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To give children pancakes for breakfast?

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goodgodthereyouare · 04/03/2025 14:09

DC including step children had pancakes for breakfast.

Their mum who doesn’t usually have them weekdays had planned in advance to pick them up and have them until after dinner.

She is now arguing that they shouldn’t have had pancakes and sugar before school and pissed off that they’ve already had them which apparently means there’s no point in her having them after school now.

My DC will be having having pancakes again this evening.

Was it unreasonable to give SC pancakes for breakfast?

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RatedDoingMagic · 05/03/2025 08:13

Yanbu. On pancake day it is fine to have pancakes for breakfast lunch and tea

rosemarble · 05/03/2025 08:11

NewYearNewDietAgain · 05/03/2025 06:07

I've been doing pancake day wrong all these years! We only have them in the evening. Will make a note for next year that we can have them for all meals! Grin

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The religious roots means the pancake would be the last meal - finishing up food before Lent fasting.

NewYearNewDietAgain · 05/03/2025 06:07

Elphamouche · 04/03/2025 17:08

It’s pancake day… pancakes. All day. She’s batshit.

I've been doing pancake day wrong all these years! We only have them in the evening. Will make a note for next year that we can have them for all meals! Grin

Jollyjoy · 04/03/2025 19:16

So she doesn't want to see them because they've had pancakes already? Am I understanding that right?

adorablecat · 04/03/2025 19:11

Tell her it's Pancake Day and whatever your personal feelings, she can't expect you to break the law.

Goldbar · 04/03/2025 19:10

It's Pancake Day.

No one should really be eating anything that's not a pancake 🥞.

Just tell her you gave the kids the choice of pancakes or air, and they chose pancakes. It's their fault really.

endofthelinefinally · 04/03/2025 18:55

My dc loved pancakes for breakfast with maple syrup, fruit, yogurt.
Then savoury pancakes filled with stirfry for dinner, followed by pancakes with sugar and lemon juice.
It is called pancake day!

CandyCane457 · 04/03/2025 18:52

Oh god she sounds annoying, why would you be so bothered? It’s one day! It’s literally pancake day!!!! I just don’t have the headspace to imagine being annoyed over that. It’s a special treat for them. Don’t worry about it OP and enjoy your pancakes for dinner!

Kindyeah · 04/03/2025 18:37

You can only eat pancakes once a year so of course they need to be every meal.

StopGo · 04/03/2025 18:35

My grandsons managed pancakes three times today as part of a balanced diet. One day of relaxing the rules so be it.

stayathomer · 04/03/2025 18:27

I came over here because I’ve gotten lazy and was thinking of using the batter tomorrow instead and was going to tell you yabu. You’ve made me feel guilty so now I’ll get back to them for today 😅

NavyNorris · 04/03/2025 18:20

Of course YANBU..

But wait- did I read that correctly? She's now refusing to have her kids after school today because they've already had pancakes?? Wow...

PeloMom · 04/03/2025 18:17

Agree! I throw in a banana in the batter for fibre and sweetness. Takes less than 10 mins

Justsayit123 · 04/03/2025 18:13

Not an issue at all! Let kids be kids and have fun! Probably better to have pancakes than some cereals!

HomeTutor · 04/03/2025 17:51

My DD has autism, and is food selective. She has pancakes every morning.

Eggs from our own hens, plain flour, organic milk. And then squeezed lemon and sugar.

It's basically health food as far as I'm concerned. It's the only decent food she will eat 😭

If I was your SC mum I'd be grateful that they'd had fun and food before school 🙄

StrongSweetCoffee · 04/03/2025 17:48

YANBU

My DC had pancakes for breakfast, pancakes for snack when they came home from school and are excitedly looking forward to them for after dinner too!
Children love pancakes on pancake day, you can never have too many.

Kissedbyfire1 · 04/03/2025 17:48

rosemarble · 04/03/2025 15:08

Make a large batch of batter, use all week.

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My DC (now adults) often had pancakes for breakfast. Make a big jug of batter and use it over two or three days. Spoiler alert- you can have pancakes on days that aren’t Shrove Tuesday!

LBFseBrom · 04/03/2025 17:47

You were not at all unreasonable. Eating things like that is bette at breakfast time anyway, it metabolises more easily and as a one off, nothing wrong with them having them again tonight.

CarpetKnees · 04/03/2025 17:44

Of course YANBU.

My (adult) dd told me recently that the 3 years she was in cubs were just the best, because it meant they had pancakes at Breakfast Club, then Pancakes at home for tea, then Pancakes at cubs as well.

They all seemed to manage the sugar rush just fine.

hby9628 · 04/03/2025 17:41

lol. We had pancakes for breakfast today. Sometimes we even have them when it's not pancake day. We are that crazy in this house.

She's a loon.

Mydahliasareshit · 04/03/2025 17:37

Nigella's kids don't seem to have suffered unduly from growing up in a pancake loving household. Let it go in one ear and out the other.

steff13 · 04/03/2025 17:31

Elphamouche · 04/03/2025 17:08

It’s pancake day… pancakes. All day. She’s batshit.

Right! Eat pancakes for all three meals. Plus snacks and dessert! It's one day a year.

Chillilounger · 04/03/2025 17:29

We had pancakes for breakfast, DD had pancakes in school, we had pancakes after school and no doubt D's will have more pancakes at scouts tonight! I mean if you can't have double or triple pancakes on pancake day.........

Elphamouche · 04/03/2025 17:08

It’s pancake day… pancakes. All day. She’s batshit.

Secularbeaver · 04/03/2025 16:06

My fave day of the year and my 3 year old is having them for every meal (I did hide some carrot and apple in his because he won't eat anything that isn't beige 👀😂)

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