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What do you feed your 9-15mth old for breakfast??
I'm struggling a bit with DS... He's gone off the "baby" cereals but isn't interested in weetbix yet... Nor does the 9mth+ farex interest him...
He'll gnaw on a bit of toast if we have that but doesn't really eat it...
I know food is fun until he's one, but he just doesn't eat more than mouthful or two before turning his head away. Surely he should have a bit more than that?
DD2 is about 15mths old she eats
Toast, Weetbix, Soy Yoghurt, Fruit, Pancakes.. i'm a mean mum so have only just introduced cereal and she likes rice bubbles.
Mine have porridge every day! If I have bananas they get one mushed up with honey - otherwise just with honey. They both love it and I feel happy they have had one decent meal in the day!
When they were younger they got toast,raisin toast, french toast, pikelets, scrambled egg (pre egg allergy for DS) weetbix with pureed fruit in it at that age and once I started porridge I would put in a Raffertys into it as well.
Thanks ZF, I'd hardly say you're a mean mum, sounds like she has yummy brekkies! How often do you do pancakes - I'm in two minds about how healthy they are or aren't??
Ooh porridge, I hadn't thought of that Tan! Might give that a go.
Pancakes are once every couple of weeks, really it's flower, milk & egg so def not unhealthy - the girls like theirs with fruit and a bit of yoghurt.. i basically scrape on some yoghurt, pop on mango or bananas (whatever fruit we have) and they love it.
I often grate apple into the mixture and do apple & cinnamon.. it's BEAUTIFUL :)
Thanks for the tip ZF! Might give that a go next time we have pancakes.
My DD is 14mo- we do weetbix, toast and fruit most days.
Some days, I do pancakes- but rarely.
Ps I stole ZF's recipe for pancakes also :) YUM!
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DD is 10 months old, we do fruit, yoghurt and I also make her these vege muffins. She also has toast with cheese and vegemite or rice crackers with the same.
If you do toast, how much toast will your LO eat?
If you do weetbix, how many bix will your LO eat?
how much yoghurt?
DD is not a huge breakfast eater-:
She'll have 1 piece of toast and 1 weetbix OR 2 pieces of toast :)
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DS is nearly 15 mths (11 mths corrected) and he will eat 1-2 pieces of vegemite toast or 1-2 weetbix.
We occasionally do pancakes or yogurt and fruit (equivalent to a small child tub)
Porridge is great. Toast fingers with vegemite. A weetbix crushed up and served with warm milk.
A muffin (the type you put butter and vegemite on) cut into fingers. Same with a crumpet.
Cheerios, Nutri Grain..she can pick these up himself and eat them.
Sultana Bran with warm milk.
A whole bannana.
You could make up a batch of pikelets and he can have that with strawberries or whatever on top. The pikelets will last a couple of days in an air tight container.
When we have a fry up on the weekend, DD will have some bacon, a finger of toast dipped in our egg. Loves breakfast sausage!
You could boil an egg up and see if he will dip toast in it?
French toast or eggy bread as some people call it.
Home made fruit salad.
My LO is nearly 12 months old and won't get through 1/4 piece of toast. if we do vita-brits, we give her 1/2 of a bix and if we are lucky she will eat 1/2 of that.
She loves yogurt though but a tub of yogurt still lasts 3 or 4 days.
she will eat anything but just doesn't eat much of anything.
At that age we did muffins, crumpets, toast, cereals, porridge, pancakes/crepes, eggs in a variety of ways and always fruits :)
Sorry to hijack- but what other cereals as opposed to weetbix?
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my Ds is 14 months old and he'll have
egg on toast
scrambled egg (by itself, for some reason he doesn't like that on toast)
pickletts (but rarely)
fruit with yoghurt
wheatbix
toast and vegemite...
baked beans on toast!
DS was never a big eater at that age either... but he's coming around now! Don't worry too much, a child has never starved themself to death :) I know easier said than done, i used to worry silly too but now I have hindsite ;)
Anything they can pick up themselves like Cheerios, Nutri Grain (I use these as going out snacks too):
Porridge.
