healthy breakfast cereal for toddler

[krisskross]

after 2.5 years of ready brek and weetabix, DS has understandably stopped eating them. can anyone suggest another healthy cereal? I havent got the energy to decipher what it says on the back of the pack and i want to hold off the cocoa pops for a while yet....what do you suggest?

Muesli with no added sugar or salt works well for us (Tesco own brand one is fine), malt wheats or healthy/light bran flakes (although they still have quite a bit of sugar in them). All Bran was a massive hit strangely enough - they loved eating 'sticks' - but it had to stop due to the massive effect it had on their poos.

Mine like porridge a lot,even in the Summer.

Mini Shredded Wheats (Tesco do an own brand version now) have no added ingredients bar the wheat.

Another muesli fan here. You could add extra fruit (dried or fresh) to make it even more appealing and healthy.

Or why not serve toast with a home-made smoothie (whiz a banana with milk in a blender - ta da!). I know it's not cereal, but it's just as healthy and balanced as a good cereal.

Our DS is nearly 4 and doesn't know that sugary, chocolatey cereals exist. Long may it continue...

Cornflakes, Rice Pops - sugar levels are higher than weetabix but still usually under 9%.

Mixing things can work - so cornflakes + bran sticks.

Oat cluster things seem to go down well, though not sure what the sugar/salt levels are on those.

Why stick with cereal though? What about scrambled egg on toast? That's protein, fibre and very little salt/sugar.

SO glad I am not the only one that thinks chocolate for breakfast is decidedly

Porridge, weetabix or muesli here, have to be careful with muesli though as some are sweetened with sugar, check ingredients!

Greek yoghurt with honey and toasted oats?

Make your own muesli - that way you can tailor it to suit what ds likes and you'll know there is nothing in it that you don't want.

oats, granola, ground millet, crushed weetabix, crushed cornflakes or rice krispies (or just ground rice) any sort of cereal is fine, choose 2 or 3 and mix together

add some ground or chopped nuts, raisins or any other dried fruit ds would like, or just put fresh fruit in as you serve. Whichever way you do it this will sweeten it up naturally.

a touch of powdered skim milk adds a little something to it also but isn't necessary, just seems to make it a bit more like shop bought.

Make a big batch and it will last a while.

Alternatively, as MissKitty says shredded wheat are pure wheat and the mini versions are great for kids.

Another "sticks" fan here. She also loves "squares" (co-op own brand mini shreddies).

Try sprinkling some raisins on top, or some fresh fruit.

Ready brek is actually quite sweetened, isn't it? (I give it my two, so not looking down on it)

Shreddies and mini Oatibix.

Mine love bran flakes, it's all DS1 (4yo) will have for breakfast! Sometimes he will eat them dry for a random snack! or toast

Rude Health was recomended to me by another MNer. They do it in Tesco.

It has no rubbish in it and my daughter (also 2.5) absolutly loves it

butterpie, ready brek has no added salt or sugar so isnt sweet at all.

raisin wheats from sainsburys are a hit in our house

Toast, porridge, Special K (but use supermarket own brand), granola with fruit and yoghurt.

DD loves raisin wheats - as far as I can tell they don't have anything added.

kalo brown rice puffs are popular here .

We have been working on this for a while and have recently launched a healthier no added sugar version of coco pops. GOGO ROOS is the only no added sugar, sweet potato based cocoa cereal for kids on the market. What are you currently struggling with when finding a healthy cereal for your kids?