Need breakfast idea for toddler

[Anonymous]

Brian is allergic to egg white, and he hates bread.

I want to offer him more variety of breakfast other than milk and yogurt, I bough a box of cream of wheat, then I compare it with baby cereal, and I found baby cereal is more nutritious than cream of wheat, so should I offer him the baby cereal instead fo cream of wheat?

Do you offer your toddler dry cereal for breakfast? If so, which brand is more healthier (less sugar and more other nutrient). Any other good breakfast idea is welcome, thank you.

[Anonymous]

Hi Sharon,

My 2.5 year old STILL eats baby oatmeal cereal every morning. She loves it and it’s easy to prepare and like you said it is nutritious, so I don’t see any reason to stop giving to her as long as she likes it. Liza (my oldest) also ate it until she was about 2 1/2.

As for dry cereal, I like the KASHI brand because they are loaded with whole grains, anti-oxidants, vitamins and minerals. They have several varieties. My girls love the HEART TO HEART one. It’s a little like cheerios but crunchier and lightly sweetened with evaporated cane juice. Very yummy and very healthy. At Brian’s age they ate it dry but now they eat it with milk and a spoon.

Maybe Brian would like waffles. There are some whole grain varieties which taste pretty good. I put a little fruit preserves or jam on my girl’s waffles; healthier and less sugar than syrup. (I’m not sure if waffles are made with eggs, though).

A breakfast of infant cereal, yogurt and fruit is actually quite healthy until he can have eggs. Does he eat any fruit?

How’s Brian doing?

Christine

[hellbennt]

sharon,

dry cereal is ok- you just have to look at the sugars in the lable…

I make oatmeal for jonah just about every & I have for about 2 yrs now… I use quaker old fashioned oats and when i started, i used yogurt & fruit purees for the ‘liquid’ – i realize that heat kills the live cultures in yogurt, but i did it to make it realy thick so he could eat it w/ his fingers and spoon…then i eventually made it the way I do now- w/ vanilla soy milk and pieces of fruit in it- we’ve been on a frozen blueberry kick for quite some time, but we’ve used fresh apple pieces and all kinds of fruit…if you do a search somehow I give step by step instructions of how I made it…probably in one of the finger food threads that I have linked from my welcome/intro…

other ideas:scrambled egg yolk & cheese

fried egg yolk and rice

rice cakes? crackers? can he eat peanutbutter? cashew butter? almond butter? these ‘butters’ are also good on bananas and apple slices…

hmm…

from my welcome/intro there are links as to what to feed your baby/toddler & I bet there are some great suggestions there too

[Anonymous]

I was going to say some of the same – scrambled egg yolks, waffles,
fresh fruit. Also pieces of pancake. Have heard good things about
Weetabix cereal too.

[Anonymous]

Hi Sharon, we do some of the things already mentioned but Seth also LOVES the Earth’s Best Sesame Street morning snack bars. They are like cereal bars. I buy him the apple flavor. They are the perfect size for him. Also, for dry cereal, he is now bored with Cheerios so I give him different kinds of Chex and Kix. Toast is always a hit around here too. I will put butter on it and sometimes cinnamon and then cut it up in strips.

[Anonymous]

oops. forget the toast idea- I just saw where you said he hated bread!

[Anonymous]

Thank you all for the wonderful idea!

Christine – I think waffles have egg in it, but I will look into it. He liked to eat fruit last week, but he really doesn’t want to touch any this week, weird! Brian is doing ok, just not self feed enough and very picky, thank you for asking. How is Myles doing these days?

Laura – I read the finger food thread that you gave me and got some good ideas, but I do have some questions, 1)where can I find backstrap molasses, Annie’s shell, cashew butter and almond butter? 2)When you mix yogurt+fruit with oat, did you have hard time to mix it? because I think yogurt+fruit must be very thick. 3)How do you seperate egg white with egg yolk and make sure non of egg white is sticking to the yolk? 4) How do you make fried egg yolk?

karen – Do they make pancake without egg?

Tiffany – Where can I find the Earth’s best product? Brian just refuses to try any bread like food, such as muffin (I made it for him without egg).

[Anonymous]

My cousin uses this pancake mix – is gluten free as well as egg free
and dairy free! Never asked her how it tastes though LOL
http://www.celiac.com/catalog/product_info.php?products _id=330

Here’s a recipe for egg free waffles

http://www.mrbreakfast.com/superdisplay.asp?recipeid=1018

I buy the Earth’s Best products at my local organic market but they also sell them at Whole Foods and some grocery stores too.

Have you used any of the commercial egg substitutes available?

[hellbennt]

Sharon Liu wrote: 1)where can I find backstrap molasses, Annie’s shell, cashew butter and almond butter?

Try a health food market, like whole foods. Blackstrap molasses should be near the honey and syrups. the same market would have nut butters, annie’s products & earth’s best.

Sharon Liu wrote: 2)When you mix yogurt+fruit with oat, did you have hard time to mix it? because I think yogurt+fruit must be very thick.

it was thick bcse i was trying to find something for jonah to self-feed…I had to experiment to find what worked for us…somewhere I posted how I did it…maybe someone can help you do a search? I don’t have the time at the moment…I’m sorry But I used the microwave- that I can tell you. 3 minutes 20 seconds is what I ‘ve beendoing for ages. When you cook Old fashioned oats in the microwave, use a wide, shallowish bowl bcse if it’s too deep & tall it’ll bubble over I use a plain white ‘diner’ style bowl from crate & barrell…

Sharon Liu wrote: 3)How do you seperate egg white with egg yolk and make sure non of egg white is sticking to the yolk?

Um, I’d check with his doctor and ask if you can even do this…I didn’t think about how allergic he might be to egg whites, sorry. from the mspi link there’s info about egg substitutes…not sure what you can do with those ‘plain’ but you can bake with them, so that opens up some doors…like making your own pancakes, etc. Actually, from the mspi link there’s a great link to a site by a mom w/ egg allergies!

Sharon Liu wrote: 4) How do you make fried egg yolk?

see my response above- you might not even be able to do this

[Anonymous]

Hi Sharon,

Myles is doing quite well. Thanks for asking. His reflux seems to be improving; almost to the point that I am hopeful it may be behind us soon.

I buy Earth’s Best products at my local grocery store in their “Whole Foods” section. Also our local Health Food Stores have them. They also have a website and you can order directly from them. http://www.earthsbest.com/ I really love their products.

Christine

[Anonymous]

Sharon,

Oh, forgot to mention the almond butter. I’ve tried a few brands. I like KETTLE ROASTER the best. I buy it a the Health Food Store. My girls like almond butter and jam sandwiches and they also like almond butter on whole grain crackers. KASHI makes terrific whole grain crackers. You can find them in the whole foods section of the grocery store.

Another yummy idea (I can’t get it here though) is goat cheese. When I lived in Wisconsin I used to buy soft, spreadable goat cheese. It’s very tasty and can be eaten on crackers or toast. You spread it on like cream cheese. I wish I could get it here. Here I can get blocks of hard goat cheese which my girls do eat.

Christine

[Anonymous]

Thanks for posting the Earth’s Best link Christine!

Sharon, I usually buy the Sesame Street cereal bars at Kroger or Toys/Babies R Us. I have not seen them at Whole Foods although they do carry some of their other products. He also like the Sesame Street Crunchin Crackers for a snack. Gerber also just came out with a toddler cereal bar you may can try although Seth did not care for them. He may have just been used to the other ones though.

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