What and how much do you give your 16mnth old for breakfast?

[CADS]

Me again!

Any ideas on portion sizes and variety would be great?

[fastasleep]

Theo had a lightly buttered croissant and a pot of fruit this morning as I was feeling lazy.. he usually has fruit porridge though which consists of ground up rolled oats (I plonk a load in a blender then keep them in a take away box) mixed into one of those cans of pure fruit, zapped in a microwave for 30 seconds until all stiff and gooey and then I add milk till it goes nice and soft... takes a breath!

[lunavix]

Ds has toast (one slice, or two if he's starving) with some fruit (melon, half an apple etc)

or a childs ikea bowl full of cheerios and milk (although I still melt them and mash with a whole banana)

or one or two weetabix, melted with milk (sometimes a banana too)

or a bowl of porridge and two figs and a banana... do you see a pattern he loves banana!

Or a croissant and some fruit....

There's lots he likes breakfast is his favourite meal though. He usually has a big handful of cheerios at 8 (milk at 7.30, still 9oz) to see him through to breakfast at 9!

[fastasleep]

(He generally has a pretty full tommee tippee baby bowl full)! A bit masochistic faffing with the porridge every day though!

[CADS]

Thanks ladies,

Think I'm doing ok with the portion sizes, but for some reason ds refuses to eat his lunch (this has been happening for +-3weeks). He use have breakfast at 8am and then lunch at 12pm but lately he will only eat a third of his lunch and then be starving by 3pm.

lunavix - What time does your ds have lunch?

[vicdubya]

Is he having a snack or milk at mid morning?

Ds also 16 months has bowl of redibrek (tommee tippee bowl) with fruit puree plus toast or a banana.

Snack eg apple or rice cakes & dried fruit mid morning.

Sandwiches or other lightish lunch, fruit and / or yoghurt.

Snack mid pm

Large cooked meal at teatime.

he doesn't have any milk except 1 x BF before bed.

[janeybops]

1 and half to 2 weetabix and a banana

[flowerfairy]

My ds is almost 16 months and I pretty much do the same as vicdubya.

Also got some ideas for some more variety than cereal & toast form this thread. Hope you don't mind.

[TracyK]

ds is 16mo too - but also has been on and off his meals for the past few weeks or so. But it could be the heat or teeth. One day he eats like a horse - others - he picks. Today he had 6 oz milk at 6.30 then 3 prunes and 2 squares of toast for brekkie, small snack at nursery and a tiny bit of pudding for lunch. So he'll be blooming starving by the time he wakes from his nap.
I just go with the flow and kind of judge whether he's due a snack to keep him going and have a later tea or give him nothing and bring tea forward.