veg food for an 18 mth old

hi
iam loooking for the suggestions for the preperation of food for my 18 mth old baby.basically being a veg south indian v r now at singapore.away frm the family and with the first kid i feel it difficult with no ideas ,n now she is got the cold with cough n fever kindly do advice me in this matter n also how 2 reduce the phelgm in kids.pls do also suggest me of how 2 maintain the feeding time table for her.
thank u all in advance.

Hi Babyraji,

Welcome to this community. Taking care of a baby that too for a first time Mom it will seem difficult, but remember you will enjoy seeing your baby grow.

Check the below links...few of our members have already shared wonderful ideas for baby foods and baby care.

http://www.indusladies.com/forums/pa...aby-foods.html


http://www.indusladies.com/forums/pa...baby-care.html

Happy parenting!

hi
thank u for the reply .it really helped me a lot. but anybody there pls let me know of how 2 stop the phelgm problem in kids as i feel tht is the root cause of all the diseases in kids.n one more doubt i want 2 clarify is wether the kids shld b fed the normal food wht elders eat or is it gd if v feed them seperately as some of them opine tht kids shuldnt b fed moore with food.ilites pls do clarify me on this.i wuld like 2 start a thread thru this.
thank u all in adv.

Hi raji,

Toddler foods:

1)Rice :
Dry roast the raw rice+moongdal.Cool and coarse grind it like(texture should like broken rice or cracked wheat).Now dry roast 4tsp of ajwain seeds and 4tsp of cumin seeds and store them in another airtight container..

cooking procedure for this rice :wash the 2tbsp of rice+moongdal mixture and pressure cook along with 1/4tsp of ajwain+cumin mixture+water+washed and cleaned vegetables likegrated carrot,chopped spinach,green beans,green peas,amaranth leaves etc ..whatever vegetables available at home..

Once the rice with veggies is cooked..prepare plain rasam or carrot-tomato rasam and mash it well and serve with ghee ..or grind the cooked rice-veggie mix with 3-4tbsp or more of rasam to smooth paste and serve them..

2). microwave 1/2cup green frozen or fresh green peas with 3tbspoons of water and 1/4tsp of sugar or a pinch of salt for 3minutes and mash it and serve.

3).In rasam u can add veggies like carrot,tomato,brinjals(eggplants),okra,bottlegourd ,raisins(which r rich in iron) and make like a soup.

4).Pressure cook carrot and raisins with little bit milk and mash it to make a thick pulp and serve baby.

5).Add milk to wheat flour and make chapathis,instead of using water to make chapathi dough.And after making chapathis,apply ghee to it and soak in rasam or sambar and serve.

6).In a spoon of ghee roast the veggies like grated carrot,peas,finely chopped green beans and add water ,salt and bring to a boil and add rice rawa or wheat rawa and cook till done and let it cool..Now make it like balls or desired shapes with cookie cutter and steam cook in idli cooker or cooker without whistles for 10minutes and serve..They would like to have them like finger foods. This is also lunch box recipe for school going kids too!

7).you can make milk shake by grinding the cooked grated carrot+milk +nuts(peeled almonds,cashews,pista) mixture with raisins with little sugar and feed.

.Microwave or steam cook the brocoli crowns with little bit salt and serve..which is rich in calcium.

9).Prepare lemon rice adding grated carrot, and serve if ur baby likes it..My son is fond of puliyogre,lemon rice etc..so i make lemon rice adding veggies to it.

10).Mix veggies like green beans,carrot,peas etc with idli batter and steam those idlis and serve with rasam or sambar or curd.

Remedies for vomitings(smaller vomits),phelm : Wash and soak cumin seeds in pumped breast milk for 1/2 an hour to 1hour and feed them..So that it would come down.if any phelm there,it would subside.

Hope this helps,u..This is what i remember currently.Once i get to know more recipes or remember anything more,i would surely post them..
-Cheers,
Vaishu

hi vaishu,
thank u for ur receipes,i hav already started it frm 2day,i wuld b really gratefulif u do remember n send some more of home remedies for treating phelgm with the kids.as i hav seen this is the most common problem with the kids in singapore.waiting for ur reply.
thanks
bye
raji

hi raji,

even i have a 13 month old daughter. i would like to share few things with u.


i used to boil one spoon of puzungal arisi + 3 spoons of moong dal along with

half potato, one carrot,cabbage leaves ,5 beans ,one garlic and a piece of onion

and grind it in a blender and feed her daily.

since ur kid is bit old u can make a curry kind of thing with these vegetables make a paste consistancy with ghee and give it along with rasam rice or curd rice. make sure u give more of veg than rice.


i think she doesnt like egg. so i beat one egg along with little atta and half banana and add sugar make a dosa consistancy and with a ghee i used to give small small dosas which she loves.

