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RE: Kids and breakfast - 10/12/2008 11:23:36 AM
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manda59
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We do eat cereal in our house, but I always choose the one with a lower sugar content (my son loves Shreddies, always has done, not sure if you have those there). HOWEVER I am thinking that IIRC cereals in the USA are sweeter than those in the UK anyway. The American tooth, generally speaking, seems to be a lot sweeter than ours. That's not to say we don't have the very sweet cereals at all in the UK, but they tend to be the exception rather than the rule (at the moment)
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RE: Kids and breakfast - 10/12/2008 11:51:15 AM
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Mrs.Wifey
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I think the not hungry in the morning thing is conditioning or a problem with the overall diet. It really is so much better for our bodies to eat well to start the day and then eat small snack-meals often.
Everyone is different. Growing up breakfast would make me vomit, my stomach/body are just not ready for food at 6/7/8 am. I have never, and probably won't ever eat until around 9am otherwise I end up incredibly nauseous and usually throw it all back up. In highschool when I had to eat and it needed to stay down because lunch wasn't until late and I didn't always have a good time to eat in the morning I would have a granola bar. My junior/senior year I started eating what sounded good and it was usually something like Crostini with an olive tapanade. My younger sister is similar to me and she ate canned sweet corn for 3 years of breakfasts in elementary school.
Anyway... I make a simple oatmeal "cookie" for breakfasts these days, it's still eaten around 9am(thankfully I have a professor who doesn't care) and DD will scarf them too.
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Breakfast Cookies
1 3/4 C Pumpkin(I used canned) OR 3 large, mashed bananas
1/3 C apple sauce
2 C quick cooking oats
spices as desired(I used ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg)
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1/4 C ground flax(optional)
1/4 C milk
1/2 C of dried fruit or nuts
Squirt of honey for additional sweetness(optional, I rarely add it in)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees, mix all ingredients and drop by tablespoons onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 15-20 minutes. These cookies don't fall and spread like normal cookies. They are very, very moist and the batter should seem almost runny. They are good when you make a huge batch and freeze them, just microwave for a couple seconds to thaw them out.
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RE: Kids and breakfast - 10/12/2008 12:14:40 PM
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stellaluna
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You might ask your kids if they would prefer something besides "breakfast" food. I've never been a fan of cereal, bacon and eggs, pancakes, etc. in the morning. If I'm going to eat early I would rather have regular food.
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RE: Kids and breakfast - 10/12/2008 12:28:07 PM
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Consecrated2God
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I wonder why more schools don't serve breakfast? It seems like it would work better for the kids.
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RE: Kids and breakfast - 10/12/2008 12:34:50 PM
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stellaluna
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All of our public schools serve breakfast and it's pretty cheap:
Regular Student Breakfast -- $.90 (or $4.50 each week)
Reduced Breakfast -- $.30 (or $1.50 each week)
But I don't know anyone who has their kids eat breakfast at school. I totally would.
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RE: Kids and breakfast - 10/12/2008 12:51:28 PM
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Auben
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We have breakfast at our public school as well.
I went through a time when I didn't like to eat breakfast. My mother just had me drink something (tea, Tang, orange juice). I found that a warm beverage really helped me wake up enough to take a little food before I left for the day. I also figured out that I just can't handle milk that early in the morning (semi-lactose intolerent). So skipping anything with milk also helped.
I think a lot of the problem is that eating on a completely empty stomach feels weird. Much like with morning sickness, eating a little cracker or something, going off and showering, and then coming back to a bit more to eat can help. Just a little food can help settle the stomach.
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RE: Kids and breakfast - 10/12/2008 12:52:45 PM
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Consecrated2God
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That's a great price, stellaluna. It would be hard to beat that price even cooking at home.
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RE: Kids and breakfast - 10/12/2008 1:21:06 PM
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Mrs.X
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csl7037, it sounds like you're pretty good at baking, maybe? I bet you could probably make your own breakfast cookies, muffins, granola bars, etc. for the kids to take on the bus with them so they can eat when they are hungry.
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RE: Kids and breakfast - 10/12/2008 2:46:44 PM
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I've NEVER been a breakfast eater...since high school (and I'm WAY past that), my mornings have started with a cup of coffee...I don't get "hungry" until close to 9am (I'm at work before 7:30 most mornings). My travel mug of coffee is more than enough for me...In grade school I remember choking down a glass of Carnation instant breakfast...
