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Not Snacks but Weaning Food Itself Is Important

As nutrients, snacks are not very essential until the baby is one year old. The function of snacks changes once the baby is one year old and stops taking weaning food.

The body of one-year-old babies, who begin to take in most of nutrients from solid food, needs plenty of energy. So, eating only three meals is not sufficient. Besides they cannot eat much since their digestion absorption ability is not yet fully developed.

Therefore, “snacks” play an important role to supplement the nutrients that three meals can’t provide.

Necessary Amount for One Day 

Standard amount of snacks is said to be 10 percent of necessary calories for one day.  100kcal is the standard amount necessary for twelve month old babies.  Snacks for babies should be checked for calorie every time.

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Strong Points and Weak Points of Baby Snacks (Wakodo, etc) We should Know

Babies start eating weaning food at around five months old. After one year, slowly the food is changed from milk (breast feeding) to solid food.There are a lot of snacks (wakodo and so on )for babies from around five months old such as Senbei (rice crackers) and egg bolos (small round cookies).

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However, the recommended period for eating snacks is when the baby is nine or ten months old and starts chewing and eats three meals a day in the morning, at noon and in the evening. Initially, the basic amount is some drinks like juice plus two pieces of Senbei(wakodo, etc)as supplement. The amount should be to the extent till the baby enjoys.

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