Don't put the batter in the pan until the pan is hot enough, otherwise it sticks.

bill/sables, my mother used to make thinner english pancakes when I was a very young child on Shrove Tuesday, as I read what you wrote I remembered that we had them with sugar and lemon juice.

Another breakfast that I remember from childhood was the first time I had crepes. We were staying with friends the night before we sailed across the Atlantic. In the morning they fed us crepes with fresh strawberries, whipped cream and maple syrup. It was a truly divine experience.

My favourite recipe for getting a lot of dairy products into a reluctant child is cottage cheese pancakes.

I cup cottage cheese
I cup sour cream
4 eggs
3/4 cup flour
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt

In a blender mix up the cottage cheese, sour cream and eggs. Add flour, sugar and salt. Let sit for a couple of minutes then cook and eat like regular pancakes. Delicious.

If your son is anything like mine you need to monitor the syrup level. If I turn my back half of its gone from the bottle and there's a lake on his plate.