Want to Know, What to Feed an Almost 1 Year Old for Breakfast?

I love the book Super Baby Food. It has a lot of great, healthy, yummy recipes in it. I am a lot of my own food or read labels carefully as a lot of commercial infant/toddler food contains a lot of sugar and preservatives.

My little boy really liked wheat toast, preferrably the heal of the loaf. No need to put butter or jelly on it. Hope this helps!

You can try to give her french toast sticks. Just warm them let them cool a little and she can hold and feed herself. They come in original or cinnamon flavors. They also have mini pancakes which don't require syrup cause they're already sweet, and shes able to hold those also without getting all sticky. My son lives by these and if I let him he would eat nothing else but these.

My son was a HUGE breakfast eater at this age. Definitely get rid of the jar food and cereal. She obviously does not want that any more. Especially after eating "real" food for lunch and dinner.

Here is what my kids ate (and sometimes still eat) for breakfast:

Nutri-grain bars
Dry Cereal
Oatmeal
Pancakes
Waffles
French Toast Sticks
Eggs
Yogurt
Raisins
Fresh Fruit
Canned Fruit
Pop Tarts
Toast with jelly or apple butter
Bagels with Cream Cheese
English Muffins
Dried Fruit
Applesauce

Hope this helps.

Happy 1st Birthday to your little one! :)

My older kids were 100% self feeding by 8-9 months old so she can definately feed herself breakfast. Just give her the normal breakfast foods... scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, toast, fruit (sliced strawberries, blueberries, cut up apples, oranges, pears, peaches, nectarines, etc.), omelets with stuff in them, french toast, pancakes (leave the butter and syrup off because they get real messy), any cold cereals and even oatmeal (just make it lumpy and it's "finger food". Yes, it's messy but she's washable). Try adding blueberries, cutup bananas or sliced strawberries to the pancake batter. Many kids can't refuse pancakes with fruit in them. Or smash up a banana and add it to the egg mixture for french toast. She can pretty much eat anything at this age (I'd hold off on peanut butter).

Just cut everything up into pea-size bits so it's easy to eat. Don't worry about teeth, babies can gum everything. None of my kids had a single tooth until well after their 1st birthday and never had any issues eating. Besides, the teeth used for chewing don't usually come in until closer to age 2 -- the front teeth are just for biting things off. If she has problems picky up slippery stuff like fruit just smash up some cereal in ziplock and coat the fruit in the crumbs.

My 14 month old loves to eat oatmeal every morning. You can make it a little thicker and it's a great way for your little one to learn to use a spoon on her own.

Good luck.

cooked egg yolks (no whites until they are 1), toast (my son loves it) small pieces of banana, canned pears or peaches

Oatmeal, thick so she can try using a spoon. Canned fruits, cut into bite size pieces. You can try other dry cereals like shreadded wheat, corn flakes and similar. Toast and scrambled eggs are quick and good for little ones with few teeth.

Good luck!

How about french toast sticks, breakfast sausages, bacon,etc. You can fry an egg in a piece of bread with the center torn out......show her how to tear a piece of crust and dunk in the yolk. GOOD TIMES in store for you mommy. Jeanne, Elk Grove Village, Il p.s. you can also make Jiffy corn muffin mix with a couple of pieces of crumbled, cooked bacon. You can freeze the leftovers and give it to her whenever (treat,etc).My GOD! I just read the response from Dr. whoever.. I'm shocked that she doesn't know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day! Her kids don't care about eating because she doesn't care. Those poor 4 children. Maybe she can't cook or has no time for them. Your child could maybe even have a little yogurt protien shake with you. signed, Appauled by the Dr.

