captivatingcurls

And yes, obviously I meant a 5 month old infant, LOL, not A 5 YEAR old. Duh...

Thank you so much! I wish I found the USDA searchable nutrient database earlier! I will save it as it may come in useful later!

Thank you for all your responses. I actually did my homework before looking back on this forum, so what I did was I found the calories intake per age group and daily requirements for iron and protein and vitamins and I looked through sample menus on different websites. Then I used the calories counter website to figure out the actual calories consumed per meal. That was a lot of work by the way 3 meals and 2 snacks per day for each stage of development with calories. Whew! And Infants do eat solid foods, pureed of course, starting 6 months - 8 months of age, obviously they still drink formulas and/or breast milk but they are supposed to start on solid foods around that age and then increase their variety and what not. Thank you for all your responses.

Dear Fellow Nursing Students I am looking for straightforward menu samples for Infant, Toddler, Preschooler, School Age and Adolescent. These menus must contain: 3 Meals with Specific Portions of each food to be given and Specific Calories for Each. For example give 2 spoons of mashed avocado at lunchtime to a 5 year old infant at an X amount of calories. I looked at choosemyplate.gov and numerous nutrition websites and could not find any specific. Any suggestions would be welcome and much much appreciated! Thank you in advance!!!!