To wonder what your kids eat for breakfast before school

[DancyNancy]

Following on from a thread where a mum found herself in a pickle and had to give a snack based breakfast....and MN posters felt a banana and a granola bar was deemed a horrifically inadequate quantity of breakfast I'm really curious to know what people's kids eat in the morning.

My lot are aged 9-12yrs.

2 out of 3 are often not hungry first thing but I insist on at least milk.

One always has cereal or porridge
One of the inconsistents has a glass of milk and then possibly a bagel or pitta with peanut butter
One will have milk and might have natural yogurt, or bagel, or banana with peanut butter.

They have 2 breaks in school so eat at 11 & 1, and then again at home around 3:30.

To me a banana and a granola bar is quite a hefty breakfast, and equates quantity wise to a bowl of cereal or porridge 🤔

I don't understand the horror response to that as a breakfast...... enlighten me??

I personally don’t buy granola bars as most are basically like eating a chocolate bar the amount of sugar in them. I do try to avoid sugary breakfast with my two during the week. I worry they won’t be full for long and then hungry at nursery/school (they’re only young). I encourage eggs (ideally I’d give Greek yoghurt but they eat that some evenings usually), porridge or shredded wheat is also an option.

Yes, the problem with granola bars is that you may as well give them a snickers.

Seriously - check the ingredients.

Porridge, toast and peanut butter or weetabix with fruit and nuts here.

It’s all a bit carby for my liking and not enough protein but they are teens so I pick my battles 😂

@Wantitalltogoaway @Haaaaappyyynewyear Yes, a granola bar isn't much different to a chocolate bar (depending on the brand). Most are full of sugar and processed. There aren't many that are remotely healthy.

But then a lot of breakfast foods are like this - if you are having white bread/ bagels/ crumpets/ pastries/ muffins, jam and chocolate spreads, processed sugary cereals like coco pops, then a granola bar is really no different.

Porridge or eggs. Sometimes Greek yoghurt with fruit and seeds.

There are some elaborate breakfasts on this thread, unless people are exaggerating. No wonder folk thought a banana and granola bar was sparse. Personally I think it's ok though I'd not use granola bars myself in general unless homemade.

In our house it's a healthy cereal or toast and jam, before school. At weekends we vary it but on weekdays there just isn't time.

Shreddies, Weetabix, toast and peanut butter, porridge.

Usually porridge and fruit with a glass of milk, at weekends it's more often banana pancakes, poached eggs etc that take more time. We are having our kitchen renovated staying next week so it will have to be peanut butter on toast with fruit and yoghurt or Weetabix with fruit as I won't have a hob and every rice I try and make porridge in the microwave it's a disaster

Toast, cereal or porridge.

This week has definitely been a porridge week!

One of mine is ND, doesn't generally eat breakfast now but when in primary we had to have a rota as she struggled making a decision. She doesn't like traditional breakfast food either so is as likely to eat a bowl of soup or plain pasta with grated cheese as she is eggs / cereal.

13yo makes her own toast on school mornings
The 10yo has whatever they provide at breakfast club that day

Weekends we have later breakfast at around 9.30/10, usually bagels with cream cheese, weetabix, scrambled egg, toast and some orange juice.

No one in our house has time to be cooking eggs on school mornings. We do eat a lot of eggs weekend.

Weetabix / Crumpets and a banana usually.

Pancakes, boiled egg and toast, porridge with peanut butter and raisins in, beans on toast, French toast, cheese and crackers.

Cereal
Pain au chocolate
Croissants
Smoothies (no added sugar)
Yoghurts

Banana, berries, grapes and bagel with cream cheese or seeded sprouted grain bread with butter and peanut butter are the usual sometime oranges and/or pineapple; steel cut oats with butter, cinnamon and fruit; pancakes with berries and banana on Sundays. Sometime croissant is subbed in for bagels. Yoghurt and fruit also make appearances as brekkie or a snack.
Eggs at times, but usually for snack if hard boiled and sometimes for late lunch/dinner if poached or omelette.

We've gone through various options/phases from toast, porridge, crumpets, potato cakes, pancakes, cereals.

Currently dc have frosties in the week and then pancakes or toast or a bagel at the weekend. Dd2 11 doesn't eat a big breakfast.

One of mine (14 DS) is on ADHD meds that kill his appetite. So I front load hard. I wfh and always do a cooked breakfast of sausage and egg muffins; scrambled eggs and toast; sausage baps; crepes; french toast etc. I try and get as much into him as i can. He will never eat again until dinner and then only picks.

Toast, cereal or a sandwich. Not always the healthiest cereals or toast toppings but the mornings can be chaotic and a rush so I let them have what they want. One child likes shredded wheat and weetabix but others only like sugary options. On the weekend I do dippy eggs or a cooked breakfast when I've got more time.

Porridge or toast and hummus on school days, pancakes or pain au chocolat at weekends.

Toast and milk, and sometimes a banana or tangerine. Porridge would be my ideal choice as I have it, but it’s rejected fairly often.

My 13 year old usually has nothing, she prefers to get up at the last possible minute so doesn't have time. Her lunch break is at 10:45 though, so not long to wait.

6 year old goes to breakfast club, where it's porridge with fruit compote and bread every morning. He only takes the porridge on Fridays, when it's rice porridge, otherwise he just has bread and I assume cheese and some kind of salad like lettuce or cucumber or tomato slices. But sometimes he wants something to eat at home before we leave as breakfast isn't until an hour after he gets to school, so has a small yoghurt or some fruit or crackers or a bowl of cereal if he gets up early enough.

Toast, porridge, or cereal. One is a good breakfast eater, the other isn’t and doesn’t have much. I’m also not keen on eating first thing so don’t force her, she eats more later in the day.

Nothing wrong with banana and granola bar imo.

One swims for two hours before school most days so has a granola bar/rice cakes with almond butter/crackers before swimming, a banana and yogurt pouch or chocolate milk straight after then at home its usually a combination of eggs/mushrooms/cheese/spinach/sausage/bacon/fried potato with toast/bagel/muffin/wrap or if there's leftovers from dinner with pasta or rice then that.
On none training days it's usually baked oats or cottage cheese on toast.

The other DC eats shredded wheat, baked oats or egg on toast sometimes with a sausage if theres one on the go.