Toddler Breakfast Ideas

Even i face the same issue.... My son has a glass of complan or milk in the morning while going to play school, he doesn't eat more than two mouths of any solid item that too after lot of compulsion...

Also suggest me some food items that can be packed for snacks... He is very choosy at times.... And he eats only few mouths of food it can be rice or idly or whatever it is.....

I was suggested to give Himalaya liv.52 syrup once a day for appetite for a month by his pd but in the beginning it didn't work then later one of my friend advised me to try giving the same medicine twice a day but for only a week. After this my son started eating properly. But this worked only for few days and again his appetite came down. When i tried to give him the same syrup again he refused to take it. So now i am clueless.

One pharmist suggested me to give hapenz syrup for appetite issue but though i bought it i was not sure enough whether it can be given or not. So please help me out...

 

Hi

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I am in same dilemma everyday with my 15 months old. She can not eat with spoons by herself. Small finger foods she sometimes eats as she thinks its a snack. But mornings mostly she goes with milk. :-(((( I have 100 posts in this forum with similar issues.

Here is what I cook usually -
1. Soft Parantha - cut in small bites - I try to knead dough with veggie purees, daals.
2. I pack potato fries, sweet potato, squash - bake it in toaster oven. Many times I make them 1 day ahead,store and warm it next day. ( she hardy eats but I keep trying)
3.Boiled potato cutlets ( make them ahead)..
3. French toast -eggs , pancakes,

These things are hit/miss. My Lo I hardly see her eating happily in the morning. She plainly refuses anything in front of her but it might work for you.
Later in the day, outside at park etc, if I eat some scone or muffin, she asks and eats but not at home ( in the morning)

I will keep eye on this post for suggestions for other ladies.

 

i give boiled eggs( though the yellow is conveniently not eaten on most days), avocado chopped, chopped fresh fruit ( grapes, strawberry, banana) eats with a plastic fork, apple slices. sometimes i make sweet potato fries, saute carrot sticks, scrambled eggs, loves roti egg roll up. cheese sticks.

 

@viki123, milk is just an option only when he doesn't eat anything at all. My son is 2.5yrs old so i hope the amount that goes in is very less for his age... That's what everyone tell me... expecially my mom, but my mil says that he's far better than my hubby when he was at the same age.

Today he had half of one chikku and less than half tumbler milk. I had packed the rest of the chikku and three small bananas. Thankfully he finished the chikku but didn't touch even one banana. After he came home he ate two of those bananas and i gave him smashed 7-8 baby potatoes with little butter and salt and pepper to taste. He slept after.

 

anahita5 -Are "sauted" carrot sticks soft for 15 month old kids? How do u make them? I tried steamed carrots for her but failed.
In the beginning I used to give carrot puree but my LO never accepted it. so now I added to her khichadis.

 

@sanjuruby, i don't like boiled carrots, sauteed is better. just cut into 1/2 inch sticks and put in a non stick pan with butter, cook till it is tender enough to chew but hard enough so the child can hold it, add salt if you like it. I am not worried about choking as it is all cooked.

 

I recently tried poha patties. Check out recipe on internet ( I added boiled potatoes).

They are tasty but not really quick and takes pre-prep a night before and planning can be given once in while for change.

But my LO does not eat much in bkfast and if I am lucky, only thing she takes in is few tiny bits of paratha with yogurt or egg.