What is the head circumference of a 2-year-old baby?

The healthy growth of the baby is very important for parents. Careful parents will check the baby's body on time, master some parenting skills, and take meticulous care of the baby in daily life. What the baby eats every day is very important, and a nutritionally balanced diet will enhance the baby's resistance. Many parents don’t know what the head circumference of a 2-year-old baby is. What is the head circumference of a 2-year-old baby? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. What is the head circumference of a 2-year-old baby?

The normal average head circumference of a 2-year-old baby is 47.22 to 49.4 cm.

2. Recipe for two-year-old baby

What should be noted now is: the baby's stomach capacity is limited, so it is advisable to eat small meals frequently; eat more vegetables and fruits; consume animal and plant protein in moderation; milk is rich in nutrients, especially calcium, which is easy for the baby to absorb, so milk is still an indispensable food for the baby during this period; both coarse grains and fine grains should be eaten to avoid vitamin B1 deficiency.

1. Ingredients for green pepper, carrot and yam puree: yam, carrot, green pepper, salad oil, salt and sesame oil. Method: Wash and chop carrots and green peppers. Pour some oil in a pan and fry them until cooked. After the yam has cooled, mash it into paste. Pour the pressed yam paste into a bowl, add the fried green peppers and carrots, add salt and mix all the food well. Prepare a jelly mold, apply a layer of sesame oil on the inner wall, then fill it with mixed yam paste and press it tightly with a spoon. Then turn it upside down on a plate and start eating.

2. Ingredients for Qiaohu Rice: rice, corn, green beans, carrots, chicken breast, cheese, eggs, seaweed, oyster sauce, and corn starch. Preparation method: Press the rice down and place it upside down on a plate. Take a ball of rice and wrap it with plastic wrap to make two ears of Qiaohu. Add appropriate amount of corn starch to the egg yolk and mix well. Pour in the egg yolk liquid and wait for one side to solidify, then turn it over to the other side to solidify. Use small scissors to trim the cheese slices into an olive shape and place them on the lower half of the face. Cut two small semicircles from cheese slices and place them on the ears and eyeballs. Cut the seaweed into shapes as shown. Prepare corn, green beans and diced carrots. Put oil in a wok, add the diced chicken when the oil is hot and stir-fry until 50% cooked, continue stir-frying the vegetable pieces, and finally add appropriate amount of oyster sauce. Place the fried dishes next to Qiaohu.

3. What to eat for one-year-old baby

Cereals are the main source of energy in our diet. Children aged 2 have no problem digesting and absorbing cereals. Therefore, staple foods such as rice and steamed buns are still suitable for children, while foods such as buns and dumplings with fillings are more popular among children. Among the staple foods, fried foods should also be avoided. Among supplementary foods, fresh fish, various meats, eggs, seafood, etc. can provide better quality protein, fat-soluble vitamins and trace elements, especially eggs, which have high nutritional value, are easy to digest and relatively cheap, making them the preferred supplementary food for children. Soy products are traditional foods in my country. They are rich in nutrients and are a cheap source of high-quality protein.

Among the six major categories of nutrients, vegetables are also rich in vitamins and inorganic salts, especially orange-green vegetables such as bok choy, Chinese cabbage, leeks, celery leaves, etc., which have higher nutritional value.

Since a 2-year-old child's 24 deciduous teeth have grown out and have a certain chewing ability, simply cutting the vegetables into thin strips, small slices or small cubes can both meet the child's nutrient needs and adapt to the child's chewing ability at this stage.

4. How to feed a one-year-old baby

Babies between 1 and 2 years old will gradually grow more than a dozen teeth, and their main food will gradually shift from milk to mixed food. At this time, the baby's digestive system is not yet mature, so the baby cannot be fed adult food. You need to prepare delicious food for the baby based on his physiological characteristics and nutritional needs to ensure that he gets balanced nutrition. It should be noted that:

1. The baby's stomach capacity is limited, so it is better to eat small meals frequently. Before the age of 18 months, you can give your baby two snacks in addition to the three meals, and the snack times can be in the afternoon and at night; after the age of 18 months, reduce it to one snack in the three meals, and the snack time can be in the afternoon. However, when adding snacks, you must pay attention to the following: first, the snacks should be moderate, not too much; second, the time should not be too close to the main meal so as not to affect the appetite for the main meal. You must not give your baby snacks at will, otherwise it will cause nutritional imbalance over time.

2. Eat more vegetables and fruits. One of the main sources of nutrition for babies every day is vegetables, especially orange-green vegetables, such as tomatoes, carrots, rapeseed, bell peppers, etc. You can process these vegetables into fine and soft chopped vegetables, stir-fry and season them, and mix them with rice to feed your baby. It should be noted that babies should also eat fruits, but fruits cannot replace vegetables. Babies aged 1 to 2 years old should eat a total of 150-250 grams of vegetables and fruits every day.

3. Consume appropriate amounts of animal and plant protein. Meat, fish, beans and eggs contain a lot of high-quality protein. You can use these foods to make dumpling soup, or feed your baby easily digestible foods such as minced meat, fish balls, tofu, and egg custard. Babies aged 1 to 2 years old should eat 40-50 grams of meat, 25-50 grams of soy products, and 1 egg every day.

4. Milk is rich in nutrients, especially calcium, which is easy for babies to absorb. Therefore, milk is still an indispensable food for babies during this period, and 250-500 ml of intake should be ensured every day.

5. Eat both coarse grains and fine grains to avoid vitamin B1 deficiency. The staple foods can be soft rice, porridge, small steamed buns, small wontons, small dumplings, small buns, etc. It doesn’t matter if you don’t eat too much. The daily intake is about 150 grams.

Dietary characteristics of 2-year-old babies

When the baby is 2 years old, as his digestive function continues to improve, the types of diet and preparation methods begin to gradually transition to those of adults, and foods mainly composed of grains, vegetables and meat begin to become the staple food of young children. However, the diet at this time still needs to pay attention to nutritional balance and easy digestion, and cannot only eat adult food.

When cooking for your baby, make the food softer. Do not let your baby eat fried foods such as fried dough sticks and pancakes for breakfast. Instead, let your baby eat bread or biscuits, eggs, milk, etc. The daily milk intake should be controlled at around 250 ml. After the amount of milk is reduced, the baby should be given snacks twice a day, which can be arranged in the afternoon and evening, but do not feed too much, otherwise it will affect the baby's appetite and food intake, and over time, it will cause malnutrition in the baby.