Breakfast basket ideas

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Ds who is 5 wakes up early between 5 and 6 and raids the kitchen for breakfast then settles in our room with the t.v for snuggles whilst we are sort of snoozing till we get up.

I was thinking if I could make up some sort of breakfast basket to have on the side where he could help himself to a couple of things and have a drink ready made up for him. It might stop this mornings choice of chocolate spread on a wrap and strawberry milkshake becoming a thing.

I am looking for ideas of what to put in one so far i have those little tubs of fruit in their own juice, oatcakes and bananas. Ideally needs to be wrapped and not need to go in the fridge.

Hard boiled egg? You can boil several at once and store them in the fridge in their shells for up to a week. Good source of protein.

Ham and cheese slice in a wrap - DD has this as after school snack, i put the wrap and slices in a paper bag in the fridge and she makes it up herself.

You could put things into a cool bag with a frozen block to keep it cool overnight, if you want to avoid him opening the fridge.

Sounds like a habit that needs to be broken, it a dangerous for him to go into the kitchen to make a snack by him self when the rest of the house are asleep, and I suspect you'd rather not be woken up at that time. Maybe a reward chart for staying in his room? Ideally you need him to go back to sleep. Perhaps a drink by his bed in case he's thirsty.

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I don't think they need to eat at 5am at that age.

Dinner not too early the night before, then he needs to learn to wait until morning. If he wakes before 7am just let him play in his room tbh. Early breakfasts and exciting tv just encourage him to wake early for fun. Water next to his bed.

Unfortunately he has woken up at this time since he started sleeping through no amount of returning to bed, clocks, sunrise light things, drinks left in room etc. will persuade him to stay in his room.

He is a sociable chap and doesn't really like to be alone, so once he is awake he is up for the day. I am awake till late chatting with teens sorting out their issues, so ideally i don't want to give up the extra snoozing time. I do not want him going through the kitchen that's why I thought a basket within easy reach of pre-approved stuff would be a good compromise

You can freeze frubes and leave one out before you go to bed each night and it will defrost over night.
Peanut butter sandwich
Frusli bar
Soreen malt loaf bar
Dried fruit and nuts

how about chocolate crossiants, brioche that kind of thing with a banana and a straw uht milk carton/ juice. I know asda do individual packets of the crossiants ect.

Dry cheerios the mini packets? my 2 love them as a snack with fruit wont even have them with milk.

stotch pancakes might be good aswell.

Yes soreen bars how did i forget those and mini cereal packets might be worth a try as he doesn't do cereal with milk any way.

Leaving a mini picnic in a basket would've massively incentivised early waking for my kids! I always left a drink of water by their beds, and a couple of books, but didn't allow going downstairs at that hour.

If it incentivises my teens to rise before lunch I'll be kicking myself for not doing it before He will be an early riser come what may, and he will be hungry this is more about keeping him safe and offering healthier choices

I would be more worried about him choking. Without being too harsh, it sounds as though you value your lie in too much and are resigned to saying "well, this is what he does and it's too difficult to change it"

Sorry to be one of those annoying posters that ignores what you ask, but he really doesn't need to eat at that time. My 5 year old gets up before I do but we make breakfast when we wake after 8, they're really not going to starve!

On school days I make over night oats and they help themselves, but they're not allowed up before 7 and I'm around.