Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If leaving at 6:30, I'd have her eat on the way.

But honestly, I'd look for a different school that starts later. It's elementary school kids who should be getting up at 6:30. Tweens and teens need their morning sleep.

Unfortunately all of Fairfax County middle schools start at this time, other counties too, I imagine. My oldest is starting middle next year and doesn't even wake up for elementary until 8am - Our whole house is dreading the change!

Then you should petition the county to change their timing. Elementary schools should start earliest and high schools should start latest.

That should be super easy. Thanks for the tip.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If leaving at 6:30, I'd have her eat on the way.

But honestly, I'd look for a different school that starts later. It's elementary school kids who should be getting up at 6:30. Tweens and teens need their morning sleep.

Unfortunately all of Fairfax County middle schools start at this time, other counties too, I imagine. My oldest is starting middle next year and doesn't even wake up for elementary until 8am - Our whole house is dreading the change!

We are experiencing this right now, having gone from 920 ES start to 720 MS start. My child is on the bus by 645, waking around 610. It is so incredibly, awfully, and horribly hateful. I cannot even describe it. Every parent/kid I know are zombies and hate the start time. So, I'm sorry to say there is no way to ease your feelings on this. Get as much stuff laid out, packed, and ready the night before. Then you can push the wake time as late as you are comfortable.

For breakfast, it's largely cereal or nutella/toast, with a vitamin.

We are ending the second quarter and i told DC we are 1/4 the way through with middle school. I curse Fairfax ever.single.morning.

Anonymous wrote:So many of you setting up the kids for heart disease.

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Aside from the mention of pop tarts, everything here so far seems nutritious! Cholesterol intake does not cause high blood cholesterol, you know.

Anonymous wrote:Already thinking ahead to the fall when my kid will be entering middle school (7th grade where we are). Currently, her elementary school starts at 9:20am and she can walk, but she'll have to leave the house by 6:30am to catch a 6:45am bus. She prefers to shower at night so that will be one thing off her plate early morning, but I'm curious for those of you with kids with similar early schedules, what time they get up and what they eat for breakfast that's easy and healthy?

Same change--maybe same schools? My kid has never been a big breakfast eater and this make sit harder. Smoothies are my best rec.

My youngest started MS this year and the bus comes two hours earlier than the ES bus did last year so it was a big change.

She gets up at 6 and the morning routine varies depending on her mood. Sometimes she gets up and comes right downstairs to eat. Then she goes back up, gets dressed, brushes her teeth and finishes packing her bag (usually just her lunch and her pencil box still need to go in). Other days, it's the reverse. In both cases, she'd already packed most of her stuff in her backpack and chosen her outfit the night before, and breakfast is something quick and easy like cereal, a bagel or toast, or sometimes even just a bowl of fruit. She's not a huge breakfast person so there aren't many things she'll even consider eating.

So many of you setting up the kids for heart disease.

Smoothies. Could even put it in a travel mug.

Greek yogurt
Banana
Frozen fruit (varies)
Protein powder
Spinach

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My middle schooler doesn't have to get up quite that early, but I try and do some kind of home made food that is super fast in the morning

Things like

Oatmeal or quinoa or grits in the crockpot with various things to mix in.

Baked oatmeal -- one kid eats a slice in a bowl with milk, the other holds it like it's a brownie and takes bites

"Egg muffins" with smoothie (I freeze the egg muffins, and just dump the smoothie ingredients -- usually yogurt and fruit into the blender in the a.m.

Whole grain frozen pancakes or waffles (from a double batch I made on the weekend) spread with peanut butter or something else. I have learned that my kids and syrup in the a.m. inevitably means heading up stairs to change their clothing. So, we'll eat it on the weekends in their pj's but not in their school clothes.

Can you share your crockpot grits recipe?

PP here, I have a kid with major feeding issues and difficulties tolerating volume and so many of my recipes are doctored to be as high calorie as possible. You may not want my recipe, LOL.

But other than that, this is pretty close to what I do. I usually make them when we had bacon the day before and I saved some to crumble in.

https://www.simplyhappyfoodie.com/easy-slow-cooker-cheesy-grits/
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My kid needs the calories too. This is great, thanks!

PP here, to be clear that recipe is probably a decent number of calories and it’s an example of what I do when I just feed my typical kids, if I am g my SN kid then I add heavy cream instead of part of the milk and less broth more milk. I also vary the cheese and the add ins.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My middle schooler doesn't have to get up quite that early, but I try and do some kind of home made food that is super fast in the morning

Things like

Oatmeal or quinoa or grits in the crockpot with various things to mix in.

