Am I the only mom who sends their kids out the door without breakfast?

AlXaNgEl

N's a very fussy when it comes to eating. Lately he's been refusing to eat breakfast. The past week, I've been sending him to daycare without breakfast because I need to get out the door in the morning. I know he doesn't eat much lunch at daycare so I get all frustrated/worried all day long. If you're LO doesn't eat breakfast do you just let them skip it?

ddelo23

If Brandon doesn't eat his breakfast in a timely manner, or if he doesn't pick one of the 2 or 3 things that I offer him, I tell him he's going to school without eating and can eat at lunch.....sometimes he goes without eating, sometimes, he'll choose really quickly!  Not a big deal in my book, he's not gonna starve.

biochemgirl

Yup if Scarlett doesn't want to eat her breakfast then we leave.  I just figure she will eat up all her lunch if she is starving.  She is pretty reliable in this department though-she seems to eat when she is hungry and refuse when she is not.  This morning she was whining oatmeal nonstop but then when I gave it to her, she pushed her bowl away and said no.  I kept the bowl out for a few minutes while I was finishing packing up and she still didn't take a bite.  That was that we left.  I wouldn't worry-he will eat when he is hungry.

UsedToBeGoldie

Griffin eats right when we wake up- he sits in our room and watches TV while we shower, etc... and he eats.

The twins get cups of milk in their cribs while we're getting ready... they don't eat breakfast at home on days we work... they eat when they get to daycare, even though they are usually there past the "breakfast time" which is 8:15... their teacher doesn't care and lets them eat whenever I bring them in b/c she knows how hectic it is for us at home trying to get out

jerzeygirl4ever

If she doesn't finish her breakfast, then it goes to school with her. They have breakfast/snack in the morning when the kids arrive.

Chatty76

The boys eat at school but on days we're running late (have to be there by 8 to eat breakfast there) if they don't eat at home then they have to wait till snack time at 9:30. 

Most morning my kids eat dry cereal while we get ready at home and then a hot breakfast (pancakes, waffles, etc) at school.   They usually wake up asking for food.

mrs.marie.g

my kid has to have TWO breakfasts. 

she'll eat something small at the house ( a thing of blueberries or some yogurt)then they have am snack which a lot of times is like breakfast its that big.

my kid would freak out if she didn't eat. but she's a piggy.

i agree with everyone else he will eat when he is hungry. i don't stress over dinner with my kids b ecause honestly they eat so well all day. im ok with it. try not to stress they will learn 

Kristen81603

Kieran some days will not eat breakfast before school, I don't worry too much since he has snack time at 930 and then lunch at 1130. So, I know he will have something. If he doesn't eat- then I give him a granola bar, nutrigrain or cheerios in a baggie to eat on the way to school- He is hit or miss with eating in the morning- Mikey, well, he is home with me, but he will eat pretty much all day and demands food as soon as we come down stairs- don't even try to do something else first before giving him something!

laurenpetro

grace used to eat in the car.  the boys eat at my ILs'

AmyRob04

When he was in daycare, if he didn't eat at home I would pack it up and send him to school with it - he ate it there most of the time. Now if he doesn't eat at home, when I drop him at before-care at school I'll tell him he can buy milk and a bagel or fruit and yogurt (the cafeteria is open in the morning for the YMCA before-care program) -- the woman who runs the program told me that most of the time when I tell him he can buy, he does. I can't imagine not giving him ANYTHING, I know my kid wouldn't last, he needs the fuel (plus he'd be starving by 8:30).

Pixiestx

mrs.marie.g:

my kid has to have TWO breakfasts. 

she'll eat something small at the house ( a thing of blueberries or some yogurt)then they have am snack which a lot of times is like breakfast its that big.

my kid would freak out if she didn't eat. but she's a piggy.

i agree with everyone else he will eat when he is hungry. i don't stress over dinner with my kids b ecause honestly they eat so well all day. im ok with it. try not to stress they will learn 

Mine too!  She has a small bowl dry cereal and a cup of milk at home and then something like a muffin and tube of yogurt at school. Because of this, and the snacks they give at school I don't worry about her not eating a big dinner.

TSD

He eats mini waffles or french toast sticks (nothing on them) with a handful of dry cereal & raisins every single day of his life. He drinks kefir in his cup which is about 170 calories (more than the 80 for milk, so I feel it's more substantial). Sometimes he doesn't eat his waffles in time to go so we just take them along in a baggie. He always ends up finishing them on the way to school and I'm only a 5 min drive.

My Blue Heaven

I had to find something SO DELIOUS to J that he wouldn't refuse to eat it. For him it was the Special K snack bars (like nutragrain but crunchier-) or a chewy peanut butter granola and a yogurt shake.

He only goes to school for a couple of hours and if he doesn't eat he'll be super hungry (and grouchy) when he gets home.

I make a point of insisting, but now he's excited to eat his "special school breakfast foods" that it isn't much of an issue.

Also the yogurt shake in a sippy cup goes with us in the car. If he wants to listen to his music on the way to school he's got to drink his shake.

HTH- G

Allison711

Livy is super picky and would often not eat before school (not for any lack of my trying)...oh well she'll eat when she gets hungry is my theory.

debfife

I never worry about her not eating. If she's hungry, she'll eat.

TSD

Oh, and E also loves Fresh Beat Band. I call the Kefir or a protein smoothie I give him, his "Groovy Smoothie" so he loves to drink that.

erosa

I always make sure he gets a few bites of something.  He;'s very picky.  Sometimes its toast with peanut butter, crackers with cheese... or "ice cream"...  I've been making spinach & frozen fruit smoothies for mh & I in the morning and I tell him its ice cream and he loves it. 

He hasn't gained weight in almost 8 months so if he doesn't gain by March they're going to want some testing, so I make sure I always make time for his meals, since its so frustrating..

Shoegal23

I've been squeezing in a drinkable yogurt on the drive to school. She just doesn't like to eat so soon after waking up. I poke a straw through the foil to make it neater and away we go. Most mornings she eats the mini chocolate chip muffins I buy at the Market Basket. Oh well, at least it something lol!!!

molldoll71

I offer it and if he refuses, so be it.  They have a midmorning snack so he won't starve.  Sometimes he just has a gogurt for breakfast with or without a cheese stick and some oj.  What else can you do?

didntelope

I never give her breakfast on school days. She's a slow-ass eater and I need to hustle out the door to catch a bus. They give the kids breakfast as soon as they arrive at school though.

mrs.MC&mr.JC

my daughter never eats breakfast during the week - she has to be at school at 8 and i leave for work right after i drop her off. she is a slow eater..like 1/2 hr + for a waffle, eggs, etc. there is NO time in the morning. they eat snack around 9:45 so she eats then. i'd have to wake up at 5:30 to get ready and then wake her up at 6:30 to allow enough time for breakfast and getting dressed for school.

GilliMax

Toby gets his vitamins and a drinkable yogurt every morning as soon as he wakes up. Some days that's all he'll eat. Other days he'll ask for some kind of fruit with it and that's all he'll want. Other days he wants eggs and toast AND fruit with it.

I don't worry, as long as I'm putting something in him because right now he's got a morning snack right after he gets to school, and lunch at 11:30.. 

CLord

If I fought with my super picky son about breakfast every morning, I'd never leave the house.  Most mornings he eats, but lately he has been a pain in the ass.  I don't stress it- he eats what he eats.  He has a snack at 10:30-11 and he eats lunch at 12.  

My daughter, on the other hand, eats her breakfast and then salivates until Aidan is done so she can eat his leftovers.  = )

molldoll71

Today they are going to school with gogurt and crackers in their tummies.