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

By the way, I meant your previous word's of wisdom, mrswinnebago.

Yes I got that.

Oh you are entertaining me enormously MrsWinnibago.

Luckily, my children are not fussy eaters and they both eat more or less anything including - hold on to your judgey pants - carbohydrates, squash with sugar (never aspartame here), and fruit juice. They are both on the thin side if anything. However, I am well educated enough to know that there are many children - and indeed adults - who are "fussy" or who will not or cannot eat certain foods, despite their parents' best efforts.

Don't you feel a bit of an arse for just writing off all those other people's experiences and declaring that its simple and its clear?

My lot just have cereal and semi skimmed milk at the moment. And juice, milk or water. Toast at weekends.

MrsWinnibago, yes some of those selective eaters will have special needs, and yes ds does. But a lot don't and I don't think the answer is always so simple and clear.

I thought dried fruit was worse than normal fruit sugar wise?

If the 70's was defined by 'life's too short to stuff a mushroom' surely the 2010's should be 'life's too short to make granola'?

Now I know what a cornichon i am fricking amazed that a kid will eat that for breakfast.

My fussy eater would probably love eggs, yoghurt and berries for breakfast. Until he starts eating the yolks he's stuck with weetabix.

We live in the land of Nestle so the dc's are bombarded with images of chocolate nesquik. Ds was given a free taster box and cradled it all the way home like it was a box of gold. I'm still not buying any.

Thanks for the link to the Great Grubb Club, looks really good.

Of course the old 'it's done me no harm' comment is here among other pearls of child rearing wisdom.

DoingAKate it takes me 10 minutes every other Sunday to make a 2 week batch (30 mins in the oven). It's bloody lovely, seriously, the mere thought of it actually motivates me to get out of my pit of a morning.

This thread is genuinely an amazing example of why we are so totally fucked up when it comes to food. From kids eating cornichons and cheese, to a poster who genuinely believes bacon isn't a processed food (genuinely not picking on either of them!). Via cereal is shit in a box...

It really isn't any wonder we don't know what food to eat and feed our children. Why is this all so complicated?

I'd say you give him a crap breakfast. What he needs is some protein etc
So omelette with cheese/chopped mushrooms or dippy egg with grilled tomatoes/asparagus or natural greek yogurt with raspberries or porridge and a banana.

Fruit sugar is obviously much healthier then a normal processed white sugar in cereal. Fruit has vitamins and the sugar will usually be slower to release. Cereal generally is crap in a box and most countries don't touch the naff stuff

100% my sentiments Wilson

eggs, maybe you can't argue with eggs, but they sure as heck argue with dd and quickly make a rappearance if she accidently eats any.

oh and fussy eaters do not just eat it. . and not feeding him has dire consequences in school. fortunately he is mostly fussy within a range of relatively healthy stuff. I don't usually have unhealthy stuff in the house hides my secret stash of pringles

And my fussy eater tends to eat carrots & bread for school dinners so I gave to give him a big breakfast.

I am in the some food is better than no food. I am a breakfast person porridge, with seeds, nuts and a few dried fruits. My DD is not a breakfast person so cereal or toast is better than nothing inside her in the mornings.
I have tried various options that are quick and easy, yes she would eat eggs in some form, but when you are a lone parent working full time who would prefer not to get up before dawn eggs are just too much.
Any food is better than no food at all.

Doingakate why are you amazed? My DC chose to eat cheese and cornichons (bought from asda, with the word 'cornichons' on the label, no googling necessary) should I have scraped their chosen breakfast in the bin? Are fussy eaters only allowed to eat unhealthy food?

I'm confused about bacon. My friend just got diagnosed with bowel cancer. She eats a lot of bacon. Her consultant who is one of the top in the country has told her not to worry about the link between processed meat and cancer. It hasn't been proven. But there's so much info out there on the web which says there is a link.

Op I would cut down on the sugar if you can. Will he eat eggs or cheese, maybe a nice cheesy omelet? Protein and fat are a much better breakfast, but just depends on how difficult it is to get anything else into him.

And yes, cereal is shit in a box for the most part. So much sugar!

To those who say cereal is shit in a box, is there not a world of difference between eg weetabix, shreddies and the like with eg Cheerios and Rice Krispies. Imo, yes the second lot aren't brilliant,but surely the first group are absolutely fine?

it's quite a normal breakfast across the continent to eat cheese, gherkins and olives for breakfast along with slices of tomato and cucumber. DS would eat olives all day, if we let him.

Bacon is very processed, salted and cured with chemicals. But then so is all ham eaten for breakfast widely across Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria etc

But it's everything in moderation I guess. And variation in the week would help - eggs a few times a week, a low sugar/salt cereal a few times, Bircher Muesli (which you can make a few days before and keep in the fridge), porridge etc.

I have found granola to be hideously high in sugar, to me it just seems like muesli stuck together with syrup? Does anyone have a healthy recipe for it?

BTW op - would there be a chance of trying something else on toast? Baked beans, mushrooms (which you could chop and cook the night before) or tinned tomatoes? I've tried all with DS and he now loves mushrooms on toast or chopped tinned toms?

With apologies for the sidetrack..

I after see people talking about giving their dc pancakes for breakfast on here.. Do they mean Shrove Tuesday style pancakes, or thicker drop-scone type things? I've often wondered..

On track, dd is 14 months and she gets weetabix or porridge or wholemeal toast with almond butter, with water to drink. I'm enjoying this until she gets old enough to give me grief on the subject

I find it fascinating how people bristle when someone comes along and says that processed food is ALL bad and that children WILL eat most things if they're not given any other choice. It's true. I'm not an arse...just someone who won't feed or buy shit food. I'm not perfect...I have failings...but food is too important to cock about with imo.