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Debbie001 Joined: 05/06/2007 Posts: 5 breakfast 30/04/2009 16:08 hiya. my boy is 15 months and for the past month has been refusing his morning porridge. he has an 8oz bottle on waking, a snack about 10, lunch of finger foods at 11.30, snack of fruit at 3 and then tea at 4.30 then a 8oz bottle before bed. is it a problem he doesnt have breakfast anymore and does this feeding schedule seem ok ? he is a healthy weight and never been a big eater anyway so im not worried but just wondering if this is normal. talso, when should i stop the formula. thanks Debbie and Jake
Jacqueline401 Joined: 16/10/2007 Posts: 346 Re: breakfast 01/05/2009 07:24 Hi Debbie, our little girl is 15 months also. She has a 9oz bottle on wakening then has weetabix/ready break around 8.30am at home or at nursery then lunch at 1130 - this is a meal or soup following by a yoghurt then dinner around 330-4pm this is a meal then fruit and a 9oz bottle at night. We dont' really have exact set times of meals if she is sleeping etc it can range but maybe your little one is sick of the same breakfast, have you offered a different cereal? I was also wondering when to stop the milk in bottles but Holly won't take milk from a beaker yet so not sure what to do!
Emma501 Joined: 03/11/2007 Posts: 88 Re: breakfast 02/05/2009 07:50 have you tried not giving him the milk first thing in the morning, and just doing cereal? giving them a choice is always good too - I have about 5 different cereals on the go at once, and my daughter chooses which 1 she'd like each day, or toast. That way, she eats her breakfast and feels involved. She's done this from about 10 months old (then she only really had a choice of weetabix or porridge!) when we started weaning, I always gave her porridge first thing in the morning, then a bit of milk after that.
krystal501 Joined: 04/11/2007 Posts: 3 Re: breakfast 04/05/2009 15:37 hello, My son got to the stage too where he strated refusing porridge and think it was because he was bored of it. They seem to to really enjoy it when thet are younger but I think they can become bored of having it all the time. We now have lots of choices of cereal and different bread items such as crumpet,bagel,muffins to go with it too.My little boy also loves scrambed eggs too which he will have on occasion for b.fast with toast too. This may not work for you but could be worth a try. Hope this helps
Debbie001 Joined: 05/06/2007 Posts: 5 Re: breakfast 05/05/2009 14:10 thanks for your responses. i would be bored too eatin porridge all the time i guess lol. will give your ideas a try x x
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