At that age, my favorite breakfast foods were BLTs, seafood quiche, and Frosted Mini Wheats in the red box. To this day, when presented with "classic" breakfast food, or something else, I'm usually going to pick something else.

I didn't give up on getting them to eat a healthy breakfast so much as I gave up trying to get their mother to stop feeding them sugar-coated, hyper-processed "convenience" food for breakfast.

Breakfast is our fancy cooked meal.
Kids and parents have a lot going on after school and work. I always get up early and make a protein like bacon or steak, eggs and a serving of avocado etc. I know my kids like coming downstairs to a nice smell in the house and they go off happy. If you can train yourself to get up just a bit earlier this is doable and takes pressure off dinner which many families have trouble getting together. Sunday’s are the only definite dinner together day sometimes.

I have a lot of trouble getting my dd to get everything done in the morning, and what has worked for us may work for you.

She has always had to put her phone in my room about 8pm each evening. Now, I take the phone with me when I wake up and she only gets it back once she is completely ready for school. Since she's desperate to check in on all the news from the last 10 hours, she moves much more quickly. You could do the same thing-- only giving the phone back after eating some breakfast.

I was all about healthy for years. Once my oldest hit middle school, I threw in the towel. She has ADHD and I needed her to eat. My middle child couldn’t keep weight on. I decided I’d rather he eat something. My kids eat 90% healthy so I’m not going to get worked up over cereal. My rule is that it has to contain 3g fiber or more and we try to avoid artificial colors but aside from that they can pick what they like. They generally choose chocolate frosted mini wheats. Now that they’re older and have to be out the door at 7, they will often just grab a Kind bar, Larabar, etc to eat in the car. Sometimes it’s even just a granola bar.

I have a lot of friends who don’t let their kids eat sugar but they’re feeding them artificial sweeteners and preservatives which I personally feel is worse.

Started baking banana/blueberry/carrot-all bran muffins over the weekend, so DD can have something with Rx before departure to new MS - Plus unbeknownst to her, it keeps her regular and less bloated & cranky. win-win!

have a 11 and 9 YO. Never.

Only give them sweet stuff if we're on vacation and we're in a pinch and let them splurge a bit. Otherwise, I never buy it.

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Anonymous wrote:I make a bunch of Kodiak Cakes on the weekend and freeze them in individual servings. They microwave well and have more protein than regular pancakes.

This sounds great! Can you buy Kodiak products in stores or only through their website?

Available at Target

Try Premier Protein Shakes - my DS 13 likes them in chocolate. I also drink them because I have to take medication and I hate breakfast - always have. They only have 1 gram of sugar and 30 grams of protein (160 calories) and taste great.

We have the same situation with ADHD meds and have found a few things DS likes. Whole what toast with Nutella, green pancakes with chocolate chips (I blend a banana and fresh spinach with milk), zucchini bread muffins with cream cheese frosting (homemade - I use way less sugar). He will sometimes eat maple sausages, we get the turkey kind you can microwave. He HAS to eat something so if he would truly only eat a pop tart or sugary cereal, we would allow it.

The problem in our house is that sugar obsessed little sister will want whatever he has, and she does not have the same need to eat first thing in in the morning. I stay home with her and can get her healthy snacks if she is hungry before lunch.

Anonymous wrote:I make a bunch of Kodiak Cakes on the weekend and freeze them in individual servings. They microwave well and have more protein than regular pancakes.

This sounds great! Can you buy Kodiak products in stores or only through their website?

Never.

That age. At 8, I started to allow the sugary cereals.

Try smoothies. Portable and fast. I throw all kinds of stuff in them that my kids wouldn't normally eat. Cauliflower, zucchini, protein powder, collagen powder, chia seeds, bee pollen, spinach, frozen berries. Dates if I'm hiding a bunch of veggies. The beets didn't fly, even though the color was the perfect shade of pink (3 year old daughter is obsessed). Mix with bananas, avocados, whatever dairy thing you like, and some berries.

Anonymous wrote:In my house, they wouldn't eat. I don't buy sweets for breakfast. 16 and 13 teens. Oatmeal, Cheerios, eggs, yogurt are what is available. One regularly has toast with peanut butter.

Same here. No sweets in the house = no battles about whether and how much they can eat.