https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:54:39 +0000 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:52:32 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5481 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=106505&title=cereal-or-lolly#106505 Author: nikkitheknitter
Subject: 5481
Posted: 02 February 2007 at 10:52pm

Aw Rach, it breaks my heart to hear you say that you were a "naughty kid"! I'll bet you weren't... but maybe your behaviour was naughty

(Ahhhh I am a real mother! )]]> Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:52:32 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=106505&title=cereal-or-lolly#106505 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=106489&title=cereal-or-lolly#106489 Author: Rachael21
Subject: 5481
Posted: 02 February 2007 at 10:19pm

I was a very naughty kid so I wasn't allowed anything with food colouring or heaps of sugar in it it hyped me up too much. But now I don't like coke or stuff with too much artificial colouring it hurts my tummy. I eat reasonably well with the exception of chocolate and gummi bears.]]> Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:19:15 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=106489&title=cereal-or-lolly#106489 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=106108&title=cereal-or-lolly#106108 Author: aimeejoy
Subject: 5481
Posted: 01 February 2007 at 7:34pm

I think I usually had toast or weetbix. Ricies and Cornflakes were a treat for dessert with fruit!! ]]> Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:34:51 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=106108&title=cereal-or-lolly#106108 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=106028&title=cereal-or-lolly#106028 Author: Sarah Beth
Subject: 5481
Posted: 01 February 2007 at 3:05pm

I am 27 and we never had it either Annie, Ricies or cornflakes were common place though]]> Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:05:25 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=106028&title=cereal-or-lolly#106028 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=106019&title=cereal-or-lolly#106019 Author: fattartsrock
Subject: 5481
Posted: 01 February 2007 at 1:47pm

Bombshell wrote: Im sorry but what did you eat as a kid??? go check out those boxes..I had honey puffs, fruit loops etc...the sugar is HUGE!!!! one box wont hurt them....

We didn't ever have anything like that as kids, mainly because it was expensive. We had weetbix and/or toast, sometimes we had cornflakes and as a very very special treat rice bubbles... Mind you, I am 32, and I'm sure there wasn't so much american crud on the market then as is now...]]> Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:47:57 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=106019&title=cereal-or-lolly#106019 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105985&title=cereal-or-lolly#105985 Author: miss
Subject: 5481
Posted: 01 February 2007 at 7:12am

We only ever had weetbix or porridge, maybe ricies or cornflakes as a treat. My fav cereal once I hit about 10 was all bran, and that was what I ate till I went off it recently. (I made my mother buy it for me back then as she thought it tasted like cardboard!)

What a shame that survey didn't have nutragrain in it - so many of my kids have it because it is touted as a healthy option (with the 'ironman' linking), and it so isn't!]]> Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:12:24 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105985&title=cereal-or-lolly#105985 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105972&title=cereal-or-lolly#105972 Author: linda
Subject: 5481
Posted: 31 January 2007 at 10:29pm

We used McDonalds as the treat Harry got when he was toilet changed and it worked really well]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:29:44 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105972&title=cereal-or-lolly#105972 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105970&title=cereal-or-lolly#105970 Author: Jennz
Subject: 5481
Posted: 31 January 2007 at 10:19pm

Charlotte won't eat cereal at all! Probably doesn't help that I've only ever offered porridge or weetbix, but still. Shes a toast and fruit girl (sometimes crumpets or muffins for a treat). Thankfully most of the 'bad' cereals may contain traces of nuts so I doubt it will ever be an issue.]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:19:57 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105970&title=cereal-or-lolly#105970 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105948&title=cereal-or-lolly#105948 Author: mum2paris
Subject: 5481
Posted: 31 January 2007 at 8:35pm

ew my kids have water, or milk. allowed 1 drink of juice with dinner that's basically water with a dash of juice for colour.

We do the mcDonalds thing though - not often, but as a treat. I still always feel conscious of people seeing Little miss ayja sittin in the highchair eating it. even more so when she was younger.

