what have your kids been eating for breakfast lately?

[bab]

My girls are getting kind of weird in the morning.  They are normally good eaters but for some reason I am finding myself throwing a lot of food away in the morning.  I'm going to try biscuits and sausage tomorrow with fruit.  Do you have any ideas?  I grew up on sugar cereals and I am trying to avoid that crutch.  I'm also not a fan of the "pastries" (pop tart, toaster streudel etc).  One of my DDs had Fruit Loops while we were at my sister's house over the weekend and now she is asking for them.  UGH  I used to eat that shit all the time and I don't want to repeat history.  My family has such a strong history of diabetes.  Do any of you make completely savory breakfasts like fish with veggies?  My kids do like savory foods but I don't want it to always be cured (salty) breakfast meats.  

[mommytutu]

We rotate between the same meals. Bagels, egg sandwiches, oatmeal, pancakes, yogurt with granola. They would eat eggs everyday if I made them.

[daisybuchannan]

hard boiled eggs, yogurts, waffles, applesauce, fruit

[definitelyO]

oatmeal.
freezer pancakes/waffles (we make big batches on the weekend freeze and pop in the toaster)
he also sometimes like yogurt and fruit
or toast with sunbutter and honey

he doesn't eat cereal - but sometimes will have granola with milk or yogurt

[lolobeth802]

They're on a toasted cinnamon raisin ezekial English muffin kick.
Other things they eat
- turkey sausage w maple syrup
- oatmeal
- fruit
- dry cereal (crispex, kix, I tryyyy to get the least amount of sugar I can find)
- whole grain waffles w PB

[mandymay]

Kashi blueberry waffle with frozen blueberries
Yogurt
Eggs and toast
Oatmeal
Plain cheerios cereal
Berries/apples/applesauce/cantaloupe etc

She's a light eater in the morning and eats a bigger lunch. She almost always has yogurt with something else.

[notoriousmeg]

Waffles, cream of wheat, oatmeal, toaster cakes, Cheerios, and lately Golden Grahams

[meganew]

Oliver will only eat plain toast, fruit, and a veggie pouch for breakfast. Every morning. It use to be blueberry waffles with fruit, but now it's just "big toast! 2 pieces!!"

[Deleted]

Raisin bran for Sofia because it's what she begs for every morning. Raspberries.

Toast, raspberries, and yogurt for theo.

(We've been getting buckets of raspberries from the il's every 2-3 days, so we've been eating a LOT)

[indianchica]

Mine have just been drinking milk. This has been their breakfast for several months now and they don't seem any hungrier in the day or night. We were taking 25 minutes for them to eat whatever else and we just can't spend that sort of time . Seems they weren't hungry.

[ElizabethBennet]

Her favorites are greek yogurt with fruit, scrambled eggs, or a peanut butter and honey sandwich. Every once in awhile she'll have a waffle with pb and a banana sliced on top.

[whitemerlot]

Smoothies (plain yogurt, banana, frozen berries)

And then one of the following
Toast or English muffin with pb or almond butter
Frozen waffle
Bagel thin with cream cheese

And then some fruit. Usually berries or melon.

[hi725]

Whole grain waffles with peanut butter and a side of fruit.

Scrambled eggs with cheese, and more fruit.

Pancakes with fruit and yogurt.

Cheerios, yogurt, and berries.

French toast and apples.

We rotate these five because they work well for us.

[sweetnsour]

eggs, turkey bacon, cereal (cheerios or rice krispies) with bananas, clif kid bars, fruit. My kids don't like it but I think oatmeal is good!

Also, my kids go through stages where they eat a lot or nothing so I don't force it. I would just say no fruit loops but maybe rice krispies cereal. My kids like that they "talk back" and I hide the bananas in them so its special for them.

[lauralala]

DS has never been a big breakfast eater. On days I have to get him out the door, he drinks a yogurt smoothie (the pre-made ones, like these: www.stonyfield.com/products/yogurt/smoothies/strawberry-banana) and eats a banana. It's probably too much sugar, but it keeps him full until his morning snack at school, and he never seems to get tired of it.

[papie]

They are not big on breakfast. Smoothies, oatmeal, cereal, yogurt and fruit, bread and peanut butter. Sophia will sometimes eat a hard boiled egg.

