We do a full breakfast every morning before the kids head out, and it is very stressful! We did "breakfast on the go" last week, and it was so much easier. It has me thinking about switching to that as our default.
If your child is in daycare/preschool/school, do they sit down for morning breakfast? If so, when do they wake up and how long does breakfast take?
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watermelon / 14206 posts
Nope. D's school has free breakfast in the mornings. Less work for ne.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
She's typically hungry in the morning but she also gets breakfast when she gets to daycare. So, we offer her something light like berries and an egg or something like that before she leaves. I hope she get excited for breakfast at school soon so we can cut breakfast out of the morning routine sometime (at least until she goes to Kindergarten).
squash / 13208 posts
Neither is very hungry in the morning - I have resorted to Carnation Instant Breakfast shakes for my 6 yr old so he gets some calories and protein in him and my almost 4 yr old will sometimes eat a bowl of cereal at home or she will eat waffles and yogurt at DCP - sometimes she eats nothing until snack time at 9:30
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
Yes, I sit and eat breakfast with them every morning. I'm a SAHM so there's no rush. I do school drop off at 8:45 so we have lots of time.
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@Andrea: Definitely curious how you make it work! What time do they wake up and how long does it take them to eat?
cherry / 204 posts
Yes mine sit down every morning for breakfast. They wake up at around 6:30 and we don't leave the house until 8:30 so there is time.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
My son goes to an afternoon preschool, but no meals are served there...breakfast and lunch at home. At a table, not in transit. I can't get behind eating in the car, for the simple fact that if he's choking, I am not sure he would be heard or gotten to fast enough....it's happened IRL to a friend, so I am really careful about it.
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@looch: Yikes, sounds scary! What happened to your friend's LO?
I walk with my son to school, and our big problem is that it's so cold out that it's not easy to hold food with a bare hand!
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
She gets a waffle in the car on the way to go. I get her up about 10-15 minutes before we leave....so there's no time. Now, if she wakes up really early, I would make her eggs. It never happens.
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
Yes, they get a full breakfast before we head to daycare dropoff. On mornings Wagon Sr. goes for a run he makes eggs for the whole family. About once or twice a week when he doesn't run we do cereal. Then they eat some fruit and yogurt and it's off to daycare. They get a snack when they get there. Right now they're crazy about Belvita breakfast biscuits.
coconut / 8861 posts
They have breakfast there. When he wakes up, I give him some milk and crackers. Lately, it's been an extra donut hole because he's still adjusting to the new environment and a lot of change in the past couple of weeks.
honeydew / 7303 posts
She has a granola bar in transit and has a full breakfast when she gets there
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
@mrbee: Driving on the highway, someone in the backseat feeding the child lunch, kid is choking....they were able to get the food out, but who needs that anxiety while you're in the middle of 4 lanes of traffic going 70 miles an hour?
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
@mrbee: they are both up by 7. I do pretty simple breakfasts like scrambled eggs, cereal, fruit, etc so it doesn't take long to prepare. They are done eating by around 7:40 I think? Then there's time to finish up homework and play before we get dressed. We're only a minute away from school so there's usually a lot of time to get everything done!
grapefruit / 4120 posts
Granola bars are my friend! We have to leave between 630 and 645 and I already get up at 5 as it is!! IF we are running ahead, I will offer a quesadilla. You know, it IS hot food 
They get a pretty significant "snack" in the morning at preschool.
pomelo / 5093 posts
If that were me, we'd be drinking fruit and yogurt smoothies every morning on the go.
eggplant / 11824 posts
DH gets LO up and fed while I shower and get dressed. Sometimes he makes her eggs/bacon, but most of the time she has cereal (or a cereal bar), milk and fresh fruit. Sometimes I make almond butter banana bread or some other homemade bread which is higher in calories and protein, which lasts a few days.
She also has a snack when she gets to school – cup of milk and a bowl of cereal, or whatever else they are serving for breakfast.
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
When I take her she eats there since I drop her off so early. When DH is home and takes her, he feeds her breakfast at home.
cantaloupe / 6206 posts
LO eats a small breakfast at home after she wakes up, then eats again at school.
pomegranate / 3127 posts
We try to stay away from breakfast at home because we need to get out the door fast, but if DS gets up early he gets a light breakfast. He eats a big breakfast at day care.
