Breakfast Ideas?

[Mom to M&M]

DS has been extra picky lately at both breakfast and dinner. Part of it is that he's always been less hungry for breakfast, which is fine, but he does seem to need something to take the edge off the hunger and crankiness. He usually has 4-5 ounces milk in the morning and breakfast 1 or 1.5 hours later. If it were up to him, he'd have nothing but fruit (his favorites being blueberries and strawberries, followed by cantaloupe and grapes). He used to let me feed him oatmeal or wheatabix or muesli while he was feeding himself fruit but not lately. He doesn't like pancakes or bread or toast. Sometimes he likes egg/omelets but usually does better with those at lunch.

Ideas for things he can have in the morning based on this? Preferably things he can self feed easily (with only two teeth so far)? TIA!

[annegaelle]

My son has been eating the same breakfast for 2 years:
1/4 cup oatmeal (I blend it with millet flakes for extra iron)
1 cup milk
2 cut up dried apricots (make sure they are organic)also for extra iron
Cook this and let it cool off a bit.
Then to serve I add up ground almonds (calcium), wheat germ, and banana.
It is delicious. I serve it with a fruit high in vitamin C.

Otherwise I have to say I have tried pancakes and such but it doesn't work. In the week end I will let him have bread and eggs.

Not very helpful but I have not been worried so long he's been eating all this for breakfast as it's a very nutritious breakfast.

Good luck!

[We Three]

My dd isn't cray about pancakes on thier own, but try making him blueberry pancakes, maybe he'll  like that!

[Mom to M&M]

I will try blueberry pancakes - he loves loves loves blueberries BUT I think the pancake issue is more of a texture thing. Still can try though. The oatmeal mixture above sounds good and super healthy but he can't spoon feed himself and I'm not sure he'd let me feed it to him - maybe if he was distracted with some finger food at the same time...

[Khalam's Mama]

Cheerios?

[We Three]

My dd would sometimes let me feed her if she had finger foods in front of her too.  She almost wouldn't even notice as I snuck the spoon in there!   


There are a ton of healthy and hearty muffins you could try...I make dd banana muffins that are so wholesome, a muffin and a yogurt makes a great breakfast!

Oh, and I second the cheerio idea...in fact that are alot of dry cereals that are healthy and fun for lo's to eat. Kashi makes one called Mighty Bites that are really yummy amnd super healthy!

[Mom to M&M]

I'll have to try the Mighty Bites - lately cheerios have been getting tossed off the tray... I WISH he would do muffins - I've made applesauce/banana ones, blueberry ones, etc. DH, DD and I like them but DS won't do it (texture again I think)...

[Mashi]

Protein is a great way to start off the day - how about some sliced turkey or chicken, and a chunk of cheese? Slice an apple and spread it with a wee bit of peanut butter (if he can have it) or substitute the peanut butter for spreadable cheese.  Breakfast does not have to be toast and cereal, eggs and pancakes - that's a cultural thing not a body need thing!

[MLK]

Anyway you could do breakfast first and milk after (or with)?

Breakfast is definitely a cultural thing - in various places aroudn the world I've had rice porridge, meat cold cuts, cheese, even potato salad - but the worst were fishy things like kippers, pickled herring or fish porridge!

[Mom to M&M]

Can't (or really don't want to LOL) do breakfast before milk. Makes things too crazy in the morning - always worked much better for our family to do milk first and breakfast after. Maybe he's just not much of a breakfast eater (in addition to not loving traditional breakfast foods) as he doesn't want leftovers from a lunch or dinner he liked then either.

Sadly he doesn't do cold cuts or cheese alone (only cooked in things with cheese). Haven't tried PB yet, hoping to do so soon.

I made a batch of blueberry pancakes this morning for me and DD if nothing else - will see if he'll even try one...

[brenda2]

dd2 loves cottage cheese and she can do it herself with fingers but it's messy.  and raisin toast with cream cheese - she won't touch plain toast but likes raisin bread toasted.

she also likes shredded cheese, cheerios, egg yolk, yogurt and all fruit.  i have a hard time getting her to eat protein that's not dairy or egg.

[annegaelle]

Once in a while he would eat cooked egg or soft boiled, then I cut thin long slices of bread spread with some butter that he can dip in, but maybe your son is a bit young to do it himself, he might found this amusing though.
Hummos is also always a winner at our place (we're vegetarian so I introduced him to hummos at a very young age) and he eats it by the spoonful anytime of the day. With a fruit next to it, it's good enough.
He doesn't do pancakes either. I think I'm going to try muffins this week-end.

[Mom to M&M]

Brenda, for some reason he'll sometimes eat raisin bread toasted with cream cheese but only when he's scarfing it from me at snack time - not at breakfast (or lunch for that matter). Odd. Maybe I'll try cottage cheese... I wish he liked hummus as I love it - but so far he keeps refusing it (or spitting it out).