Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt aw fɔ fid yu pikin we ol wan ɔ tu ia? (Tɔdla Fidin)

We yu smɔl pikin ol lɛk wan ia so, i dɔn ol smɔl naw, nɔto so? I go mɔs bi se i dɔn bigin fɔ strɛs fɔ waka ɛn i go mɔs bi se i de rɔn rawnd di os de ple. Di tɛm we dɛn bin de drink milk nɔmɔ frɔm bɔtul dɔn dɔn. Naw na di tɛm fɔ mek i yus smɔl smɔl to di it we yu de it, dat na rays, vɛjitebul, ɛn fish we yu kuk na os. Dis tɛm rili impɔtant. Bikɔs, as risach dɔn sho, di tin dɛn we pɔsin kin lɛk fɔ it we i smɔl na in kin de fɔ ɔl in layf. So lɛ wi si aw fɔ gi dis smɔl pikin di bɛst it ɛn fayn it. Dis kin tan lɛk se i at smɔl, bɔt i kin rili izi wans yu no di rayt we.

Wetin yu fɔ fid yu pikin we i ol dis ej?

Naw yu smɔl pikin de bigin fɔ it di sem it dɛn we yu de it smɔl smɔl. So dis na di bεst tεm fכ introdyus am to nyu tεst dεm εn nyu tכp dεm fכ it (e.g. difrεn vεgεtebul, frut, gren). I impɔtant fɔ gɛt difrɛn difrɛn it dɛn pas fɔ mek i yus to di sem kayn it dɛn. Tink bɔt am, wi lɛk di it dɛn we wi lɛk pas ɔl frɔm we wi smɔl. Ɛn na so smɔl pikin dɛn kin du. So, if yu mek dɛn yus to it dɛn we gɛt fayn fayn tin dɛn ɛn we gɛt wɛlbɔdi na dis ej, i tan lɛk big invɛstismɛnt fɔ dɛn wan ol layf. Dɔn dɛn go gɛt maynd fɔ pik it dɛn we go mek dɛn gɛt wɛlbɔdi ivin we dɛn dɔn big.

Yɔŋ pikin dɛn gɛt bɛlɛ we rili smɔl. Dat min se dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ it bɔku bɔku it wan tɛm. So, di it we wi de gi dɛn fɔ gɛt bɔku tin fɔ it. Dat min se, i fɔ gɛt impɔtant tin dɛn lɛk vaytamɛn ɛn minral dɛn we dɛn bɔdi nid. Fɔ ɛgzampul, kalsiɔm rili impɔtant fɔ mek di bon dɛn gro, ayɛn fɔ mek blɔd, ɛn vaytamɛn A fɔ mek di yay si. Na da tɛm de nɔmɔ dɛn go gro ɛn gɛt wɛlbɔdi ɛn strɔng. We wi rich dis ej, wi fɔ ridyus di it we wi de it swit, tin dɛn we dɛn mek wit atifishal swit, tin dɛn we dɛn kin put insay tin, ɛn tin dɛn we dɛn kin it wantɛm wantɛm, i.e. it dɛn we gɛt ɛmti kalori, as wi ebul. ‘Empty calories’ de tכk bכt it dεm we nכ de gi di bכdi di nyutriεnt dεm we i nid. Bikɔs dɛn nɔ de gi di bɔdi tin fɔ it, dɛn kin mek di bɔdi gɛt mɔ wet we nɔ nid fɔ de, ɛn dɛn kin mek di bɔdi nɔ want fɔ it gud it dɛn bak.

Aw di swit drink de?

Wan ɔda tin na dat, drink we gɛt shuga nɔ fayn fɔ pikin dɛn atɔl. Sɔm pan di swit drink dɛn we wi kin bay na di stoa, drink dɛn we dɛn rayt se ‘jus’ (Juice Drinks), drink dɛn we gɛt kabɔn (Carbonated Drinks/Soda), spɔt drink dɛn (Sports Drinks) , ɔ milk dɛn we gɛt flawa (Flavored Milks) gɛt bɔku shuga. We yu gi di pikin dɛn tin ya, dat nɔ de gi am ɛni it. Nɔto dat nɔmɔ, dɛn kin mek dɛn tut rɔtin, pikin dɛn kin fat, ɛn leta dɛn kin gɛt dayabitis (Diabetes Mellitus).

‘O, dɔktɔ, yu nɔ go ebul fɔ gi mi sɔm frut jus? Di wan dɛn we dɛn mek na os bɛtɛ, nɔto so?’Yu go tink se na so i bi. I okay fɔ gi smɔl 100% frut jus we dɛn mek na os, we nɔ swit. Bɔt dɔktɔ dɛn se yu nɔ fɔ gi pas 4 ɔns (lɛk 120 ml, ɔ lɛk af smɔl kɔp) pan dat wan de. Dis na bikɔs we yu it wan ol frut, yu kin gɛt mɔ tin dɛn lɛk fayv pas frut jus. Dɔn bak, we yu de gi jus, nɔ gi am na bɔtul, gi am na kɔp. Da we de, dɛn go yus fɔ drink smɔl smɔl, ɛn dɛn nɔ go drink bɔku tin wan tɛm. Di bɛst tin na dat, di bɛst tin we yu kin gi yu pikin fɔ mek i nɔ tɔsti na klin wata.