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
We do quick breakfasts. H gets up 30 minutes before R so I give H her breakfast in the kitchen. DH does breakfast with R - he'll make her a smoothie and a waffle and she'll sit in her bedroom at her table) and eat while DH gets dressed for work.
It only works this way because H and I get up and leave before DH and R.
pomelo / 5607 posts
I namnied for a little girl that was in preschool a couple days a week. I'm not sure what to call her breakfasts though. She usually are a quick granola baror some yogurt, and that's it. But that's all she ate for a normal day's breakfast (I would have cooked but she rarely was interested) so not sure if you'd list that as full or quick. I had at least an hour from the time she got up to when she had to be there, and it was a less than 5 minute drive. I also have no idea when they had snacks. I had to bring them for the class like once a month? But don't know when they ate them, and since parents brought them they varied a lot.
grapefruit / 4988 posts
I don't know if ours counts as a full breakfast or a quick one, but we give her oatmeal and fruit most mornings. Either DH or I will sit and eat with her while the other gets ready. She gets up between 6:30 and 7:30 and we are all usually out the door by 8:20.
blogger / apricot / 378 posts
We do a full breakfast at home. We get him up around 6:00 (he's usually awake because he can hear us moving around anyways), and give an easy, but full, breakfast - usually scrambled eggs, toast or waffle with peanut butter, fruit, cheese, that sort of thing. It takes him about 30 minutes to eat, then we get him dressed and we're out the door by 6:50!
blogger / pomegranate / 3201 posts
Partially in transit and he finishes when he gets there.
persimmon / 1361 posts
We do scrambled eggs pretty much every morning and a banana or fruit. Sometimes some other stuff, but that's the staple. They sit and eat at home. If we are rushed, we pack it up and they feed it to them at daycare. They can have cereal at daycare (which the daycare provides) but I like for them to have some protein!
pomegranate / 3595 posts
I voted full breakfast but that means toast with peanut butter, eggs and toast, oatmeal or cereal. We sit down and eat together. They have snack at school but not until 9:30 or so I think.
pomegranate / 3438 posts
90% of the time DS eats at daycare. If he is up extra early he might have a bowl of cereal or a piece of toast before we leave.
eggplant / 11716 posts
We give her milk at home, but we pack her breakfast to eat at daycare. We have a thermos-style bento, so it's still hot. We only pack hot foods like oatmeal, eggs, sausage, pancakes, etc.
cantaloupe / 6669 posts
LO eats a full breakfast in her highchair before daycare 2 days per week. They don't feed them breakfast there and she is better behaved with a full belly.
Lately on days that my mom watches her, I have been giving her a pouch and then my mom makes her breakfast. That has been working out really nicely! I like not having to clean up! 
pomelo / 5789 posts
It depends. If I don't have a 8am meeting, I'll feed him breakfast here before I take him. If I have an early morning meeting I drop him off with a banana, cereal or yogurt and he eats it there. Sometimes we skip it all together. oops!
honeydew / 7504 posts
D gets a small breakfast at home (usually a bowl of cereal, oatmeal, or a waffle with peanut butter). Then he also eats breakfast at daycare (typically something similar). It's not the healthiest start to the day, but I certainly don't have time to be making him a full breakfast at home.
clementine / 750 posts
My Lo who is two gets breakfast at daycare. We drop off between 6:45 and 7:00 am and we wake her right before we leave.
grapefruit / 4923 posts
i voted full breakfast but i should have done quick breakfast. we used to do cereal/waffle plus fruit. now we just do a bowl of oatmeal, no fruit. he gets another breakfast at daycare. but we only have 1 right now, and it's daycare so we don't *have* to be there at a specific time, like at school.
honeydew / 7091 posts
Full breakfast: yogurt, fruit, scrambled eggs.
She used to not eat until she got to daycare, but she started demanding food the minute she opened her eyes... haha
We finally have it settled so DH wakes her up at 6:15 and takes her downstairs and makes/gives her breakfast. I'm downstairs with K by 6:30 so DH can leave for work and L eats while I feed K. L and K are done eating by 7 and I get both girls ready and out the door by 7:30
grapefruit / 4235 posts
full breakfast - scrambled eggs and fruit, or oatmeal with fruit, or waffles and fruit. Scrambled eggs only take 1 minute in the microwave. He gets up, we change him and feed him breakfast. My husband starts eating his breakfast with him while I get ready, and then I eat my breakfast with him while DH finishes getting ready. It works pretty well...for now - LO #2 arrives in 6 weeks, eek!
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