Weetabix…

I give my lo Weetabixs for breakfast mix yoghurt in with it she is 9months and has been having since 6months

I give my 6 month old weetabix sometimes for breakfast mixed with breast milk, and she loves it.

@Danielle do you break down the big biscuit pieces or use another type of this product? Also, after mixing with yogurt, are there any possibilities of choking and gagging ?

I feel so stupid for asking this but what is Weetabix?

I have given it twice now I mix with milk until it's soft and then add mashed fruit and yoghurt so it's got more nutrients, it does have some sugar so I wouldn't offer it too often but it's a nice easy base to add other things to

Totally fine to give 8 month old for breakfast 👍🏼 that’s all mine would eat for a while 🤪 I soften with warm milk and add mashed banana and peanut butter for extra calories 😁

I do weetabix for breakfast sometimes. My baby is 8 months and hates food but he’ll take a couple of spoonfuls every now and again. I just pour a tiny bit of boiling water over the piece to soften it and then mix full fat cows milk in. To be honest, I don’t worry too much about the nutrition at this point as his main source of nutrients is breastmilk

@Georgia it's shredded wheat that's conpressed into a long biscuit shape pretty much

@Helen oh okay! Thanks.

Yep. Perfectly fine from 6 months old. Warm milk will make it extra mushy. Good luck though, it’s messy stuff!

It's not healthy at all, it's full of refined sugar so I wouldn't give it to my baby and definitely not for breakfast.

Unfortunately I wouldn’t consider them healthy. They contain only wheat and sugar and have 26 g carbs per serving and only 3.8 g fiber - this is a very low ratio of fiber and makes calling them “whole grain” a stretch. The low fiber and lack of fat and protein means those 22 g carbohydrates will be quickly broken down into 22 g sugar in your body, leading to a blood sugar spike and subsequent crash a couple hours later.

@Yas what do you give your child for breakfast?

Completely agree with Yas. I didn't want to go into detail but I actually study nutrition. @Lisa You will never get a whole picture if you look at "guideline daily amounts" taken completely out of context and especially when posted by a supermarket that sells those things or a manufacturer. If anything else, it's an ultra processed food which are never really very nutritionally rich anyway, let's face it. I understand that it's a convenient choice for people but it's always a better option to just make porridge from scratch and then add some nut/seed butter in it to offset the blood sugar spike. Or just make porridge from buckwheat flakes instead.

It’s literally fine in moderation like anything

@Zdenka I mean they are literally 95% wheat 🤷‍♀️

I have learnt that some people take things a bit too extreme on this site. Its not like your feeding your baby curiously cinnamon or coco pops or the such. I know a 11 month old who eats chocolate croissants for breakfast. In the grand scheme of things wheatabix is not bad- I’d go as far as to say quite healthy and a good way of introducing gluten. Also I’m a big fan of giving babies the foods you want them to eat in the future. To the original poster. Trust me the experts are not on this site, I wouldn’t put too much weight into what some people say on here. Go to impartial reliable sites and books or anything written by the NHS.

I can’t see what’s wrong with weetabix, it’s a staple. I definitely don’t have time to make everything completely from scratch. Everything in moderation. It’s not like giving chocolate for breakfast 🤷‍♀️

Weetabix is okay, I don’t give it too much though. My baby prefers readybrek, I usually give that with some cinnamon. Maybe a mashed banana. I’ve also made scrambled eggs and put some readybrek in there too. My lo loves that. Banana pancakes, yogurt. Try giving a variety of foods, see what baby likes. Milk is their main source of food before 1 anyway and it’s good to introduce different things and follow their lead in what they like/dislike. But sometimes they might like it one day and the next not want it. Or they may not have it to begin with just keep trying

@Shipra I mash the Weetabixs down with her formula until it's soft the add the yoghurt.Theres always going to be a possibility of choking and gagging with any food but just take your time and give sips of water in-between the mouthfuls :)

I think if you're going to give shop bought cereal then it's one of the better options. I give it to my children occasionally, but generally I make them porridge with organic oats Here's some info from a family nutritionist https://www.srnutrition.co.uk/2021/06/breakfast-cereals-you-can-give-to-the-kids/

@Ting that's high sugar though. You can make porridge in the microwave really quickly, there's no need for these sachets

Have you tried Cerelac ? It does contain essential nutrients for their growth and development. You can always spice it up and add different things inside such as bananas. Also you can dictate how thick / lumpy or smooth you make it

@Ting I personally wouldn’t give protein products. I think natural protein is better especially for kids. I’ve mixed scrambled egg in porridge before. Eggs are a good source of protein. I just feel like I should try keeping it as natural as possible because when they’re older they’ll be having processed and artificially added things. I’m also trying to stick to more natural foods because then it will lead to me having a more natural and healthy diet. You can’t go wrong with natural and these days they find all sorts in the food we eat. Kids products have unreal amounts of sugar in it’s scary it’s allowed. Sorry, I’m not going on a rant, I just think it’s better to keep away from artificially added foods xxx

@Nisa I agree. I give her eggs and tend to give her 2-3 different kinds of protein a day. The porridge is sth quick no need to cook. Just think it's better than weetabix.

@Ting aah yeah that’s true it is quick I do give readybrek to my lo. I just don’t like protein added foods. It reminds me of people that go gym 😂 like my husband has them protein shakes etc. so I feel like for kids I wouldn’t give it. If that makes sense xxx

@Kallie eggs, boiled or scrambled with butter and with some avocado most times. Sometimes when she's refusing eggs, Porridge topped up with yoghurt and chopped banana, buckwheat with butter, and berries after breakfast. It's hard as she's not always in the mood to eat everything so I try to be patient and keep feeding her most of it.

@Zdenka Sorry, but that’s a load of bollocks