7 year old and breakfast

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My dd7 is a very early riser- if she had it her way she’d be up and dressed at 5:30am!

We all get up around 6-6:30 Monday - Saturday as we all have work or school.

Now Sundays I would love to stay in bed until around 7:30am- a lie in!

My idea is to put her cereal in a Tupperware box, her bowl and spoon out on the table and a little jug of milk in the fridge so she can get up go downstairs have breakfast and watch tv until we get up.

AINBU and thinking this is ok once a week? We eat breakfast asa family all the other days.
Is this ok?
AIBU? Part of me thinks maybe this is a bit mean to let her get up by herself.

Opinions please?

@Cupcakeschocolate

On a side note.... why are you weighing her cereal? My 8 year old and 6 year old cam get cereal or toast and will get juice, squash, milk or water for themselves and the younger 2 if I'm busy in the bathroom for example.

Surely she can eat what she needs to feel full? We are quite laid back about food and snacks but they get a home cooked meal every evening and i pack their school lunch.

You restricting food now could be a recipe for disaster later. Cereal doesn't needed to be weighed. Let her fill the bowl!

I only weigh it as she was having a ridiculous amount. Children are meant to have 25g-30g and she was having double this amount. It’s not healthy cereal on a weekend so yes I weigh it. I don’t restrict food however I do weigh sugary cereal. She is free to have fruit, yogurt and toast.

@BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz

If you were a lone parent and this was the only opportunity for you to steal an extra hour in bed, fine.

But you mention "we" so I wonder if you and dp/dh should not just take turns with getting up with her each weekend day and let the other lay in.

Do you think it’s bad then if we let her get up by herself?

If she's happy to do it, let her.

Is this seen as a chore now?

When I was a kid, this was a massive treat - get up when you wake up (6/7am), go downstairs, have breakfast by yourself and watch cartoons or whatever until the rest of the house gets up.

My mother was very much 'all business' during the week, breakfast in our house was pretty regimented Mon-Fri, so I loved the peace and silence.

Assuming your DD isn't the sort to deliberately set fire to the kitchen, then crack on. She may thank you for it in years to come. I'm 42 now, and I STILL love that hour to myself in the morning.

@AllWaxedOut

A 7yo is more than capable of getting up and making some cereal! Toast too in our house, but we live on the wild side 😏

Without turning this into a boasting thread at 7 DD could follow a recipe and bake simple cakes independently (apart from the oven!).

Children are very capable of given the chance.

Yes exactly! Babying children isn't doing them any good. My DS has just turned 2 and we have his bowls/plates and spoons in a low down press and make sure that any food he can handle himself (crackers, cereal, peanut butter etc) is low down too. He always gets his own bowl and spoon and cereal/wheatabix in the morning and I just add his milk. A 7 year old should be allowed to get their own food...once a week at least!

BTW I don't let my 2 year old wonder around the house by themselves ( though we're in a bungalow so no stairs to think of) but by 7 I would hope they'd be able to get their own breakfast in full without supervision.

Absolutely fine, did the same with my DC

At that age I used to go downstairs and make myself a "feast" and lie in the middle of the lounge floor and watch TV for an hour or so. I loved it - made me feel sooooooo grown up! As long as she's happy, go for it.

Note - the "feast" was a plate of garlic and herb Philadelphia crackers!!