Try flavored panckakes again. My boys didn't like pancakes at first, now they want them every morning. Also scrambled eggs are good "finger foods"

I would give her a toddler spoon and a cup of yogurt...my kids loved this at that age....I know it is hard...maybe even give her some scrambled eggs, my kids also liked those...Good Luck

Cherrios ,pancakes and fruit may not be what her body wants. I have 4 kids and with that a little knowledge. They dont eat breakfast and I dont either for that matter ,we dont get hungry until around 10. Then we eat! maybe your child in not hungry then. I think it is American born that we need to eat breakfast lunch dinner. What about our ancestors that caught somthing(protein) once in a blue moon and we lived on seeds and nuts in the meantime. Each child is different go with the flow and dont fit them into some preconcieved idea of how a child should eat. I have one that eats all day, two that eat every other day and one that I have to remind him to eat. I myself could care less about food. To me I need to do this in order to survive. That it has no pleasure other than it is an essential part of living. Food is looked at differently by each ethnic group. Depends totally on where you are coming from. We have a mixture of races now and who knows what each child will wnt. I would recommend offering good vegatables and meat, cheese and the like for their meals. Hope this help Dr Meyer

Yeah, I'm struggling with the same thing. I usually try to give him yogurt with some fruit but I'd hate to have him feed himself first thing in the morning and get all messy! LOL
I've given him some frozen french toast (not the icky sticks of course). Another idea is just some cut up fresh fruit. If I'm wanting him to have protein, I'll mix up a sippy cup of some organic formula for him to have like a morning smoothie.

only give her 3 nuggets (of whatever) at a time. solids, not baby food, since she wants to do this herself. if she's got a lot of teeth, then mayb 1/2" square, else 1/4" sq. only do 3 until she's eating so fast you can't keep up w/ her. THen increase to 6 pcs in front of her. do this until she starts messing it up throwing on the floor, whatnot. then drop it back down to 3 pcs. if she messes that up, then she's done. cleanup time.

i suggest eggs (test out a small bit before giving her the whole thing -- allergy warning), toast or just bread, any kind of fruit she's already had, avocado (super good fats), natural cheese (good protein and fat -- don't do american chs!). Have you tried feeding her yogurt yet? that's a good one too. and most babies like it. Small chunks of meats (sausage, bacon, ham, other).

You don't have to make "breakfast food" for her breakfast. Whatever you want to try.

One ped. wrote that some babies will stop wanting to eat very much if they've mastered how to feed themselves. so, don't forcefeed.

I highly recommend Super Baby Food, the book. It's vegetarian, but you can just add your meats if you eat meat like we do. also, ck this website: http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/foodsbytypeandage.htm

What about some whole grain toast that is cut up? You could spread some avocado on it also...a little messy but very nutritious and yummy. Or just chop up avocado on the side. How about grapes and some cheese? Can she use a spoon at all yet? Plain yogurt is always good. And just about any fruit would be good.

Here are two great sites:

http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/babymenub.htm

http://www.wholesometoddlerfood.com/toddlerbreakfast.htm

My 15 month old is difficult at breakfast, too! But, she loves blueberries. She usually has a handful of those. I also bought some cereal bars from Trader Joe's (like Nutra Grain, but not loaded with high fructose corn syrup), and i cut those into little pieces, which she also liked. also at Trader Joe's i found some super high fiber bran muffins that are also low fat, and she seems to like those too.

I have a 17 month old that thinks the world revolves around foods like coco wheats, instant oatmeal (cream and regular), quick oats, cereals, pancakes, cinnamon raisin toast (lightly buttered), and eggs (scrambled with ketchup only). Hope some of this helps. He usually has milk with his breakfast but on occasion will have juice instead. The cinnamon raisin toast is nice cause it is quick easy healthy and they can feed themselves without to much fuss. Hope this helps. Let us know how it goes. Shannon
PS. What about yogurt and fruit in the morning. Perhaps she isn't such a wonderful morning person and finds some of these foods to heavy for first thing in the morning.

One thing that my daughter likes (and she's VERY picky), is BLUEBERRY pancakes! She didn't like regular ones at all, but she does like the blueberry ones! I pre-make a bunch of them and freeze them. (Or Walmart has a big bag of 24 for like $4). Also...once she's over a year (and approved by your doctor) she can have eggs...which I make with cheese, and make them kinda big pieces for her to pick up (scrambled). Other things my little ones likes is adult oatmeal...apple/cinammon and so on. Also, French Toast in pieces is good (usually on weekends w/Daddy around too). But those could be frozen too.

Good luck!
Leslie

how about edemame? or berries/melon chunks?

You can always try feeding her oatmeal. Also, you can try making scrambled eggs. Eggs are not as bad for you either as what people think as long as they are ate in moderation. Another thing is to try different types of cereal to give her.

