11 year old breakfast refusenik will only eat eggs - how many can he have?

[LadyPeterWimsey]

11-year-old has just started secondary school and one term in we have discovered that the boy who doesn't feel hungry when he leaves the house buys a Galaxy bar on the way up the high street every day.

Obviously this is not a good option. The school does provide breakfast but he doesn't want to go to that, for reasons which are not entirely clear but may involve less time to hang out with his friends.

We've suggested a packed breakfast but haven't been able to come up with a compelling enough menu yet.

Bizarrely, he has said that he would cook himself an omelette every morning, but I can't work out how many eggs is a healthy number for a child. Any ideas? And any ideas about what foods might be healthy enough and special enough to entice him to eat?

I don't think there's an egg limit. Wasn't all that panic about no more than three eggs a week shown to be tosh?

I think the government recentlly (at least in the last year) revised their advice about not eating more than 3 eggs a week for adults. I shouldn't worry about how many he eats, surely he'll soon get fed up with omlettes? As far as fillings go, I'd put grated cheese, cubed ham, tomatoes whatever he likes to eat in. Think Gwen in Gavin and Stacey.

Good idea about fillings, kreecher. I wish I thought he would get fed up with omelettes soon, though!

Any ideas about some other stuff he could eat - take on the bus with him, perhaps. Are croissants too ridiculously unhealthy? He eats fruit at home under sufferance but I don't think I could persuade him to take some with him, unless it was grapes, which are expensive.

croissants are fine. What about pancakes? You can carry them about too. He's a growing lad. What about a half baguette with cheese or ham?

He likes the pancakes idea. Not so keen on baguette - (are you noticing a sugar theme here?!).

carbohydrTE AND some sugar in teh morning would be ok by me, especially if he's eating eggs some mornings. You can buy those lovely flat sweet crumpets too.

He loves crumpets! But I only know the ones you have to put in the toaster.

even better then. Less sugar.

Thanks for suggestions. Here's to a healthier new year!