is fruit a substantial breakfast

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dd1 in particular wont eat cereal or toast

she is this morning having an orange and a bunch of grapes

obviously im pleased at the healthiness of it all but is it substantial enough?

sometimes she has a yoghurt

tia

you can have anything really...i used to like cheese and toast, but cheese on its own is fat and protein rather than usable carbs so not as good for energy..what about cold pizza?

cheese is good after orange as neutralises the acid good for teeth!

i am thinking maybe mixing porridge oats and raisins in with the yoghurt?

shes not a fussy girl, she likes to prepare her own brekkie and if i give her the oats etc she would try it, and probably like it

she just doesnt like cereal or toast (i dont blame her, enither do i)

yes i have oats like that if it's not wet enough you can have milk and yogurt

together

i hate cereals myself

i find poached eg quite easy to eat and ham

I have the Ranulph Fiennes fit for life book, and he says that you should only have fruit for breakfast, and this is a man who is ex SAS and ran 7 marathons in 7 days after a heart op. It is something to do with the bodies ability to absorb certain foods depending on where it is in its waking cycle.

I suppose this is for an adult and not a child but if he can do what he does on a fruit salad I wouldnt be too concerned.

kezza, i told dd that ranulph fiennes only has fruit for breakfast and she was DELIGHTED

thanks!

dh (2.3) doesn't like toast or cereal either. He used to eat yoghurt sometimes but I've noticed that he gets much more mucusy if he eats too much yoghurt or milk so we are cuttin back a bit on that puls he doesn't like yoghurt much any more anyway

Breakfast is a real pita actually as he won't eat any fruit either (he does later in the day just not for breakfast)

He seems to need to eat at about 9.30am or so but this too late as he is already at CM then and on the school run etc.

At the moment if he eats breakfast (on some mornings he will eat almost nothing he has bread and butter (not toast) sometimes with fruit spread (he hates jam) or sometimes just with butter, pieces of cheese, slice or two of ham or scrambled egg or french toast. He hates pancakes (have tried different variations of those)

If he doesn'teat anything I just have an apple and half a sandwich (cheese or ham) in my bag and give it to him on the move at about 9/10am or give it to the cm to give to him.

Since he eats very well at lunch/dinner I don't worry too much. I know you are supposed to have a good breakfast but ds just doesn't seem to want it. he has always been like this. He never liked his morning milk feed much even as a baby. I used to think it was because he fed too much at night but even when he started sleeping through he didn't want a big feed when he eoke up - he was always most hungry aroun 9/10am - He's the same now

Malt Loaf?

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Apple with peanut butter spread on it is quite good?

or a small amount of cereal ie oats with lots of chopped fruit, dried fruit and nuts or seeds is excellent.