When mine were younger, say kindergarten to middle school, they ate cereal with milk (just a normal portion). As they got into teenagerhood, they had less and less time for fooling with all that and usually ate a granola bar on the bus.
My son now (almost 20) doesn’t eat breakfast. My daughter (turning 23 next week) loves Kashi cereal, and usually has that or a piece of fruit.
My son is close to the same size as Missy2U’s - a bit shorter but very slim (if he turns sideways you can’t see him). I do remember those “hollow leg” years but he was too sleepy in the mornings to eat a big breakfast.
My 3 year old girl has decided to start eating again, after her 2-year-old phase of subsisting on dust and Goldfish crackers. Her breakfast is monotonously routine, but it’s what she wants: between 1/2 and 3/4 cup of Cheerios, Crispix or Rice Krispies with about 1/3 cup of yogurt and 1/4 cup of milk mixed in. She loves pancakes and likes eggs, but won’t have either of them for breakfast.
If we go out to breakfast, say on the weekends, she’ll eat pancakes, eggs, whatever, but as soon as we get home, she asks for her cereal and yogurt!
The rest of the day, she grazes. She’s actually underweight, and this last growth spurt didn’t help. You can pick out every rib from the back, as well as the front. I just can’t seem to keep the weight on her, even with full fat milk and cheese. I think it’s time to invest in some of those kiddie canned nutrient shakes; she’s just too active to get all the calories she needs from healthy food. (I suppose I could increase her McDonald’s intake, but nutrient shakes seem cheaper and healthier!)
When I make breakfast on the weekends, I make huge batches (like five dozen pancakes, or two entire loaves worth of french toast) and freeze and bag most of it for quick reheating during the week.
Therefore, my 9yo girl has either three pancakes (3" diameter), one piece of french toast or one waffle. Add a couple pieces of bacon, some fruit and a glass of milk and that’s her breakfast. She usually eats more on the weekend but not much more and it’s generally just because she has the time to eat.
I do this sometimes, too. I don’t always cook breakfast on the weekends, but when I do, I’ll make huge batches of pancakes, French toast and omelets; omelets freeze surprisingly well! Of course, even if they didn’t, mudgirl wouldn’t notice, because by the time you finish dumping ketchup on it, it all tastes the same! When I make French toast at home, I use whole grain bread to make it with, and when I make pancakes, I invariably use some kind of whole grain mix, be it buckwheat, whole wheat, whatever.
When I buy the frozen pancakes/waffles/French toast, I go for the ones that have the most whole grain. I don’t get down to Trader Joe’s very often, but they have marvelous blueberry waffles that are whole grain and sweetened with nothing but blueberries and blueberry juice.
I’ve never done omelets because my kid isn’t an egg person but it’s crazy how easy it is. I mean, you’re getting all that stuff out and dirty anyway, it’s not that much more time to make a double (or triple) batch.
I do it with that oatmeal that takes forever to cook too…if you put it into an 8x13" pan and chill it, you can slice it into individual serving-sized cubes and then freeze those.
When my son started working at McDonald’s, I was all thinkin’ “well THIS is gonna put some weight on him” - nope. If anything I think he LOST weight! :rolleyes:
My own kids would eat cereal (not the hyped up sugary kind) or had breakfast at school. I usually keep the yogurts to go on hand and fruit as well as hard boiled eggs. My youngest (16) now only eats those snack bars - like the new ones in the toddler section (that boasts of the real serving of fruit). She’s the thinnest of the family.
The SO’s kids when here: the youngest usually eats Irish oatmeal w/some fruit mixed in. The older one will eat cereal. Sometimes they will eat Eggos.
I think I’ll be picking up some yogurt cups & seeing how that will go over.
