Kids Corner- Understanding your Toddler (Part I)

Toddler refers to child from one to three years of age. It is a great time for physical, motor, intellectual and social development for a child. Now as your child starts socializing, you also get to see a lot of other kids and then starts the process of thinking... is my child different from the other kid?  and let me give you a simple answer for that 'Yes! Your child is different from any other child and so are other children from each other.' Each child needs to be handled keeping in mind who he/she is.

In 60s and 70s, the toddlers were either "Easy" Child, "Difficult" Child or "Slow to Warm Up" Child.

• The "Easy" Child is cheerful, social, tolerates change well, has predictable eating and sleeping routines. Parents should ensure that they do not neglect the easy child since he/she adapts to any situation with ease and often go unnoticed and easy to ignore.

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• The "Difficult" or "Spirited" or "Spunky" Child is strong willed, rigid and impatient. They often need to be engaged in some or the other activity to burn their energy and keep them from getting into something not so desirable.

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• The "Slow to Warm Up"  Child needs more time for transition from one activity to another and does not take strong or harsh criticism easily and can become more introvert and fearful. Avoid rushing them into any new activity and let them take their time to get accustomed to change.

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Having said that, your child may not clearly fall in any one of the types and may behave differently in different situations but that is absolutely acceptable.

As a Toddler, children often experience another totally different environment from home... that is school! It is the place where they meet lot of other kids of the similar age and not so many adults to pay attention specifically at one child as they have at home, where parents tend to focus all their attention to their child. In school, a lot of time it happens that your toddler may show a totally new aspect of their personality, which usually comes out in a situation when they see a lot of kids of their age around them and an adult (or few adults) who is/are equally interacting with all of them. These personality types are given as

• The Leader
• The Pet
• The Socialite
• The Follower
• The Bully
• The Mouse
• The Smart Aleck
• The Clown

Will talk about these personalities in next few posts... keep reading and share your parenting experience!

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High 5- Food for Healthy Hair

What we eat affects our skin and hair. For healthy hair and skin, we must try to eat healthy food. Some of the important nutrients for hair are Iron, Vitamin B12 and C, Zinc and Copper. Some of the food stuff which are good for hair are-

1. Carrots & Dark Green veggies
2. Nuts and beans
3. Whole grains
4. Eggs, Poultry and Salmon
5. Low Fat Dairy Products

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High 5- Common Hair Problems

Hair can be long or short, straight or wavy, fizzy and unmanageable or smooth and silky; whatever your hair type is, you may face one of the following hair problems at some point of the time. Some common hair problems could be

1. Hair Fall

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2. Dandruff and other scalp problems like itchy scalp or flaky scalp

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3. Greying Hair

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4. Dull, dry and unmanageable hair

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5. Damaged hair due to excessive treatments and chemical use

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Kids Corner- Soupy Pasta Recipe

Here's another quick and healthy recipe for your toddler, which can be served for lunch or dinner. This is my Li'l Champ's all time favourite, which is cooked at least thrice a week for different meals with variations!

Serves: 1 bowl for a toddler

Ingredients

Heinz Kids Pasta- 1 1/2 Tbsp. 

(Star shaped, small sized pasta which cooks really fast; if not available can be substituted with any other small sized pasta)

Water- 1/2 Cup

Salt- A pinch

Oil- 2-3 drops

Butter- 5 g

Onion (finely chopped)- 3 Tbsp.

Garlic (very fine chopped)- 1/2 Clove 

Frozen Mix Vegetables (carrot, peas, corn and beans)- grind once in grinder- 1/4 Cup

White Button Mushroom (finely chopped)- 1

Broccoli (very finely chopped)- 1 Tbsp.

Pasta Sauce- 1 1/2 Tbsp. 

(I use Prego Pasta Sauce, different variants every time or you may use pureed tomato if you don't want to use Pasta sauce.)

Water- 3/4 Cup

Salt- 1/8 Tsp. or depending on taste

Black Pepper- 1/8 Tsp. or depending on taste (optional)

Oregano and Basil- 1/4 Tsp.

Grated pasta cheese or Parmesan- 2 Tbsp.

Method

1. In a sauce-pan boil water, add Pasta, salt and oil. Let it cook for 5 mins (if Heinz kids Pasta) or longer if using other Pasta.

2. Drain and Rinse with water.

3. Meanwhile, In another pan heat the butter, add onion, garlic, vegetables, mushroom, broccoli and water. 4. Let it cook for to a boil and simmer for a minute and add Pasta sauce, salt and seasonings.

5. Add pasta and simmer for a minute.

6. Add cheese and cook till it melts, leave some water.

7. Serve with garlic bread/ toast or as it is with Juice.

Variations

1. Add more or less veggies as per availability but more the better.

2. May add minced meat, chicken, shrimp or fish.

3. May use vegetable or chicken stock while cooking instead of water.

4. If made with regular pasta, can be prepared in more quantity for the whole family.

Hope you enjoy this with your li'l one and/or family and let me know how it turns out!

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