Having the kids eat breakfast very early in the morning was a daily feat for me. I tried different strategies just to avoid me nagging on them daily to have something to eat before going to school.
Some of my strategies which all FAILED were :
1. Cooking their favorite food (you know how kids are, they love hotdogs and chicken and nuggets) – BUT they can’t just eat these kinds of food everyday so I had to find another way.
2. Open the tv while they eat – I thought this will make them stay at the table and eat. What happened is that they just watched tv and ignored their food.
3. Let them shower first before eating breakfast – I thought when they are awake enough after showering, they will appreciate the food better. Nope.
4. Tell them that we are doing all these sacrifices of waking up very early just to prepare breakfast for them and that it disappoints me that they won’t finish their food. This helped for a day or two but after that, we are back again in forcing them to eat.
5. Serve very small portions. I tried serving half of slice bread or half a cup of rice for their breakfast, but mind you, they still end up having left-overs as if they didn’t touch the food at all.
Now, can you relate with me already?
No matter how hefty or delicious food maybe, kids will still prefer company when they eat.
I thought this will go on forever but one day, my prayers paid off. I found a surefire way to have my kids eat breakfast, willingly and sometimes voraciously. It was simple although it required a little more sacrifice on my side.
The tip : Eat with them. Yes! My husband and I usually eat together after the kids were off from home. But these days, I prepare breakfast very early for the four of us. And we all have breakfast daily, together. Kids love it when they eat with mom and dad and we noticed that they go to school happy when they are able to eat and talk to us before their school bus arrive. Even the most delicious and royalty breakfast won’t be able to beat a meal with your whole family. Don’t forget also that prayer before breakfast can fortify our bodies, our hearts and our spirits. So if you are having problems with your kids not eating breakfast, try my tip!
Having breakfast together is a good opportunity to pray together before meals and enjoy the company of each other, make small happy talks before each member do the works for the day.
Thankfully my kids eat their breakfast without a problem. They are hungry and ready to eat!
If I find the right foods that my son likes, then he will totally eat it! But it’s also a matter of him being hungry or not!
Eating with them will make them eat. Guaranteed. They have to eat if you eat as well.
Some kids are very picky when it comes to eating, especially breakfast. Luckily, I never had this problem with my daughter.
Those are great tips for folks with kids. Thanks for sharing.
Love this article! Thanks for sharing
I like these ideas. I don’t have a problem with my kid eating BF but I’ll keep these in mind. Kids change. So, you never know.
Making their favorite dish is a great way to get the kids to eat breakfast in the morning. It even works for dinner as well.
Some kids are really tough to eat in the morning. Always important to begin with education WHY and HOW this meal is important to them personally.
Eating together as a family is a must. Sadly for us, mornings are hectic, pre-lockdown, so we make sure we eat together during dinner time.
Wow.,….
Need to make the right dish for children to eat
Great ideas here. Wish I had seen this some 15 years again when our daughters were toddlers. They are both grown now and basically sort themselves out 🙂
Thanks for sharing
My son has difficult when it comes to eating.i’ve noticed that he eats a lot when other kids are around or when he is at his grandma’s where there is a lot of kids.
I was one of those kids who always skipped breakfast or wolfed it down leaving half behind. That was usually because I preferred to sleep in for another 5-10 minutes instead of get washed and dressed for school. The less of a rush in the morning the less anxiety and stress there is around breakfast.
Eating together is definitely a great way to inspire children eating breakfast. Kids copy their parents in almost everything they do.
Sometimes, encouraging kids to eat their breakfast is one of the toughest thing of being a mom. This is absolutely helpful.