The girls get porridge, toast or ricies or weet-bix, with peaches for paris. sometimes we grab one of the treat cereals but it just gets a few sprinkled on the ricies. ]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:35:18 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105948&title=cereal-or-lolly#105948 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105897&title=cereal-or-lolly#105897 Author: nikkitheknitter
Subject: 5481
Posted: 31 January 2007 at 5:32pm

Hannah has had McDs but only as a special treat... I try to maintain a balanced diet over time.

Fanta in bottles... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek! ]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:32:34 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105897&title=cereal-or-lolly#105897 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105869&title=cereal-or-lolly#105869 Author: Bombshell
Subject: 5481
Posted: 31 January 2007 at 4:35pm

yeah that is what i meant - a treat...if they are only given the one box then it isnt likely to be an ongoing thing...
and yeah the mcdonalds thing gets me...all this pc rubbish some people speil off and then they feed the kids crap like that??? Im with SB our kids will be deprived of that kinda rubbish! My pet peeve (lived in sth auckland for too long!) was seeing kids with Coca cola / fanta in their bottles...so of course those kids continue on to have soft drinks all the time too...]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:35:35 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105869&title=cereal-or-lolly#105869 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105867&title=cereal-or-lolly#105867 Author: Sarah Beth
Subject: 5481
Posted: 31 January 2007 at 4:30pm

that is what I think they are ginger - treats not an everyday item! We had weetbix, cornflakes or ricies (and funnily enough, it is what I have often now as well) or it was toast.

Dh and I have established that we will have the most deprived children in the neighbourhood ]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:30:53 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105867&title=cereal-or-lolly#105867 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105860&title=cereal-or-lolly#105860 Author: ginger
Subject: 5481
Posted: 31 January 2007 at 4:22pm

We never had them either - we had toast, or porridge if we were at my Grandparents. We got a bag of cornflakes each fortnight, usually for Mum to bake with though, and occasionally we had ricies - but with 4 kids, whatever we had, they didn't last long at *all*! That sort of thing was very much a treat - and of course there is so much knowledge out there now about the affects of eating that sort of thing too.

Mind you ...whether I'm just a bit AR in my opinions remains to be seen. When my BIL, SIL and niece came up a few weeks ago, my SIL informed us that my niece (almost 9 months at that stage) doesn't eat baby food anymore (would've been nice to know *before* I'd collected jars and jars of the stuff - cereal, veges, desserts ), and then plonked her down with a box of McDonalds chips for dinner, I nearly had heart failure!

I do hope that the kids enjoy their treat though when they have them ]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:22:59 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105860&title=cereal-or-lolly#105860 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105850&title=cereal-or-lolly#105850 Author: lizzle
Subject: 5481
Posted: 31 January 2007 at 3:44pm

i might mix them in with another cereal or something. I find it amazing personally because these kinda things are marketed showing parents how "healthy" they are "good source of energy" kinda things - and then you look at the label . Now i'm not against giving my children a treat once and again, but i would never give my children lollies for breakfast and in my opinion its the same thing! It gets annoying as I know most parents want to feed their children the best and compaines seem to be out to deliberatly misinform us!

as a kid I ate toast usually for breakfast - i rarely had those kinda cereals as they were expensive and we couldn't afford them.]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:44:34 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105850&title=cereal-or-lolly#105850 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105843&title=cereal-or-lolly#105843 Author: meow
Subject: 5481
Posted: 31 January 2007 at 3:27pm

Bombshell wrote: Im sorry but what did you eat as a kid??? go check out those boxes..I had honey puffs, fruit loops etc...the sugar is HUGE!!!! one box wont hurt them....

Yeah I did eat things like that as a kid, but it doesn't mean I want my kid to eat them now

That is alot of sugar! Ella gets ricies or weetbix, cornflakes sometimes too. Even ricies have sugar in them, so stupid..She has raisins as a treat, or sometimes tinned peaches.

