breakfast cereal recommendations please

[LetThemEatCake]

my dc (9months and 2yo) seem bored with endless bowls of porridge and weetabix and keep begging dh for his crunchy nut cornflakes- but it's quite high in sugar

can anyone recommend an alternative? many thanks!

[moondog]

Why do you need an alterantive?
The rest are processed and/or fuill of sugar too. We have too many choices.

[Seona1973]

we have a choice of cheerios, rice crispies multi-grain shapes (used to be called muddles), shreddies, rice crispies and on the odd occasions even wheetos!!

[forevercleaning]

give him the crunchy nut cornflakes - it wont kill him or rot his teeth if you clean them after.

[iamdingdong]

mine love (own brand) shreddies, rice crispies, bitesize shredded wheat, muesli

[FeelingLucky]

nut free muesli
shredded wheat

[Boyswillbeboys]

Ready Brek and Weetabix seem to be the only ones without much sugar - also shredded wheat. Can you add fruit, yoghurt etc to make it a bit more interesting? Once they get the taste of sugary cereals you won't be able to go back to the boring healthy ones!

[TheDevilWearsPrimark]

What about something other than cereal?

I sometimes do greek yoghurt with crushed digestives for the DC, and fruit.

Poaxhed egg on wholemeal bread?

[jkklpu]

To vary the cereal, I given mine different fruit each day, sometimes stewed, eg apple, pears, blueberries, brambles, sometimes fresh, eg raspberries, peach/nectarine, banana, sometimes dried, eg apricots, prunes; blends are tasty, too. You can add cinnamon/nutmeg for variety, especially to the blander fruit. Then you can get to the point where the kids choose the fruit themselves - if you keep stocks in the freezer - and it's much tastier than just the cereal.

[FeelingLucky]

btw - don't you think the problem would be solved if your DH just stopped eating crunchy nut cornflakes? would be better for him too if he ate a proper breakfast.

[TheDevilWearsPrimark]

fgs, my exH used to have four espressos and a fag for breakfast. What is so bad about crunchy nut cornflakes?

[shrooms]

What about if you mixed them up with the healthier cereal for a treat, or just allow it one day a week.

My kids sometimes have healthy muesli type cereal ect but with a layer of their sweeter stuff on it.

[TheDevilWearsPrimark]

Muesli actually has an insane amount of sugar.

But sugar is not the devil as part of a healthy diet.

[Denny185]

Let them have, they will soon get bored and want something else

Failing that try jazzing up the porridge and weetabix - add fruit, yogurt, honey

[Bowddee]

DS has Coco-Pops Moons & Stars atm.

DH couldn't find Rice Crispies Multi-Grains so let DS choose.

[shrooms]

TDWP, had to specify that we have actual muesli, not that crunchy granola stuff wuth loads of added sugar. We use something like alpen no added or homemade with chopped dried fruit and nuts, oats and various flakes such as buckwheat.

[notsoteenagemum]

Cornflakes?? with some nuts but aren't they to young to be bored with cereals, mine have ready brek in the winter and cornflakes in the summer they are 8 and 4 no compaints yet

[Othersideofthechannel]

Quaker Oats Crunchy

[NorbertDentressangle]

Our DC frequently have what we call " a right old mixture" -its bascially a way of feeding them the same old cereals that they normally have but making it exciting

They just mix and match a few different ones in the same bowl (usually a couple of the "healthier" ones and one more sugary one) -livens up an otherwise dull breakfast in their eyes

[lardybump]

I dont think 9mo should have nuts should they??? Please correct me if I am wrong but I thought that you are advised to wait until over 2?????? I get dd cow and gate toddler balance cereal, they do 3 types of them in asda...

[Seona1973]

if there is no history of allergy then nuts are ok from 6 months. My ds had smooth peanut butter from 8 months and loves it. If there is a history of allergy then you are advised not to introduce nuts till the age of 3. Whole nuts shouldnt be given till the age of 5 as they are a choking hazard. The baby cereals are a big rip off - you dont get much for your money and they only last a few days.

[shortcircuit]

My DD's are currently enjoying ready brek, which I add a small tsp of coco powder + tsp of fruit sugar.

Sugar is the devil, regardless of whether it's part of a healthy diet.

Abel & Cole cereals sound nice.

[Pawslikepaddington]

Yoghurts and fruit salads, and honey on toast. Dd won't eat cereal any more! But LOVES sugar all the same!