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I have been giving DS (16months) weetbix for breakfast every morning for goodness knows how long. I usually put some fruit or some cinamon on them but the past few days he has been spitting them out. I think it is finally time we changed cereals!
What do you give your child? And how much? (Weetbix have been so easy! 2 every morning).
Toby loves Weetbix too! Other than the "baby" cereals, thats pretty much as far as we've gone. He's had rice bubbles a few times too!
DD1 goes between weetbix, sultana bran and her favourite, Porridge. Sometimes she even combines them!!
Big porridge fans here, we put bananas, strawberries and sometimes honey on it.
Porridge here too and rice bubbles. Now DD eats muesli as she HAS to have what mummy has - as she has a peanut allergy I found that Arnold's Farm is one of the only ones that is made in a plant that doesn't produce anything with tree nuts.
porridge, sultana bran, special K advantage, sustain (but she is a bit older than your DS), vitabrits, sometimes with chopped up peaches/banana/strawberries, rice bubbles, corn flakes.
Thanks girls! I was a bit stressed out because you always hear about how some cereals are so high in sugar. There is some great suggestions. Thanks alot xx
We're big big porridge fans in our house but If you're not wanting to go through the hassle of making porridge every morning you can cook up a big batch and keep it in the fridge for a few days.
When you're ready you scoop out the amount you want, mix it up with some milk or soy milk (whatever you prefer) to the right consistency and then warm it gently in a pot or in the microwave.
Just takes the morning stress out of it.
my son is now 3 but when toddler and with other kids we made pop sweeties.. that was weetbix and rice bubbles mixed together. now he loves bran with what ever dried fruit i put in it i normally do raisins or sultana's and put 2 prunes on the side for him he loves it!!!
Porridge fans here as well.. DS (20 months) loves Porridge with honey. Everymorning he wakes up and says POK, milk, honey, cook.. hehehe.. he used to have 2 weetbix everymorning up until our trip down south in October where he started spitting it out. Then from then on he changed to Porridge.
Porridge is great for them -very healthy and also low GI too. Sultana bran is also quite good and if you add a little hot water to it, you still get the same consistency as weetbix.
Em, you can get cornflakes sweetened with fruit juice in the health food aisle. I think they are organic too. Autie loves them for a change now and then.
Our favourite is rice puffs (the ones in the health food aisle) with some milk (soy for us but whatever) and some acidopholus yoghurt. Put in some ground linseed and nuts like cashew and pistacio and then if you want to sweeten a little put a dash of honey. But if I can't be bothered it is just the rice puffs or weetbix, or porridge in winter.
Weetbix is the clear fave in our household, usually mixed with some puree fruit. The other choice is Just Right - usually the tropical mix - yummo.:)
bircher mueslie - I make up a big batch every week and just serve it every morning. very easy, just mueslie, a grated apple, a tub of natural yogurt and honey to sweeten. Then serve with frozen berries :) YUM!
rafferty's baby cereal here mixed with a jar of heinz banana porridge or apple/oatmeal...will dry reach first mouthful but then happily eat the rest.
DS's been having weatbix since he was 8 months old.. has it with some fruit puree on top..
Some days he will have toast though..
DS used to have Weetbix every morning quite happily, however, he has now reached the stage where he will eat bugger all of anything, he will just graze all day. He is very rarely interested in brekky at all now. He usually just has yogurt and a piece of fruit
We do weetbix, with a little bit on honey on them.
To me, it seems boring to have the same thing over and over, but he seems to still enjoy them, so I'm not going to change what working lol.
Muesli mixed with Jalna vanilla yogurt is the go in our house. Won't touch muesli with milk though, so suspect it's the yogurt that he's really after. Tragically, he hates weetbix, I would have liked that as an option, cos it's cheaper that the current combo. The things we do for our kids..
Claire likes Weetbix. We put some honey on them and she chows them down like no ones business. She also likes porridge/oats.
Wish my DD liked weetbix!
VitaBrits or Cornflakes in our house. On weekends he scams some Nutrigrain (I know it's crazy-high in sugar) from DH though.
DS loves his weetbix, but he also loves porridge especially if I put some frozen berries in when I make it (thinks it's awesome that it goes pink or purple), and all types of toast.
My little gobble guts loves weetbix also but now and then ill switch it up a bit with rice bubbles and he loves to eat mum and dads eggs on toast after hes finished with his!
It used to be Oat-brits. I find them tastier than weetbix and oats are so good for you. Usually with a little honey or a sprinkling of cinnamon sugar (I know, you're not supposed to, don't crucify me).
Now, she sometimes has Cheerios. They are sweetened, but they don't have as much sugar as some of the others.
Porridge on a cool morning. With apple pieces and sultanas. I add them when cooking, so they get soft and juicy - mmmmm.
Or semolina cooked with milk and a little drizzling of honey.
But to be honest, most mornings it's a slice or two of wholemeal bread with either vegemite or honey.
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