Yu nɔ tink se di we aw dɛn de gi it impɔtant?

Nɔto di it nɔmɔ, bɔt di we aw wi de fid di pikin da it de bak rili impɔtant. We pikin dɛn ol dis ej, dɛn kin rili lɛk fɔ du tin dɛn fɔ dɛnsɛf. Na pat pan dɛn divɛlɔpmɛnt. So i fayn fɔ gi dɛn di chans fɔ it fɔ dɛnsɛf.

Aw yu kin yus fɔ it yu wan?

Yu smɔl pikin go bigin it wit dɛn finga. dis na nכmal tin, εn dεn kכl dεm ‘finga it dεm’ . Yu kin gi dɛn smɔl smɔl karɔt, bin pɔd, ɔ bɔyl pɔt fɔ it wit yu an. Gi dɛn chans fɔ du dis. Sɔm it dɛn go rich ɔlsay, na dɛn klos, na di chia, ɛn na grɔn. Bɔt na so dɛn kin lan ɛn divɛlɔp dɛn fayn fayn motoka skil dɛn . Bitwin 15 ɛn 18 mɔnt, we na lɛk wan ia ɛn 3 to 6 mɔnt, dɛn go tray smɔl smɔl fɔ yuz smɔl smɔl spun ɛn sɔntɛm ivin smɔl pikin fɔk.

Dis tɛm, yu fɔ gi dɛn di chans fɔ praktis fɔ it fɔ dɛnsɛf as yu ebul. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin vɛks, we dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ du am fayn, ɔ we di it fɔdɔm. Na dɛn kayn tɛm dɛn de, gi dɛn smɔl ɛp, sho dɛn se, ‘Wi kin ol am lɛk dis, bɔy pikin/dɔti?’. Bɔt prez di tray we dɛn de tray, ɛnkɔrej dɛn bay we yu se, ‘Yu rili gud, mi pikin.’ As dɛn de lan smɔl smɔl, yu kin mek dɛn du di wok dɛnsɛf. Dis go mek dɛn gɛt mɔ kɔnfidɛns pan dɛnsɛf bak, ɛn dɛn go fil se ‘A kin du am’.

Imajin, yu bɔy pikin ol wan plet rays bifo am ɛn it am wit in an. Af pan am de na in mɔt, af pan am de na grɔn. Yu kin tink se, ‘O, wetin yu de du, a de west ɔltin, a kin ebul fɔ fid misɛf izi wan.’ Bɔt peshɛnt da tɛm de. I de tray fɔ it fɔ insɛf. Nɔ stɔp am fɔ tray. Yu kin de de te i it, gi am ɛp if i nid am, bɔt nɔ go fid am di wan ol it.

"A go it ɛnitin we a want!" - Wi fɔ gi fridɔm to di smɔl wan dɛn bak?

We dɛn ol dis ej, smɔl pikin dɛn kin lɛk fɔ sho se dɛn gɛt dɛn yon indipɛndɛns . Dɛn gɛt sɛns fɔ se ‘A de du wetin a want’, ‘A na big pikin’. Wi kin si dis klia wan na di dina tebul. Sɔntɛnde dɛn kin rijek di it we yu dɔn pripia, dɛn kin se ‘A nɔ want dis, a want dat’, dɛn kin it we dɛn nɔ want, ɔ dɛn kin ivin push di it na sayd. Dis na aw dɛn kin tray fɔ sho se dɛnsɛf gɛt di abiliti fɔ disayd, se dɛnsɛf gɛt ‘sɔntin fɔ tɔk’.

So wetin wi de du?Mek dɛn fil se dɛn ebul fɔ kɔntrol dɛnsɛf. Dis min se: Yu fɔ pripia difrɛn it dɛn we gɛt wɛlbɔdi fɔ dɛn. Fɔ ɛgzampul, wan bol rays wit wan sayd we gɛt brɔkoli, wan smɔl fish (we dɛn pul di bon dɛn), ɛn wan lentil sup. Ɔ, fɔ brɛf, yu kin yuz wan bol we gɛt kokonat milk sup wit rays nuts ɛn wan smɔl banana. Dɔn, lɛ dɛn disayd wetin dɛn want fɔ it ɛn ɔmɔs pan da it de dɛn go gi dɛn.

