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What does your 1-2 year old DC have for breakfast?

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hollyhobbie · 27/09/2006 18:45

DD (17 months) is really off her food. I'm not worried about it, but previously she would always eat a really good breakfast, whereas recently she's just not bothered (which is hard to believe as it will be served over 12hrs after her last feed... she's GOT to be hungry, right?)
Anyway, just wondering what you feed your DCs, just to give us some inspiration.

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MarsLady · 27/09/2006 18:54

Just to let you know that toddlers eat a total of one full meal every 48 hours. So fret not.

The DTs eat cereal, but not always. Sometimes DT1 (the wee one) hardly eats anything at all. DT2 has never been one to turn down food. lol

MarsLady · 27/09/2006 18:55

Sorry... they are 2.7yrs now. When they were about the same age as your wee one they hardly ate much breakfast.

Greensleeves · 27/09/2006 18:56

Porridge with raisins in it, or granary toast with home-made jam. They prefer the toast, but dh like them to have porridge, so it works out about 50/50.

Greensleeves · 27/09/2006 18:56

Sorry, mine are just 2 and nearly 4.

hoxtonchick · 27/09/2006 18:57

my dd (15 months) is useless at eating breakfast. though she does breastfeed through the night, so i'm not too bothered.... we had quite a success this morning with a croissant, she quite likes dry shreddies, or toast to nibble on. or porridge with honey & dried fruit in is worth a try. hth.

Dragonhart · 27/09/2006 18:57

My 14 months old son has either porridge, wheetabix or shreadded wheet with a bananna mashed. Not much variety but he loves it ! He has almost as much as me.

My 2 1/2 year old nephew however is not a big fan of his food and he has whatever they can get him to have. At the most half a wheetabix or a bit of bannana or a bit of egg and it doesnt seem to bother him, he is fit and well.

He just doesnt seem to get too hungry where as my DS loves his food so much that if a few hours pass without him having something to eat (appart from at night) than his hunger monster comes out and he gets really grumpy. If anyone has anything to eat he runs up to them and starts reaching for it to take it from them!! .

Sorry, that prob doesnt really help. I wouldnt worry though as somedays DS wants more at certain times of the day and others he isnt that hungry til later. Guess it is just like adults where sometimes you are starving and others you just fancy a bite.

lummox · 27/09/2006 19:00

there's loads of discussion on this on the June 05 post natal thread. all the kids seem to have gone off their food when they hit about 15/16 months.

ds is 16 months, and the only way we've found fo breakfast is for him to have lots of little bits of stuff - so he'll have a bit of weetabix (from dh's bowl) and some toast (from my plate) and then maybe some fruit if the mood takes him.

since he used to have two weetabix + porridge + fruit, and seems to expend far more energy now than he does then, it's all a bit mysterious. but seems to be very, very common.

Dragonhart · 27/09/2006 19:01

Gosh Marslady is that right, just one meal a day. Now I am worried that my DS is over eating!!

He is a big boy though, in the 98th percentile for height and weight so I guess that is to be expected!!

Charleesunnysunsun · 27/09/2006 19:06

DS (2) usually has a piece of fruit followed by Ready Brek or another cereal.

He has had soooooooooo many phases where for about 3-4 weeks he eats hardly anything i find it's when he's having a growing spurt and the less a deal i make the quicker he get's over it.

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hollyhobbie · 27/09/2006 19:49

Thanks all. I'm not worried, but all the old favourites of porridge and raisins, or yogurt and fruit just don't interest her now.
She'll eat toast off our plates, so maybe we just need to accept that that's what she wants and give her her own toast for a bit.
I know she would eat a whole banana at a sitting if we let her, but the price is that she doesn't poo for 4 days after that, so we are having to ban banana in this household for a bit, until she reregulates herself

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Tutter · 27/09/2006 20:08

maybe try something new? ds (16mo) was rejecting weetabix and ready brek but was very interested in dh's cereal, so we tried him on cheerios and he loves them. now eats more of everythign else too - toast and fruit usually.

beansprout · 27/09/2006 20:09

Porridge with cinnamon and sultanas or weetabix/oatibix. At weekends he has some of our toast as well. Ds is 23 months.

Twiga · 27/09/2006 20:13

toast or weetabix with sliced bananna or porridge with grated apple and cinamon. Breakfast is often the bigest meal dd eats - eats her own and still has room for a good bit of ours too. In fact generally having trouble keeping her fed just now at breakfast/lunch - slows down by tea-time - just coming up 13 months.

chocolateshoes · 27/09/2006 20:14

Either 1 weetabix or 5 heaped dessert spoons of ready Brek, plus 2/3rds banana. Usually followed by a handful of raisons. He also likes to feed himself some dry 'Cheerios'. He also is really keen to have what we're having so will happily eat some of DP's Weetabix off his spoon! He is 15mths so similar age.

nicand2 · 27/09/2006 20:28

Marslady, very comforting to hear you say toddlers eat one meal every 48hrs. Just had a really difficult day with my ds where he's turned his nose up at everything!

TBH I don't worry too much about breakfast as DS drinks at least 9oz of formula as soon as he gets up. Sometimes he will then eat a banana or a slice of toast. I try to give him something he can feed himself so I can sort out kitchen/washing etc

Toady · 27/09/2006 20:38

Ds3 nine months, toast, fruit, cereal or yoghurt sometimes

DD2 2.10yrs, cereal and fruit

MarsLady · 27/09/2006 21:56

It works out to about 1 full meal. Don't forget the wee ones graze a lot and often we put more in front of them than their tummys can take. Of course DT2 eats like a horse. I just remember being told about the 48hr thing and for a while I kept a check on what the DTs were eating. It worked out right. I don't worry cos the wee beasties are still growing.

NotQuiteCockney · 27/09/2006 22:07

DS2 (just 2) has a mix of corn flakes, rice crispies, store-bought muesli and home-made muesli. (I try to ensure not too much of the mueslis, particularly the home-made, as they are too high-fibre for him )

He generally has some breakfast, and then often something at another meal. No dinner at all tonight, no fruit, no bread, nothing. No dinner the night before last, too. I hear he eats at the co-op though, so I don't worry.

NotQuiteCockney · 27/09/2006 22:08

(Oh, and he's insanely active. Gets maybe an hour/day sitting on my bike, and is otherwise always doing things. So he eats well, but is skinny.)

hana · 27/09/2006 22:17

dd2 usually has cereal in summer and porridge in winter ( had first bowl today of the season!) pancakes, french toast or eggs on weekends when I have more time

mistypeaks · 27/09/2006 23:08

Without wanting to sound new agey, we seem to impose our ideas of breakfast on our kids. i accidently gave dd1 shepherds pie for breakfast once and she lapped it up. I think the key is try anything they like/will eat/won't kill them!! After all these are the little ones who love rusks (yeuk!)

mistypeaks · 27/09/2006 23:08

Gobbledigook · 27/09/2006 23:08

Ds3 is just 2. He has a bowl of cereal (cheerios, rice krispies or cornflakes atm). Sometimes he has a yoghurt afterwards or a piece of wholemeal bread (this is what he asks for!).

TooTicky · 27/09/2006 23:10

Goodness, I didn't know banana could stop poo! 15mo dd2 ate 2 in a row yesterday... and pooed today.

TooTicky · 27/09/2006 23:11

Apple crumble isafabulous breakfast, and not just for little ones...

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