Baked oatmeal -- one kid eats a slice in a bowl with milk, the other holds it like it's a brownie and takes bites

"Egg muffins" with smoothie (I freeze the egg muffins, and just dump the smoothie ingredients -- usually yogurt and fruit into the blender in the a.m.

Whole grain frozen pancakes or waffles (from a double batch I made on the weekend) spread with peanut butter or something else. I have learned that my kids and syrup in the a.m. inevitably means heading up stairs to change their clothing. So, we'll eat it on the weekends in their pj's but not in their school clothes.

Can you share your crockpot grits recipe?

PP here, I have a kid with major feeding issues and difficulties tolerating volume and so many of my recipes are doctored to be as high calorie as possible. You may not want my recipe, LOL.

But other than that, this is pretty close to what I do. I usually make them when we had bacon the day before and I saved some to crumble in.

https://www.simplyhappyfoodie.com/easy-slow-cooker-cheesy-grits/
We

My kid needs the calories too. This is great, thanks!

Frozen hashbrown, quick thaw in microwave then crisped in air fryer.
I also make muffins, scones & zuchunni bread, freeze then reheated.
Cereal or instant oatmeal.
Egg or avacado on toast.
Cut fruit.

Currently my older teens do two or three over-easy eggs and 1/2 avocado, every day. Lawrey's seasoning salt for both.

In the past, we did scrambled eggs, steamed broccolini and purple or orange yam slices.

The yams were made day(s) before. Toaster over, 400F, for 1 hour (you can flip it 1/2way through)

The steamed broccolini is very easy. Small pan with lid. Small amount of water, put lid back on, when comes to boil (like in 1 min) put in broccolini and cover, and it takes about 1 min tops to steam. (clear glass lid is easiest)

I do use bacon fat for the eggs to up the YUM factor. You can also use bacon bits in the eggs, and if you want cheese, Mexican shredded cheese melts real fast. (get a lid if you want that)

The crazy thing about this is it's keto...gluten free, no added sugar, but sooo good and healthy. It is often the healthiest thing they have all day, and since it doesn't mess with their glucose levels, if they miss lunch they can keep going.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My middle schooler doesn't have to get up quite that early, but I try and do some kind of home made food that is super fast in the morning

Things like

Oatmeal or quinoa or grits in the crockpot with various things to mix in.

Baked oatmeal -- one kid eats a slice in a bowl with milk, the other holds it like it's a brownie and takes bites

"Egg muffins" with smoothie (I freeze the egg muffins, and just dump the smoothie ingredients -- usually yogurt and fruit into the blender in the a.m.

Whole grain frozen pancakes or waffles (from a double batch I made on the weekend) spread with peanut butter or something else. I have learned that my kids and syrup in the a.m. inevitably means heading up stairs to change their clothing. So, we'll eat it on the weekends in their pj's but not in their school clothes.

Can you share your crockpot grits recipe?

PP here, I have a kid with major feeding issues and difficulties tolerating volume and so many of my recipes are doctored to be as high calorie as possible. You may not want my recipe, LOL.

But other than that, this is pretty close to what I do. I usually make them when we had bacon the day before and I saved some to crumble in.

https://www.simplyhappyfoodie.com/easy-slow-cooker-cheesy-grits/
We

My Fcps middle schooler has a small breakfast most mornings - maybe Half of a sliced small banana and a few tiny pieces of cheese.

You could try half and English muffin with melted cheese on top
Peanut butter and bananas
Yogurt and granola
Smoothies
Oatmeal

My daughter loves peanut butter toast with blueberries on top.

Anonymous wrote:My middle schooler doesn't have to get up quite that early, but I try and do some kind of home made food that is super fast in the morning

Things like

Oatmeal or quinoa or grits in the crockpot with various things to mix in.

Baked oatmeal -- one kid eats a slice in a bowl with milk, the other holds it like it's a brownie and takes bites

"Egg muffins" with smoothie (I freeze the egg muffins, and just dump the smoothie ingredients -- usually yogurt and fruit into the blender in the a.m.

Whole grain frozen pancakes or waffles (from a double batch I made on the weekend) spread with peanut butter or something else. I have learned that my kids and syrup in the a.m. inevitably means heading up stairs to change their clothing. So, we'll eat it on the weekends in their pj's but not in their school clothes.

Can you share your crockpot grits recipe?