I ran of weetbix one morning and tried Sultana Bran with warm milk..she loved it.
Heather- you're like my go to girl these days :)
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My 12 month old has Millet, oats, barley or rice. All made from the wholegrain. She has stewed apples or banana or blueberries in whatever grain she is having. And a drop of cows milk too.
My older children have brown rice, steamed veggies with tahini and tamari sauce. And miso soup in the mornings. Thinking that bubba will go this way too soon.
Like Heather said, anything they can get from the bowl to their mouth! I know DD is older now but she loves bubbles! (rice bubbles). Back then special k, nutrigrain etc:
My DS loves the Sultana bran buds too
We are also big scrambled egg fans here, I try to not mix them too much so they are nice big chunks for him to pick up, he loved them from about 10 months
Hot X buns are a hit and always have been
But our staple breakfast is weetbix with warm milk followed by toast and vegemite - this has been our most popular breakfast for well over 12 months
Oh and yep, porridge!!
Haha - exactly what I was just thinking Emma!!!:
Thanks for all the responses - some great ideas there. Eg - eggs, I'd always kept them for a dinner thing unless we are doing the big B&E brekkie on the weekends but there's no reason I couldn't do it for just me and the kids during the week.
HotI - I'd give him a whole piece of toast, cut up into little pieces, bit by bit. But as I said, half the time he just gnaws on it and spits it out again and it ends up on the floor. But he'd probably eat half a piece I think? He hates yoghurt and my attempt at weeties this morning was a dismal failure so I can't comment on how much of those he'd have. When he used to like baby cereal (the smooth stuff from a packet, farex/rafferty's) he'd eat maybe a good five or six tablespoons, sometimes I'd make up a second batch, which is why I find it odd that he's so not interested now.
Stupid question for you all - is porridge hard to make? I think I figured out why I haven't offered it to my kidlets - I hate it. Don't know why. So I have never made it for brekkie. But will try it for the kids.
Is cereal like nutri-grain ok for him to eat? Nutrition-wise? I know food is fun til one and he's getting all his goodies from my BM but what about the not-goodies, sugar etc? Or is it ok because he probably won't eat much?
I'm also starting to think part of it is wanting to experience the food himself, including touching/feeling the texutres and shoving it into his mouth himself, which may be why toast is the winner. Maybe I should try muffins, I've got muffins in the freezer. With a bit of vegemite? Should be ok?
I've given him eggy bread before too, that was a winner - again he could "feed" himself. Maybe that's what I should be focussing on...
Although I got scared off eggy bread, eggs in general, by the MCHN - apparently I should not have introduced egg so young!!! Naughty mummy. Bah, he's not allergic! I'd know by now!!
I'm not a fan of most cereals because they do have a whole lot of sugar and salt for little bodies to process, that said, I have had a fussy eater and have given most things a crack.
Porridge is easy peasy. 2minute oats covered with water and boiled until they look like porridge - lol about 2minutes :D I add a bit of milk and sultanas for DD but DS has plain.
I also use arborio rice to make rice porridge sometimes. But I use milk for that.
How about pureed fruit with his weetbix?
No added suager pikelets? You can add pureed fruit to the mix and it's yummy.
Boiled egg cut up with toast pieces?
Cheese on toast?
Kate, my 2yo eats a similar amount even now - he drives me crackers!
Kim that's what I was thinking about the cereals. Hmm.
Ok, 2 min porridge better go on the shopping list! Will give it a go!
I could puree some fruit and try that, that'd be an idea. Just with the weetbix? Any milk too?
He does love pikelets/pancakes and I don't do sugar, so its just flour, egg, milk... but I don't want to do that all the time.
Yep might need to give the egg a go. Boiled is a good one.
Ta!
I get quick oats and make it on the stove with milk. I don't eat it myself but have it down now! DH does it in the microwave but I think it's nicer done slowly on the stove!
