thread: Low sugar, low salt breakfast cereals for toddlers?

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  1. #1
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    Sep 2008
    Melbourne
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    I like the plain puffed wheat, as is also quite easy to take out dry as a snack and sometimes we have that with weet bix just for variety. Warning if you let them have it dry at home (as we did when were out of milk) kept finding puffs everywhere even though she was sat at table.

  2. #2
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    Nov 2008
    Perth, WA
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    Thanks for all your replies!
    I might give the Oat Brits a try. Semolina and 1/2 oats, 1/2 semolina might be worth a go too (thanks Cherished and Phoenix!). And I wondered about puffed wheat too, wysiwyg! DS LOVES the little bran 'worms' too, but I wondered if a whole bowl might interfere with his poo, iykwim!!!
    We also do eggs, smoothies (with flaxseed, oat bran, fruit, yoghurt, probiotic, LSA etc) and pancakes etc but I was also after some other cereal ideas (for the days I don't have time to do an elaborate breakky or when he's clingy and won't let me!). He always has fruit and milk too but has gone off yoghurt atm. DS won't drink enough smoothie to make it a stand alone breakfast.

  3. #3

    Jun 2010
    District Twelve
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    My DD used to be not so good at breakfast which, as a mum who worked outside the home, made it very hard for me. One thing I found that worked and was reasonably nutritiously sound (although probably higher in sugar than ideal) was Up and Go drinks.

  4. #4
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    Nov 2008
    Melbourne
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    Rice bubbles are an alternative to weetbix... But these days DS tends to like to choose from the breakfast cereals that we eat (no reasons toddlers can't eat them too!). He love the red Be Natural one at the moment, but will also go for corn flakes, muesli and anything else that's in the cupboard.

  5. #5
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    Jun 2010
    594

    If you go into your health food isle you can get rice bubbles and corn flake varieties without wheat and with lower sugar, low salt, and the freedom foods range are still reasonably high fibre. Costs a bit more than your regular brands though as they are made specifically to be allergen friendly.

  6. #6
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    Nov 2008
    Perth, WA
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    After a good look around, I came home with puffed corn, bran 'worms' and puffed rice. So far, he's tried the puffed corn and bran together and LOVES them! He's eaten every single bite for four days running (hasn't woken up yet so I can't tell you about today) and chooses his own cereal every day. He also LOVES spooning up the little bit of leftover milk at the bottom, partly because it spills and drips everywhere, lol!! He's even eaten the puffed corn as a dry snack (tastes like popcorn).
    Mummy is now happy that her little boy is eating something more than a sip of milk and one grape for breakfast...