what is your early morning eats?

[ArielRae]

My family will be leaving for the airport at 3:30 in the morning. What does your family eat that early in the morning before or on the way to the airport. Hoping to find something that won't upset everyone stomach at such an early hour. I know everyone will want something in their stomachs as we won't be able to eat a decent meal until about 9:00am when we finally get to the resort.

 

[Tricia1972]

Early morning probably a granola bar or breakfast bar on the way to the airport.

Though you know your family best, and would know what would upset their stomachs.

 

[engle]

I would pack some stuff that they can eat while waiting at the airport and while in flight. No one will want to eat at 3:30!!! But, by 5 or 6, they'll be getting hungry! That's my suggestion! DH and I always eat at the airport...we have great choices and we always have time to kill. But, if you don't want to spend the extra money, pack stuff.

 

[MickeyNicki]

Quaker Breakfast Oatmeal Cookies, chocolate chip flavor....they are really good and fill you up

 

[Cindy's Mom]

For those early morning flights, we eat at the airport too. Usually grab a bagel or dunkin donuts, or a fruit cup.

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

I have a banana at home just so there is something in my rumbly tummy, then something else as the airport

 

[MOMOFC&C]

I usually pick up a 4 pack of muffins and we eat those after we get through security (at the gate). Then we stop and pick up a couple of OJ's at the little snack shop at the terminal.

 

[thegrimdwarf]

We have to leave the house at 5 AM for our flight. My kids will snack in the car - probably crackers and a cheese stick, or a cereal bar. We'll pick up bagels or muffins before we get on the plane, for when their usual breakfast time rolls around. Though I expect (and hope) that they'll sleep the entire flight since we're getting them up so early.

 

[Coconuts]

We usually eat a breakfast bar or chewy granola bar, and either an apple or banana. If they are too sleepy and not hungry, then food at the airport. Last trip we ate both!

 

[loopner67]

What does the trick for us.... English Muffins, frozen waffles or for on the go, Granola Bars.

 

[Belle4mygrl]

I agree with pp's. Fruit, granola bars, and I suggest PB&J in your carry along. My family would not eat that early and these things are what I would bring on the plane.

 

[butiflfeet]

I'm not much of an early morning eater but if I have to do it I find a smoothie works best. Other than that, I'd go with a granola bar. A chocolate chip granola bar always seems to go down easy!

 

[eva]

My favorite -- A whole wheat bagel with PB & J. Throw it in a ziplock bag and go. Or peel a couple of hard boil eggs and put them in a ziplock bag with a little salt and pepper.

 

[shocker]

Our Aug. trip I took a box of donuts, sausage links (sold near beef jerky and don't need refrig. or heating), and empty water bottles. After we went thru security I filled the bottles and poured in crystal light orange and made our own O.J. and we ate while waiting to bored, I mean board.

 

[ransom]

We wake up at 1 AM for our trips, and are out the door by 3 AM, so I know where you're coming from, ArielRae!

Here's what we do: Prior to leaving home, we'll have something solid, such as breakfast sausage (cooked the day before, reheated in microwave). Then at the airport, we'll have something lighter, such as a bagel or muffin. And then on the airplane, we'll have something small again...a snack such as crackers and cheese.

 

[lntsmom]

We had to leave home at 5 a.m. for a 9:40 flight. The airport is about 90 minutes from where I live, and then there's security time, etc. My boys got up and got dressed, and while I was driving they had bottles of milk (that could be tossed after parking) and packages of donuts to munch on. When we got to the airport we got breakfast at McDonalds. We had time to eat while waiting for our flight.

However, at 3, even donuts and milk wouldn't interest my kids. I think I'd take along disposable cups with Carnation Instant Breakfast. If the kids were awake for the drive, they could sip on it. Security is so finicky that they won't let applesauce, yogurt, etc. through. I couldn't think of anything dry that could travel for nearly 2 hours and still be edible. There was even some fruit in the "confiscated items" tubs. If you don't mind junk food for breakfast, grab something fast at the airport. If you do, take along those individually sealed bowls of cereal and purchase milk at the airport. I wouldn't risk traveling with dairy or meat.

 

[Halle]

Oh My Gosh.....Getting up at 3:00 AM would totally kill me. I have to have my hit of diet coke at 4:30 AM whenwe leave for the airport. We do bagels, juice, and then eat at the airport.

 

[terbethk]

dh and I both have problems eating before 9 AM and we have to leave at 4 AM for our flight. So we'll probably catch something while we're on our layover in atlanta, that way we'll be all fed and everything when our flight hits MCO at 11:45