2 - 5 years
Your child may enjoy being helpful. They can understand more difficult requests although it can take them time to get things done as they learn by doing. Skills, language and phyiscal ability develop.
Food & nutrition
A healthy diet includes a range of foods from different food groups: for example fruit, vegetables, cereals, bread, meat, and dairy products. Most children will eat when they are hungry, though they may seem to eat very little at times.
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Drinks
Some children who drink large amounts of milk (more than 600 ml a day) leave little room in their stomachs for food.
Suggestions for your toddler's diet
Try to avoid talking about good or bad foods or excessively restricting ‘treat’ foods. Children need to learn to enjoy these as part of a healthy diet, rather than excluding…
