DH thinks rice crispies are a suitable breakfast

[thisismyheart]

That's it really, DH would happily send children (3&6) off to school/childminder on one bowl of rice crispies and a bit of fruit in the morning. I feel very strongly about filling kids tummies properly before school, and while i have no problem with a bowl of rice crispies now and then, that they are ultimately just puffs of air, and the children need something more nutritionally dense.

We argued about it properly this morning, and now he's in a huff about me undermining him. I just want to guage what others think - is a bowl of rice crispies and a bit of fruit enough to keep a child's energy levels up all morning?

It’s fine. You are unreasonable

Why?

You say you keep feeding them if they ask for it. Are they actually hungry as you sound like you are giving them a lot of food as they keep asking.

if dad is in charge then leave him
be.

send in a snack for breaktime and the children survive until lunch.

I do the same. I like dinners and i'm happy to eat them pretty much whenever i'm hungry.

Totally fine as part of a varied and balanced diet. As an adult I’d happily have a bowl of rice crispies for breakfast with nothing else…. Anyone else now fancy rice crispies for lunch?

My daughter hates breakfast and I've tried everything. She is healthy weight, and overall healthy and eats well, so I now try not to fuss about it but I'm happy when she has something in the morning, it's rare though. I was like like that as a kid and still healthy now but eat a lot first thing.

Also agree with your DH. My far older DC have a drink and a bowl of cereal before school each day (as do DH and I before work).

@Curiosity101

yeah but you have to faff about cracking them into a bowl, etc
who wants to be looking at raw egg at like 7am in the morning 🤢

Based on my experience YANBU!

DS1 (6) has 2 eggs for for breakfast every morning (cooked in various ways), sometimes with toast. He's never liked cereal.
DS2 (4) always has rice krispies with semi-skimmed milk and sometimes a few berries.

DS2 is hungry again about an hour after breakfast! I'm not sure how he manages to get though the morning at school but he does snack much more than DS1 at home, and his general diet is not as balanced.

I’m surprised as well! Cereal here once or twice a week max. The other days it’s porridge/overnight oats/eggs on toast etc

I don't know exactly where 'on the continent' is - Finland? Portgual? Somewhere in between?

I do know that in both France and Italy nutella on white bread is a totally normal breakfast for children, in case we're getting into the 'oh everyone else does it so much better' game, which I always find so tedious (and weirdly full of British exceptionalism)

They are absolutely fine, variety is the spice of life and all that. If they're having toast and eggs when you do breakfast and rice krispies when Dad does breakfast then I really cannot see the problem with that. It's definitely not worth arguing about.....do you nitpick your DH this much with other stuff? He gave them a bowl of cereal and some fruit for breakfast.... I think some perspective is needed here, it's a totally normal breakfast. Pick your battles.

DDs are the same age and rotate between rice krispies, porridge, weetabix, yoghurt, fruit and toast for breakfast. As part of a varied diet it is no issue.

That poster is a wind up. Just AS their other posts on the thread 😆

Now, while I'm happy to be all 'each to their own' on people giving their children 'bowls of sugar and air' or whatever we're calling rice crispies now, microwaved scrambled eggs are an abomination and on this hill I am willing to die.

You may not find there is that much sugar difference in some cereals and chocolate.

I don't really see that giving an example of a child with numerous food allergies (or is that intolerances?) helps. Both my DCS had food intolerances and I know it's hard.

In principle, refined carbs and processed rubbish and cannot be defended.

So many parents here use the idea of 'oh there are worse foods' as their reason for feeding this stuff to their kids.

It's actually shocking that so many parents don't understand that childhood diets shape what's to come, and healthy eating starts young.

Not RTFT yet but so far
Shouldn't eat
Sweeteners
Sugar
Flavoured yoghurt
Muesli (see sugar)
Actimel
Cereal
Sausage
Bacon
White bread

what's next, dust?

It's fine. I would be overjoyed if my 2 ate a bowl before going to school. All they will eat is a bit of fruit.

I agree. Any attempt at a moral high ground after that appalling admission has poofed into oblivion, like a tiny piece of rice.

Microwaved egg?? This thread has taken a sinister turn.

microwaved egg?

you may as well just send your child to Sellafield to be radiated.

tsk.

I bet microwaved eggs are proper rank and will make your kitchen stink

no, ta.

give me a bowl of rice crispies any day

The Continent, darling. You know… where the children are so polite and never whine or cry, and everyone is beautiful but natural of course, never too much makeup or fake nails, just naturally elegant, and of course they don’t wear those tacky British clothes, they wear natural fabrics in gorgeous cuts tailored to fit them. They’re all so naturally elegant that you can spot the fat slobby ugly tacky Rice Krispie gobbling Brits a mile away at every airport. The Continent.

PS don’t forget hot chocolate for dipping your bread in. Classic on The Continent.

Being a bit silly about this @thisismyheart

It’s a cereal - puffs of rice, not air!!

Totally fine with milk and fruit for a 3 & 6 year old. You could add in toast or a small yoghurt or something but anyone and you’ll stuff them!

They should have a snack about 10.30 and then lunch, followed by further snack about 3.30/4, then dinner, then bedtime snack… am I making sense here, they need frequent food not stuffed in one sitting.

I'm definitely not on a wind-up. I'm one of the few posters here who is genuinely shocked at how parents are so lacking in knowledge on nutrition.

The reason I asked 'why' is because a poster said she was given RC in hospital and therefore it was 'fine'.

I assume that is a joke. Everyone knows that food in the NHS is the pits, very unhealthy, and there have been campaigns for years to get it changed.

My DH still eats cereal confidently as breakfast every morning. I never eat cereal.

Try oats and fruits and alternate with brown bread.

I think you're making a lot of assumptions about what people do or don't understand.

Pointing out that Rice Krispies are not the worst thing you could possibly eat for breakfast (which is a fact, they aren't), does not mean that parents are regularly feeding them to their children or think it's fine to have nothing but Rice Krispies every day, or that they don't understand what ultra processed foods are.

You are coming across as extremely patronising and sanctimonious.