A child's birthday is a special holiday for both the baby and his family. New parents usually want to celebrate each birth month of their child. But when the baby turns one year old, adults want to celebrate this occasion on a grand scale, so that everyone knows how big their baby has become. And then they are faced with the question of how to celebrate a one-year-old child’s birthday? Our article will help in this matter. We will tell you where to hold the event, how to decorate and how to amuse the guests.
Introduction
The first option is to put sweet sparkling water, baby sausages and a cake with cream on the table. Dubious option? This means that you care about your baby’s health and keep in mind that some products contain preservatives and additives, and refined and highly allergenic foods can overload children’s immunity.
Sometimes these products can be circumstances that influence the occurrence of ARVI and other infections.
In this case, we choose option two - more simple and healthy dishes that can be eaten without using cutlery, that is, with your hands.
What to do with your baby
Often the mother of a one-year-old child does not yet work or works remotely and can devote more time to her baby. This doesn't mean she has time to cook different dishes. The child constantly tries to climb into her arms. But cooking the same dish is neither interesting nor healthy. The cooking process will go faster if you create a menu for a 1-year-old child with recipes for a week at once.
Many mothers try to cook food with their baby, sitting him on a high chair, giving him a piece of dough, berries, bran, peas.
From all these products you can come up with a game that will distract the child’s attention for a while. And at this time the mother will take out the ingredients from which the food will be prepared and begin to cook. At the same time, he will tell a fairy tale about peas that ran away from an evil old woman, or berries that the good girl Masha collected in a basket. Plots for fairy tales are limited only by mother's imagination.
Proper organization is the key to a successful holiday
Happy children after a master class at the holiday
- For children, the best option would be a buffet. To do this, you can use either a children's table or a wide and reliable ironing board. The height should be selected according to the height of the guests.
The buffet has many advantages:
- First, don’t worry about where to get children’s furniture. Not every family has several small chairs and tables in their home.
- Secondly, no one persuades children to eat, which is already happiness for them. Third, few children at this age know how to handle cutlery well.
- And lastly, using a buffet, no one will interfere with your holiday program by shouting, for example: “I’m thirsty!”
To ensure a successful program, provide children with fruit, snacks, and drinks before competitions, and provide hot food and dessert on the table after the program ends.
It’s better to come up with a lot of funny competitions and surprises. Notify mothers in advance that the birthday will be celebrated with a children's table and a cake for adults. It is best to set the table with colorful disposable tableware with your favorite cartoon characters depicted on them.
If you want to arrange your child’s birthday at the highest level, then you should not diligently prepare exclusive dishes in the kitchen; small guests need this to a lesser extent
Particular attention should be paid to decorating dishes. Even simple dishes for children - mashed potatoes or hedgehogs - will look attractive if they are decorated in a festive way.
Create a fun picture with fruit pieces
It is necessary to ask mothers in advance if their children are allergic to any fruits in order to exclude them from the holiday menu.
Thanks to this, you can avoid children's tantrums and show concern for the children. The menu sometimes includes dried fruits, which contain a lot of potassium, iron and vitamin B5.
Drinking can be varied.
Many people like juice in a bag, but compote, homemade fruit juice, cocktails or smoothies are best for children’s health.
It is best to set the table with colorful disposable tableware with your favorite cartoon characters depicted on them.
For a child’s birthday, it would be nice to prepare presents in advance. In gift shops you can find many items of souvenirs, so you can find a good gift without extra effort. Additionally, a great trend is to find a birthday gift through an online store.
On such souvenir websites it is easy to choose gifts for a friend, for a boss, for an anniversary or a birthday, in other words, for every taste.
General recommendations
Usually a one-year-old baby eats 4-5 times a day. Snacks with milk between main meals are possible, but it is better to gradually eliminate them, creating a daily routine that will help the child adapt more easily to kindergarten.
On average, at the age of 1 to 1.5 years, a baby eats 1100 - 1200 ml of food:
- Breakfast – 275-300 ml;
- Lunch – 385-420 ml;
- Afternoon snack – 165-180 ml;
- Dinner – 275-400 ml.
Pediatricians advise including cereals, vegetables, fruits, fish, meat, eggs, and dairy products in the menu of a 1-year-old child.
Each of these products contains nutrients and minerals necessary for the growth of a child:
- Cereal porridges are rich in carbohydrates, vegetable proteins, minerals, and vitamins.
- Meat contains proteins, amino acids, iron, and vitamins necessary for growth and development.
- Fish is well digestible, it contains vitamins, minerals, and the omega-3 component necessary for normal brain function. Giving fish to children must be done very carefully to avoid possible allergic reactions.
- Your daily menu must include fruits and vegetables. They contain many vitamins and fiber. If you are not particularly sensitive to them, they can be eaten raw, steamed or boiled.
- Dairy products remain an important component of a 1-year-old child's diet. They contain proteins that are absorbed most fully by the child’s body, fats, carbohydrates, and calcium. Fermented milk products contain beneficial bacteria necessary for intestinal function. The use of dairy products should be limited if the child has lactose intolerance.
- Eggs can be one of the factors that provoke allergies. But if the baby does not have an allergic reaction, then there is no reason not to give them. A 1 year old child's diet can include 1.5 eggs per week. Eggs contain easily digestible protein and various microelements.
- Nothing bad will happen if you include a little white bread, jam, marmalade, and marshmallows made from natural products without added sugar in your baby’s diet.