Babies (and little kids, for that matter) don't differentiate between "breakfast" and "lunch/dinner" foods the way that adults do, so I would just feed her what you do for lunch or dinner for breakfast. There's no reason breakfast can't be sliced turkey and peas, though it may not sound appealing to us as adults. Just look at the positives that she wants to feed herself and substitute some dinnertime food for breakfast!

Eggs, boiled, scrambled or poached depending on how brave you are, lol. Try french toast and add cinnamon and vanilla to the batter no syrup. My kids love my no syrup FT. Try some peanut butter toast, yoagurt, cooked apples,cooked pears, sugar free instant oatmeal, cream of wheat or even grits. You might be surprized what she might like. She may even like an omilet with vegi's in it. They now make small cubes of ham you can buy. They are the perfect size for little ones. My 11 yr old loves veggies daughter. When she was old enought to walk I would take her to the garden with me to pick tomatoes and I never thought of it becoming a weakness for her. This child LOVES veggies. I can't keep her out of the garden now. She will wonder in empty handed and out with something in her mouth and off to play with her friends she goes. She is a weird kid, lol loves to eat onions like apples. Yuck!!! but its good for her so I let it go. All 4 of my kids like candy but they will take an apple or sometimes even a homemade granola bar over sweets. It's all in how you feed them now as to how they make food choices for themselves later in life. Let her try some foods just in small amount and make sure you only try something new every 3 or 4 day incase she has an alergy to something. That way you know what did it. Luck to you.

Egg and cheese scrambled and toast with jelly and no crust. Yogart or milk.

Canned fruits are good because they are soft. Cut up some canned peaches or pears. Dry toast is also good for little ones starting to feed themselves. If you don't mind the mess you can let her start to experiment with handling a spoon. Give very small amounts of yogurt or applesauce (so that the mess doesn't get to out of control). She may not get much of it to her mouth, but she will love experimenting and the sooner she starts to successfully feed herself, the easier mealtimes will be for you!

Also, I can't remember the rule on when you can start feeding babies eggs (I think it is at 1 year), but my kids loved scramble eggs!

Have you tried scrambled eggs or yogurt yet? We brought our daughter home just before her first birthday, but she hadn't had solid food yet. Those were two of her early favorites. She's 21 months now and still loves them both.

I guess it depends on whether or not your child has teeth?!

French toast sticks cut into bite sizes, toast with a little spread(jelly and/or butter), anything like this with a Dole fruit cup(drain and dump). If she likes the fruit maybe you can get away with putting the fruit on her tray and then spoon feeding her some oatmeal, cereal, etc. Maybe the fruit will keep her occupied enough. ???

How old do they have to be now to get eggs? Scrambled eggs would be great, if she's old enough. ((Sorry, I have an 11 & 13 yr old, the rules have all changed so much, LOL!))

Good luck.

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Cut up strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, mango, banana, pineapple, kiwi (there are better prices for fruits at Costco) hard boiled eggs cut into pieces, mixtures of different dry cereals together, PBJ squares, and pieces of cheese.

My son is a big oatmeal and yogurt eater for breakfast. We give him "real" oatmeal and have been since he was 6 months old. I usually just put some from my bowl into his, since it's what I eat too. He sometimes uses a spoon and sometimes not. Some mornings we do cheese omlettes (otherwise known as scrambled eggs with some cheese on them) which he LOVES. He also likes pancakes and waffles, but not all the time. Other fruit - like cherry tomatoes, grapes, oranges, apples etc - are popular too. Toast with butter and jam or peanut butter is good too.

My daughter is now 11yrs old she had never had baby food, I made all my own.(I worked full time and mostly was a single mom) Try scrambled eggs, buttered toast, and any type of food that your daughter is happy eating.(chicken,fish,pork, anything) I never believed in "breakfast-food" If they eat and its healthy be happy. My daughter eats very healthy, healthier than I do. She's tall & thin.(not like I was)

My 17 month old son loves his bananas for breakfast, to. How about trying vegetables (peas & corn) for breakfast? Your daughter will have fun picking out each vegetable. Or maybe macaroni & cheese? I get the mac & cheese packs from Costco. Toddlers need a lot of calories and starch for growth and energy.