i am a pureeeeeeee veg and not used to eggs. but many people including doctors advise me to give her egg so i bought organic egg and tried this which is working out fine.

so just give a try.


thx
anu

hi anu,
thank u for ur suggestions.2day i tried the egg receipe which u suggested,even though it was for the first time my daughter showed the liking towards it ,but let me wait n try it for couple of times.but my serious concern as i mentioned earler is phelgm ,i dont know how 2 deal with this?hope i will get some advice in this regard.
bye
raji

When kids have phlegm,u are supposed to use ginger,garlic,pepper powder,cumin,coriander,mint in your daily based cooking but in limited quantities say about a pinch .And see that it is not spicy.Not necessarily all of them in all the meals.See that u maintain any few of them in daily based cooking whenever possible. Especially during breakfast and dinner.And always serve warm things more than chilled/cold ones. My son who is 28months old now,has the problem of cold, phlegm collection, bcoz of which he might get slight temperature/high temperature sometimes. So now I made the above changes in food.

Try making any recipes like soups,rice like jeera rice,mint rice,methi rice which would actually fight against phlegm and subside the collection of the phlegm.

Here are some of the recipes of soups,rice etc which I prepare atleast once a week among these or prepare when my son has cold,phlegm etc.


1).Tomato Soup which can be served as soup/rice :

Chop tomato,grate the carrot.Saute these two together and cook them covered on medium flame until soft(say about for 4-5minutes),then mash it and add little water(2 ounces of water),grated ginger,pepper powder(a pinch),salt,cumin powder,garlic clove,cilantro.Finally once cooked,grind it or mash it .If any pulp leftover,u can strain it and serve ur kid as a warm soup or mix it with rice and serve.

2).Mint soup :


Boil washed,cleaned and chopped mint leaves(10 to 15) leaves in 2ounces of water and add some pepper/cumin/,salt/sugar and either mix in food u give or give her directly telling it’s a soup/juice etc..or just mix it in rasam and serve with rice/idli.

3).Simply dal soup like pressure cooking toordal with cumin powder,coriander powder salt and mash the dal adding water for soup consistency and serve warm.

4).Saabudana payasam adding sabudaana,milk,cashews+badam paste,cardamom ,sugar sometimes when he don’t take food just to give him something warm.

4).Junnu(Prepared with condensed milk,egg,pepper powder,cardamom powder)


I follow the same recipe from http://foodnewbie.blogspot.com/2006/09/junnu.html.

My son like the above sweet a lott.When he doesn’t take any food,I prepare telling him that’s a sweet.But that actually helps in reducing the phlegm.I change the flavours using coriander,cumin seeds,pepper or simply with mint.


5).Try to serve cumin water instead of normal water during cold weather or when u notice ur baby having phlegm,cold etc.

6).If she likes to have omlette.Try to make omlette with cumin powder,pepper powder,salt and egg.

7).Rice like jeera rice by sautéing cumin in ghee followed by salt,pepper powder/1 small chilly a, mint leaves (optional) and cooked rice and serve it.

.Green peas rice .In little ghee+oil mixture Sautee ,1/2tsp cumin,1cardamom,biryani leaf,1chilli/pepper powder pinch,ginger-garlic paste then green peas,washed and soaked rice and add water(2qaurts of water to 1 quart of rice) and cook and serve.Optionally u can add mint/coriander leaves for garnishing.

Note:

• Make sure that ur kid takes more water to prevent from dehydrating during cold,vomitings etc.

• And also make sure that ur kid takes more of vitamin c rich foods like fresh orange juice,lemon,apple etc which would actually make him/her more immune and fight against infection if any during the phlegm collection.

• Cold can be due to many reasons.Sometimes too much of heat also might cause cold..All these remedies are only for relief and avoid aggravation. Always check with the pediatricians.

• Whenever cold continues for more than 3 days,please inform the doctors about this.Try using infant cold drops during cold.Any cold would take 2-3 days for cure or set completely within 5days.But some times during flu ,infections it might come and go often..And if it is due to bacterial infection and more phlegm collects then it might turn to Pneumonia which happened recently for my son,then I had to use antibiotics for 5days course for him and got cured within 4days.So always take care to watch the kids especially when they have cold,cough,phlegm etc..

_Cheers,
Vaishu

hi vaishu,
thanks for ur prompt reply.iam really happy tht iam receiving such good responses tht now iam feeling confident regarding the food for my baby.
my baby doesnt like drinking water n i had 2 really try hard everytime 2 make her drink water.i feeel this might b 1 of the reason for the phelgm in her.n in ths country v feel more humid as it is all covered with sea frm all sides.i will try jeera water with her.n also include the pepper n mint in the food.
wish me luck.
take care
raji.

hi
can any 1 pls tell me how much water shld an 18 mth old drink per day?
bye
raji