{"id":7880,"date":"2022-08-18T07:40:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T05:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smileandlearn.com\/infant-feeding\/"},"modified":"2023-06-09T13:18:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T11:18:11","slug":"infant-feeding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smileandlearn.com\/en\/infant-feeding\/","title":{"rendered":"Infant feeding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nutrition is a fundamental aspect for the physical and intellectual development of children. Eating well is vital for them to grow strong and healthy, especially in the first years of life. A good diet can significantly reduce the risk of disease. That is why it is so important to have a healthy and balanced diet, as well as not to abuse vegetable fats and to consume a lot of fruit.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some feeding tips for children ages 3 to 6 years old:  <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the food pyramid can help to have a healthy and balanced diet.  <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eat 5 meals a day: breakfast, mid-morning, lunch, afternoon snack and dinner. Try to keep quantities small and homemade.  <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consume foods rich in fiber 2-3 times a day (vegetables, fruits, legumes, etc).  <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Limit as much as possible the consumption of sweets, chocolates or industrial pastries.  <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consume a minimum of two servings per day of milk or dairy products to maintain adequate calcium intake.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduce new foods at the beginning of meals in small amounts and teach them to eat slowly to promote the digestive process.  <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drink plenty of water throughout the day, especially during meals. It is advisable to avoid the consumption of packaged juices.  <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is worth remembering that everyone has a different metabolism, so it is not advisable to force them to consume a certain amount of food, because only they know how hungry they are. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you haven&#8217;t tried our educational platform yet, you can do it for free by filling out this form. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smileandlearn.com\/en\/how-to-start-learning\/\"><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this form.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nutrition is a fundamental aspect for the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sin-categorizar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smileandlearn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smileandlearn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smileandlearn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smileandlearn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smileandlearn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smileandlearn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smileandlearn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smileandlearn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smileandlearn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smileandlearn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}