Breakfast?
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Topic: Breakfast?
Posted By: Maya
Subject: Breakfast?
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 10:48am
OK so my five year old is going to school every day without having eaten breakfast  It's not coz we're too poor to feed her lol, just that she refuses to eat anything. If I do manage to convince her to have something it's plain white toast with margarine and the crusts cut off so basically no nutritional value.
I've tried letting her choose different cereals in the supermarket but all that resulted from that is a cupboard full of half eaten Coco Pops, Cheerios and cornflakes packets, and I've tried making her eat fruit but she won't. Any ideas for quick and easy breakfasts that she might eat? The gremlins usually have a banana and a piece of toast with marmite. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 11:07am
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Will she eat at playtime? If so maybe put heaps of nutritionally charged food in for that.
How bout a banana smoothie? You could add yoghurt and even rolled oats to it to make it healthier still. As a last resort would those liquid breakfast "on the go" type ones be better than nothing? She might think you are just giving her flavoured milk? I'm not looking forward to these "challenges" |
Posted By: Shorty
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 11:07am
Maybe a really bad thought....and you can shoot me later 
Our house always has up & go.....I do not know what age they are from sorry. Maybe check that out? |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 11:11am
| Up and go....thats what I was trying to say! |
Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 11:28am
My Mum and Dad used to make me cheese toasties because I was a terrible eater. They'd make them with marmite and cheese in a batch and keep them in an airtight container, and then I could have them cold either for brekkie or morning tea. I know cheese is expensive, but if you grate it, it goes a lot further than if you slice it, and, because she'll be eating them cold you don't actually want too thick a layer of cheese. Kind of like a cheesy mite scroll from Bakers Delight, but toast  ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 11:28am
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Smoothies sound like a good idea. You could involve her by getting her to think of things to add, and getting her to get them out etc while your feeding the gremlins!
Mouse traps? Breakfast muffins- make some vege muffins or bran and banana or , dates and carrot, or similar- sweetened with fruit like dates instead of lots of sugar,..that u can freeze and she could eat with a smoothie on the way to school even? |
Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 11:58am
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I was about to suggest smoothies too, that's what we have as neither DH or I are early breakfast people. You can add complan or vitaplan for extra nutrients or just use up&go or calcitrims for ease. ------------- http://lilypie.com">   http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 5:49pm
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Smoothies are a winner is this house. Its all I can get my girls to have for breakfast. They both make their own adding whatever each one wants. They even have them in winter. Hopefully MAya will enjoy the smoothies ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 5:57pm
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Grilled cheese on toast? Smoothie? ------------- |
Posted By: Mama2two
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 6:42pm
If she doesn't like the smoothie idea, how about a milkshake of some description? Even a glass of milk with a spoonful of quik in it would be better than nothing at all ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mylilmosaic
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 6:59pm
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Nutragrain are great as snacks as well as breakfast cereal. My son's nana introduced them to him and he loves it still to this day. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 8:07pm
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Thats exactly how my kids smoothies started then they started wanting I had and now they just add whatever is in the house lol ------------- http://lilypie.com">
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Mum2Sam wrote:Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 8:11pm
Isla likes snacking on cherios or dry fuity bix She usually has a few in a little container while I make her breakfast!
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 9:24pm
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Yoghurt??? Andrew has a Dairy food yoghurt every morning for breakfast. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 9:30pm
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Emma; Nyah is the same. I can just manage to get her to have lemon honey on toast, or I make a deal with her that we eat an apple on our way to school. 8/10 she'll go for that idea. The other thing is the strawberry chewy bars. She'll eat one of those as we walk out the door.
You might have to put something extra in her lunch box. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 9:37pm
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crumpets?
------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 9:40pm
| Those breakfast muffin things, or fruit toast! Mmmmm! |
Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 4:42am
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Urgh Charlottes exactly the same too!
I have found Crumpets and bagels go down ok for a change- and a fail proof one is pancakes! Not exactly nutritious but at least its something. We also have a deal that if she eats a decent amount then she gets a Hot Chocolate. Someone needs to invent a machine that yells out 'Eat your breakfast' in increasing frequency and volume over 30 minutes to be played each morning- would save me alot of grief! ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 7:53am
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Nutella sandwich??
Ethan loves his "Chocolate" sandwich that he has every morning ------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 7:55am
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How about a cup of milk (hot or cold) with horleys or ovaltine. Little cereal snack boxes, muesli bars or fruit is also a great idea for the trip to school. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 8:45am
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I was going to suggest crumpets too or french toast? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 1:31pm
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She used to like crumpets but has gone off them lately.
I'll def try the cheese toasties idea tho, she loves "cheesies". This morning she had an apple which I guess is better than nothing but... I might make a batch of breakfast muffins too. Thanks guys! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: nictoddie
Date Posted: 25 March 2008 at 9:11am
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I feel you pain lol, Braedon lived on now don't shoot me down anyone, bread with 100 and 1000's until recently, we then progressed on to cocoa pops with no milk and just this week he has milk with them a strawberry milk and a piece of hot toast nothing on it hehe, just in time for school he has decided to have a half decent breakie. ------------- 
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Posted By: shaz
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 7:07pm
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Natasha eats Nutella on toast everyday never changes. That used to be the only thing that would cover the taste of the steroids she was on, but now it's just habit and I can't be bothered with and arguments at that time in the morning so just run with that.
Hope Maya is eating something now, but I'm sure you are probably more worried about it than she is. ------------- Mum to Natasha Aroha 9/12/1995, Alexandra Makareta Waimarie 22/4/1998 and....Alyssa Frances Hopaea 18/03/2007 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 8:57pm
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LOL I was just gonna update today too! She went up north to my granparents place the other day and apparently had Special K and strawberry yoghurt "with no lumps in it" and she told me if I buy that she'll eat it. So today I bought Special K and some ridiculously expensive lump-free strawberry yoghurt pots so we'll see how we go tomorrow. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 6:39am
| emma, if she likes the "lump free" yoghurt, might be worth investing in an ezy-yo maker. they do flavoured micxes which are lump free and I would imagine a lot cheaper in the long run |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 9:22am
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my solution would be just tell her "no breakfast, no school". its what i tell gabriel but its kindy still.
hubbys son went through that stage and his mother made him smoothies for breakfast... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 9:50am
| How was breakfast this moring Emma? |