A Healthy Diet For Our Kids

Healthy Diet and Habits

Adopting healthy habits as part of a family routine can be a demanding task.  Gathering ideas to implement them at home is a plus for busy moms.  There are so many things that we need to take into consideration: nutritional recipes, eating times, develop good healthy habits, avoid unhealthy snacks, organic foods and food allergens.    

Learning about nutritional tips to support healthy habits is a recommended practice. In addition, it is important to communicate with health practitioners on the type of foods that will help our kids become healthy adults.  Establishing a good nutritional pattern while maintaining busy schedules, routines and careers is a challenging endeavor.       

Feeding your kids healthy simple snacks that are less time consuming is a good starting point.  

Healthy Snacks

According to WebMD a child needs 1,000 and 1,200 calories daily.  This includes meals and 2 or 3 snacks.

Healthy snacks can include the following:

• Apples or strawberries
• Whole wheat crackers
• Small pieces of cheese
• Apple sauce
• Low-fat yogurt
• Half cup of low-fat milk                                                                           

Preparing meals that contain foods high in fiber and protein is essential. A lower-fat diet is also a healthy choice.  When preparing meals and snacks something to also take into consideration is food allergies.    

Healthy Habits

In my case as a working mother, I try to take my kid to the park every Saturday. Weekdays are quite difficult, as I arrive home around 5 PM, pick-up my child and prepare dinner.  While I prepare dinner, sometimes my baby boy enjoys visiting grandma or his uncle as they live close by.  This is how my family provides emotional and moral support.     

Since, I am a full-time working mother, my child goes to day-care.  At the beginning, reconciling with this decision was very difficult, however, I know that he could have the opportunity to exercise, learn, play and socialize with other kids.  This has been very reassuring.    

Healthy patterns also include exercise, movement, and playing games.  WebMD recommends to not let kids sit for more than an hour (WebMD).