  Giving DS cake for breakfast  (78 Posts) ShadowMeltingInTheSun
Wed 07-Aug-13 07:26:42  DS woke up early this morning, so DH
went downstairs with DS while I got washed.  When I got
downstairs, I found that instead of say, changing DS's nappy or
giving DS his milk or a normal breakfast, DH has given DS
Battenburg cake for breakfast. I'm not sure how much DS ate, but
there's half a Battenburg missing now.  Apparently this is okay
because DS loves cake (he does love cake), and DH wanted to make
DS happy.  Am I really being unreasonable to think that toddlers
shouldn't be given cake for breakfast, regardless of how much
they like eating cake?  ShadowMeltingInTheSun Wed 07-Aug-13
07:27:21  DS is not quite 2 yrs old btw.  Fakebook Wed 07-Aug-13
07:30:14  I gave DS (19m) cake for breakfast yesterday. It was
ok though because he had a proper breakfast a few hours later.
Just swap the snack time with breakfast and he'll get the same
nutritional balance. No biggie. The only thing I'll disagree
with is the fact it was