Breakfast cereal... How many kids on MN are eating these every day?

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Just curious about how prevalent breakfast cereals are for breakfast.

I'm thinking cornflakes, shreddies, shredded where, rice crispies, Coco pops, granolas, crunchy nuts etc

We never really have them, because we got into the habit of having eggs or porridge for breakfast, and then having things like Coco Pops/Frosties as a snack every so often. We'd buy one of the more "interesting" cereals and have that.

Anyway, what happens with cereal in your house?

This pondering came after reading how Kellogg want to sue the government over their proposed ban on prominent placement of sugar cereals.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61238630

2 teens, one doesn’t eat breakfast (she will eat at break time at school) and the other will eat a cereal bar but not cereal as she doesn’t like milk.

I eat poridge, special K or granola with yoghurt.

my DD eats porridge most days, but sometimes shreddies.

Breakfast is usually porridge, waffles, crossiants with fruit or toast + something.
They used to have cereal all the time but we've just gravitated more toward other options. I think they wanted warm things in the winter time.
We always have weetabix, rice crispies and shreddies in and sometimes I have this as a snack. All supermarket own brand though.

Weetabix, shreddies or porridge every day for dh and ds. DDS sometimes have breakfast, sometimes don't. I rarely do but if I do it's Weetabix.

I wouldn't put Weetabix or shredded wheat in the 'sugary cereals' category.

Not that I support the anti sugar brigade at all, but I'm surprised it's taken the government this long to start this stance. Can't see Kelloggs getting very far with this.

Mine have lower sugar cereal in the morning, I don't have a problem with cornflakes, rice crispies, Weetabix etc

I don't let them have frosties etc apart from special occasions

DD cycles between toast, porridge, fruit and yoghurt and spelt flakes - with the odd brioche/croissant/pain au chocolat thrown in for a treat. She’ll also occasionally have shreddies and she loves the very rare bowl of coco-pops she gets in a hotel/on holiday.

I don’t like cereal much and either skip breakfast and just have coffee, or have the occasional toast and honey.

Me and my kids would happily live on Special K with red berries. But we don't. They tend to have honey on toast / bagel with butter for breakfast, with yoghurt and a banana or (for my 2yo) sometimes an Ella's fruit pouch.

DS likes egg on toast, bacon sandwich, sometimes waffles with cinnamon. DD generally has toast, fruit, scotch pancakes.

We always have cereal in the cupboard which they sometimes choose- some sensible options like weetabix and some for a treat like krave.

Ds has wheetabix
Dh has whatever muesli is on offer
The rest of us don't normally bother about breakfast.

The only one that they all go mad for is porridge. Can't stand it myself but if one is making it then they all come charging down to have some.

My ds's have wide variety for breakfast: porridge, toast, shreddies, fruit and youghurt, pancakes, waffles, eggs.

Most days, Or toast.
My dcs dont like eggs or porridge.

IMHO there is more nutrition in the cardboard box than the contents.

I honestly can’t remember the last time I bought cereal. DD has porridge or eggs and the boys have toast and fruit. Sometimes a yoghurt

Millet is only for high days and holidays. You're giving millet every day!? Tsk tsk, this is why we have an obesity crisis.

Everyday. Ds doesn't like eating anything first thing in the morning. So he eats tiny amount of cereal with yogurt.

We have cereal every day but what i consider the lower suger ones. Weetabix, shreddies, rice crispies etc. They love porridge but that's usually a supper or weekend breakfast because I find it such a faff when we have to be out the house early for nursery. It takes ages to cook then ages to cool down enough for them to eat which causes lots of winging and then it seems to take ages to wash up!

Mine (9yrs) has porridge or granola for breakfast. Or bagels. But no cornflakes, coco pops, etc.

I don’t like any cereals and never eat them. Husband eats them very occasionally.

Both DC have Weetabix every day, I have toast on weekdays and porridge at weekends, DP Bran Flakes every day. DC have a cereal bar for their morning break, Coco Pops, Frosties, Rice Krispies or Belvitta.

Currently on top of the fridge:

• Weetabix
• porridge oats
• raspberry wheats (like mini Shredded Wheat but filled with mushed up raspberries)
• Cheerios (honey ones)
• Weetos
• some sort of Jordans nutty stuff that DD picked

DC have free choice of what they want although the Weetabix and raspberry wheats tend to run out the fastest, no rules on which are weekend cereals or weekday cereals but each to their own.

I think these proposed rules about displaying them are bullshit. I do my shopping online so it won't stop me just typing in the name of the cereal I'm looking for.

Do they still make Sugar Puffs? All this cereal talk has got me wanting some.

My 5 year old has cereal on all school days. Occasionally pate or cheese spread on toast. It’s just the quickest option as she likes her sleep. On weekends we usually have something cooked but not always.

It takes ages to cook then ages to cool down enough for them to eat which causes lots of winging and then it seems to take ages to wash up!

The texture ends up being a little different but if your kids aren't fussy you can put porridge in a slow cooker overnight to save all the fuss and wake up to the perfect temperature.

Not every day. We alternate between porridge, Wheetabix (both usually with fruit in) toast, and cereal. The cereal is usually Cheerios, Cornflakes or Crunchy Nut and maybe Chocolate hoops or rice but I do try to limit that to once a week. The eldest will also usually have a sausage or bacon sandwich with hash browns on a Sunday.

We have hoops, shreddies and porridge in the cupboard. But usually
Dc1 has honey on toast
Dc2 has porridge
Dc3 has shreddies.

Toast and wheatabix for us. I don’t have sugary cereals.