Toddler refusing all breakast

[Seashell83]

I know I've shot myself in the foot (I'm a FTM) with my 2.5 DS and his eating habits. But it's really upsetting me. So, he loves his weetabix for breakfast... and in the past I've tried giving him a variety which just refuses. All was fine at nursery because weetabix was always an option. But from the last 2months they've stopped giving it, apparently due to the high sugar content, which is clearly BS since diabetics can eat it! I look at DS nursery food diary and I always see "breakfast refused". It's sad because they provide a good variety (minus the weetabix!) and I just feel awful for my baby! I've tried laying out a variety of things at home for him to get used to but I am having ZERO luck. What do I do???! I am so stuck. DS will eat the other things offered to him lunch...but breakfast is meant to be the most important meal of the day. I've thought about complaining to the Nursery but at the same time I want my DS to try different foods. Any advice on how I can get him to eat? I have a very stubborn child!! 😣

It’s absolutely not high in sugar lol. 0.8g each one. That’s not high It’s also high in fibre and low in saturated fat. sits a really good breakfast for a toddler

Weetabix can be a good choice for people with diabetes as it is a low glycaemic index (GI) food. The glycaemic index is a measure of how quickly a food raises blood sugar levels after it is consumed.
it’s also recommended for diabetics on the NHS website

The NHS advice for diabetics is often quite shit, but I wouldn’t blame the OP for noting their advice in this respect. Diabetics often respond differently to different foods. I have to monitor blood sugar levels and I can’t have weetabix - but it would be fine for anyone with normal blood sugar responses I’m sure, especially a healthy toddler.

I’ve never been here my LG is still a baby but I just wanted to say, I’m 36 and as a child for 2 solid years I would only eat pasta, fish in butter sauce and cheese.. on the odd occasion my mum ran out of fish I would literally eat plain pasta and grated cheese.. I’m not even joking when I say I genuinely would not touch one other thing! I’m healthy, and if anything I’m more adventurous with food than anyone else I know 🙈

It's a low GI food, dads been insulin dependent since he was a toddler and for a good 15-20 years has eaten them on the advice of his consultant. His sugar levels are well managed.

“It's a low GI food, dads been insulin dependent since he was a toddler and for a good 15-20 years has eaten them on the advice of his consultant. His sugar levels are well managed.”

as you will have noted in my post, I said “Diabetics often respond differently to different foods”, so we are in agreement I am sure

Thank you all for your responses! Since my post, I had talked to the nursery and although I still don't agree with the sugar rationale they are giving(!), I decided to give my DS some time to see if he would eat other things the nursery offered. I think between him changing rooms in Sept, getting a new key worker and not getting the only breakfast he liked - there were just too many things changing for him so he just refused breakfast altogether. But I am pleased to say, now that he's settled into the new room, he's now eating different things! (toast, cheese and yoghurt - but still refuses fruit!). I try now not to make food a big deal and I have noticed he's started to get curious about things we eat and asks if he can try it. Sigh - this motherhood lark it's hard work, eh!!! 😂

Regarding your question about vitamins, I’d carry on giving the Healthy Start ones. Why pay more for novelty ones?