Who has time for slow breakfasts these days Tan??? :p :p
I know I know!!!! Well the days we are at home they are pretty patient while they wait for it but if it's a rush off to creche day they either get brekky at creche or Nutri Grain! They Areca bit older though and although not the best they do love it!
We use the instant porridge sachets - takes 2 mins in the microwave, you just need to add milk, DS (and I) love them, but yeah, they are not like the porridge my Mum used to make :)
Bah to not introducing Egg. My DHs brother is alergic to eggs so I was a bit nervous the first time I gave it to DS, but he was fine, if he's had it once in eggy bread he should be fine
I think Nutrigrain is pretty high in sugar :(
The funny thing about the egg was that even after I told the nurse that he'd had eggy bread she still ranted on about how I had to introduce a quarter of a teaspoon of HARD BOILED egg yolk (MUST be hard boiled) at 10mths, for three days, then a quarter of a teaspoon of HARD BOILED egg white (MUST be hard boiled) for three days and then it'd be ok.
Sigh! :rolleyes:
Oh and I'm also evil for giving him normal pasta, apparently he should be on egg-free pasta until he's had the aforementioned egg introduction.
Ok ok I'm convinced that the porridge sounds quick and simple. Maybe DD will like it too. What can I mix in with hers? What sort of fruits go well? I don't want to just load it up with honey...
I know nutra grain isn't the best and is high in sugar but hey we all do our best and once a week works for us.
As for egg J was able to tolerate it for nearly a year before his first full blown reaction so you just never know. He had scrambled, sunny side, boiled, quiches etc with no reaction other than occasional red cheeks then a tiny bit caused his eyes to swell one day, so it must have built up over time. I would just give small cooked amounts and monitor just like anything else.
Wow Tan I didn't know that sort of thing could happen! Will do. He hasn't had more than eggy bread at this point.
And hey - teddy bear biscuits are my back up option for DD if she is starving and I'm out of ideas! You're right - do what works ;)
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Eeeeeeek!!!
ETA - Apricots and Peaches are really nice in porridge, maybe try swirling in some mushed up or something?
I'd put milk as well as the fruit in with the weetbix.
I only cook my porridge on the stove in a little saucepan because i hate the mess in the microwave when it boils over....call me lazy lol :dunno:
Darcy loves pureed apples and sultanas in with her porridge. Blueberries are good too. Ban as are great but they're far too exxie ATM.
Eta, I like my weetbix warm and mushy, but my kids hate it like that. They prefer theirs crunchy with cold milk, so maybe you could try it a bit different?
I was going to make all the same suggestions!!! Lol.
Crumpets
Yoghurt
Porridge
Nutrigrain is a good one (mine used to love it just dry - although now they won't eat it)
Weetabix
Banana & Honey on an English Muffin
Scrambled Eggs
HTH!
Stewed apples. Mashed banana or berries in it while you are coking cooking goes well with oats. You can soak your porrige overnight to make it cook faster in the morning. Oats are naturally sweet so you do not need to add sweetener, as a baby has very sensitive taste buds and can taste the natural sweetness of the oats and fruits.
Not much I can add here except to agree wholeheartedly with the suggestions re eggs (DD has loved scrambled eggs for brekky since she was about 9 mths) and baked beans (another favourite). We've also given her leftovers for breakfast such as cubes of tofu with steamed rice and a bit of butter, raisin toast which is a bit hit, peanut butter or avocado on toast, and definitely weetbix or porridge with fruit. Now she's getting a bit pickier but she'll usually eat what I put in front of her so long as she gets to feed herself, so I usually give her meals in a procession (eg, dried or fresh fruit chunks, then toast or egg or porridge). Once a month or so when I have the energy and time I make a batch of banana bread with mashed cauliflower in it or banana muffins with sultanas and these work well to grab from the freezer for breakfasts when we're rushing out the door. She doesn't eat a huge amount.. she's still on a bottle of milk when she wakes which kind of spoils her appetite but it's what she wants and she's only 14mths so I don't worry about it.