to give up nagging DS about breakfast?

[WitchWay]

He's almost 16 & has always struggled to eat breakfast - just no appetite first thing in the morning. He also hates most "breakfast foods", preferring left-overs or a mug of soup or a slice of fruit pie, but not till about half eleven, which is what happens at the weekends. I watched him nibbling his way through one small plain biscuit the other morning, clearly forcing it down because "breakfast is good for you" & told him he could stop bothering if he wanted. He does have at least half a pint of milk at "breakfast time" so some calories there. He won't take anything to eat on the bus or at break - not hungry till lunchtime.

I was just the same, hating soggy cereal, preferring leftovers & at the same age my mum stopped nagging me about it. I still don't eat breakfast unless it's a full English in a hotel at about half ten

He's 16, not 6...I'd let him decide when he's hungry.

Milk is basically a liquid food...

Yes do stop

He should be eating to appetite

He does eat according to appetite & will stop when he's full, even if there's half a mouthful left on the plate. Seems to have been fine without eating - the milk is clearly enough, but he was extra ravenous when he got home last night!

Milk IS food though. DCs (10 and 6) usually have a big spoonful of malted cocoa powder in their warm milk and thats that until morning recess.

We live in Asia, so soup, noodles and leftovers are perfectly acceptable in our household if that's what they fancy. They are way more nutritious than any sugar ladden bkfst cereal anyway!

DS eats his main meal at 4 when he's home from school. He trains most fdays 5-7 so he needs a proper wholesome meal and a small supper in the evening.

I used to get irritated about sharing meals etc but in the end, I just see no reason not to work around their rythms as long as they eat real food and not just snacks.
We still sit together for bkfst and dinner and if they are already full, they just nibble on yogurt/fruit and try new tastes with us. The most important thing at that time is conversation.

You could be describing my DS (15).

Yesterday he had houmous and pitta bread for breakfast. In the past he's had chocolate pudding and cream .

His breakfast of choice is vanilla Complan made with milk.

This is all on a school day - during the holidays and at weekends, he gets up later and eats a proper breakfast (though rarely cereal). Sounds like they were separated at birth, OP

Would he have cereal bars, or those Belvita breakfast biscuits?
Milk is actually fine, though. I've survived on black coffee for 20 years!

Sometimes he asks me to make extra chilli or mashed potato or cauliflower cheese so he can have some for breakfast!

molly no he "hates" all of those types of things - well he doesn't, but can't make himself force them down at 7am

I totally get that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and am grateful that DS is a breakfast fiend. However constant haranguing (at almost any age) is a dull and thankless task so I would let it go. In fact I would have done so much earlier but ensured that regular snacks etc were available, along with a substantial lunch.
At 16 I'm sure your DS is more than capable of eating if and when he is hungry :)

I don't like breakfast food. I have never been a morning eater.

Come 11ish and I will have a mixture of breakfast/lunch

I didn't harangue, but insisted he had something & he agrees it's a good idea in principle & knows about people in general concentrating better after breakfast etc etc

Rhonda chocolate brownies for breakfast here if available

My ds is the same, drinks a mug of milk & not much else but maybe a croissant at a push. He is 5 but has always been like this since he was a baby, drinking milk first thing & eating a later breakfast at 10am.

I am the complete opposite, I eat smaller regular snacks/meals every few hours to keep my blood sugar levels up.

My 15 year old won't eat or even drink in the morning. And he's very active and over 6 ft. There's nothing much to be done about it- I've tried everything. 13 year old eats breakfast happily. I do notice 15 year old eats tons all evening after dinner, so I'm hoping that helps. Eg he will have a cheese toastie. At least he's getting the calories at some point.

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Bless your little cottons Witch, but yes- he's almost 16. YANBU.

Give him a bit of space.

I have always been the same...I never ate breakfast as a child. I hate breakfast foods especially toast and cereal...I wonder how anyone can eat such bland, cardboardy food!

Would he eat breakfast consisting of cheese/salami like they do in some European countries?

Saucy he get's lots of space but seeing the amount he eats I was a little uncomfortable with his missing a whole meal. He gets really grumpy when hungry too!

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dd doesn't eat in the morning but i can't face food either I used to make her eat but now i just leave it she is old enough to decide if she can face food, she will take a banana or a cereal bar with her and will eat it at break at school, she makes a cup of tea and has to mouthfuls this drives me insane least she is having something, op just leave him

Milk is protein and fat, reasonably good breakfast. Would he drink a smoothie with a bit of fruit and oats in it or is that too food like for him?

oh dd is nearly 16

babe yes he will eat & has eaten salami/olives/pesto on crackers/chilli/curry/spicy omelette/chick peas/lasagne for breakfast but still struggles at 7am before school

whois doesn't like smoothies he'd rather just eat the fruit - it's the timing of it he doesn't like

I first noticed dd wasn't really into breakfast last year as i was getting half bowls of cereal every day, she eats at the weekend but that is because she doesnt get up till lunchtime I couldnt eat at 7 am either

Mix protein powder in the milk : sorted.