Apparently the joys of having an 18 month old include another sleep regression AND an eating regression! Having been blessed with a very good eater, we have only had a few days here and there when the Pumpkin would not eat much. Those times were usually concurrent with really bad teething days or a sickness, and they did not last more than a couple days.
It's now been three days of very little eating, and that's after about three days of eating less and less. How can someone who has SO MUCH energy eat so little food? How can someone who's body is developing like crazy subsist on a few bites of crackers and maybe a few spoons of yogurt? It boggles the mind.
Just in case she's not eating because she is bored with the same old foods, I've been trying to think of new things to make. Since breakfast is the most important meal of the day, I am especially trying to find new breakfast foods.
Which brings us to our Question of the Week...
What is a favorite breakfast food in your house?
Usually, pancakes are a big hit in my house. And I am the Queen of Pancakes, as some of you twitters already know. I have use some delicious recipes I've found on allrecipes.com (which I've reviewed here) and make them from scratch! I'm really proud of my mad pancake-making skillz!! However, they take time, so usually I save them for weekends and freeze a couple for later in the week.
Regular breakfasts I cook before I leave to work include scrambled eggs with cheese, cream of wheat and oatmeal.
How about you? Do you flip the pancakes regularly or simply make toast?
It's now been three days of very little eating, and that's after about three days of eating less and less. How can someone who has SO MUCH energy eat so little food? How can someone who's body is developing like crazy subsist on a few bites of crackers and maybe a few spoons of yogurt? It boggles the mind.
Just in case she's not eating because she is bored with the same old foods, I've been trying to think of new things to make. Since breakfast is the most important meal of the day, I am especially trying to find new breakfast foods.
Which brings us to our Question of the Week...
What is a favorite breakfast food in your house?
Usually, pancakes are a big hit in my house. And I am the Queen of Pancakes, as some of you twitters already know. I have use some delicious recipes I've found on allrecipes.com (which I've reviewed here) and make them from scratch! I'm really proud of my mad pancake-making skillz!! However, they take time, so usually I save them for weekends and freeze a couple for later in the week.
Regular breakfasts I cook before I leave to work include scrambled eggs with cheese, cream of wheat and oatmeal.
How about you? Do you flip the pancakes regularly or simply make toast?
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On weekends she likes to sneak bites of my breakfast (fruit, yogurt, granola, and flaxseed) but if I make a portion just for her she won't eat it.
Weekdays, though, toast, cereal, and toaster waffles are our staples.
Dont sweat the food thing, Maggie goes through phases where she eats, like, nothing and then suddenly she'll eat like a horse. Also remember she may be eating a lot at daycare, too. We're in the "I hate that food I was enjoying voraciously 2 days ago do not feed it to me nOOOO sisdustging mommy I do not like it" phase so I feel your pain. Thank God for carbs and yogurt.
For us, Sasha will not eat breads (never has) so no pancakes. But he does like a bowl of cereal in milk. The Healthy Start stuff? Is 200 calories a bowl, before milk! And so we like to give him that. And fruit. I can ALWAYS rely that he will eat raspberries. And most days? Papaya, mango, strawberries, oranges, bananas, grapes...whatever.
We also do cheesy potatos.
Hardboiled egg mixed with cream cheese
Eggs florentine with hollandaise
And sometimes...dinner or lunch he didn't eat the day before.
During the week, my kids are incredibly boring. AM wants cereal and craisins every day. Miss M asks for choices and usually picks cereal and craisins "with milk on the side." So.
Yogurt/cottage cheese (girl eats/boy eats) and TJ's whole grain frozen waffles are also popular.
Pancakes take too much time in the morning, but I usually make them for dinner once every week or two--I have an excellent banana oatmeal one that is very low in sugar. If I can get the kids to eat veggies for snack I feel better about pancakes for dinner :-)
Our doc told us at the 18mo appt to not be suprised if she starts eating a lot less. We haven't really seen her slow down much though. But still, it's nice to know that on the days here and there when she is a little pickier than normal.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and I worship it.
babySaid nurses.... he's not as into breakfast as I am (also, thanks to his nursing I can eat all of the above said and still have room for elevensies)
I just suggested to my husband, who is now in charge of school readiness, breakfast, and dropoff that he take the boy out to breakfast every day for the next week or two. Go somewhere they can get a $1.99 breakfast with eggs and pancakes or waffles or something because staying home, the usual response is "I am not eating breakfast today, thanks." RRRRGGGG. He does much better in a restaurant, so to me it's worth the cost. Not sure if my husband can get his act together early enough to get the boy ready and out the door in time to eat in a resaurant and still get him to school on time but.....it's my latest solution.
Weekends: eggs or pancakes. Yogurt. Lots and lots of fruit. And so far, I'm holding firm on the "no popcicles for breakfast rule".
We do not enjoy mealtimes in our house. They are very stressful and filled with power struggles we know we will lose, so we end up swallowing our stress and saying "Oh! You don't want to eat? Okay, let me know when your body is ready" which is better than the battle but still feels like crap.
Don't worry too much about Pumpkin's lack of appetite. It'll come back. At that age, they just go through phases like that. Court's pediatrician told me once that as long as she eats one good meal a day (and healthy snacks) that she's good.
THE BEST pancake out there is Aretha Frankenstein's http://www.frankensteinmills.com/
Can't beat them, I swear.