to think DH is over-reacting to the kids' breakfast?

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Kids generally have homemade banana bread (I do add some dark choc pieces...), or other homemade cakey/bread/muffiny thing sweetened with fruit puree, a bit of brown sugar or some maple syrup. I add ground almonds and things like chia seeds or oat bran as much as possible, and try to use alternatives to white flour to vary things. Always cut down the amount of actual sugar that is given in the recipe to the absolute minimum.

I also make flapjacks and have successfully reduced the sugar content dramatically by using mashed banana for example. Kids are less keen on the banana version though.

My reasoning is that these things are homemade and I know exactly what has gone into them. The kids like them. It's quick and easy in the mornings. Is it so wrong?

They normally have water, milk or I make hot chocolate using unsweetened dark cacao powder and add a bit of brown sugar to sweeten.

He thinks weetabix is 'better' and it's ridiculous that they eat 'cake'.

AIBU or is he????

If he doesn't like your breakfasts he should take over preparing and serving breakfast. End of problem.

But it's high in carbs and aren't they turned into sugar so basically same thing?

I expect the protein from the eggs and chia seeds is in high quantity than a weetabix

Yeah, YABU IMO, but I'm a bit full on about breakfast in this house as it tends to go a bit chaotic after that. Mine have to have porridge or protein, no sugar, no cereals and no arguments. I lighten up (a little) at the weekend but not a lot as they would mainline sugar into their eyeballs given the chance.

I don't see why it's okay to have cake after school, but not to have it for breakfast confused it's the same amount of calories/sugar regardless of when you eat it!

Because eating something sugary causes a spike in blood sugar and then tiredness and hunger as it wears off.

So cake for breakfast means a mid-morning slump, which is just the time of day that children should be concentrating at school, not feeling tired and hungry.

I feel I can't really criticise as DS generally has a bowl of bran-flakes, or whilst we've been on holiday coco pops instead. However .....

So basically you're feeding them cake and hot chocolate for breakfast. Fine if you compare it to say bran-flakes or other cereal, but all you're really doing is swopping processed sugar for "natural" sugar.

A much more healthy option is to make sure that there is some protein. So toast with peanut butter is reasonable, or even better eggs with toast. Or if you like the whole continental aspect of it then you could do ham and cheese with toast/baguettes.

Save your natural sugar cakes for the afternoon.

YABU.
It can't be a good plan to give your dc cake for breakfast every day.
They are eating a massive amount of sugar (and fat)

I bet it's still less sugary than Coco Pops, which is what my DD had for breakfast today.

Personally I like eggs for breakfast but realise not everyone can be bothered with the faff.

I love these threads.

Someone comes on and says that they give their DCs something worthy and homemade for breakfast that I think sounds dead Holland-and-Barraty although I grudgingly concede that I suppose it might taste OK with a bit more sugar in it.

Every single reply is "OOOh that's far too much sugar."

I sometimes think I am on a different planet to the rest of you lot.

Okay, but what about all those giving their kids cereal for breakfast? Unless the cereal is muesli, porridge without fruit/honey/sugar or plain cornflakes, breakfast cereals are full of hidden sugars. They're probably not much healthier than cake, nor is a bowl of coco pops particularly filling either!

Cereal/toast for breakfast is a very British/American construct. Most other countries have meat/cheese/fruit bread, or even rice, pasta, or soup for breakfast with no ill-effect whatsoever.

I wonder why the UK/US/Australia are so set in their ways re. certain foods being for certain meals?

Cake for breakfast is ridiculous. Alot of people seem to think flapjacks are healthy. They are not - they are full of sugar. Eat weetabix with bananas instead?

BalloonSlayer it is a lot of sugar though, there's no debating that.

Yes Hermione, it's very liberating to break free from 'breakfast food'.

A slice of ham on wholemeal toast would be a good idea, mix of carbs and protein.

I am with Balloon though.

Sounds fine to me, but then dd eats either shite or nothing.

It is alot of sugar.

however there's a ridiculous amount of all bought items of food these days even in stuff where you don't expect it.

and I would put money on most of the cereals containing more than the cake.

What's OP's obsession with brown sugar? Does it have magical properties that uncakeify cake?

Cake for breakfast is very odd - unless it's brioche in France on holiday for a week or two every year

Uh, what do you think French people do?

Every day that's a lot of sugar. Maybe weetabix most days and cake as a treat?

hermione the way I see it is that if I have some cake during the day as a treat, say at 3pm. I'd feel massively guilty if I'd already had some for breakfast. So not having it for breakfast leaves the day open to have 1 slice rather than 2

Or go the Japanese route and give them azuki bean miso soup

Yes. Brown sugar isn't a 'healthy option'. It's not like brown bread or pasta. It's just sugar.

I get the feeling that op came on here to stealth boast about her chia seeds and cacau, but it's massively back fired!

All these people crowing about the MASSIVE sugar content: unless you've actually deconstructed the OP's recipes, you can't really say it's "massive", can you?

I'm just in awe of all these people who manage to feed their children super healthy meals all the live long day. My DD is very much "shite or nothing" (thanks Brillo ).

You never see more sanctimony on MN than when it comes to food and drink and kids (yeah I'm looking at you, "My child is 15 and has never drunk anything other than milk and water" ).

French people don't eat brioche everyday! Yogurt or normal bread with butter or jam is more usual I think.