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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

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Fundays12 · 05/11/2025 17:52

toastandegg · 05/11/2025 17:13

children in the nursery queue at 9am probably had breakfast hours ago (mine were early risers) so the chocolate or sweets is their mid morning snack

I thought the same until the mum announced loudly to everyone that was his breakfast. It seems a daily one.

coxesorangepippin · 05/11/2025 17:49

Usually peanut butter on toast or smoked salmon bagel

I sometimes do bacon and egg 'mcmuffins'

I try to avoid cereal, but if they do have it, they need a hard boiled egg/ yogurt with it

AgileLemonShark · 05/11/2025 17:39

This morning DS (14) had scrambled eggs with peanut butter toast, a double bowl of chocolate protein porridge made with milk, and a bowl of Greek yoghurt with a chopped banana, blueberries, blue raspberry flavoured creatinine powder mixed in (so the yoghurt was a lovely shade of blue) and honey. Also a pint of sugar free squash. He doesn’t really eat much at lunchtime at school as says there’s no time so prefers a bigger breakfast. He’s a Type 1 diabetic and his glucose levels stay in a lovely straight line mostly after a small initial spike initially after eating so it’s all good.

Older DC (now adults who do their own/don’t live at home) always had (sugary) cereal, toast and yoghurt with juice, and occasional American Style pancakes with blueberries. bananas and maple syrup if I was feeling particularly Earth Motherish.

toastandegg · 05/11/2025 17:13

children in the nursery queue at 9am probably had breakfast hours ago (mine were early risers) so the chocolate or sweets is their mid morning snack

PandoraAvatar · 05/11/2025 17:13

Scrambled eggs or an omelette, with some fruit on the side.

QuickPeachPoet · 05/11/2025 17:08

Porridge with fruit/seeds, tea or water to drink.

FancyCatSlave · 05/11/2025 17:01

DD mostly goes to breakfast club where she gets 1 slice of toast.

On home breakfast days it’s either greek yoghurt, honey with some fruit or toast with nut butter or a croissant.

DD only has cereal at weekends because she only likes it dry and takes 2 years to
eat it. We also do brunch some days so will have scrambled eggs.

There’s no time for cooked breakfasts though on weekdays for us as DD not a morning person (neither am I). I don’t have mine until 10am

NikKai · 05/11/2025 16:57

CurlewKate · 05/11/2025 14:12

Fab opportunity to shame other parents right here! I so want to say mine had a bag of crisps and a crunchie every day….

The shamers would love me 😂 my two year old had a burger barm he nicked from the kitchen 😂😂 not much different to toast really and fed is best 🤷 healthy as we can be within that realm. But hes fed, on 98th percentile for height and weight, very healthy generally, and most importantly happy. Who gives a shit beyond those things?

Deadringer · 05/11/2025 16:53

Porridge, cereal or toast, not really egg eaters in this house. Youngest is 16 now and she usually has a pain au chocolat or toasting waffles with Nutella, it's a crap breakfast but if i dont buy them she eats nothing at all.

queenofwandss · 05/11/2025 16:43

A rotation of;

cereal (they never want this but would be quicker)
porridge
toast
yoghurt
fruit loaf
brioche roll
bagel with cream cheese

always try to give a piece of fruit with breakfast and when I am off work I will do cooked things but sadly can’t do daily. The scrambled eggs and bacon sounds lush!

Gambino1726 · 05/11/2025 16:42

Hilarious. I have no recollection at all what I used to eat for breakfast. Isn’t that strange

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Ineedanewsofa · 05/11/2025 16:41

Omelette, weetabix, overnight oats, occasionally toast with jam. We try to go heavy on protein to fill DC up, always ‘starving’ otherwise!

Gambino1726 · 05/11/2025 16:40

Sounds ace!

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Gambino1726 · 05/11/2025 16:39

Bitzee · 05/11/2025 14:34

Nutella on toast plus whatever is in the fruit bowl. So only a marginal step above the chocolate bar 🤣 But it’s quick and they make it themselves.

That’s great. Our toast is usually Nutella or jam. But Nutella if she gets to choose

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youalright · 05/11/2025 16:37

Mine have cereal or toast i wouldn't let my 8 year old fry bacon by themselves that seems really dangerous

NebulousWhistler · 05/11/2025 16:21

Mine eat nothing at all despite everything and anything being available. Occasionally a few bites of toast or a spoonful of yoghurt. It bothers me a lot. She eats fine otherwise but declares herself to be not hungry in the morning.

SALaw · 05/11/2025 16:18

Cereal, toast, crumpet, porridge, bagel, waffle. Breakfasty things.

SwordToFlamethrower · 05/11/2025 16:17

The breakfast of queens and champions!

Organic rolled oats
Made with either milk, water or plain live bio yogurt. So eaten either hot or cold.

A sprinkling of nuts and seeds such as: pumpkin, chia, sunflower, almonds, brasil, walnuts etc etc

With berries of your choice, then all mixed together with a drizzle of either locally sourced honey or high quality maple syrup.

Anti inflammatory, full of fibre, essential oils, fats, vitamins and minerals, proteins and more.

Nothing bad, nothing fake, all goodness.

It's so variable that it never gets boring!

Catwoman8 · 05/11/2025 16:16

School days are normally a pain au chocolate or croissant, and a bowl of cereal.

Weekends will normally be something hot.

ChickalettasGiblets · 05/11/2025 16:10

We do cereal like weetabix, but are you just coming to write this OP to make yourself feel more superior?

The teacher who told you isn’t very professional. I’m not judging what other people feed their kids because they aren’t mine and you don’t know their circumstances

ClearFruit · 05/11/2025 16:09

DS13 and DD16 leave at 7.30am for the school bus.

DD will have a couple of chocolate chip brioche or a bowl of Shredddies, with a coffee.

DS has either brioche like his Sister or a protein chocolate or cinnamon porridge pot, the kind that you pour hot water or milk into, and a huge glass of milk.

Older DS19 has two slices of toast with peanut butter, an apple, and a banana, with a cup of tea. He has an active job (roofer) and is impossible to fill up!

xterde · 05/11/2025 16:06

Cereal, often gasp chocolate Krave cereal because I want them to eat and don't want an argument about food in the mornings before school, one ds takes adhd meds that affect his appetite so won't eat for the rest of the day at school usually so I'd rather he had something than nothing, and the other ds is the worlds fussiest eater

Fundays12 · 05/11/2025 16:05

Normally cerel, toast or pancakes and fruit. I have seen kids waiting in the nursery queue to go in at 9 am having a "breakfast" of chocolate or sweets.

InfoSecInTheCity · 05/11/2025 16:01

Usually something hot, DD has always preferred a big breakfast and a light dinner. This morning was crumpets with cheese, yesterday was part baked rolls heated in the oven with bacon (not a bacon sandwich because apparently if you put them together they’re horrible but side by side they’re good), day before was egg white omelette (she doesn’t I like yolks), day before was porridge with berries.

All stuff that’s quick and easy to make but filling.

FuzzyWolf · 05/11/2025 15:59

This feels like a thread to make some people feel extra good about themselves and others feel bad.

One of my children doesn’t eat anything. Under the eating disorder clinic and school induced anxiety just means food doesn’t happen.

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