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To wonder what your kids eat for breakfast before school

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DancyNancy · 10/01/2025 00:15

Following on from a thread where a mum found herself in a pickle and had to give a snack based breakfast....and MN posters felt a banana and a granola bar was deemed a horrifically inadequate quantity of breakfast I'm really curious to know what people's kids eat in the morning.

My lot are aged 9-12yrs.

2 out of 3 are often not hungry first thing but I insist on at least milk.

One always has cereal or porridge
One of the inconsistents has a glass of milk and then possibly a bagel or pitta with peanut butter
One will have milk and might have natural yogurt, or bagel, or banana with peanut butter.

They have 2 breaks in school so eat at 11 & 1, and then again at home around 3:30.

To me a banana and a granola bar is quite a hefty breakfast, and equates quantity wise to a bowl of cereal or porridge 🤔

I don't understand the horror response to that as a breakfast...... enlighten me??

OP posts:
GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 10/01/2025 00:25

DS10 usually has toast and a glass of milk. He might have yoghurt, a banana or an oat bar but it’s usually toast. Or a bagel.

DD 16 likes to have muesli on a school day.

Positivenancy · 10/01/2025 00:23

Toast
porridge
hash brown
eggs
crossaints with jam
pain au chocolate
fruits
cerals like weetabix, corn flakes or shreddies

Ilovecakey · 10/01/2025 00:18

Toast, crumpets, porridge or cereal

Nextyearhopes · 10/01/2025 00:17

choice between:
porridge (I always have that so happy to put more on if anyone wants it) with fruit
cereal (corn flakes or shredded wheat, no sugary ones)
toast

drinks: tea and/or water (not old enough for coffee)

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