Breakfast for an independent 1 year old?

[crystal7]

My daughter has always eaten mashed up weetabix fro breakfast, It was the only time of the day she'd allow us to spoonfeed her. Now she has decided she wants to do it herself but she is a bit hit or miss at loading the spoon and lots of it slides off. Any ideas of breakfasts she can feed herself. She does eat toast but not much. Her weight gain's very slow (2nd centile, HV not very pleased) so I'm looking for ideas as calorific as weetabix and gold top milk!

Thanks!

[kristymac1]

How about a fairly well cooked cheese omlette - it makes great finger food, full of protein....

[trinity]

boiled egg emptied out of its shell

pancakes

cut up sauasages

cheese on toast fingers

It's good that she is learning to feed herself so I would still encourage her to eat her weetabix with a spoon but maybe give her something else at the same time.

[catgirl]

shredded wheat bitesized are a good 'finger food' cereal.

My 1 year old often has a bowl with some mashed wheetabix and then a few shredded wheat bitesized and does a mixture of messy spoonfeeding and eating with his fingers.

[Belle]

you can get bite sized oatibix - I give them to my son sometimes just briefly dunked in milk (so still solid enough to hold) - seems to go down well.

[mumra]

Not finger food but I find Porridge works well as a first cereal- especially if made to be gloopy as it sticks to the spoon when they scoop it up.

[Fuschia]

Protein yes, with fruit maybe

Grated cheese

SCrambled egg

Frittata

HaRD boiled egg

[EmilyE]

Maybe not too much milk in the weetabix (I know it sounds gross, but mine ate it dry for a bit...) with more milk in a cup along side

Eggy bread (or French toast as sophisticates like to call it)

or toast and smoothie - whizz up banana, plain yoghurt, maybe orange juice and some other fruit for lots of calories in a cup, then it doesn't matter so much if the weetabix ends up on the floor...