National health services of UK recommend children under age of 4 avoid foods with added sugar.
Hudson loves eating cereal and milk.
We managed to introduce a sugar free cereal with high amounts of fiber and protein. Which actually tastes quite sweet.
Hudson now calls this cereal, “Maple”.
This morning, when we ran out of “maple”, hudson was upset about it.
After managing and successfully (almost unsuccessful) avoiding a meltdown, not surprisingly Hudson played out this frustration during our play:
The box in his DUPLO lego fire truck had coffee and “maple” for the fire fighters.
Downsides to this type of cereal is the price and myself wanting to eat it, too.
Therefore, we mix it in a flax bran cereal (which has small amounts of sugar).
Catalina Crunch Maple Waffle Keto Cereal (9oz Bags) | Low Carb, Sugar Free, Gluten Free, Grain Free | Keto Snacks, Vegan, Plant Based Protein | Breakfast Cereals | Keto Friendly FoodOverall, the cereal is not sweet compared to frosted flakes.
Excessive sugar intake in early childhood increases all types of comorbidities.
Both my wife and I have a hard time cutting out sugar. We both had few restrictions of sugar intake during our childhood.
We wish to set our children up for a lifestyle that they can have a choice over.
Therefore we are trying to not deprive Hudson of food groups (if cereal is one), and rather introduce least amounts of added sugar.