Advice? DS doesn't like breakfast

[EggyMcEggMcSandwich]

After some advice please. My DS is 2.8 and is a very good eater generally but is driving us mad at breakfast time - he won't eat unless we are either 'doing the flying superman' or sitting on DH lap. He asks for shreddies/fruit and fibre/cornflakes and doesn't want milk on it. He will then mess about until we employ the above tactics. He doesn't like toast.

Shall I just let him go without and ignore the 'I'm hungry' whining? Are there any other solutions? Thanks

maybe put breakfast back a bit?

I find that on weekends/holidays mine eat breakfast much better because we don't h ave to rush it down them before school

ds2 naturally becomes hungry at around 10am I have found. if i don't offer anything he starts asking for breakfast around that time.
so that's when we have breakfast now!

doesn't help ds1 of course who has to have his before school tho, but he tends to eat anyway

Does he eat lots before he goes to bed? If so - maybe cut this down a bit?

We are similar to thisisyesterday.

I cannot force him to eat anything before 9 o'clock apart from an orange or some milk or tiny bit of toast. He seems to be engrossed in his toys and too busy to eat until his brother has left the house.

Then at 10ish, he's starving! Annoying when there's stuff to do and places to go.
I couldn't ignore hungry whining, but I do remind him (whilst giving him a banana!!) that he should have eaten his breakfast.

just give him a banana

Just offer breakfast, but don't do any silly tactics to get him to eat it. If he doesn't want it fine. Rule in our house is you have to sit at the table whether you eat or not.

Then, snack time is 10 or whenever you want. Not proper breakfast just banana or whatever. I think it's a common problem for toddlers. DS was like this but after a few months started eating it. DD (2.5) eats loads of toast, but I think she is hungry as generally doesn't eat much tea (!). I think until they're 3 or so you have to be a bit flexible with food or it's too hard work!

I think at that age so much is an attention thing - there isn't a lot else they have control over, is there? And maybe he's just not hungry first thing - my eldest really hates eating first thing in the morning, but give him an hour and he'll eat loads (impractical I know if you are wanting him to eat before you go out).

Also - does it really matter if he has dry shreddies etc? So long as he is getting dairy elsewhere, I'd just let him get on with it (horrible as it sounds)!!

Hello, thank you all for your replies. I will definately try feeding him later on and see if we get better results.