What to feed my 7 year old

[MasonCo.]

yogurt with granola and a fruit

[LWD]

put all natural peanut butter on the waffle. wash it down with 2% milk

problem solved

Yep. This.

LWD

[Pedernal]

It is awesome that you are trying to instill good eating habits at an early age. No kids of my own so take this for what I have experienced with my nephews on camping trips. For breakfast, we would do skillet type scrambles with ingredients that they like and suggest. On a weekend, get him involved in the breakfast making process. Something else to consider is a healthy smoothie: cup of milk with a banana, maybe some strawberries and you can add a couple of eggs which he will never know are in there. You can skip the eggs and add a Carnation instant breakfast to boost vitamins and protein. For some added flavor you can add some vanilla and/or powder cinnamon.

[txpitdog]

I have one kid with ADHD and one that is "reactive" to carb crashes, so we do nothing but protein in the morning. Usually ham and eggs, deer sausage and eggs, Greek yogurt and fruit. Occasionally oatmeal. No sugar helps to keep my son with ADHD from turbo spinning off the surface of the earth during the first hour of school. And the protein burns evenly and longer for my other son so he doesn't get out of whack from the carb crash. My daughter would just eat candy if if it were up to her.

[MySRT8U]

Man kids have it easy now a days lol. When I was 7, I ate what I was told to eat, or I didn't eat lol.


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[jmeghunts]

Man kids have it easy now a days lol. When I was 7, I ate what I was told to eat, or I didn't eat lol.


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That's the way it is at my house on some things but I am trying to get him to make his own decisions. You can demand and order anyone to do something, it's much better to teach him to make good choices in life so that you don't have to watch him make bad choices later.

And FWIW, the generation before you probably said the same thing about you.

[jmeghunts]

Thanks for all the helpful input guys. We definitely will do some meal prep on Sunday evenings which will make our mornings much better. You guys rock!

[bowtechbandit]

we have a 3 yr old, im happy just to get her to eat. we do not cater to her, she is offered what ever her mother cooks, if she likes it fine, if not she can go to bed, or school hungry. its a dang battle to get her to slow down long enough to eat. we may be terrible parents, but were not going to cook a side of chicken nuggets with every meal for her to eat (I know lots of people that do that), but to each his own.

[PBUCKSHOT]

we have a 3 yr old, im happy just to get her to eat. we do not cater to her, she is offered what ever her mother cooks, if she likes it fine, if not she can go to bed, or school hungry. its a dang battle to get her to slow down long enough to eat. we may be terrible parents, but were not going to cook a side of chicken nuggets with every meal for her to eat (I know lots of people that do that), but to each his own.

This made me lol cuz our 5yr old boy is a chicken nugget freak! He can eat them things every day if we let him. We have struggled with this one. He is very picky and always has been. I thanked the Lord when he decided he liked tacos. So now we try to wrap anything in a tortilla that we can. Now my 22yr old beast will eat the chickens straight out of the coop. I swear when i call to see how he is doing, he is eating something 98% of the time.

[LemmeOut]

Both of our kiddos will eat scrambled eggs but some mornings we just don't have time for them. Our 8 y/o son likes sausage patties so we keep some of the pre-cooked ones in the freezer for him. Our 7 y/o daughter likes granola bars so she gets some protein there. Neither of our rug rats will have anything to do with peanut butter.

If your son likes tacos than play off taco bell and call the eggs and bacon on the waffle a waffle taco or a breakfast fold over. With our kids it is sometimes more about what something is called than what the ingredients are.

[WItoTX]

What do you eat in front of him? Also, is he complaining about being tired at school, or have teachers commented? If not, maybe its one of those leave well enough alone situations. Another thing, some people are texture eaters, others are taste eaters. Personally, I am texture, so mushy things are nasty. Unless its bread pudding.

[jmeghunts]

What do you eat in front of him? Also, is he complaining about being tired at school, or have teachers commented? If not, maybe its one of those leave well enough alone situations. Another thing, some people are texture eaters, others are taste eaters. Personally, I am texture, so mushy things are nasty. Unless its bread pudding.

He see's that I am big on protein by what I eat. He does great in school and doesn't complain of being tired so I have that going for me. And as for the taste/texture thing, you are 100% correct!

[wdeisher]

a good cup of coffee never hurt anybody for breakfast

[Buckwheat]

Peanut butter on the waffle.
BACON on the side.

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[MySRT8U]

That's the way it is at my house on some things but I am trying to get him to make his own decisions. You can demand and order anyone to do something, it's much better to teach him to make good choices in life so that you don't have to watch him make bad choices later.



And FWIW, the generation before you probably said the same thing about you.

I can definitely see what you're saying there.


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