Or is toast with honey a perfectly acceptable breakfast for a 4yo?

[n0ne]

Just that, really. DD(4) is asking for toast with honey for breakfast. DH is telling her she can't have it. I ask why, he says it's just pure sugar and looks at me like I've got two heads. Surely toast with honey is a perfectly normal breakfast option? It's not like she eats it every day (or in fact ever before).

DH is foreign, if that makes a difference. He has some really weird (to me) ideas about what is and isn't an acceptable meal

Anyone know if Paddington preferred think or thin cut? Doubt it was the horror that is no cut.

I didn't know Michael Bond had died

hodd trust me, you really haven't touched a raw nerve. My family are all a healthy weight - DH is one of 8 children and my DC have 25 cousins. Not one of them is remotely overweight. Is it possible that some of us have touched a raw nerve because we manage to maintain a healthy weight by just eating what we feel like? And you're the one who left us all to our chubby children, type 2 diabetes and wine o'clock.

Paddington was very keen on buns and cocoa with Mr Gruber.

Just answering the OP.......I wouldnt serve honey on toast as it is sugar topped carbs. You might as well serve a bowl of Frosties for all the good you get out of it.

I'm sure it would be thick cut for a Bear from deepest darkest Peru. I'd forgotten about the buns and cocoa.

I'm also wondering if we should be worrying about the Tiger who Came To Tea. Some seriously disordered eating there, tbh.

Maybe Paddington was a bear of very little brain because he didn't eat enough carbs?

I try to only let my DCs have honey on their toast at weekends. And also try to give them wholemeal toast (which they moan about like mad). In the week I offer egg or sugar free peanut butter (Whole Earth) with their toast. Or that nice St Dalfour jam which is free of added sugar. Or I do greek yogurt with berries or something. They tell me I am annoying and why can't they have sugary cereal or white sliced bread and Nutella/honey like everyone else. You can't win. Sometimes I get them lovely pastries from local patisserie - but again try to make it a weekend treat.

Interestingly the focus of that link was our sedentary lifestyle and the lack of fruit/veg consumed. Think junk food got a brief mention.

Not sure a scraping of honey on toast got a mention at all.

I remember being outraged when Paddington advertised Marmite. Marmite!

Paddington sold out there for a while but he'll always be my favourite be-duffle coated bear.

Honey on toast, and it must be cut into soldiers, is my eldest DDs comfort if she feels a cold coming on. I don't think it's suitable for a breakfast every day though, not filling enough. We have porridge, nuts and seeds and banana.

A slice of wholemeal toast and a teaspoon of honey is a world away from a bowl of Frosties. The sugar percentage is completely different for a start.

Lack of exercise is meant to be a crock. Isn't it more about what we shouldn't be eating?

Wait til she's a teen, I'm happy if mine eats anything before she's out of the door.

The healthiest places only eat sugar once a week...

Maybe Paddington was a bear of very little brain because he didn't eat enough carbs?

My ds is a toast fiend too. I think, get decent granary bread, use the honey sparingly and maybe add a piece of fruit. It's not a terrible breakfast.
Maybe alternate so she's having less sugary options on some days too?

What is processed or 'sugary' about a slice of wholemeal bread, butter and honey? FFS.

Just answering the OP.......I wouldnt serve honey on toast as it is sugar topped carbs. You might as well serve a bowl of Frosties for all the good you get out of it.Just answering the OP.......I wouldnt serve honey on toast as it is sugar topped carbs. You might as well serve a bowl of Frosties for all the good you get out of it.

Lets get some perspective here. Neither the odd bowl of frosties or a slice of honey on toast is going to do too much damage to a FOUR year old. Sugar in moderation, is fine for a child, so is carbs. Carbs = fuel for energy. They're children. Not models prepping for a vogue shoot.

Trust me. All your DCs will be eating a lot worse when you're not looking!

The NHS don't seem to think so going by that link. Also seemed to focus more on what we're not putting in than what we are.

DP was brought up on low fat, low sugar everything, and when we moved in together he was underweight by a reasonable amount as he was a 6' young man eating like a middle aged woman on a diet. He is now much healthier, is slim rather than too skinny, and not every cold brings him to his knees. He has also learned to enjoy food. However, he is still far more interested in sweet, fatty foods than I am, because they were forbidden as a kid.

I have 6 kids, I am well aware of that.

But the OP asked if it is a perfectly acceptable breakfast, implying it was a regular thing, and I dont think that it is. If she had said "as an occasional treat for breakfast" then fine. But she didnt.

Maybe Paddington was a bear of very little brain...

It is Winnie the Pooh who was a bear of very little brain. However, he was a brave and helpful character and despite over-indulgence when it came to honey and condensed milk, was perfectly capable of losing weight when stuck in rabbit holes.

Paddington's diet at 32 Windsor Gardens was largely dictated by Mrs Bird. Solid traditional food with no quinoa or avocadoes. The cafes on the the Portobello Road were probably more cosmpolitan, but I am sure that Mr Gruber - a refugee like Paddington - enjoyed Viennese patisserie - and bought his friend plenty of cakes.

It's also worth bearing in mind that younger kids eating wholemeal everything and plenty of fruit and vegetables may be getting too much fibre.

Happy Paddington thoughts