to think nesquick whole grain cereal, fat free milk and no added sugar juice is relatively healthy for a fussy eater

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Hi,

My 7 year old Ds is a very fussy eater, tried everything!

I would love it if he would eat kale with cottage cheese on rice cakes for breakfast but get real no child eats perfectly like that.

Today he had a normal sized bowl of whole grain nesquick cereal with skimmed milk.I know it has some sugar in it but its only about the same as a banana and to counter this he has a glass of sugar free orange squash. Both the cereal and juice have added vitamins. Does everyone else agree this is pretty healthy and realistic breakfast?

Thanks

Marie

Well no, whole milk is always preferable over semi-skimmed. Even for adults.
Well no, I disagree

OP, did you just throw us the "c" word and run away laughing?

To make us jump up and down wielding our home-made-kumquat-and-unprocessed-bacon-granola?

Shame on you.

It certainly takes us hardly any time at all to do an omlet - about 4 minutes. You don't even have to get up much earlier but anyway the point is do what you feel best. Children are happiest with happy parents. Don't get in a state about it. Although there is no doubt that nothing on that breakfast list is good food to a good few of us.

I don't get people who say "my DC will only eat coco pops/nesquick cereal/other processed sugary shit, what can I do?"

Don't buy sugary processed shit and give it to your kids in the first place.
Sugar free shit is even worse!

My kids don't tell me they'll only eat coco pops for breakfast because they've never HAD cocopops.
I tell THEM what they'll eat, and I make sure I provide a helathy, varied, balanced diet.
That's not to say they don't get chocolate or anything with sugar in - they DO. But they get it as a TREAT, not as a MEAL.

Also skimmed milk is no good. Stick to "full fat" which is still less than 4% so is classed as a low fat food.

FUCKING HELL!

I've just googled, and it THIRTY FIVE PERCENT SUGAR! (But don't worry about that, as you have knocked 3% fat off the milk)

Well indeed. I think the secret is in just eating a healthy diet at home so there aren't around them the junk foods they might think they prefer.

It's not easy though when adverts for frosties abound and free gifts of sugar are given out at every turn to hook children in. How many schools are sugar free zones?

JaneParker Well you would lose the omelette challenge on Saturday Kitchen then

School breakfast clubs routinely offer Frosties, I think (please correct me if I'm wrong).
If the OP's wrong, so's our society.

All these food things have been in and out of fashion (health-wise) for years. Back in the 90s the omlette-makers would have been accused of child abuse. I strongly suspect we don't really know the answers yet.

Yy to washing up.

I scream to hear someone say a boiled/scrambled egg on toast is just as quick as jam on toast or a bowl of Shreddies. It takes longer to run the hot water to wash the pan than it does to our out the cereal, never mind the rest, and a cereal bowl and spoon don't take up half the dishwasher like a Pyrex x bowl.

Well no, whole milk is always preferable over semi-skimmed. Even for adults.
Well no, I disagree

Can I ask why? There are more vitamins in whole milk. The fat in it slows how the sugar is absorbed by the body. It has more nutrition. (studies supporting that listed here) Just curious as to why you believe semi-skimmed is healthier?

School breakfast clubs routinely offer Frosties...
Kellogs help set up many breakfast clubs so that isn't surprising.

Ah OP, you have made the classic mistake of posting about food on MN. No matter what your dc eat, there is always a poster who thinks you are feeding them rat poison.

Frosted Rat Poison Liege

Sorry, but I haven't read the thread as it is too long. I know that is a MN crime!

I don't think yours is absolutely outrageous for weekdays, but I would personally try to ditch the squash and move slowly toward a less sugary cereal. Could you slowly mix in a plain cereal (5% one week, then 10%, then 15%...) till he was on a more healthy one. Is there a fruit or vegetable he would eat at breakfast in addition to the other things?

Breakfasts we eat here are:

school days - yoghurt and fruit salad plus one of honey on toast, rice pops, bran flakes or porridge

At the start of each school holidays they can pick one box of "treat cereal" each and when it is gone it's back to normal.

weekends -
berries on crumpets
sweetcorn fritters and salsa
pea pancakes with smoked salmon
pancakes with banana and bacon
various versions of a cooked breakfast
quesadillas
cold platter - e.g. melon and parma ham
blueberry scones
banana drop scones
etc

Chocolate covered rat poison, washed down with orange flavoured caustic soda.

FFS

Sugar = bad devil food

Honey/maple syrup = god's food healthy ambrosia

Cereal with added vitamins and minerals = un nutritious shit

Bagel with nutella or jam = healthy nutritious food

Cut down on calories by using sugared squash instead of non sugared and adding fruit to cereal

WTF

Do people actually think about what they are posting or are they just totally ignorant?

Havent laughed so much for ages.

People spending so much money, time and effort thinking they are feeding there kids healthier by giving them honey etc.

Idiots. Think about. Research it properly.

I'm off to find some unprocessed bacon from a local butchers that smokes it's own because the supermarkets actually process their meat and sell it as bacon. The bastards.

Jelly I'm moving in with you at weekends! That sounds amazing.

I do feel very sorry for the OP. Sorry OP, I find it hard not to get sucked into these debates. Hope you got some good suggestions on this thread.

I havnt got time to fry that bacon I found because I had to take the dog for an hour long walk.
Wish I had thought of take the dog for a 55 minute walk instead.

Ah well. Guess I will have to go hungry. Bloody dog making me stay out for a whole hour. Inconsiderate mutt.

If DS is overweight what is he having for other meals/snacks/drinks?

He should be having sugar free drinks IMO as these increase sugar tolerance and make consumers want sweeter and sweeter foods. This is a vicious cycle.

Have you tried him on porridge?
Scrambled eggs/baked beans on wholemeal toast is more balanced.
What about fruit- is he eating apples/pears/berries?

Will he eat nuts?

Will he snack on skinless chicken drumsticks?

Some yoghurt are good others awful.

Baked potatoes are good for kids who want bland food,

Quesadillas? A flower based bread with fillings you mean? Nutritionally like a sandwich? Yes! Amazingly healthy.
Depends on the filling I suppose but I find the fancy name middle classness does give it much more nutritional value. Especially for a fussy eater that wouldn't go near one.

He should be having sugar free drinks IMO as these increase sugar tolerance and make consumers want sweeter and sweeter foods. This is a vicious cycle

I can see no decent evidence of the carcinogenic properties of artificial sweeteners but from purely personal experience I would agree with this previous post.

What's with the grumpy mood redshifter? Did someone piss on your chips.

I think it was a typo: He should NOT be having sugar free drinks IMO as these increase sugar tolerance and make consumers want sweeter and sweeter foods. This is a vicious cycle.

Wow just wow, in more confused than when I started this thread.

Ds would love a cheese board, but under medical advice I've been told to stick to a low fat diet and whole grains. Cheese is very fatty and crackers are not whole wheat.

I don't quite think nesquick cerial is the junk that some people are suggesting, it has a wholegrain guarantee. Sure the sugar isn't great, but he doesn't have any other sugar at breakfast