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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Family of 5: two parents, seven year old, six year old, and two year old. We are cereal junkies. Mostly just honey nut Cheerios and Cheerios, but I know how bad even those can be for us.

I love the ease…and everyone eats it.

However, it really doesn’t fill anybody up. They ask for a bowl after bowl, and cereal is getting expensive.

I would love realistic alternatives for this working mom. I am a teacher, so I’m hoping over the summer to break the cereal habit but I have a little bit more time, but still not enough to make waffles or anything like that.[/quote]

I have DD7, DS6, and DS3. We do cereal Saturday mornings, but the kids are definitely hungry an hour later! I work part time as a substitute teacher, and these are my favorite weekday, kid-approved breakfasts:

Cheese toast with fruit
Pancake and sausage on a stick with fruit
Jimmy Dean sausage, egg, and cheese croissants
Yogurt, toast, fruit
Instant oatmeal made with milk, and topped with cranberries, walnuts, cream
Frozen waffles, precooked sausage links, fruit
Hard boiled eggs, toast, fruit

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I don't see sausage as a particularly healthy food for children. [/quote]

I’m the PP to whom you’re replying. Thank you for your concern but I disagree. Meat is a wonderful source of nutrition for growing kids! And I mentioned it in 3 options out of 7 listed. Sounds like you’re weirdly focused on sausage. [/quote]

DP, but you mentioned the sausage 3 times. And Jimmy Dean has a ton of additives.[/quote]

Umm yes, I mentioned it 3 times out of 7 options. You just restated what I previously said.

Why are some of you so hung up on some sausage? It’s not like I’m serving them the entire pound of it at a time. Just like I’m not serving them carb-laden grains every morning. It’s called balance. Such black and white thinking here![/quote]

Not DP and my family does eat sausage occasionally.  But you’ve listed sausage as a suggested substitute for someone who feels like cereal is unhealthy.  To suggest that sausage is a healthy substitute for anything is patently absurd.  People have become so focused on talking about protein and carbs they’ve lost common sense.  A highly processed, high sodium, high cholesterol, high saturated fat food should be eaten very rarely.  Even “healthy” chicken or turkey sausage is very high sodium and is not easily digested.  And no one needs the “thank you for your concern” childishness.  People can express that they see an error in something you’ve said.  [/quote]

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