[DotAndBuzz]

toast w/ peanut butter or cream cheese
greek yogurt
cereal (Special K protein flakes or Oatmeal Squares)
scrambled eggs (sometimes I melt cheddar cheese on top to make them "special")
fruit
oatmeal made w/ a little brown sugar and cinnamon

[gretchenindisguise]

My kid never ate breakfast despite my efforts until I gave her mini pancakes from whole foods. She scarfs the damn things down. I feel slightly less guilty because they are whole foods and whole grains. Bonus: 30 seconds in the microwave.

[adhdfashion]

Yogurt with granola sprinkled in.
Eggs and toast.
All time favorite is Cheerios.

[lilac05]

I have two breakfast pigs! They'll eat anything and everything I put on their plates. We frequently do smoothies with spinach, chia, and whatever fruit I have on hand. Then a lot of the other stuff mentioned.

DS1's favorite thing lately has been Funfetti Oatmeal. I make regular oatmeal (with milk instead of water), then add a tiny drop of butter extract and a few sprinkles. He acts like he has died and gone to heaven!

I don't serve sugar cereals for breakfast, but they're probably not nearly as awful as you think. Most of them actually have fewer grams of sugar than a serving of Yoplait yogurt (or similar flavored yogurt). I'm not saying they're healthy by any means, but if it ever came down to it, I'd rather they eat sugar cereals than skip breakfast.

[cleo29]

It changes. Sometimes eggs or pancakes. C likes the fruit Cheerios and K is partial to oatmeal. Both love fruit and yogurt in the mornings. And bacon.

[poppyseed]

Scrambled eggs with cheese, waffles, oatmeal or grits, fruit, turkey sausage.

She would live on blueberries if we let her. She loves food but sometimes it's a struggle to make sure she eats a well rounded meal.

[juliagoulia]

He gets a bowl that is 1/2 lucky charms and 1/2 cinnamon toast crunch topped off with a splash of vanilla soy milk.

And OJ.

[sineadorebellion]

Taquitos lol. Beans and cheese or eggs and cheese. Today I made migas and they ate that too.

[flamingeaux]

What if clean plates during the week got them fruit loops on the weekend? Kind of like a dessert breakfast, or would that just make it worse, since then they would know it's in the house?

[lilafowler]

My kid is a horrible, picky eater but she actually does good with breakfast-oatmeal, Cheerios, peanut butter toast on whole wheat or a little butter on rye bread (she's weird-she's not a fan of red meat but she loves rye bread?).

She likes egg and cheese wraps from DD and will now tolerate (sometimes) my attempts at replicating them. Oh or half a bagel with cream cheese and a fruit/veggie pouch.

[curtains]

Morning star bfast sandwiches.

Quick and easy as we run out the door and actually not bad for her. Fast and relatively healthy is a hard combo to find and she loves them with ketchup

The loads of protein is a plus. 


www.morningstarfarms.com/products/breakfast/breakfast-sandwich-sausage-egg-and-cheese

[icechalk]

Always milk and fruit.

Plus one or more of :

Scrambled eggs
Hard boiled eggs
Whole wheat cinnamon toast
Raisin bran
Veggie sausages
Oatmeal
Yogurt
Fiber 1 bars
Belvita bars

On weekends I make a lot of pancakes/waffles from scratch with partial wheat flour. I double the batch so I can freeze the extras and serve quickly on weekdays.

[cville]

Well, L eats breakfast at daycare M-F and they serve (I looked at this week's): oatmeal with berries; "breakfast tacos" (scrambled eggs, avocado, cheese in a tortilla); yogurt with fruit and a croissant; toast with sunbutter and fruit; and oatmeal muffins (these are really good, I stole one once. They have berries in them.)

At home, she has greek yogurt or cottage cheese a lot. The kid goes nuts for cottage cheese. Weirdo. And bagels with cream cheese.

[ProfessorArtNerd]

Nothing. Mayyyyybe she will have some milk or juice. She's just not hungry in the am. Not til like recess time at school


Um, I mean, whole grain Peruvian bread and virgin unicorn breast milk and platypus eggs. Yup. That.