About Nutrition for Toddlers

Feeding your toddler is an exciting and challenging experience. It is part of a unique phase in life when children learn to communicate and develop their individuality. It is a rewarding experience knowing that you can help establish eating habits that will ensure your child has the healthiest start in life. Eating not only provides the necessary nutrients for growth and development but also shapes lifelong food habits and establishes a healthy relationship with food.

Food for Toddlers

A child’s growth rate and appetite slow down in the second year of life. A toddler’s stomach is roughly the size of his or her fist and they will tend to gain only a modest 1.5 – 3kg in body weight per year.

Toddlers may refuse a certain food 8-10 times before they accept it – so Ngala recommends that you don't give up, try to be persistent.

In Australia, 14% of toddlers are still breastfeeding.

Find out more about Nutrition and Brain Development.

A resource that your family may find useful is the book “The Secrets of Good Eaters – a guide to nutrition for families of children 0-3 years”. To place an order for this, or other, Ngala publications visit our online Resource Shop.

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