Cereal: Toddler, Earth's Best
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Does Anyone Use Earth's Best Organic Formula?
Asked by K.S. from Dallas
on April 3, 2009
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I just saw a news report today that stated "Rocket Fuel" has been found in infant formula. In the study, they said they can not identify which brands were tested...it'...
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- I used Simulac Organic with both of my kids - no problems. Also, I used Earth's Best baby food - cereal, fruit, veggies, etc. Both of my girls liked that brand. The on...
- I saw this report too. I use the organic Similac. I haven't tried the Earth's Best formula but I use all the baby food and love it. I am also wondering if I should s...
- I've given my son Earth's Best Organic Formula (milk-based) ever since I stopped breast feeding him at 6 months, and he's now 10 months. It does not have sugar as a m...
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...
What Kind of Cereal
Asked by D.A. from San Francisco
on July 31, 2008
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Hi, I'm getting ready to start my 6 month old daughter on rice cereal, but there are so many brands out there? It's already changed from when I gave my son cereal, le...
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- LOL all of them taste like cardboard, however I would go with Earth's Best. I used that, although my son hated it.
- I used the Gerber rice cereal. My daughter loved it until I introduced all the other foods with more flavor. The oatmeal is much better- once your daughter is ready fo...
- I always used whatever was on sale or the cheapest LOL.
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...
Feeding Cereal
Asked by A.H. from New York
on June 12, 2008
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Hi,
We went to the peditritian the other day and were told by our peditritian to start giving our daughter cereal. She's 4.5 months, and is looking for food left and...
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- A., The later you wait to start solids, the better it will be for your daughter. Their systems are not ready to handle solids at 4.5 months, even if a doctor said s...
- you may want to google "delaying solids" and you will get lots of sites that explain the benefits of waiting till 6 months. your daughter is still very young.
- A.~ We started our daughter recently on cereal too. I recommend Earth's Best as it is organic, if that is important to you. If not, Gerber does lovely cereals as ...
4-1/2 Month Old Cranky with Cereal
Asked by M.A. from Denver
on February 18, 2008
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Hi there. I am the proud mamma to a beautiful and very happy 4-1/2 month old baby boy. In his little life he has HARDLY EVER been cranky or cried before going to sle...
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- I have a 5 month old. We just started him on Earth's Best cereal one week ago. He gets 1TB cereal with about 1 oz milk. He was also very cranky when we put him to bed ...
- When we started my oldest on cereal we had similar problems. I would suggest either nursing first, and then giving him the cereal, or giving him in the mroning. That's...
- My son doesn't do well on solids in the evening either! He's 8 months old now and still the same thing. It seems like he's spends the whole night pooping and gassy. ...
Infant Vomiting Once Only After Rice Cereal
Asked by M.T. from Chicago
on August 21, 2007
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Hello everyone,
My kids is almost 7 months old and we started rice cereal since he was 4 mos old. He had a stomach flu a month ago when he started day care and si...
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- M. - it sounds like a rice allergy (or maybe another food that she could be allergic to was cross contaminated with the rice - ie: made on the same production lines or...
- I would switch to a pureed vegetable, such as squash and see how he does with that.
- I agree with Jamie, try another type of cereal. This happened with my daughter when I first tried cereal at about 6 months. She vomited every time I gave it to her...
What Brand of Rice Cereal Should I Get?
Asked by Y.F. from New York
on December 29, 2010
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Gearing up to start feeding solids to my 4 month old...what brand of cereal is the best! Experienced moms out there, would love your opinions!
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- Try oatmeal instead of rice. It didn't matter with my son, but my daughter became extremely constipated after eating rice cereal. And now it's a battle to get a BM o...
- Edit: Your ped almost certainly will say it's okay to start solids. Most do, as I indicated below. Just realize that, while it's not a terrible and dangerous thing (...
- I agree that go with what is easiest and/or cheapest. I usually got the rice cereal in the cannister by Gerber. It's a bit more expensive but I liked that it had DHA...
Starting Cereal and Continuing to Breastfeed
Asked by E.M. from Boston
on March 18, 2008
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Hello moms,
My pediatrician wants me to start feeding my 4.5 month old son cereal and because they think he has a milk protein allergy. They want me to start him on...
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- Get your son checked at the chiropractor, first. If he's been "fussy" since birth, he may have some birth trauma that is manifesting in what you think is being "fussy...
- Maybe he doesn't have an allergy to milk, but to something IN the milk? My son was so fussy when he was a baby, and no one knew how to help... When he was two, a...
- From everything I've read babies are not able to properly digest solids until at least six months, introducing them sooner can cause digestive problems and further foo...
When to Start Rice Cereal
Asked by N.J. from Grand Junction
on April 18, 2008
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My son will be 4 months at the beginning of May and I have heard that I can start him on rice cereal. I have also heard that 4 months is too early. From those moms out...
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- "Solids" (including rice cereal) should start around 6 months. We started our son at 5.5 months because he was a big boy for his age and still seemed a bit hungry aft...
- This is probably too late, but I had premie twins and due to that we had a nurse come to our home for the 1st year to weigh and measure them and to make sure they were...
- I used rice cereal and started it at four months. My oldest had trouble with solids and stayed on formula until he was over 18 months. My youngest started in on solid ...
