Breakfast time is an ongoing problem with DS (4). He asks for sweet foods- anything from sugary non-cereal (e.g. coco pops, pancakes, pancakes). I do not give in, or make a fuss. I offer ?normal? cereal, toast, fruit, porridge, eggs, yoghurt.
He has had the type of food he asks for at breakfast time very rarely (e.g. pancakes when they were on an all inclusive breakfast table once, and coco pops at his Grandmas where he stays about once every six weeks).
More often than not he has no breakfast, as he does not want to eat what I offer. If this happens on a pre-school day (three days a week) he will not eat until snack time at preschool where they are offered one biscuit and unlimited fruit and vegetables. On any other day he generally gives in at about 11ish and has some fruit or maybe a boiled egg. This has been going on for over a year.
Other mealtimes are generally fine and battle free. He eats a wide variety of foods. If he says he doesn?t like or want something I don?t make much comment or offer an alternative and he usually eats it anyway!
He starts school in September and I am worried that if the situation continues he will arrive without eating which is obviously not OK.
I am considering backing down and allowing him to have a sugary cereal. I don?t like the idea as they seem like biscuits disguised as cereal to me, and I will have put my foot on the slippery slope to giving in which may lead to problems at other mealtimes. However, maybe I am being too evangelical about it and need to relax a little.
So AIBU to let him eat these nasty cereals rather than go to school on an empty stomach?