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9 Responses to “What is the healthiest fruit and veggies for my 2 year old?”
Dark Green and orange veggies are the best. My sons favourite was brocolli, I used to stand the stalks up in cheese sauce, he said it looked like a forest.
Pretty much anything he/she will eat is good. If it’s small and round (i.e., carrots), slice them lengthwise so it won’t be a choking hazard. If you look at your toddler’s pinky finger, that will give you an idea of how small his/her esophagus is – so choking is a very real hazard. (Hot dog weiners are another thing I always slice lengthwise to avoid the choking hazard.)
Of course, you still want to avoid giving your 2 year old peanuts, peanut butter, or anything that has peanuts or peanut oil in it. Most pediatricians recommend waiting until at least age 3 before introducing peanuts into the diet. This isn’t true of tree nuts – your child can have those now, unless you know of an allergy your child has to tree nuts.
Also – please don’t give your 2 year old popcorn. Lots of toddlers choke to death every year on popcorn.
January 22nd, 2010 at 11:52 am
carrots, gerber stuff
January 22nd, 2010 at 12:47 pm
Every fruit and vegetable that you can possibly get your 2 year old to eat is good for him/her.
January 22nd, 2010 at 1:15 pm
apples, carrots, and oranges, mash them up good.
bananas are good for coughs
January 22nd, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Dark Green and orange veggies are the best. My sons favourite was brocolli, I used to stand the stalks up in cheese sauce, he said it looked like a forest.
January 22nd, 2010 at 2:11 pm
apples ,carrots ,peas,sweet potatoes, grapes,
January 22nd, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Choose ORGANIC anything! A rainbow of friuts and veggies!
January 22nd, 2010 at 2:56 pm
carrots and nashed up peas. bananas are good too.
January 22nd, 2010 at 3:12 pm
my daughter feeds her 2yr.old ’sweet potatotes’
and string beans, and bananas
January 22nd, 2010 at 4:08 pm
Pretty much anything he/she will eat is good. If it’s small and round (i.e., carrots), slice them lengthwise so it won’t be a choking hazard. If you look at your toddler’s pinky finger, that will give you an idea of how small his/her esophagus is – so choking is a very real hazard. (Hot dog weiners are another thing I always slice lengthwise to avoid the choking hazard.)
Of course, you still want to avoid giving your 2 year old peanuts, peanut butter, or anything that has peanuts or peanut oil in it. Most pediatricians recommend waiting until at least age 3 before introducing peanuts into the diet. This isn’t true of tree nuts – your child can have those now, unless you know of an allergy your child has to tree nuts.
Also – please don’t give your 2 year old popcorn. Lots of toddlers choke to death every year on popcorn.