Cereal: Infant
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When to start mixing infant cereal in with formula?
Asked by A.B. from Tulsa
on June 24, 2008
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I'm just wondering if anyone knows when you can start mixing infant cereal in with formula. My daughter is eating 4 oz every 2 hrs and we are wanting to try cereal to ...
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- Wait until at least 4 months but longer is better. A lot of people put cereal into a babies bottle to help fill the baby so they will sleep better. This is not neccesa...
- I know that a lot of people do it earlier, but you should really wait until at least 4m (and often older) when the baby's digestive system is more developed and she ca...
- I talked to my baby's pediatrician before Changing his diet. Don't be afraid to give him/her a call. We never gave cereal through the bottle. We started spoon feedi...
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...
Introducing Rice or Cereal to an Infant
Asked by D.G. from Oklahoma City
on November 11, 2010
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What's the earliest cereal or rice cereal was introduced to your infant?
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- The latest recommendations are to delay solids until at least 6 months unless there is a significant medical issue ( like severe reflux). The reason for this recommen...
- With all three of my kids and soon to be four I have introduced rice cereal at 4 months starting with once per day for a week. After the week I would increase the rice...
- I've always heard 4-6 months, maybe ask your ped if you want to do sooner but mine said there are studies that show it doesn't improve sleep if that what you are looki...
Cereal
Asked by R.S. from New York
on July 7, 2009
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I wanted 2 know when 2 start givin my 3mth cereal. I have friends who started since their babies were 2mths! I wuz thinkin more around 5mths. I don't want her 2 get co...
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- Hello again R., : ) You need to ask yourself. Does your baby seem hungry after or shortly after a normal feeding? Are her feedings more frequent? Is she eating ...
- My daughter's pediatrician had me start with one tablespoon of single grain rice cereal mixed with formula twice a day at 4 months. If there is no allergic reaction to...
- Most doctors reccomend between 4 and 6 months. The longer the better. I started my son on rice at 4 because he was on the slender side. He was Breast Fed exclusivel...
Cereal
Asked by N.L. from Tampa
on May 25, 2010
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I'm a new mom and have a almost 4 month baby boy and I want to start with cereal (he is taking 5 oz breast milk in a bottle every 3 hours and 1 6 oz of formula at nig...
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- I started both of my girls on rice cereal at 4 months and they did great. I would definitely not put it in a bottle. I would just try a tablespoon of rice cereal in th...
- You will get both responses on this and you do whats right for your baby. If you dont want to wait just call the pediatrician and see what they say. I did cereal in th...
- There is no reason to start him on foods so early. I would wait till about 7 months. Giving grains is about the worst thing to give him. You will be looking at allergi...
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...
Cereal
Asked by A.G. from Dallas
on December 15, 2006
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Just curious as to when other moms started their babies on cereal? Did you wait for the doctor to give you an ok, or did you just start when ready? My little girl is...
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- I am one of those moms who believes you can't be too careful and it's worth waiting until 6 months. Research suggests the digestive walls can't handle solids until the...
- I was in the exact same boat. Or pediatrician told us to start with cereals at 4 months, which we did. It took my daughter about a week or two though to even take a ...
- I have an almost 6 month old son and my mother-in-law thought that I should be feeding him cereal and such instead of just breastfeeding. At the time my son was going...
Cereal
Asked by A.A. from New York
on April 19, 2009
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My baby is four months old and weighs 14 pounds 11 oz...I was exclusively breastfeeding up until recently, being back at work and not being able to pump as much. So, ...
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- The World Health Organization says that you should not start with any solids until 6 months. They don't need them before then. If she seems hungry feed her breastmil...
- I definitely think so! My daughter is 6 months old and started showing interest in foods at about 5 months, so we started rice cereal and apples then. She still loves ...
- It's funny how with every child being different so are pediatricians. With mine at his 4 month, she told me to start once a day "attempting" to give cereal as that ton...
Cereal or No Cereal?
Asked by G.F. from Odessa
on November 12, 2007
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Hello Ladies. Ok here's my problem...My new born son is 3 months old now. At birth he weighed 10lbs 3 oz, and he was last weighed in at 2 months at 12lbs. He was eati...
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- No cereal! Their poor little tummy's can't digest it at that age!
- I didn't have issues like that, but, my cousin had a preemie and when he was just 5 mos old, he was having the same issues.(He was 2 mos premature, making him realisti...
- There seem to be two camps on the cereal debate - those who wait until 4 to 6 months, and those who begin much earlier. The recommendation is to wait until the baby i...
Adding Extras to Infant Cereal
Asked by A.H. from Syracuse
on February 11, 2008
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Okay I was just wondering why some people add fruits and juice to infant cereal? I have been reading some responses to some requests about rice cereal and younger babi...
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- I agree! I add in fresh fruit puree sometimes just to vary the texture and taste so that my son learns to eat all sorts of things, but I cannot fathom why anyone woul...
- hi, not sure about anyone else (no time to read other responses this late) but when i 1st tried the cereals with my daughter she refused to eat ANY of them. then i st...
- You are soo right. Moms shouldn't be adding anything to the cereal. Baby food is just that baby's food. When you start adding things to the cereal you begin compromisi...
