Are they nuts? I just got this book, and before I felt like I was doing a darn good job at feeding my daughter a nutritious diet. I felt like getting 2-3 veggies of any kind and 2-3 fruits, as well as whole grains, beans, and dairy into my girl was doing pretty well. Well, here's what their telling me:
-4 toddler servings of protein (1/2 cup yogurt, 3 Tblspns cottage cheese, 2 oz tofu, 1 egg, 3/4 oz hard cheese) (we're vegetarians, so I'm ignoring the meat)
-4 toddler servings calcium (2/3 cup milk, 1/2 cup yogurt (they say plain only-- haha), 3/4 oz hard cheese
-2 or more toddler servings of vitamin c foods (1/2 and orange, 1/4 cup broccoli (as if!), 1 small tomato, etc.)
-2 or more toddler servings of green leafy and yellow veggies and yellow fruits (1/4 small carrot, 1/2 tablspn pumpkin puree (pretty easy), 1 tblspn sweet potato (no problem), 1/2 cup cooked broccoli (I'd like to see them try!)
-1-2 other fruits and veggies (this is the category for bananas, applesauce, pears, peas, grapes, blueberries-- you know, all the fruits and veggies that toddlers actually like!)
-6 or more toddler servings of whole grains (1/4 cup cooked grain, 1/2 slice whole wheat bread, 1/4 oz whole-grain pasta, 1/4 cup cooked beans or lentils) (Even though I give almost exclusively whole grains, we are nowhere near this amount)
Are they completely bonkers? In order to fill this, I would have to feed my daughter a diet consisting eeclusively of yogurt (the sweetened kind, which I cut half-and-half with plain), string cheese, pasta with my sneaky veggie sauce, oranges, cheerios at all hours of the day, and sweet potato puree or butternut squash soup. With the occasional banana, bowl of applesauce, or quatered grape thrown in for a treat). I hope they mean this as some kind of goal to keep striving to meet but never actually getting there, to keep you aiming high. 'Cause it ain't gonna happen in this lifetime. If I get in a fruit and a whole grain, at breakfast, some dairy at snack, a veggie or two, a grain and and a protein at lunch, some fruit and milk at pm snack, smoe grains, protein, fruit and veggie at dinner, I fell like I'm doing a great job.
KWIM?
