Fat is a vital nutrient, which is an essential source of energy and provides necessary building blocks for the cells in the body. Fats are essential for brain development, visual systems, maintaining healthy skin, reproduction, and immune function. Some figure conscious mothers think that they can also keep their baby fit by serving food with limited fat in diet but actually it is not really advisable to start diet for baby. In reality infant needs more fats as they grow very fast. It’s a myth that limiting fat in your baby’s diet will decrease the risk of heart disease or control her weight at an adult age. On the contrary, being underweight in childhood has higher risk than gaining more weight. Low fat in diet at child age can reduce growth of baby and may create problems in younger age. Fat free diet can sometimes cause visual problems and mental problems in child.

Breast feeding is the best way to supply enough fat to your baby. Breastfeeding your baby for one year is the best way to keep your baby healthy. It is also essential for mother to take healthy diet with a little fatty foods. Breast milk contains 50% fat. Therefore, it is essential to provide your baby fat rich diet up to one year.

Reasons for Fat Rich Food for Baby
Babies grow very fast up to one year and therefore, they need more calories according to size of their body and this is the reason for giving fat rich diet to your baby. Fat is essential to support natural growth for your baby.

Fat-soluble vitamins are stored in fat tissues in our body. As our body cannot produce fatty acids so we get fatty acid from food only. It is essential for complete growth of your baby’s brain. Brain is 60% of fat and major part of fat is prepared from necessary fatty acids. Fatty Acid is also useful for the retina of the eye. Sufficient amount of fatty acid during pregnancy will help your baby for good acuity during her visual development period sometimes around a few months before and after birth of your baby.

Your baby will get enough fat from mother’s milk. It is the best source of fat for infant and fat mixture in mother’s milk is very complex, sophisticated and dynamic. Mother’s milk is the best food and no other food contains such healthy nutrients. A breastfeeding mother should take high fat diet to get sufficient amount of necessary fatty acids. She should take sufficient fats in her diet at least for one year after giving birth to a baby.

Fat Requirement for Baby
For bottle feeding or breast feeding baby, when you start solid foods to your baby, you should remember to include high fat food in diet of your baby with fruits and vegetables.

Toddlers need 30% of their calories from fat for energy and growth. Around 44 gram fat is equals to 396 calories. They need approximately 1000 to 1300 calories per day [40 calories/day/inch of height]. You can give the best diet to your baby such as milk, fruits, vegetables, bread and cereal, peanut butter, meat, egg-yolks, whole milk, soy cheese, beans, eggs, tofu, fish and vegetable oils.

Need for Low Fat Diet to Your Baby
You should start low fat diet to your baby at the age of two years. You can give her milk and low fat dairy products and also some high fat foods.

As a responsible mother you should understand diet needs for your baby. You should not follow other women who offer limited diet to keep their baby slim from child age. Your baby’s first year is very important for her healthy growth and she needs high fat diet. After completion of second year, you can start controlling fat according to her age. For any age of child, some amount of Fat is very essential and you must follow it. Infants have very small tummies and need plenty of calories therefore; they need food with good nutrients for healthy growth.