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Eating Breakfast - 45 Minutes? WDYD?
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<blockquote data-quote="dreamer" data-source="post: 42689" data-attributes="member: 1697"><p>First, I am not and never ever have been a breakfast person, neither was my brother nor my mother, nor 2 of my children. Food holds NO appeal to any of us until we have been awake 5-6 hours. Second, I am a slow eater, myself. I worked 2-3 jobs all my life, ever since being out on my own since age 12, and it was always in types of jobs where you eat in between work, (no scheduled breaks) If I were to eat during work hours (and I worked often 16-20 hours a day) I would have to eat VERY fast. That meant, for me, when I did not have to eat fast, I didn't. I take an hour to eat a meal, easy! </p><p>I also find meal time to be a social event, and a bonding time and a pleasant activity. It is also a celebration event. </p><p></p><p>In elem school my kids started school at 7 am. (no easy feat, I worked till 2 am) And my kids ate sloooooowwwww. I had to wake them at 5 am to get them to get thru their morning routine to get them to school on time. This also was no easy task becuz our psychiatrist and tdocs and WRAP and SASS persons required my older child to attend a peer group out of our town, across the county that did not end until 9 PM. </p><p>Our school did NOT provide breakfast- free or otherwise- to anyone. Our school also did what I consider intrusive and weird things- they would question the kids "what did you have for breakfast, what is in your lunch, what did you have for dinner" Not one on one in the nurses office if a child complained of a tummy ache, but rather as a part of class many many days a week. They also did "lectures" at orientations, open houses and parent teacher conferences about what is considered a meal. &lt;sigh&gt; (I found them abnoxious) </p><p></p><p>I have one child who was terrible in the mornings, and could not even dress herself most mornings, (later a newer psychiatrist thought the medications might have contributed to the problem) and she caused us many meetings with case managers, WRAP and SASS over morning routine and breakfast etc. We caught a LOT of criticism over WHAT we fed for breakfast and how long we permitted a child to take to eat. </p><p></p><p>It is my opinion that some people do like to eat slow. Eating slow is NOT a "bad thing" Eating slow is healthier. </p><p>I did not read that your child balked at eating breakfast, so I am assuming it is not that your child does not WANT to eat in the morning? If your child WANTS to eat in the morning, you may have to reconsider what time your child wakes up in the mornings. -- waking up with enough time to permit your child to eat breakfast leisurely. Or if it is that your child is not awake enough to eat, maybe you could rearrange your morning routine so breakfast is eaten after the rest of morning routine? Maybe "finger foods" would be a better breakfast food choice? Something that is simple and easy to eat and does not require utensils or dishes? Maybe cut chunks of fruit and yogurt to dip it in? Or cereal bars or granola bars? Waffles cut into sticks and spread with peanut butter? Cheese cubes? Hard boiled eggs? you could freeze juice into ice pops with sticks and they could be eaten as a popsickle (especially with summer coming?) </p><p></p><p>Our school once told me rather nastily that DINNER should not take more than 20 minutes when I complained about the school only giving our elem school kids 10 mins to eat lunch. I was horrified. in my opinion dinner with the whole family should take at LEAST an hour. (on those days when you can get everyone together at one time, which I still am able to accomplis, but I know not everyone can) </p><p></p><p>For many people eating is a social affair, a celebratory event, and a pleasure. Alas there are also people who have little interest in eating and only do so becuz they have to. You need to figure out WHY your child eats so slow at breakfast and then go on from there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer, post: 42689, member: 1697"] First, I am not and never ever have been a breakfast person, neither was my brother nor my mother, nor 2 of my children. Food holds NO appeal to any of us until we have been awake 5-6 hours. Second, I am a slow eater, myself. I worked 2-3 jobs all my life, ever since being out on my own since age 12, and it was always in types of jobs where you eat in between work, (no scheduled breaks) If I were to eat during work hours (and I worked often 16-20 hours a day) I would have to eat VERY fast. That meant, for me, when I did not have to eat fast, I didn't. I take an hour to eat a meal, easy! I also find meal time to be a social event, and a bonding time and a pleasant activity. It is also a celebration event. In elem school my kids started school at 7 am. (no easy feat, I worked till 2 am) And my kids ate sloooooowwwww. I had to wake them at 5 am to get them to get thru their morning routine to get them to school on time. This also was no easy task becuz our psychiatrist and tdocs and WRAP and SASS persons required my older child to attend a peer group out of our town, across the county that did not end until 9 PM. Our school did NOT provide breakfast- free or otherwise- to anyone. Our school also did what I consider intrusive and weird things- they would question the kids "what did you have for breakfast, what is in your lunch, what did you have for dinner" Not one on one in the nurses office if a child complained of a tummy ache, but rather as a part of class many many days a week. They also did "lectures" at orientations, open houses and parent teacher conferences about what is considered a meal. <sigh> (I found them abnoxious) I have one child who was terrible in the mornings, and could not even dress herself most mornings, (later a newer psychiatrist thought the medications might have contributed to the problem) and she caused us many meetings with case managers, WRAP and SASS over morning routine and breakfast etc. We caught a LOT of criticism over WHAT we fed for breakfast and how long we permitted a child to take to eat. It is my opinion that some people do like to eat slow. Eating slow is NOT a "bad thing" Eating slow is healthier. I did not read that your child balked at eating breakfast, so I am assuming it is not that your child does not WANT to eat in the morning? If your child WANTS to eat in the morning, you may have to reconsider what time your child wakes up in the mornings. -- waking up with enough time to permit your child to eat breakfast leisurely. Or if it is that your child is not awake enough to eat, maybe you could rearrange your morning routine so breakfast is eaten after the rest of morning routine? Maybe "finger foods" would be a better breakfast food choice? Something that is simple and easy to eat and does not require utensils or dishes? Maybe cut chunks of fruit and yogurt to dip it in? Or cereal bars or granola bars? Waffles cut into sticks and spread with peanut butter? Cheese cubes? Hard boiled eggs? you could freeze juice into ice pops with sticks and they could be eaten as a popsickle (especially with summer coming?) Our school once told me rather nastily that DINNER should not take more than 20 minutes when I complained about the school only giving our elem school kids 10 mins to eat lunch. I was horrified. in my opinion dinner with the whole family should take at LEAST an hour. (on those days when you can get everyone together at one time, which I still am able to accomplis, but I know not everyone can) For many people eating is a social affair, a celebratory event, and a pleasure. Alas there are also people who have little interest in eating and only do so becuz they have to. You need to figure out WHY your child eats so slow at breakfast and then go on from there. [/QUOTE]
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