Non-food idea that helps with the morning:

Philips Wake-Up Light. get it at amazon.com

It changed our lives the first time we used it. That first day, I got two more for my other DC, and my DH+me and we still use them every day, going on YEARS now.

Anonymous wrote:We paid our dues with the (FCPS) hideous early middle school years and are now enjoying the later start high school years. At least middle school is only two years.

Speak for yourself - some of us have to do it for 3 years

Some go tos:

Organic whole milk yogurt, flaxseed and sometimes banana or berries mixed in

Mesa sunrise gluten free cereal

multigrain crackers with peanut butter

eggs

As a kid with this schedule, it felt too early to eat as soon as I woke up. I used to take a bag of cereal or granola with me and eat it on the bus or as I waited for school to start.

Our go to:

We keep cooked steel cut oatmeal in the fridge that can be warmed up.

Frozen high protein waffles (Kodiak).

Eggs and toast.

Boiled eggs and fruit.

Mine has not eaten breakfast in years. She says she is rarely hungry before lunch and if she is, she eats her fruit packed in her lunch. She showers at night. Gets up about 10 minutes before leaving. If she is running late she wears glasses instead of her contacts.