- Weak tea and boiled water are perfect to quench your thirst. You just have to remember that it is unlikely that a one-year-old child will be able to say that he is thirsty. It is better to always keep a bottle of clean water so that the baby can reach it.
It is better not to include salt and sugar in your food. He will still have time to get used to these products in kindergarten and when he grows up.
Children's menu from 3 to 5 years
Third birthday
Homemade Chocolate
Nowadays you can’t surprise children with chocolate, unless it’s homemade, made with warmth and love.
To make homemade chocolate you will need:
- 250 grams of granulated sugar
- 100 ml whole milk
- vanillin - on the tip of a knife
- 130 g quality butter
- 300 grams of milk powder
- 5 spoons cocoa (gold label)
- Instead of granulated sugar and milk, you can take baby powdered milk formula
Preparation:
- Boil milk with vanilla and granulated sugar over low heat, add butter
- After the butter has completely dissolved, slowly add cocoa and milk powder mixture, stirring constantly
- Boil the mixture for 10 - 15 minutes over low heat with constant stirring
- After the mixture thickens, slowly pour it onto a flat plate in a thin layer (the bottom of the plate should be moistened with cold water)
- Cut the cooled chocolate into pieces of arbitrary shape
- When cooking, you can add dried apricots, ground peanuts, hazelnuts, raisins
Faberge eggs
This dish can become the highlight of the program at a children's party.
To prepare this original dish, we need a whole, intact eggshell. Using a knife, make a neat hole in the shell.
We will need:
- one pack of gelatin
- glass of sugar
- fruits
Preparation:
- Pour gelatin with sugar into water (half a liter). Mix thoroughly until the gelatin is completely dissolved. Place on low heat and stir constantly, but do not boil
- Strain the hot but not boiling chewing mixture through a nylon. Place a cherry, strawberry or currant sprig into the prepared eggshell
- Carefully pour in the hot jelly and cool to room temperature.
- Place in the refrigerator to harden. After four hours, when the jelly has completely hardened, we begin to clean the shell. Gelatin eggs with a berry inside will attract the attention of all children without exception.
Cocoa balls
Cocoa balls on a stick
Products:
- 250 g biscuits
- 100 grams of nut kernels
- 150 g sugar
- 2 tablespoons apricot jam
- 30 g cocoa powder
- 60 g powdered sugar
Preparation:
- Grind the cookies, add jam, sugar and mix thoroughly
- Form balls from the resulting mass and roll them in a mixture of cocoa and powdered sugar.
Fruit and berry desserts
To ensure a successful program, provide children with fruit, snacks, and drinks before competitions, and provide hot food and dessert on the table after the program ends.
Fruit and berry desserts are an integral attribute of children's parties.
To prepare this dessert we will need:
- 6 egg yolks
- 0.5 l sour cream
- zest of one lemon
- cherries, canned in their own juice – 1 kg
- vanillin on the tip of a knife
Preparation:
- Grind 6 yolks with one glass of sugar, add 0.5 liters of sour cream, the zest of one lemon, 1 kg of pitted cherries canned in their own juice and a little vanillin
- Beat thoroughly with a whisk, place in molds, and place in the freezer for 10-12 hours
- Before serving, decorate with fruit
Dinner
Lunch usually starts at 12.30. The child will eat better if before lunch he walks in the fresh air, pumps up on the swing and plays with other children. For the first course, soup is usually prepared, for the second - a vegetable dish with meat or fish cutlets.
Borsch
Ingredients:
- Beetroot – 200 g;
- Potatoes – 300 g;
- Cabbage – 300 g;
- Carrots – 330 g;
- Zucchini – 300 g;
- Onion - half;
- Bay leaf;
- Greenery.
Chop cabbage and onions, grind beets and carrots, cut potatoes and zucchini into small cubes. Add water and cook until done. 5 minutes before the end of cooking, add bay leaf. After the soup is poured into bowls, garnish the dish with herbs or thin slices of fresh carrots.
Fish soup
Ingredients:
- Red or white fish – 200 g;
- Potatoes – 2 pcs;
- Carrots – 1 piece;
- Rice - a third of a glass;
- Bay leaf;
- Greenery.
Cut potatoes and carrots into 1*1 cubes and cook in water. A few minutes before the end of cooking, add bay leaf to the broth. At the same time, steam the fish, remove bones and skin. It is better to cook the rice separately. Combine with the rest of the ingredients and mix. If the potatoes and carrots are too large, it is better to grind them or cut them into smaller pieces. Before serving, garnish with herbs.
Turkey meatballs
Ingredients:
- Fillet – 500 g;
- Cabbage – 250 g;
- Small onion – 1 piece;
- For the gravy:
- Vegetable puree or juice – 1 glass;
- Water, vegetable broth, meat broth - 2 cups;
Grind the skinless vegetables to make a puree. Mix the flour with water (broth, broth) thoroughly so that there are no lumps left. Bring the vegetable puree to a boil, pour in the liquid with mixed flour, bay leaf, dill, cook for another 10 minutes. Decant and it turns out to be gravy.
Grind the meat, cabbage, and onion in a meat grinder, prepare the minced meat and form it into balls. Place them in boiling broth and cook for 25 minutes.
Steamed fish pots
Ingredients:
- Sea sole fillet (can be replaced with other white fish) – 700 g
- Carrots – 350 g;
- Bread – 200 g.
Grind the fish, carrots and bread through a meat grinder, shape the resulting minced meat into cutlets and steam for 25 minutes.
