitable. Give them about 100 ml every day. But more important for digestion is simple clean water. Boil it better and do not let it cold or hot. It should be warm, not higher than the temperature of his body.
At 1 year old, the child grows rapidly, and therefore he needs more “building materials” - proteins. Low-fat meat will be very beneficial. Cook steam cutlets, meatballs and casseroles from it. Include crumbs of 60-80 g of meat per day in the diet.
What should be the regimen for a one-year-old child in terms of nutrition? You can give dishes from the liver - puddings, liver cutlets, pastes, mashed soups. Such dishes contain a large amount of vitamins, such as A, B, D.
Cook fish in any form (except fried) a couple of times a week. Also important are the eggs that are usually given for breakfast, 3 pieces per week is enough. Make not only boiled eggs, but also make omelets and soufflé from them.
What should not be given to a one-year-old baby?
Do not give your baby 12 months of sweets. Factory sweets, cakes, and cookies may contain extremely unwholesome substances that can harm your baby. It is better to give the baby fruits and berries that diversify his menu well.
In the menu of a one-year-old child, it is also undesirable to include citrus fruits in their pure form. They cause allergic reactions and chocolate products, in addition, they excite the baby's nervous system. This may adversely affect his health and development.
Mushrooms contain protein necessary for the growth of the body, but for crumbs this product is too difficult to digest, therefore, it should not be given in any form. Nuts are also poorly digested. Although they are useful, but not at the age of one.
It’s more convenient for you when you already have frozen cutlets and vegetables ready to make them a crumb dish. But such products contain a large number of unnatural preservatives and stabilizers. Better yourself cook minced meat and vegetable preparations.