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Following on from mrscricket's thread, I've been wondering this for ages. I give DS two & a half weet-bix for breakfast or two slices of multigrain toast, plus fruit (today mango - insert Homer Simpson drool) and that seems like a lot to me, but if I give him any less he wants more food.
So how much does your toddler eat for breakfast?
DD was having two but is back down to one with some cheerios and sultanas
DD1 usually does 2 with a slice of toast, but she did go through a phase of having three. I had the same problem, if I gave her less she would just get hurngry really early. I just figured that's what she needed and I don't mind filling her up on goo things like cereal and fruit.
DD is 15 months and usually has 1.5 - 2 Weetbix but that's after a 240ml bottle of milk. That seems quite a lot to me but she's only just hit 10kg (and she's tall) so I'm constantly wondering if she's getting enough food.
DD used to do 2 weetbix and a hlaf banana when she was 8-12 months.
Now we have a mixture in a prepared container or cornflakes/weetbix and sultanas mixed up.
we pour some into a bowl for her :)
My son used to regularly have 4, sometimes asking for more after that... he eats so much that i'm worried how to afford the food bill when he is a teenager :D
He has gone off weetbix a bit, now he likes poridge or muesli (homemade),occassionaly rice bubbles but they don't fill him up enough... DH says it's my fault for offering him a choice, he just makes weetbix and puts it in front of him and he eats them.
My DD eats 1.5 at the moment.
Whenever Nina eats weet-bix, it's generally 3, followed by a piece of toast, a tub of yoghurt and a packet of chips if she gets her own way.
OMG your children are machines!!!! I can only wish DD would eat that much, I'm lucky if she eats 1, it's usually only 3/4 - half. And nothing else til morning tea, about 2 1/2- 3hrs later.
Jake (he's just turned 2) usually does 2-3 weetbix and 2 pieces of toast, sometimes some fruit and a sippy cup of milk.
OK, so two and a half is reasonable then...
Thanks ladies.
My DD isn't a toddler yet, she's almost 9 months old, but she does half a weetbix every morning followed by about 150ml formula. She loves weetbix!
My Sophie who is 10months old does 2 weetbix and has done so since about 8months, if i offer less she wants more but she seems satisfied with 2 with a bit of pureed fruit mixed in with it. She doesnt have a morning bottle anymore just extra water.
One - on a hungry day! Usually 3/4, plus the top 1mm of half a piece of toast where the Vegemite and butter are...
My son eats like a sparrow.. but he has 2 weetbix's with fruit puree for breakfast.. he's 2.
Claire has 1.5 to 2 weetbix for breakfast each day. Thats at about 7:15 am. Once all the kids arrive at daycare at about 8:30-9:00 she has a peice of toast.
Just one weetbix here.
Both Kameron and Lachlan have 3 weetbix.
Ashton has 2 weetbix, and sometimes 3 or he will polish off one of the boys if they don't eat all theirs.
Ash has 1.5 with pureed fruit. Then I offer her piece toast which some days she'll eat and other days not.
My DD only has the 1 plus 1/2 a banana. She eats SO much I have to limit her intake of food lol!!
I thought weetabix had too much salt for littlies?
My DD eats a LOT at brekkie. Usually at least one big bowl of raw oats and sultanas and milk, or sometimes puffed rice and raisins and milk, usually she asks for a top up in the bowl when she's eaten the first lot. Then she has at least one slice of (my!) toast, and often follows up with an apple. That said she's only 15kg (33months next week) and she tends to eat less at lunch and still less at dinner, so it probably evens up, over the day.
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Bec, there's a kid's version (with the Wiggles all over the pack) that is low salt & sugar. There's also another brand that normal version is lower in salt than normal Weet-bix, but I won't buy that 'cuse the parent company is Nestle.
Ah, see i always buy homebrand everything, and i never even check the salt, i just assume there'll be too much...*bounces off to check box back*...
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my 1yr old has 1 vita-brit and possibly a piece of fruit.
my 2 1/2 yr old has a bowl of cereal (whatever's going at the time) and a cup of fruit (usually peaches or something). If he has vitabrits, he only has 1, coz he eats it so slow he doesn't like it when it's soggy. But he eats ALL day if he can. He's a real grazer. If I starve him through the morning & afternoon I can get him to sit and eat big meals at lunch/dinner lol, but he asks for food constantly.
I don't like the taste of weetbix, plus the sugar/salt thing, so it's vitabrits in this house, regardless of nestle. I only get a few nestle things.. vitabrits, milo, and.. can't remember.. think there's something else lol. Otherwise I dodge their products too :)
Yeh, we buy vitabrits as they have a dramatically lower salt content, and they are a heap cheaper also.
The kids one i think still has more than vitabrits, and it's very expensive.
Hoobley.. nothing wrong with them eating a big breaky.. its the most important meal of the day and really they should eat a big breakfast and then smaller meals throughout the day.. this is best for their bodies to supply energy for the day.. not just kids but adults too.. i just wish i could get my son to eat at breakfast, or any meal for that matter ;)
Kelxx she LOVES brekkie foods too, so often she'll only pick at dinner but then ask for oats right before bed. I figure it's good for her and it fills her tummy for a good sleep :)
She goes through phases, some things she'll ALWAYS scran - she loves macaroni cheese, smoked fish, most pasta things, most curries, rice, bacon, eggs, toast, cereals and lots of fruits - but when it comes to "meals" she's a bit hit and miss. Some things she'll adore one week and then just chuck all over the place the next... So i just encourage the morningly chow down :)
Bx
DS is 19 months, and just increased from 1 to 2 weetbix a few weeks ago. He'll usually have some sort of fruit with that, like half a banana or a handful of grapes. Then, 1 1/2 hrs later, he has 'second breakfast' - dried fruit and nuts - then morning tea, then lunch.
DS has 1.5 Vitabrits, but I think they're a bit bigger than weetbix? So i think it would be about the equivalent of 2 weetbix.
I have 2 vitabrits, so he almost has the same as me LOL.
I buy weetbix not vitabrits because DD1 occasionally gets a bit iron-deficient - weetbix is fortified with iron but vitabrits and the homebrand ones are not.
My DD2 eats 2 - 2.5 plus an assortment of bits of toast, fruit, etc when the need strikes!
Ben used to eat 4 Vitabrits, but has cut down to 1.5-2 in the past couple of months. This is his first breakfast of the day, he then has a bowl of cornflakes at Nanny's house followed by toast. He's a morning eater though and will then usually only graze all day.
DS1, who's just turned 5, eats up to six at a sitting
DS2, who's three... well whatever.. up to six too!
DS will eat up to 5 weetabix - but I limit him to 2 most days (DH won't).
He will then go to Nursery and eat a bowl of mimi-shreddies and up to 3 slices of toast.
He's then starving again within two hours. The boy doesn't stop eating.