What to feed my 7 year old

[TradHunter]

My son eats pancakes everyday and has for years, he is 13. We negotiated a glass of milk with his breakfast. I wouldn't worry about it.

[Steel185]

I make my kids 2, 4, 6, year olds scrambled eggs, and a jimmie dean sausage (one each). They ususally eat most of it. the trick I've found is in the eggs, they each like it their "own way". One likes shredded cheese, one likes "hot salt" (actually its a pinch of tony chachere, he thinks he can handle spicy food like dad), one likes just salt and pepper. I actually don't add much salt at all, its more for show, so i do it when after i put their plates down so they can see it. the eat it much better then. If we go oat meal, same thing, lightly add butter and brown sugar, its more to show that i added some than anything else.

[LakeJake]

Quaker makes an instant oatmeal that has 12g of protein per packet.

When I was a kid, mom made me drink Boost or some other breakfast meal supplement in the morning. They are pretty small and can be chugged in a few seconds. (I didn't like to stop and eat).

[UncleBubba]

My 6 yo likes Nutrigrain bars. He'll eat pancakes and eggs on occasion when I tell him that's all he gets but could probably live off of those bars if we let him, lol.

[jb5001]

My kids are a bit younger but they seem to try new things or eat more of the breakfast if it's a "special" breakfast. I might cut their sausage or pancake into strips and put it in a cup so they eat it out of something different and they like it more. They will always leave food on their plate but they like eating until their cup is empty...

[LittleLizaMarie]

What to feed my 7 year old

I used to make my own waffles and freeze them so I could heat one up fast every morning. My roommate at the time LOVED them and had no idea they were "healthy"...

I would make them with protein powder, honey, flaxseed, lots of eggs, etc. I was always tweaking the "recipe". And I would add frozen blueberries or whatever. If you play with the recipe enough you can make them taste awesome.

Anyway, America's idea of breakfast is basically desert (toaster strudels, cereal, etc). Breakfast should consist of protein and complex carbs. Eggs and oatmeal, essentially.


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[buzzbait]

We eat a lot of bacon. And eggs over easy.

[coffmanbr1]

Egg whites and oatmeal with a tablespoon of peanut butter... everyday. It's the best breakfast you can have!

[gvick]

What we did is fix them what we wanted them to have. If they did not want to eat it then we put it in the fridge and they had a chance to eat it again at the next meal and repeated it until they decided to eat it. If you was to look at both of my kids now you would be able to tell that they are not missing many meals if any. We did have meals of what they wanted but it was a family meal and we all ate it and the same for what we wanted. The thing is if you only let them eat what they want then you are your wife will become short order cooks.

[Goldeneagle]

Doesn't matter if boy or girl. Let them help cook. It could be just a simple thing like whoopin the eggs. You'd be surprise at what kids will eat if you let them help make it.