You can make banana pancakes, french toast, scrambled egg with a little cheese and/or veggies, or fruit chunks (you can get canned peaches in natural juice or buy pears and wait until they are ripe), bagel with a little cream cheese cut into small pieces, toast with fruit spread... try to think about what you would eat or order from a restaurant and then just adapt it a little for tiny fingers and that usually will work for a one year old!

No reason to give her baby cereal. Make oatmeal thick and let her feed herself. It won't be clean, but it will keep her happy! Bananas, melon, berries, anything you can make small pieces out of are great finger foods.

Our baby will be 1 next week on 2/14 and here's his breakfast rotation (we typically pick 2 items from the list):

yo-baby yogurt cup
cheerios
pancakes
applesauce
diced pears
diced peaches
cut up banana

He loves it!

My son loves toast (wheat bread) and jelly, and yo baby yogurt for breakfast! Also I always give him som cut up fruit - strawberries, cantelope ...

Fix her some oatmeal, she'll surely wear a lot of it, but it's very good for her. Also fruit chuncks, even veggies. 15 grain bread toasted and cut into small pieces. Dinner time food is good for breakfast too :) Little ones seem to enjoy yogurt too.

I have battled with this as well, one day my 1 year old LOVES waffles and pancakes, the next he won't eat them. I have found that putting the 100% fruit, no sugar jelly on them does the trick everytime - he will eat every last bite! Also, have you tried yogurt?

Remember L., your daughter is growing and learning alot. They will learn at young ages what they like and don't like. Try other cerals that are healthy and other fruits. Also yogurt isn't that bad either. Remember you maybe watching what you eat not your daughter she has to learn and needs to grow. My grand daughter taught me a lesson of her likes and dislike at a young age. She is 4yrs old and when she was between two and 3 I took her clothes shopping I picked something out and she said no. I told her I liked it and was going to buy it for her she replied back she won't wear it. She ment it too. If you tried to put something on her she wouldn't wear she would fight you till you gave her something else. I know her taste now so grandmom makes her happy. Aslo remember one important thing make sure all thir food is not frozen. Foods that have to be preped by hand are always much healthier then food already prepaired for you. M. (mother of 3 grandmother of 2)

This was the tough transition time for me too. Some successful, healthy foods are oatmeal (there are so many kinds now so you can limit the amount of sugar she is getting) or just plain oatmeal with the banana's or baby food fruit for starters; cantalope/honey dew melon cut up into very small cubes; quartered grapes if she is ready; eggs (can't remember if they have to be 1 before having eggs?); toast (with peanut butter, cinammon, or natural no sugar added jam; other organic cereals available at most Martin's stores-King Vitaman, Clifford Crunch, or any Mothers' Brand cereals to mix it up from the cheerios; we even did the lil smokies sausages cut up in small pieces. To this day all 3 of my kids (4,6&9) will still eat some of these, though not all on the same day of course:) Good luck!

My son just turned one last week, he has 6 teeth... but he eats pretty much anything we eat. I just gave him those little sausage links the other day and he loved them. I just peeled the skin off of them. The doc. said at one they can start eating eggs, so we do scrambled eggs. My son skipped baby food... he eat our food way better! Good luck!

Hi there-

My daughter was born a year ago yesterday and she too is struggling to eat her own meals. :)

Some things to consider:
Eggs- scrambled
Bread
Muffins
Rice
Apples

Hope this helps!
N.

Have you tried Eggos (I've even tried the organic whole wheat alternative to be more healthy!) They are awesome because you can spread anything into those nooks and crannies! Cottage cheese, pureed prunes/ apples/carrots/whatever. One of those diced up, banana slices and cheerios have been our breakfast for a couple months now! You can't avoid the mess though... :(

My little girl will be 1 in less than a week. We give her canned fruits in light syrap. I don't like the light syrap part, but she is able to feed herself with them and seems to fill her up better than the baby food.

Just give her cut fruit, like a fruit salad. She can pick the colors that she likes, so it's fun and she can do it herself. She sounds wonderful!