My kids are not breakfast eaters either...when they were younger (most of them are adults now), they'd eat either grits or oatmeal in the morning...but I never made an issue of it. The only one that gets up ravenously hungry is my 4 year old...the first words out of her mouth every morning are "I'm hungry and thirsty". So...she gets poptarts and juice on her way to the babysitter's. My 5 year old eats breakfast at school...around 8am.
Some people just aren't hungry first thing in the morning, some are...I personally wouldn't push the issue...
And none of my kids (ranging in age from 26 to 4) are overweight (actually they're all rather slender)...and neither am I...
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RE: Kids and breakfast - 10/12/2008 4:30:31 PM
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ORIGINAL: Mrs.X
csl7037, it sounds like you're pretty good at baking, maybe? I bet you could probably make your own breakfast cookies, muffins, granola bars, etc. for the kids to take on the bus with them so they can eat when they are hungry.
I don't know about CSL's school and bus rules but around here kids are not allowed to eat on the bus. I'm not sure why that is.
they also do not serve breakfast in our district.
Now I'm one that usually doesn't eat anything in the morning until I'm up for at least a couple hours.
It would be ideal if my children could eat breakfast, or any other meal for that matter, when they wanted to but that's just not the case. Because the school bus comes at a certain time in the morning, they HAVE to eat before that. And they have to eat something before then because if they don't they don't make it til lunch time in school. Then if my youngest ds doesn't have a snack (which his teachers allow) in the afternoon around 3 PM or so, he just doesn't make til supper time. On the days we forget to pack the snack, he is a STARVING little guy by the time he gets home.
IF my kids skip breakfast for whatever reason - I usually hear about behavior issues or inattentiveness in the classroom.
CSL - if you don't want the sugary cereals being eaten in your home - why are they being purchased?
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RE: Kids and breakfast - 10/13/2008 12:00:49 AM
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csl7037, it sounds like you're pretty good at baking, maybe? I bet you could probably make your own breakfast cookies, muffins, granola bars, etc. for the kids to take on the bus with them so they can eat when they are hungry.
I don't know about CSL's school and bus rules but around here kids are not allowed to eat on the bus. I'm not sure why that is.
Oh, that's probably true of most school buses, but they could save it until they arrive and eat it before class starts or at recess.
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CSL - if you don't want the sugary cereals being eaten in your home - why are they being purchased?
I think she said her husband eats the sugary cereals and it's the only kind he'll eat.
csl, do you think your hubby would be willing to sacrifice his cereal for the sake of kids, and maybe comprimise a little by getting Honey Bunches of Oats or Frosted Mini Wheats. Those aren't too bad, and they taste good n sweet.
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RE: Kids and breakfast - 10/13/2008 12:23:42 AM
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ladyingrace1979
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My younger ones get breakfast at school. This works good for them because they are slow to wake up and really not interested in food right away. They will at least drink the milk if they don't care for what is served. But the school also allows them to have a morning snack, provided it is healthy. So I send fruit, juice, a cheese stick and a granola bar. They pick what they want, if anything.
To the OP- could you get them to do muffins or bagels with peanut butter or cream cheese and preserves? A good protein and the preserves have less sugar than jelly. And like someone else said why does it have to be breakfast food? My older one sometimes wants a grilled cheese or pbj.
Good luck, if hubby is eating junk and allowing the kids to do so you maybe facing an upward battle.
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RE: Kids and breakfast - 10/15/2008 5:08:02 AM
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MissGizmo
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Having driven school bus for 18 years I can tell you the reason children can't eat on the bus is because of all of the crumbs/mess that it makes. Then the bugs will come. Now you do not want bugs on the school bus your children are riding on. Also who is to clean up the mess. Bus drivers do not have the time to clean all of the mess up, nor is it fair to expect them to either.
As to eating breakfast I have never eaten breakfast. About mid morning I like one slice of bread with peanut butter. Then I am ready for lunch at lunch time. Forcing a child to eat when they are not hungry is not good. It causes problems with food later in life. You are going to have nothing but a battle over food which is not good for you or the child.
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We just don't buy them (but my husband sometimes buys a box of Lucky Charms to eat as a bed time snack 
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) and my metabolism has always been great. Everyone is different... maybe your kids are different than you. I'm certainly very different than my parents.
