Healthy but likable cereal for toddlers?

Magoy · January 2012

Audrey has suddenly started asking for cereal. She's only cereal had a few times other than when we used to give her dry cheerios as a snack. I'm a fan of all the sugary cereals myself (Apple Jacks, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, etc) but would rather not give her that much sugar.

So, what healthier type cereals do you give your kiddos... that they like?

naflmj · January 2012

I think Kix are a bit sweet but not overly sugary...not sure I'd say healthy but better than the sugary ones. Graeme likes whole grain cheerio's, they are "lightly sweetened" and chex.

Cassian · January 2012

Maya love dry plain cheerios, but we recently bought some kix and she loves them too. Last week, I bought a box of Kashi Go Lean Crunch for myself, but I gave some to her, and she always eats every last bit of that as well. I don't consider any of those to be overly sugary, yet, she gobbles them like they're going out of style.

howleyshell · January 2012

Bite sized shreaded wheat holds up fairly well in milk.

Corn flakes

For a fun treat we do Nature's Path Pumpkin Flax granola. It's got a bit more sugar though. What I like about a granola approach is that we do it with yogurt instead of milk. I don't let the kids do milk in cereal on a school day because there's a 100% chance they're going to have milk on their shirts and need to change clothes before we make it out the door.

meechrobi · January 2012

Liam is a HUGE cereal lover. His favorites are:

Berry Berry Kix- dry

Cheerios (plain, Peanut Butter and Banana Nut)-dry

Chex-dry

Raisin Bran with milk

GreenEyedGal · January 2012

My son also loves those mini-sized frosted shredded wheat, for both breakfast or just snacking.

GenRN45 · January 2012

I just gaveAnna Annie's honey bunny o's. She loves them.

Mouseygail · January 2012

Jones is all about the multigrain cheerios.

artygirl · January 2012

Lucas loves Life, with milk at breakfast and also dry for a snack.

laura1 · January 2012

artygirl:
Lucas loves Life, with milk at breakfast and also dry for a snack.

We do Life and Raisin Bran. Mostly they like eating the cereal out of my bowl, rather than have their own, though...

eriness` · January 2012

Kix

Cheerios in a variety of flavors

Oatmeal Squares, by Quaker

We usually do a mixed bowl of Kix, Cheerios, and then some Golden Grahams or Chocolate Cheerios.

sliz · January 2012

Another for multigrain cheerios. Kashi makes a honey sunshine cereal that looks like a small version of oatmeal squares and it is good as well. I personally like chex and crispix too

keg · January 2012

The favorite in my household is "Sparkly" cereal which is actually cinnamon Life. I also have one girl that likes the Berry Kix and most of time we do it dry in snack cups. I think they eat rice krispies and corn flakes at daycare.

chocolatechip06 · January 2012

We do regular Cheerios and Raisin Bran. E also loves a bowl of Oat Bran (hot cereal)

queenbone · January 2012

He just wants to eat what I'm eating so he'll eat Grape Nuts or Wheat Chex in addition to the Cheerios.

On the rare occasion I'll get Golden Grahams and he like that too.

LIAngel · January 2012

Nicholas loves cereal and there are days that he eats it morning noon and night. He likes Cinnamon Life, Cinnamon Chex, Multi Grain Cheerios, and that's it. Or at least that's all he's had. I'll buy it when it's BOGO free cause I like it and then he ends up eating it all. I also have Rice Krispies- but he hasn't hijacked those yet.

I tried Kix and he wasn't a fan.

kkfeb04 · January 2012

I eat Fiber One cereals mostly all of the different flavors and DS will eat those also. He does love his Cheerios too. He's definitely not picky when it comes to cereal, thank goodness because I love my cereal and prior to DS I never bought much cereal since DH doesn't eat cereal or eggs for that matter. I at least have someone else to enjoy it with.

igh0318 · January 2012

DS loves cereal. He usually eats organic cereals comparable to Cheerios, Raisin Bran, & Wheat Chex. His most recent favorite is Kashi Berry Blossoms.

I've also heard good things about the Gorilla Munch cereal (Trader Joe's carries it) but we haven't tried it yet.

Magoy · January 2012

Thanks for all the suggestions! I gave her a bowl of my Apple Jacks this morning and she lapped it up. Went to the store today and bought some of the Berry Kix. She ate some as a snack and loved them. So, we'll see if she'll take it with milk in the morning.

She has a bunch of allergies (incl. eggs & nuts) and we've been in a breakfast rut lately. Several of the "healthier" options have nuts, so we have to avoid those. But, I'm happy she's asking for cereal. Anything to get us out of the grits/oatmeal/banana/toast" rut is awesome

LucyPevensie · January 2012

Jack loves rice crispies, sometimes we'll add a cut up banana too. They do have some sugar in them but aren't "sweet." (I put extra sugar on top of mine -shhh - don't tell Jack.)

SeaSoul · January 2012

Kashi heart to heart

Sara Scissors · January 2012

DS really likes Frosted Mini Wheats. Sweetness with the "frosting" but still healthy. They even have mini ones and ones with different flavors on top, even one with fruit in the middle.

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