The Most Important Meal of the Day

Once upon a time, Kalianna used to eat yogurt every morning for breakfast. She loved it! Then one day she decided she didn't like it anymore, as most toddlers do. But since then, I have not been able to find something she Will eat for breakfast! She just does not like breakfast foods! She does drink juice every morning (the V-8 fusion kind that counts as a serving of fruits and veggies) so I'm not really worried about her. But you would think there has got to be Something she will eat! Nope! She'll try something once, but you can't repeat it. She won't eat it again. We've tried any and every kind of cereal under the sun, bagels, bread, toast, cinnamon toast, eggs, hashbrowns, pancakes or waffles or french toast smothered in syrup (Yeah, my kid says no to syrup!), pancakes or waffles or french toast plain, pop tarts, yogurt, applesauce, doughnuts, oatmeal, bacon, muffins and probably several other things I can't think of right now. I'm just resigned to the fact that Kalianna does not like typical breakfast foods. So I'm giving up on trying. You can't force a kid to like something! Plus she eats a really good lunch and dinner every day. So does breakfast really matter all that much? This morning she drank all her juice and was still hungry so, being out of juice, I gave her water and crackers. Yup. I watched as my daughter happily ate like a prisoner. Oh well. I voiced my concerns to Matt and his response was, "Well, look at who her mom is." Oh yeah. I don't like breakfast foods either.