I like Nikki's idea of sprinkling a few on top though.]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:27:00 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105843&title=cereal-or-lolly#105843 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105837&title=cereal-or-lolly#105837 Author: yummymummy
Subject: 5481
Posted: 31 January 2007 at 3:18pm

The sugar content of some cereals is crazy - it's like giving kids cake & ice-cream for b'fast. It's probably even worse and not as yummy! Most of the cereals are so over-processed, there is no goodness in them at all - other than the vitamins/minerals they add after manufacture to make the cereal sound good!
Personally, I don't eat cereal and won't be giving it to my kids either - such a waste of time. Porridge with milk and fruit is healthy; or toast with cheese; eggs etc - but no cereal.]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:18:23 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105837&title=cereal-or-lolly#105837 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105807&title=cereal-or-lolly#105807 Author: nikkitheknitter
Subject: 5481
Posted: 31 January 2007 at 1:20pm

P.S. Just found this for your viewing pleasure. Sugar survey of cereals]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:20:18 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105807&title=cereal-or-lolly#105807 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105806&title=cereal-or-lolly#105806 Author: nikkitheknitter
Subject: 5481
Posted: 31 January 2007 at 1:17pm

My Dad has rice bubbles and then usually sprinkles a few fruit loops on top... perhaps you could use them like that???

But yeah... I'm a bit anti-sugar for breakfast cereals. Can't be good for getting through the day at all!

P.S. We were never allowed those things as kids... maybe Honey Puffs as a treat, but not Fruit Loops or Cocoa Pops etc

Edited by nikkiwhyte]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:17:07 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105806&title=cereal-or-lolly#105806 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105805&title=cereal-or-lolly#105805 Author: aimeejoy
Subject: 5481
Posted: 31 January 2007 at 1:13pm

OMG! I have never eaten that kind of cereal cos I thought it prob was high in sugar but that is a huge percentage of sugar. Its kinda sad cos some people probably think they are being good buying cereal without reading the back.]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:13:28 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105805&title=cereal-or-lolly#105805 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105800&title=cereal-or-lolly#105800 Author: Bombshell
Subject: 5481
Posted: 31 January 2007 at 1:03pm

Im sorry but what did you eat as a kid??? go check out those boxes..I had honey puffs, fruit loops etc...the sugar is HUGE!!!!

one box wont hurt them....]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:03:12 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105800&title=cereal-or-lolly#105800 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105764&title=cereal-or-lolly#105764 Author: BaAsKa
Subject: 5481
Posted: 31 January 2007 at 11:11am

or give it to a food bank ]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:11:27 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105764&title=cereal-or-lolly#105764 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105763&title=cereal-or-lolly#105763 Author: busymum
Subject: 5481
Posted: 31 January 2007 at 11:03am

Have them on ice-cream for dessert. Then the kids can still enjoy it but not instead of real cereal ]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:03:35 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105763&title=cereal-or-lolly#105763 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105761&title=cereal-or-lolly#105761 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 5481
Posted: 31 January 2007 at 10:50am

maybe instead of throwing them out you could use them to make some lolly/cake... you know like those rice crunchies...]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:50:43 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105761&title=cereal-or-lolly#105761 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105752&title=cereal-or-lolly#105752 Author: lizzle
Subject: 5481
Posted: 31 January 2007 at 10:26am

I shouldn't compl;ain really - Lewis' parents went shopping for us and bought heaps of food. we were still in aplmy for the funeral of my grandad (another saga - another post), anyway, they bought the kids some ceral. Pams Honey snaps. I looked at the label and seriously, this craop has 51% sugar!!!! can you believe that they can sell that as cereal and not as a lolly? i bought some lollipops for Jake with less sugar in them than that! i was really appalled so will try and chuck them out soon. ]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:26:34 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5481&PID=105752&title=cereal-or-lolly#105752