Go-to breakfast for kids

I opt for a lower sugar cereal, like alphabits or cheerios, served with skim milk. Or a gogurt tube/toast and orange juice. My son really likes the whole grain poptarts, so I get those as a treat sometimes.

My son also really likes peanut butter on (wheat)toast for breakfast, and sliced apples with cheese and whole wheat ritz crackers for breakfast.

Not perfect, but better than sending a hungry kid to school!

oh i forgot to add its hard to have convenience and health. if you want to be healthy it has to be a priority so you might have to lose 20 mins of sleep for preparation.

Eh we're short on time most days, so they have dry cereal (you know, the way too sugary stuff). Sometimes some fruit too, but they're just not big breakfast eaters. Rarely they'll ask for frozen waffles. If we have more time they'll have French toast, eggs, bacon, pancakes etc. They had yogurt tubes for a while but I tried the 'healthier' Greek yogurt ones and they won't have any of that, so I stopped buying them because they just eat too much sugar as it is.

I like those pancakes on a stick!

My kids usually have a muffin every morning (homemade, gluten free, sweetened with honey) but they also like fruit, smoothies, rice cereal or corn flakes (gluten free ones with no sugar added) I sometimes make and freeze waffles/pancakes. My daughters will eat eggs sometimes.

You can try switching bit by bit. Get rid of the poptarts and buy quality frozen waffles (Vans or Natures Path) find a lower sugar cereal (most kids like honey nut cheerios) and go from there.

Will he eat something like Rice Krispies with berries or cut up banana?

My older son loves Honey Nut Cheerios. My younger son loves sugary, probably not good for him at all cereal. Frankly I am just glad to get at least one of them to eat in the rush of the morning. Some days, as long as they are eating at all, I am happy.

You don't have to eat "breakfast" foods for breakfast, either. My daughter is just as happy with leftover chicken and rice in the morning. I make quesadillas all the time in the morning (especially yummy filled with shredded chicken or scrambled eggs and cheese).

We also do homemade yogurt and granola with berries a lot, as well as smoothies. I make healthier, homemade versions of waffles, pancakes and muffins on weekends then freeze them to reheat during the week. Serve one of those with a hard boiled egg or a hand full of good trail mix and you're good to go. Oatmeal, millet, buckwheat and other hot grains are yummy made overnight in the crockpot and topped with nuts and yogurt.

I mostly avoid cereal of all kinds, but when they have it they must have scrambled eggs or something high protein with it. I found a nice flax cereal that's great with raisins and doesn't have a lot of weird stuff or sugar in it.

Mine eat weetabix. (They're 3 and 5).

I'd prefer they didn't eat cereal, but we're sometimes in such a rush to get everyone ready (I have a baby too) that it's the easiest option. We used to always have egg.

My son has a lot of allergies and intolerances; so my main focus is that he gets balanced nutrition, so it may not be a "typical" breakfast.

Some things he will eat are:

A wrap with mozerella cheese, lettuce and some type of protein (chicken, turkey, thinly sliced steak, turkey bacon, etc).

Pancakes and turkey bacon.

Leftovers heated up.

Apples, strawberries, etc

Muffins, banana bread, etc

Grated cheese, cheese stick

Those are the most common things he likes ... Hope it helps give you some ideas. Try to think outside of the box and just be sure they get a balance of carbs, protein and fruit. Some days may have more than others; but ultimately it all balances out. Take care

Take an hour one day and whip up your own waffle batter, cook them and freeze them. Yay for toaster waffles!