breakfast foods for babies - Infant Care (up to 18 months old) Message Board

Noel's girl · 04-27-2007, 02:37 PM

I have twins 15 mont olds and I was wondering what are some easy breakfast foods I can make for them in the morning. I know they have to be tired of eating oatmael and gritts. I get them reasy alone in the morning so it would have to be something fairly easy to prepare. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

tandjsmom · 04-27-2007, 04:25 PM

Can you make food ahead of time and reheat it?
Some thing I gave my kids were:
Cheerios, and dry cereal. (often just to keep them busy while I prepared someting else, i.e. eggs)
Scrambled eggs or yogurt
Applesauce, or small, soft, cubed fruit with toast triangles are another option.
Pancakes (without the syrup of course) or frozen waffles. I think a whole grain muffin would be ok too. Or a breakfast bar. By 15 months I fed my kids anything I prepared, just made sure it was cut up, or mashed.
If you are concerned about it being balanced nutritionally, look at all the Gerber graduates stuff in your supermarket, and then try to mimic it.

Cookiem26 · 04-27-2007, 06:32 PM

I recently tried whole wheat microwave pankcakes with a little brummel and brown on it and my 10 month old loves it. They are 20-30 seconds in the microwave for 1 pancake and I put the spread on it and break it up into little bite size pieces. I also have given her mandarin oranges and I like the Gerber Graduates diced fruit such as apples or pears because they are much softer and easier for her to eat than the kind you buy in the regular little fruit cups which are tough. She still gets her cereal mixed with fruit several days a week but these are just some things I've tried. I tried egg substitute with her but she hated them. It's all about experimenting I guess with different things.

MissChicopea · 04-27-2007, 09:11 PM

We do fruit, yogurt, cottage cheese or her favorite, Keifr. Keifr is a probiotic yogurt drink that is great for the immune system. You can mix it up in a blender and add some fruits, flax oil, or even a veggie (it'll mix right in so you can't taste). DD loves it.