Cereal
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Starting Cereal
Asked by S.T. from Jacksonville
on November 27, 2006
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Thinking of starting cereal with my 2 month old. I know its a little early to put her on it but she seems to not get full sometimes on formula alone and I think she wo...
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- hi there i am also a stay at home mom of 2 girls. My oldest is 3 and my new born is about to turn 4 months. Reagan , my youngest, she actually had a hard time keepin...
- I had to put cereal in my baby's bottle at 2 months because of spitting up/reflux. she kept her food down and fed less often. I was feeding her every hour and a half b...
- I did not start putting it in my sons bottle till 4 months old and I found that he did not sleep any better at night when I did put it in the bottle. Also my friend h...
Too Early for Cereal?
Asked by L.B. from St. Louis
on April 30, 2010
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My son is almost 10 weeks old and has been on Nutramigen for almost 3 weeks now. It is working great and his symptoms of colic are pretty much non existent now....BUT...
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- DON'T DO IT! Unless a pediatrician or gastroentorologist advises you to put cereal in the bottle, don't do it! I imagine your son is on nutramigen because of some al...
- Wow I am surprised at all the moms saying no. I started my son on a tsp of rice cereal per 4 oz of formula at 4 weeks old. He had acid reflux and thickening up the for...
- all babies are different. My first born was not getting full on formula alone and I gave him cereal at about 10 weeks. He slept great and actually had less spitting ...
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 ...
Starting Cereal
Asked by S.S. from Atlanta
on September 20, 2008
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I have a 17 week old little girl that is entirely breat fed. I have started her on organic cereal approx one week ago. I have noticed her stools have gotten very sli...
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- Well i'm a single mother my son is 3yrs old i brest feed for the first week and put him on the bottle the second week always gave him the enfemil in the can and did no...
- my son is younger than your little girl, but I can say from experience that their stools change everytime you add or change their diet. Example: breast fed to formula ...
- Nevermind, I see you already spoke with your ped! :) Good luck!
Introducing Cereal
Asked by J.S. from Cleveland
on January 28, 2009
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I have a 5 month old son whose digestive habits have recently changed dramatically. At about 2 months old he went from the newborn pooping of every few hours to just o...
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- My son was exclusively breastfed at that age and also had very frequent (4-5/day) very loose stools as well! I was buying Dreft stain remover by the gallon I think. ...
- Hi J.....my 6 month old daughter had changes in her poop pattern as well. She was an excellent pooper from birth to about 4 months old. She went from pooping 3 or 4 ...
- Your son actually sounds like he poops A LOT for a breastfed baby! Mine only did it every few days and there was a month or so where my first only pooped on weekends....
Toast or Cereal???
Asked by B.P. from Denver
on March 10, 2010
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Hi moms, what is a better breakfast? Toast and chocolate milk or cereal??
My 9 yo daughter wants toast everyday for breakfast, we give her WHOLE WHEAT toast with butt...
Rice Cereal??
Asked by J.C. from Dallas
on October 27, 2009
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My son will be 4 months old on the 7th but his next well check had to be pushed back to the 17th and I am very anxious to start him on something other than breast mil...
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- I think my boys were about 3-4 months when I started them on rice cereal. Just a tablespoon mixed with breastmilk at first. I would breastfeed first then if he is st...
- i start my twins at i week before 4 months they don't want more than 2 tbsp at first but by week 2 they like it with water or juice they hated with formula .
- J., I started feeding my oldest oatmeal/mixed cereal, in his formula before he was 3 months old. I would cut the tip of the nipple, put about 1-2 table spoons of the c...
Cereal in Bottle??
Asked by C.E. from New York
on May 16, 2008
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I am a new mom to a 13 week old baby boy who suffers from a severe milk/soy allergy and reflux. He is currently taking 5 oz of formula, but spits up frequently, especi...
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- I was in your same situation with my daughter (reflux, not necessarily the allergy) at 2 months. More than one doctor recommended cereal in the bottle and it does hel...
- It helped my son at 1 month along with having him sleep elevated, and zantac. Reflux & spitting vanished at 10 months.
- i have heard consensus that cereal in bottle is a no-no.and choking hazard. also will not make bay sleep longer. a 13 week old too young for rice cereal anyway. talk t...
Starting Cereal
Asked by R.P. from Seattle
on June 1, 2011
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My daughter is 5months 2 weeks. She has been sitting up for about a month by herself. She seems very interested in what we eat and does grab for it. I want to start...
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- Start with giving cereal just once a day. I gave it for dinner because I was told if their stomach is full they sleep better. Your LO won't be taking 3 naps a day fo...
- Your baby shouldn't have grains so soon. Despite the push for cereal as a first food, babies are not equipped to digest grains. If she's ready to try some food, give h...
- They eat every two hours. You cannot save a baby's schedule. It changes all the time. After she has teeth somewhere around five to seven months of age she will beco...
Question About Cereal
Asked by M.W. from Orlando
on February 17, 2007
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My 11 week old is almost 15 lbs and has been breastfed exclusively. Because he is so big and he also cluster feeds I'm wondering if I should introduce rice cereal now...
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- I'm for the cereal I started giving my daughter cereal at 2 week old cause all she did was cry i fed her some in her bottle and she stopped crying so i'm for the cerea...
- Congratulations on your new baby and on successful breastfeeding. Breastmilk is the only nutrition your son needs to grow right now. Cereal is just filler. My son w...
- I was also in the same situation with my baby, he's now 5 months and over 20lbs, I didn't want to give him cereal too early but I started at 14 weeks, he was so ready ...
