Breakfasts for DS!

Nix143

I am really REALLY struggling to get my 12 year old DS to eat anything before he goes to school.

He has never drunk milk since he was weaned and so the cereal option is out of the window, in fact he won't eat any dairy products - no eggs, cheese etc. Will eat the occasional yogurt but that's hardly filling. Plus dairy products really react badly with his system, I've always assumed he was just allergic to them on some level.

He will occasionally eat a slice of toast or two and this morning in desperation I gave him some HM flapjack (I figured the slow release oat thing was better than nothing!). Short of making him a tuna sandwich every morning (he seems to live on tuna for some reason) what other ideas does anyone have of ways to get him to eat something? What would you suggest?

Thanks, as always, for your help xxx

astonsmummy

whatabout bagels, crumpets, with diffefent toppings, like bacon, jam, marmalade, sorry i dont really have any other suggestons but i'm sure there will be loads more for you xx

janeawej

Gosh just like dd1! she has gone veggi and lives on tuna! how about a smoothie or fruit juice, not ideal but better than nothing, will he eat a healthy mid morning snack? dd2 has a wholemeal roll and butter at 10.30 i wish they would eat breakfast but cant force them just try to have things they like available, once i even brought those cereal bar things that worked for about 6 weeks then dd1 got fed up with them! kids eh! :j

beverleyhills

you could try cereal with fruit juice.

thriftlady_2

I wish my kids would eat tuna :rolleyes:

My lot like beans on toast for breakfast. There's always bacon and sausages too. We also have porridge a lot which you can make with water or soya milk. Cereal doesn't have to be eaten with milk, it can be eaten dry, although manufacturers rely on you adding milk to boost it's nutritional profile.Most cereals are overpriced, overprocessed, oversugared, oversalted and overpackaged IMO - exceptions are shredded wheat and weetabix and they're expensive compared to porridge oats.

What about taking a continental approach, in Germany a breakfast of cold meats and cheese with rolls is popular.We sometimes have hm bread that I have baked with ham/bacon/salami/cheese/tomatoes etc in, that always goes down well .Don't dismiss the tuna sandwich though.It may not be a typical breakfast but it give protein and carbohydrate and it's cheap
HTH

astep70uk

Here's some of the things my 4 year old son likes for his breakfast:

Fresh fruit platter (different fruits like pineapple, grapes, strawberries cut up for him to pick at)

Chocolate chip brioche

Dry weetabix spread with jam

Hot weetabix with a little sugar

Fresh fruit smoothie (made with fruit juice instead of milk)

Bacon and fried egg

Sausage and scrambled egg

Omelette

Boiled egg with soldiers

If I slow cook a joint of gammon/bacon the night before, he loves some of this warm for his brekkie

Yoghurt

Potato waffles (can be done in the toaster on the frozen setting)

and the usual cereals

Hope this helps

Linda32

Hi, Is ceriel off the menu because your son dosn't like it or is it just the milk.

If its the milk, I don't have milk either but I can have rice milk. It isn't cheap but it is nice with cerial.

newlywed

I'd second crumpets.
Step kids love em for them it's toast with choc spread, coco pops or crumpets!

Well I know it's not incredibly healthy but it's only at the weekends.

newlywed

My sister hates milk and so if she eats cereal then she has it with orange juice on.

Edit: I love rice milk. Tastes much nicer than soya milk (milk gives me eczema).

Nix143

Thanks everyone

I think it's because I'm so used to breakfast having to be 'breakfasty' things that I get a bit stuck

I love the continental approach Thriftlady as he loves cold meats - and as I am digging the bread maker out this weekend I won't feel as bad and can make sure I make some lovely nutty bread. Plus I keep threatening to do a big bowl of fruit salad so this would be another occasion he could eat it

Rikki

Beans on toast.