Here Are 25 Easy Breakfast Ideas For Preschoolers, According To Real Moms

“My kid loves banana sushi for breakfast. I take a banana, cover it in peanut butter, and then roll it in breakfast cereal. I slice it into rounds, and he eats it. I personally prefer a California roll myself, but hey, he eats it, so I’m happy.”

“My kids love chocolate chip waffles. I’d like to say that I make them from scratch, but on busy mornings, frozen is fine.”

“My kid likes to pick, so I just put out lots of little things for her to eat, like berries and granola. I try to see how much she’s actually eating, since it looks like she’s just nibbling, but her pediatrician said she’s at the right weight for her age, so I guess she’s okay.”

“My son only wants to eat sandwiches — for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. So it doesn’t feel like the same sammy every meal, I use these cute sandwich cutters, which make fun shapes. It gets him to eat faster in the morning, which is my ultimate goal.”

“My kids like yogurt in the morning. Usually I would give them a fun-flavored one, but recently, they started liking Greek yogurt, and I feel like it’s such a parental win.”

“My 3-year-old typically gets a waffle with a bit of syrup, a small handful of fruit (grapes or strawberries), and a sausage link or two.”

“Bacon! It’s bacon every morning. I roast it every morning in the oven before they come downstairs. It makes the house smell amazing, but it’s a scent that sticks to you, if you know what I mean. When I show up at work, my clothes smell like a diner.”

“I do a toast bar. I’ll put slices of wheat toast into the toaster, and then put out different toppings, like butter, cream cheese, peanut butter, or berries. I find that my kids are more likely to eat when they have a choice about what they eat.”

“A chocolate sandwich. It’s basically Nutella in between two slices of bread. In my defense, I serve them multigrain or wheat bread, so at least, it’s not like they’re eating dessert. Although I am happy when someone has some left over on their plate, because I eat it.”

“I microwave those breakfast sandwiches. Sometimes, my child eats the top part with the egg and cheese, and other days, he eats the bottom part, with the sausage. It’s always interesting to see which part he’ll eat.”

“McD’s drive-thru! I have a very slow-to-rise child, and when I’m rushing, a hash brown is the best breakfast. Don’t judge me.”

“My kids love eggs, so I’ll scramble up a few while they’re getting ready for school. And by getting ready for school, I mean fighting with each other.”

“During the week, it’s whatever is frozen and fast. But on the weekends, when there’s more time, I break out my waffle maker and we make homemade waffles from scratch. The kids love it, because they know even just seeing the waffle maker, that it’s our time to go slow and relax.”

“I don’t know why, but my toddler loves soup in the mornings. He’s big into chicken noodle, so I serve him about a cup of it. And yes, as you can imagine, it takes forever for him to eat it. But he’s so happy with his soup and he hums while he’s eating it, so I try not to rush him.”

“We have bagels everyday, and there’s a reason for it. Unlike toast, which is easy to break, a bagel is more sturdy, and so if we have to leave the house to go to school and he’s still eating, he can eat the bagel in the car and I don’t have to worry about it breaking in the back seat.”

“Now that it’s starting to get cooler, we’ve been eating more oatmeal. Apart from being super healthy, it’s also versatile in that you can really add in any toppings. Sometimes my kids eat it with fruit, or syrup. When I ran out of toppings, they just ate it plain, and that was shocking.”

“I just serve cereal. I bet that’s not as exciting as some of the other answers you’ll get. But they eat and I know that their bellies are full when they go to school, so that’s the goal for me.”

“For some reason, my kid refuses to chew in the mornings, so I make her a smoothie. I blend in a bunch of fruits, yogurt, and almond milk, and she loves it. I can’t sneak in other healthy things, like kale, because she’s always watching me while I put the ingredients in the blender.”

“My kids eat breakfast at school, but I do give them a hot chocolate in the morning. It makes me feel good to know that they have something in their stomach as they head off to school for the day.”

“My kid only eats granola bars in the morning. I wish he would eat something more substantive, but it’s a battle that I don’t feel like dealing with every day.”

“It’s the craziest thing, but my child likes having leftovers from the night before for breakfast. So come the morning, he might be eating leftover lasagna or chicken parm. And yes, he has a great appetite.”

“My daughter loves eating crackers with cheese. But I have to slice the cheese up right before she’s about to eat it, because if it becomes even the slightest bit hard, she’ll push it away and cry.”

My kids love any kind of bread in the morning, so biscuits, waffles, toast, bagels are right up her alley. They just discovered English muffins and she’s obsessed with them. It’s gotta be all those nooks and crannies.”

“My child eats pancakes with syrup. But by syrup, I mean swimming in syrup. So it’s more like syrup with pancakes than the other way around."

“She loves hard boiled eggs and she insists on peeling them herself. When she’s done, she’s left with very little egg, though, so I have to boil a few so that I know she got enough food."

Experts:

Kara Hoerr, RDN, nutritionist

Melissa Kathryn, certified holistic nutritionist

Dr. Olivia Audrey, M.D., board certified naturopathic doctor and wellness expert