Adding Cereal to Milk: Gerber
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Cereal in the Bottle
Asked by S.L. from Minneapolis
on October 1, 2008
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I have a 4 1/2 month old and I want to start giving her cereal. She has been waking up in the middle of the night and the nuk isn't doing the job so much anymore. So...
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- i don't think putting cereal in her bottle is really going to help. i have read that babies tummies can't really digest stuff (other than breast milk or formula) unti...
- S. - I'm a licensed daycare provider and per the State of IL licensing regulations as well as the State of IL Food Program, we are not allowed to put cereal in baby bo...
- Our doctor advised us to do 2 things: (1) Do not start solids until 6 months (2) Do not add rice cereal to our daughter's bottle. Feed it to her with a spoon.
Cereal in Bottle??? 1St Foods Gerber?
Asked by A.M. from Dallas
on November 3, 2006
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My baby just turned 5 months old and 2 weeks ago I started giving him cereal on a spoon. I only give him a few spoonfuls mainly for the purpose of development rather ...
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- Oatmeal will work from a bottle just fine. Just be certain you are getting plain oatmeal not one with fruit in it. You can open the nipple larger by clipping the ope...
- We put a little cereal in our baby's bottle at about 5 months and she liked it. We used Avent bottles and they make a special nipple for "thicker feeds". It works rea...
- I am a 29 yr. old stay at home mom with two very wonderful, lively, creative girls, 7 yrs. and 16 months old and a son on the way, who strongly disagrees with the cer...
Cereal
Asked by C.D. from Louisville
on November 2, 2006
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I know the doctors say not to give your baby cereal until they are at least six months but everyone else is telling me to put some in her bottle and she will sleep thr...
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- We started at about 3 months and she didn't do well. I put about 1/2 t in her bottle and she was really constipated and we could tell her stomach hurt. We tried agai...
- I am a nurse and have a 4 year old and 2 month old. From experience and nursing education it is not recommended to put cereal in a bottle because there is a risk of i...
- schedule, schedule schedule. its is abit contravertion but it works. feed every 3 hours and if she wakes up let her cry her self back to sleep. it will suck for you fo...
Is Cereal Necessary?
Asked by L.H. from Detroit
on March 20, 2007
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My daughter is 6 months old and is eating fruits and veggies at lunch and dinner, is it still necessary to throw cereal in there too or is the other stuff enough? It s...
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- Hi L., I have a 4 month old and he has a very large appetite, I feed him veggies and fruits for lunch and dinner also and I think that if your baby seems satisfied wit...
- my daughter is 9 months old and ive never even given her cereal. its been all fruits and veggies. she's gained weight fine and is very healthy. i would skip the cereal...
- Hi. I think the biggest reason that we usually start with rice cereal is because it has a very low allergy rate. It's very easy to digest. They do fortify it with s...
Cereal Nightmare!!
Asked by L.V. from New York
on October 23, 2009
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My 4 month old son (who loooves his bottle and is at a very healthy wt) does not enjoy eating cereal. He cries hysterically when I try to feed him off the spoon. He do...
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- I too am a new Mom with a big healthy boy....he's 8 months now!! We tried a little bottle, then a little cereal, and so on. We also (like every new parent) opened wi...
- He may still be too young to feed cereal. When my daughter was 4 months I asked my mommy friends if I should start feeding her cereal and this was response I got: ...
- Hi L.! Congrats on your son. My son is almost 5 months and we had a little bit of the same problem. I noticed when I made the cereal at a thicker consistency, he ...
Baby on Cereal with Milk Protein Allergy
Asked by L.D. from Chicago
on May 18, 2010
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Hello All, my daughter is 4 months old and just started gerber rice cereal this week. She is also on nutramigin for milk protein allergy. she has been on the cereal...
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- my older daughter was allergic to rice, so I would give her NO cereal for a week, then switch to oatmeal and see if that is ok for her.
- your doctor is 100% correct on that. waking at night has nothing to do with needing food. food at this age is for practice and getting used to textures NOT nutrition ...
- It definitely sounds like she isn't ready for solids. If she already has an allergy I would wait as long as possible to give her any solid foods to help avoid any add...
Is Three Months Old Too Early to Begin Cereal, and Gerber 1St Foods?
Asked by K.B. from Minneapolis
on April 13, 2008
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My son is 3 months old, and it has seemed that the usual 6 oz every 3-4 hours isn't satisfying him anymore...he constantly seems hungry,,he has even at times taken 8 o...
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- Our doctor told us to wait until 6 months to start feeding our daughter anything except formula. He said the baby should be able to sit up and support their own head ...
- has it been just a while that he's been this hungry? could just be a growth spurt. hoenstly, i'd hold out until at least 5 months.
- If your baby was a bigger baby at birth maybe he is ready for cereal. Just make it a little runny at first till he is used to solids.
Rice Cereal
Asked by H.G. from Dallas
on March 19, 2007
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At my son's four month visit, the dr. said to go ahead and start rice cereal. I have been trying to get my son to eat it, but he keeps spitting it out. I feed him th...
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- I feed my daughter the rice cereal but i mix so fruit in there the ones that come in the square plastic containers that are gerber and she loves it. L.
- I think it just takes time for babies to understand how to eat solid foods. I did not start mine until 6 months, and most of her food was on her face! It took her abou...
- My daughter did the same thing and I used a feeder bottle by Sassy which worked perfectly. I think the new food and new method was too much at one time. When I was a...
Infant Cereal
Asked by T.D. from Lansing
on March 20, 2007
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My daughter is a month old. She is eating between 3 and 4 ounces of formula and still cries like she is hungry. She burps well, but i always feed her some more and the...
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- Don't give solids until she is 6months old. When solids are given too early there is an increased chance that she will develope allergies. Try feeding her a differen...
- I was very strict with all of my kids and what they could eat at certain ages beacuse I was worried about allergies and what certain foods do to an infants stomach whe...
- One month is too young for cereal. If she cries after eating - it is not because she is still hungry- try giving her a pacifier after she eats. She may still want to s...
Starting Cereal
Asked by S.M. from El Paso
on December 7, 2009
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I just moved so I dont have a new dr. out here yet, the baby book Im reading isnt very clear, and the box doesnt say...so my questions are...once I start my baby on ri...
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- This is what we did. My son was 6 months ( able to sit up and i was told to wait till at least 6 months due to allergies, which he has anyway). If I remember correctly...
- I would advice you to get a breast pump and pump your milk and add cereal to it just like powder formula a , i used regular bottles just upgrade depending on the age o...
- S., Thank you and your husband for what you do for our country. I suggest that you find a doctor immediately, like last week. Not all doctors feel the same about fe...
