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Breakfast before school

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Gambino1726 · 05/11/2025 13:52

Breakfast Eating GIF

I am just curious. What are your children eating for breakfast before school?

We’ve got into a habit of making scrambled eggs and a toast. My 8 year old makes this by herself most mornings. Occasionally, if there’s bacon in the house, she’ll throw in a rasher or two!

We don’t do cereal. Mainly because it slides into sugary shit plus we don’t drink milk so wouldn’t know what to put with it (daughter had an intolerance as a baby and we just never got back into it).

The teacher told me she has children in the class eating chocolate bars for breakfast - but is this really true?

Curious what others do

OP posts:
FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 05/11/2025 13:59

I know this isn’t the point of your thread but breakfast is a battle every morning as my son is rarely hungry, but it feels wrong sending him in without feeding him.

So, sometimes cereal, sometimes porridge, sometimes pancakes, we did cereal bars for a while.

I haven’t tried chocolate bars or share bags of sweets but we aren’t far off that!

Ooogle · 05/11/2025 13:58

Crumpets, bran flakes or weetabix here usually

PermanentlyExhaustedPigeonZZZ · 05/11/2025 13:57

Usually porridge with banana and cinnamon or overnight oats, sometimes crumpets or just a smoothie if my eldest isn't feeling hungry. I usually have cereal or sometimes eggs on toast. My dh has 'surreal' cereal which is high protein no sugar.

DarkEyedSailor · 05/11/2025 13:55

I've seen kids at my daughter's school walking up the road with ice creams their parents just bought at the local shop. Cans of Monster. Share bags of sweets. So I can believe the chocolate bars!
My daughter has porridge or toast or sometimes Weetabix if she's in the mood.

Imicola · 05/11/2025 13:55

Cereal on weekdays. My DD likes rice krispies, cornflakes, weetabix or bran flakes. Usually with milk, occasionally with yogurt and fruit. Weekends usually porridge or toast.

Tiedbutchorestodo · 05/11/2025 13:53

Cereal, toast, bagels and crumpets in general. We have to leave to get to school at 7:30 and the kids aren’t happy early risers so needs to be quick.

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