Too much sugar in Cheerios for a 9.5 mo old?

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Hi,

I'm running out of breakfast ideas for DS (9mo). He will not touch mini weetabix/shreddies/eggy bread/porridge, spoonfeeding is a no-no , he hates it (allthough he will take alomost anything from a fork!), will have toast with fruit spread or marmite/cubed fruit for breakfast and that's about it. Have thought about things like scotch pancakes, but then it's the sugar issue again. I was wondering about Cheerios, but according to the label, there is some added sugar in the ingredients list. Any thoughts from BLW'ers?

cheerios are sugar coated.

you can get a non sugar coated similar hoop type cereal in health food shops.

how about making your own pancakes? i do thick and thin ones, both dc love them. no need for sugar.

A bit of sugar is not going to kill them, all in moderation. Check out supermarket own brands (though they sometimes have more sugar/salt)

I give the odd cheerio, but mainly as a distraction while I'm getting rest of breakfast ready.

Drop scones (small thick panckaes) are a good idea - load them with blueberries or chopped banana

Have you tried porridge pancakes (thick made porridge left to set and then cut into slices), sounds grim, but babies don't seem to mind

Yoghurt with chopped fruit? Are you brave anough to cope with the mess? - just let them suck it off their fingers.

Rice crispies allowed to go soggy also work (but they also have sugar in)

I thought you could get non-sugar coated Cheerios, but admittedly I'm not in the UK. The ones I give my 10mo have, I think, 1g sugar per 100g. Not ideal, but they are a useful snack dry (trying to find anything unsweetened for babies where we are is tough) and she quite likes them with milk too. I personally don't think it's excessive in small doses.

I must admit that our breakfasts are a bit limited: porridge is about the only thing that'll always go down (must be plain though!). DD is partial to a bit of croissant at the weekend though.

Does your DS like eggs? Well-cooked scrambled is quite easy to pick up.

Omelette?

Scrambled egg (again if you don't mind the mess)?

Slices of boiled egg?

Rice cakes spread with e.g philly, fruit puree (not tried this yet myself but other BLWers recommend it)

Drop scones a hit here (have done cheesy ones only so far) as is cheese on toast.

the UK cheerios have 21.3g of sugar per 100g so are very different to the US cheerios. I still gave them though - sometime dry as a snack.

my lo's also like kellogs rice krispies multi-grain shapes which have around 18g sugar per 100g. Kellogs raisin wheats are shredded wheat filled with rasins and no extra added sugar - they have 13g sugar per 100g (from the raisins)

Thanks all, I will do a batch of scotch pancakes and give the raisin wheats a go. I have never had cherios myself, so wasn't sure how sweet they were, iykwim. Have never tried omelette, but he wolfs frittata and spanish omelettes down, so will give it a go. Seems to have gone off rice cakes, loved it at the beginning, now they find the floor v quickly!

Slices of apple fried with a little bit of cinammon work really really well here.

Not meaning to sound ignorant but I have been avoiding salt and sugar as much as possible as I don't know what a 9mo is allowed??
Please could somebody tell me how much per 100g is acceptable?

salt guidance - you have to look at how much they have a day as (eg) bread,cheese, ham etc are all pretty salty

scotch pancakes, btw, freeze well and defrost in the toaster.