How often does your child eat cereal for breakfast? - Page 3

[HollyBearsMom]

After voting rarely my son, the non cereal eater, has wanted cereal the last 2 days.

yesterday was cereal, milk, applegate maple sausage and strawberries

this AM was cereal, leftover meatballs and a super green smoothie made with blueberries, strawberries and yogurt.

Whooda guessed??

[Marsupialmom]

My kid ussually eat it for "other" meals/snacks.

[journeymom]

Lots of food for thought here!

[hippie_at_heart]

My two youngest DDs eats it several times a week for breakfast-and then several more times for snack! They love cereal!

[ShadowMoon]

DS has cereal, (whole grain flakes or O's), throughout the day as a finger food snack. Breakfast is usually oatmeal with fruit, blueberry pancakes, whole grain waffles, or muffins.

[azmomtoone]

Originally Posted by Marsupialmom

My kid ussually eat it for "other" meals/snacks.

Same here....DS is 3, and he doesn't always want to eat at mealtimes....so we usually have Cheerios or corn flakes in a baggie or snack trap. Plain no sugar added type, .... cereal's just the simplest thing to pack...maybe not the greatest food in the world but sure beats McDonald's 'cause he's starving 20 min after we leave home....

Otherwise day-to-day breakfast at home is plain oatmeal w/ a banana mashed in it & a little almond milk, eggs & whole wheat toast, or a green smoothie. None of which take long to prepare....(eating can be a whole 'nother story though)

[JessicaS]

Maybe 1-2 times a week depending on what we have to do that day, general morning chaos, if the baby is crabby and how late I stayed up ()

If she has cereal I also insist she have fruit and some sort of protein as well like cottage cheese, cheese, yogurt, bacon, sausage, eggs, ham, turkey

Dd's favorite thing in the world to eat for breakfast is breakfast burritos with fried potatoes, sausage, eggs then she puts ketchup on them. (the ketchup seems gross )

A hearty breakfast tends to keep her more focused.

Cereal might be "easier" but if that is all she has then she just bounces off the walls all day. That tends to make my day rather bad.

[sanguine_speed]

Practically every day. We have to be out of the house by 7:15 every morning, and it's what the kids will eat.

[BetsyS]

My kids don't know that you can eat cereal with milk (I always serve it dry), so they think of it as a snack, not a meal.

[ju1ia]

my 2 & 3 year olds LOVE cereal, even though I get them the healthiest ones out there... usually it's puffed wheat or brown rice, you can find these for 99 cents a bag at walmart. a money splurge will be weetabix or kashi cereals, and for birthdays or holidays I'll buy some Annie's cereal (the bunnies) or Mother's Best (my personal fave is their version of luck charms, mmm!!). Seriously, these kids are nuts about cereal. we even put it on yogurt with raisins and nuts for a snack. they get it from their dad I guess.

[zjande]

Never. My 4 & 2 yr olds have actually never had a bowl of cereal from a box. My opinion is that it's overpriced overprocessed & all around not good food. We eat oatmeal, 10 grain, steel cut oats.... that kind of thing. Plus lots of eggs.

[sanguine_speed]

Originally Posted by zjande

Never. My 4 & 2 yr olds have actually never had a bowl of cereal from a box. My opinion is that it's overpriced overprocessed & all around not good food. We eat oatmeal, 10 grain, steel cut oats.... that kind of thing. Plus lots of eggs.

I won't disagree that it's overprocessed, but I don't understand how eggs are cheaper than cereal. Perhaps you mean that by food quality versus price, eggs are a better value?

A dozen organic or non-organic free-range eggs runs about $5 here--more than a box of cereal.

[Llyra]

Nearly never. They eat Cheerios at my mom's house sometimes, which winds up being about two mornings a month on average. But I don't buy it. Well, actually, that's not true. Sometimes I buy the Newmann's Own strawberry flakes for DD1 as a treat, but she eats it for a snack not for breakfast.

We don't eat a lot of grain-based foods to begin with. Noodles and pasta sometimes, and homebaked breads, and brown rice.

Breakfast for us is usually either hardboiled eggs and fruit, or homemade yogurt and fruit. I boil the eggs en masse on Sunday night, for the week, so there's no work at all in the morning.

I buy my eggs from a neighbor, for $2 a dozen.

[zjande]

Originally Posted by sanguine_speed

I won't disagree that it's overprocessed, but I don't understand how eggs are cheaper than cereal. Perhaps you mean that by food quality versus price, eggs are a better value?

A dozen organic or non-organic free-range eggs runs about $5 here--more than a box of cereal.

Eggs are not cheaper than cereal. What I meant is that boxed cereals are overpriced for what they're made out of- often GMO corn, soy, sugars, and non-organic grains, plus I read ingredients on some boxes that are strange chemicals I can't pronounce. I think boxed processed cereals aren't healthy to eat, so I just don't buy them regardless of their cost vs. other things. Y'know?

But we all have to find a balance somewhere. Maybe one person eats processed cereal daily but never touches an inorganic veggie, where I've sadly eaten way too many inorganic veggies in my time.

[sanguine_speed]

Originally Posted by zjande

Eggs are not cheaper than cereal. What I meant is that boxed cereals are overpriced for what they're made out of- often GMO corn, soy, sugars, and non-organic grains, plus I read ingredients on some boxes that are strange chemicals I can't pronounce. I think boxed processed cereals aren't healthy to eat, so I just don't buy them regardless of their cost vs. other things. Y'know?

But we all have to find a balance somewhere. Maybe one person eats processed cereal daily but never touches an inorganic veggie, where I've sadly eaten way too many inorganic veggies in my time.

I feel less crazy. I keep hearing how cereal is expensive, so people buy eggs instead and I never understood.

I agree with your evaluation of boxed cereals--though there are brands that are organic, do not contain GMOs, nor artificial preservatives, colours or flavours. For what they are, however, yes, they are expensive.