How much should you give your child?
From the very #rst months, the vast majority of children know how to eat exactly what they want. Various studies have shown that children regulate the amount of food they eat during the day and even during the week quite adequately. If a child eats too much at one meal, he or she will eat less at the next, and vice versa. And then there will be days when they are just not very hungry!
Offer balanced and varied meals in a friendly environment.
Don't worry.
The child will eat according to her needs, and she will do so perfectly well if the food offer is adapted. Sweet, fatty products and sweets distort the child’s appetite and contribute to a deregulation of their appetite.
Summary of average quantities (non-bindinf list to be adapted to daily life)
| Food type | Quantity 12 to 24 months (1 to 2 years) |
Quantity 24 to 36 months (2 to 3 years) |
|---|---|---|
| Water | When thirsty | When thirsty |
| Vegetables | 120 to 160 g | 150 to 210 g |
| Fruit | 100 to 140 g | 130 to 190 g |
Meat-poultry-fish-eggs- vegetarien alternative |
20 g | 30 to 40 g |
| Bread | 60 to 100 g | 100 to 120 g |
Cooked carbohydrates (rice, pasta, quinoa, etc.) |
100 to 120 g | 120 to 150 g |
| Milk or équivalent | 300 to 400 ml | 400 ml |
| Oil | 15 g | 15 g |
| Butter | 5 g | 5 g |
| Cream | 5 g | 5 g |
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