I have a 14 month old who did the same thing. I give her yobaby yogurt with cereal already added, soft cut up fruits she can mash with her gums or teeth(cantelope, banannas, honey dew, watermelon, etc.) I would stay away from stawberries until I think 2yrs(ask your ped.) because of allergy possibilities. Also go with fresh fruit rather than canned or jar(they have more sugar) fresh friut is natural sweetness. Instant oatmeal(flavored) is great and after 1yr. scrambles eggs(she loves them) with wheheat toast. Basically anything that is soft and easy to chew. As for the wanting to feed herself; give her, her own spoon/fork while you feed her that way she can learn to so it herself and at the same time you know she's getting enough to eat. I will usually say "a bite" when i'm trying to give her one and if she won't take I say "no, are you full?" as I pull the spoon back and no she will shake her head no if doesn't want the bite and I know she's full. It will take practice but you'll figure out what works for the two of you, just have fun and experiment. Good Luck!

I recently gave blueberries to my 15 month old - he LOVES them. So, I give him a handful of blueberries in a little yogurt. I also sometimes do oatmeal - if we're in a time crunch I don't because he feeds himself finger foods, but he flings oatmeal so I feed it to him (guess using a spoon himself is a job to really work on on the weekends for us)!!

I give my almost one year old Gerber Graduates Breakfast bars....He loves them....

Dear L.,
She could est any cut up canned fruit, like peaches or pears etc.
Or cut up canned vegetables like green beans or carrots....
French Toast, soft scrambled egg, room temperature chunks of cheese, etc.
I would keep trying the pancakes too from time to time, you can put applesauce in them when you make them, or blueberries.
Try a recipe for soft oatmeal cookies (use the chopped fine oats) and give her pieces of those.
If you have another recipe for soft cookies (such as applesauce cookies) you can substitute some wheat germ or bran for some of the dry ingredients and they make a good breakfast food.
You just have to experiment to come up with healthier foods.
Never give up on a food or ingredient because she turns up her nose at it the first time out.
Hope this helps.

Here are some things I fed both of mine and the baby I watch at a year old.

Tiny cubes of block cheese, scrambled eggs, small pieces of soft fruit like strawberries, cantalope, watermelon, and so on. Give her a spoon and let her try to spoon feed herself grits, oatmeal, or applesauce. You can also cut up sausage and ham into small tiny bites. Steam and apple or nuke it for a bit until slightly soft and then cut it up into tiny pieces. Tear a bisquit into small tiny bites.

Hope those help.

I started giving my daughter one scrambled egg. My doctor said that no more than 3 eggs in a week at that age. It's easy to make in the microwave with a little bit of whole milk and it's not messy to eat. My daughter loves them.

Pieces of fruit are great. toast, eggs (yolk before aged one and all of it after 1 - a little messy but not too bad), cheese stick, other bread pieces, pancakes, waffles, sausage meat without the skin in little bits, yoghurt (not a finger food but she may like it more than the rice cereal).

I ran into that problem with my daughter too. I would try eggs with salsa or ketchup to dip them in (she'll eat almost anything if she can dip it in something), waffles, pancakes, all of it. But it just seems she doesn't like breakfast. So I feed her dinner food at breakfast and it goes well! Chicken, broccoli, stew, anything. We have a lot more success now!

scramble some eggs.... sounds like Ella is your first... don't try and raise her through a book... live on the edge...just wait until your second.... you won't be giving them baby food past 9mths !.... ha... believe me..

E....
Nanny of 9yrs, Single mother of 2- 1.5 and 4.5yr old girls !

There are a million cereals out there that are all healthy. Yogurt cheerios, Dora Explorer cereal, etc. Instead of putting milk in the bowl (and getting ready for a mess) put the milk in a sippy cup and give them dry cereal.
Children also like granola bars, cereal bars, and muffins. My 2 and 3 year old have developed a liking to basically anything in a baggy. For some reason food is more fun if they can put it in a baggy. Can't hurt to try!

Hello, my daughter has never been a picky eater but maybe these suggestions will help you out, she really likes scrambled eggs - she doesn't even mind when I mix in ham and peas, oatmeal (the instant flavor packets are a life saver!), grapes (sliced in half), yogurt (the huge variety of flavors goes over really well), tater tots or crispy crowns - although not especially healthy go over well. Hopefully some of these suggestions help you. Good Luck!