{"id":1441,"date":"2011-08-11T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T09:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/79.170.44.80\/livingwithkids.co.uk\/the-secret-diet-of-toddlers\/"},"modified":"2013-06-24T13:06:13","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T13:06:13","slug":"the-secret-diet-of-toddlers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/the-secret-diet-of-toddlers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Diet Of Toddlers!"},"content":{"rendered":"Food, and toddlers is for many of us an emotive issue. The first time round I spent many a sleepless night wondering if my daughter was eating enough, whether her diet had enough of the right things or too much of the rubbish things? Second time around I am more relaxed, partly because my son was \u2018helpfully\u2019 weaned by my daughter – with a packet of chocolate buttons!\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/8\/Toddler.jpg\")
\n\nNow a new Toddler Census, commissioned by growingupmilkinfo.com<\/a>, has given an interesting insight into what it\u2019s like to be a toddler in Britain today. The research highlights that despite our good intentions toddlers tend to be getting what they want but not necessarily what they need in terms of food\n\nThe stats show:\n\u2022 Junk, fast and convenience food play a major role with 78% of toddlers surveyed having tried chips, 76% having tried pizza and, 62% had tried chicken nuggets.\n\u2022 Toddlers are also more likely to eat burgers than broccoli, and over half have already visited a fast-food restaurant.\n\u2022 Meanwhile, fussy or faddy eating proves a serious stress to many parents with 44% feeling they have to lie about their toddler\u2019s diet to other parents.\n\nWhile my kids do have a healthy diet I am guilty of pretty much all of the above, partly because where one child goes, so does the other. So my 15 month old has tasted convenience food and been to fast food restaurants and probably doesn\u2019t eat as well as he should.\n\nAnd though I\u2019m of the thinking that, a little bit of everything is good, an excellent short film<\/a> by the people behind these stats is making me think again. Apparently between the ages of 1 and 3 years toddlers grow 1cm every month and their weight doubles, which means they need 4 times as much vitamin C and iron as we do! Aside from being food for thought it\u2019s making me think twice about what we\u2019re having for dinner tonight.\n\nWhat are your thoughts?\n\nDeal of the day:<\/span>\n\nApple<\/a> are still offering a FREE \u00a365\u00a0 Gift Card code for teachers, student and staff on Mac purchases, plus 2% back for your kids on Education Store Purchases before 20 September\n\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Does your toddler eat rubbish?","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3500,3348],"tags":[2060,656,2278,172,88,2221,67,2224,823,2279,2280,2281,2063,2282,1608],"class_list":["post-1441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tasty-family-food-and-recipes","category-lifestyle-tips-for-families","tag-anita","tag-apple","tag-census","tag-chocolate","tag-diet","tag-eat","tag-food","tag-free","tag-health","tag-healthy","tag-junk","tag-mac","tag-naik","tag-toddler","tag-weaning"],"yoast_head":"\r\nThe Secret Diet Of Toddlers! 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