Toddler Nutrition Question

I think that if you offer a balanced diet with a wide variety of choices, then you should be fine no matter what he eats. Be prepared and dont freak out when he hits the "eats only one food for days" phase. It's really normal. My youngest only wanted mac-n-cheese for 3 days - every meal. I went with it and just added veggies, tofu etc to supplement him. I knew it wouldnt last forever.

You can google nutrition info for nearly every food - that way you can see which are high in what nutrients and plan your menu that way.

A good rule of thumb is to have every meal include a lean protein, healthy carb and healthy fat. I would say snacks could be meatless and include another form of protein (eggs or similar).

Here is a good link for information, from Baby Center:
http://www.babycenter.com/0_age-by-age-guide-to-feeding-y...

The important thing to remember, is that "serving size" for a Toddler is not the same as for an adult. For kids, the serving size is in terms of Tablespoons.
1 Tablespoon from each food group...

My kids, eat fine... until they are full.
Some days they are not into meat. That's fine. Some days they are. Even milk for example, has protein. Or other things has protein.

The link above, is good.

You can interchange protein any way you need, whether that is egg, chicken, fish, legumes, beans, tofu.... so long as they are getting a balanced diet.

The general rule for proteins is 2 ounces for 2 year olds or 3-4 ounces for 3-4 year olds per meal... or whatever will add up to the healthy amount for your child at the end of the day (for example, you may skip a protein for lunch, if he had 2 eggs for breakfast and such).

One ounce equals: 1 ounce of meat, poultry or fish, ¼ cup cooked dry beans, or 1 egg.

More expert advice about that here:
http://kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_center/healthy_eat...#

http://www.superkidsnutrition.com/

I always serve meat or fish with every dinner, even though I am a vegetarian and have been one for 20 years. One of my kids was getting sick all of the time so I had his bloodwork done. He was mildly anemic! I increased his meat consumption a lot and had him retested and his levels were normal again. Now he rarely gets sick. I make them scrambled eggs a few times a week too. Good luck and let me know if you need any food ideas!