"O, aw dat go bi? Dɔn i go angri, nɔto so? Ɔ wetin if i it rays nɔmɔ we i nɔ it ɛni vɛjitebul?" Yu kin tink so, ɛn dat na fayn tin. Nɔ wɔri. Yɔŋ pikin dɛn kin rili fil we dɛn angri ɛn we dɛn satisfay. Dɛn kin it we dɛn angri. If wi fos dɛn fɔ it, ɔ if wi tɔk tin dɛn lɛk ‘A go gi yu chɔklɛt if yu it dis,’ it kin bi tin we nɔ fayn fɔ dɛn, ɔ dɛn kin gɛt bad abit bɔt it. So, gi dɛn sɔm tin dɛn we go mek dɛn gɛt wɛlbɔdi ɛn gi dɛn fridɔm fɔ it ɛnitin we dɛn want, ɛni kwantiti we dɛn want. Bɔt i impɔtant fɔ mek ɔl di tin dɛn we yu kin disayd fɔ du, na tin dɛn we go mek dɛn gɛt wɛlbɔdi. If yu put chɔklɛt, biskit, ɔ rays ɛn se ‘it ɛnitin we yu want,’ i nɔ go wok, nɔto so? Dɔn dɛn go pik swit dɛn. So, na yu wok fɔ briŋ it we gɛt fayn fayn tin dɛn na di tebul, ɛn na yu pikin in wok fɔ it frɔm am.

So, wetin na di tin dɛn we impɔtant pas ɔl we wi fɔ mɛmba?

Fɔ put ɔl dis togɛda ɛn tek am as sɔmari, i rili impɔtant fɔ mɛmba dɛn pɔynt ya we yu de fid yu pikin we ol wan ɔ tu ia.

• Difrɛn kayn it na di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl: Mek yu smɔl pikin no nyu tin dɛn we i lɛk ɛn difrɛn kayn it dɛn (vɛjitebul, frut, grens, mit, fish, dairy). Bifo yu gi di sem it ɔltɛm, gi am wan bay wan. Da we de, i go yus fɔ it ɔltin ɛn i go gɛt difrɛn tin dɛn we go ɛp am fɔ it.
• Tink bɔt aw fɔ it: Mek shɔ se yu de gɛt di bɛst it frɔm di it we yu de gi. Nɔ it tin dɛn we gɛt bɔku shuga, ɔyl we nɔ nid, sɔl, atifishal flawa, it dɛn we dɛn dɔn prosɛs , ɛn ɛmti kalori. Na di bɛst it dɛn we dɛn kuk na os ɛn we fresh.
• Nɔ drink tin dɛn we gɛt shuga: Gi klin wata instead fɔ drink dɛn we gɛt shuga ɛn jus dɛn we yu bay na stɔ. If yu gi yu 100% frut jus, limit am to af kɔp (4 ɔns) fɔ wan de, ɛn gi wan kɔp.
• Ɛnkɔrej fɔ it fɔ yusɛf: Ilɛksɛf i mɛs smɔl fɔs, gi yu smɔl pikin di chans fɔ grap ɛn it it fɔ insɛf. Ɛnkɔrej dɛn fɔ yuz spun ɛn fɔk. I fayn fɔ dɛn divɛlɔpmɛnt ɛn sɛlf-ɛstimɛnt.
• Nɔ mek di tɛm fɔ it bi wɔ: Gi yu pikin difrɛn it dɛn we gɛt wɛlbɔdi ɛn mek i disayd wetin fɔ it ɛn ɔmɔs. Nɔ fos, mek pɔsin fred, trɛtin, ɔ pɔnish. Mek di tɛm fɔ it bi fayn ɛkspiriɛns.
• Yu na di bɛst pɔsin fɔ falamakata:If yu it tin dɛn we gɛt fayn fayn tin dɛn fɔ it, ɛn if di wan ol famili sidɔm fɔ it togɛda, i go izi fɔ mek yu pikin yus to dɛn tin dɛn de. ‘Wetin yu de du kin afɛkt pikin dɛn pas wetin yu de tɔk.’
• I rili impɔtant fɔ peshɛnt: Nɔto ɔl pikin dɛn na di sem. Sɔm pikin dɛn kin tek sɔm tɛm fɔ yus to nyu it dɛn. I kin tek fayvtin tɛm fɔ lɛ dɛn lɛk nyu it. So nɔ giv-ɔp kwik kwik wan. Fid dɛn wit peshɛnt ɛn lɔv.
• Ridyus di snek dɛn we yu nɔ nid bitwin di it dɛn: If yu want fɔ rili angri fɔ di men it dɛn, tek tɛm wit di snek dɛn we yu de gi bitwin dɛn. Bifo yu gi swit ɛn biskit, yu kin gi sɔntin lɛk frut ɔ yogɔt.

Fɔ dɔn, dis tɛm kin tranga smɔl, ɛn sɔntɛnde yu kin fil taya. Yu kin wɔri se ‘mi pikin nɔ de it fayn’. Bɔt pan ɔl dat, dis na tɛm we rili fayn ɛn we gɛt valyu. Yu smɔl pikin de lan nyu tin dɛn bɔt di wɔl, ɛn i de lan bak bɔt di fayn fayn wɔl fɔ it. So, wit peshɛnt, lɔv, ɛn di rayt gayd, yu kin go tru dis waka. If yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn ɔ dawt, nɔ shem fɔ aks fɔ advays frɔm dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn ɔ pɔsin we sabi bɔt it. Gud lak to yu!

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