Breakfast ideas for children that hate porridge/weatabix

[Poppybella2015]

My two daughters age 2 and 5 eat toast for breakfast with Nutella or jam or baked beans or a boiled egg. Sometimes spaghetti hoops. They HATE porridge, weatabix and all types of cereals. The problem is they eat sandwiches for lunch and I feel they are just eating so much bread. My oldest is currently suffering from acid reflux and I am really worried about her diet. I wish she would eat a giant bowl of ready brek in the morning! Does anyone have any suggestions of healthy filling breakfast ideas that a fussy child might eat? Thank you in advance

[Asteria36]

I make breakfast muffins for ds. There are some fab healthy ones on the Internet. Try Deliciously Ella or similar for inspiration. Ds also loves my DIY Nakd bars - dates and almonds/cashews whizzed up and then whatever you like added for flavour. I usually put in raw cacao, baobab powder and a bit of orange zest for a scrummy (and surprisingly nutritious) chocolate orange flavour. We also love the basic recipe with a bit of ginger, allspice and cinnamon, which makes a gingerbread flavour. There are loads of variations online.

I used to get a terrible reflux from dairy as a child, we only have it in the house for Dh's coffee and the dsc's minging sugar laced breakfast cereals

[Allalonenow]

Perhaps they would eat slices of cheese or lean ham, kedgeree, fish fingers, Spanish omelette?

[MilkRunningOutAgain]

My 9 yo DD often eats left over rice dishes (chicken or bacon risotto, chicken curry with peas/veggies, generally frozen ones) for breakfast, I make too much on purpose the night before. Rice seems to agree with her much better than wheat. She has always had reflux and although she now likes milk, it does make her reflux worse so we avoid it, especially in the mornings. Fruit in the mornings is a no no too, well really very acid fruit like citrus is a no no at any time.

[CSLewis]

Cucumber is about 95% water, so give her as much of that as she'll eat.

Those flavoured waters might be a good step to weaning her off the squash - though do check that they actually have less sugar first!

Will they eat soup? That would be a good way of sneaking some veg into them, even if it needs to be accompanied by yet more bread.