Whole or Vitamin D Milk: Gerber
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Gerber Baby Food Plastic Containers
Asked by M.T. from Portland
on April 21, 2008
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With all the news coverage about concerns over plastics I've started checking the recycling codes on all the stuff our son uses. I noticed over the weekend that Gerbe...
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- Your baby can eat everything that the rest of family eats. I used a food processor and gave all my kids whatever we were eating.
- Blenders are good. If you have a Kitchenaid Mixer, it has an attachment for grinding up food which works really well. Also, carrots and potatoes are mashed up really...
- I've been making my own baby food using the Super Baby Food book by Ruth Yaron. You can make a batch and freeze a bunch (of course, you have to freeze it in plastic i...
Tansitioning to Whole Milk
Asked by C.M. from Phoenix
on January 2, 2009
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I was wondering if I can mix formula and whole milk. My son is about 2wk from turning 1 and I want to get this started soon.
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- You can to help in the transition, but try whole milk cold turkey and see what happens. I did and my son had no problem. He loves it!
- I have a son that just turned one and we are in this process right now. His doctor told us to start with 1 oz. whole milk and 7 oz. formula for every bottle for a whol...
- Yes you can. Just do 50/50, if he will drink it and tolerates it keep increasing amt. of milk until it's all milk. I just dealt with this! Mine did great!
Weaning to Whole Milk
Asked by L.Y. from Norfolk
on December 31, 2007
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You all were so awesome with the responses to my last problem that I'd like to ask help with another one...
I am still breastfeeding my 14 month old (no bottles). ...
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- Try adding a *little* bit of Ovaltine -- it has lots of calcium and other good stuff. We got dd #1 to drink milk this way and just gradually reduced the Ovaltine to no...
- My 13 month old will not drink milk either. We tried everything. Watered down milk, flavored milk, soy milk, pedisure, skim milk, powdered milk, sippys with straws, ...
- i weaned from formula onto silk Soy milk it is flavered with vanilla then after a month i slowly mixed it whole milk a little more each day until it was completly whol...
Are Gerber Baby Foods Healthy for My 10 Mo Old? Suggestions on Healthy Meals?
Asked by K.E. from New York
on August 23, 2010
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I am a working mom and constantly running around and am wondering what healthy snacks and meals I can make for my 10 month old daughter. She eats many of the 2nd and 3...
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- No they are not. Take whatever you make for yourself an dportion out some for your baby. Cut food to appropriate sizes,steam veggies to be extra tender, puree whteve...
- I'd verify with your pediatrician as well as reading our advice. Regarding comments on organic foods, please be aware that most organic crops have been treated with...
- I have this book and I love it. Lots of suggestions on homemade snacks and baby food that are natural and very healthy ,both for babies and toddlers: Simply Natural...
Introducing Gerber Baby Food
Asked by R.J. from Texarkana
on December 28, 2008
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Hello moms....
My DS will be 6 months on the 7th and has been Exclusivly Breastfeed with the exception of one week of rice cereal at 4 1/2 mo cause my doc told me ...
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- please dont feed him gerber! you will be setting him up for all kinds of pickiness later when he transitions to real food, especially after being breastfed. your mil...
- If he didn't do well with rice you might try oatmeal mixed with breastmilk both my girls liked it much better than the rice. I've heard the whole fruits will make him ...
- You should introduce one new food at a time so you can tell if he has problems with that food, like a rash or gas problems like the cereal did. I would just food him a...
Milk Transition
Asked by V.W. from Nashville
on May 20, 2007
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My daughter will be 1 on June 10th. How should I start transitioning her to whole milk and get her off formula? Is it the right time? Formula is sooooooooo expensiv...
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- When my daughter turned one, I started to give her whole milk before bed. I added honey (about one teaspoon for 9oz) or chocolate syrup. She preferred honey, which is ...
- I transitioned my little one when she was one. But, unlike the other moms, I just went for it. Once I ran out of formula, I started on whole milk. I didn't ever mix...
- Assuming that your daughter doesn't have ANY MEDICAL problems at ALL - go for it mamma! Take that baby off of forumla and stick her on whole milk!! If your daughter ha...
Need Advice on Weaning to Whole Milk
Asked by V.B. from Dallas
on December 13, 2006
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My daughter will be a year old on Dec. 28th and I am in the process of weaning her from formula to whole milk. My pedi said to just give her milk in a cup at mealtime...
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- my peditrition had told me to let my daughter drink milk out of bottle and everything else out of cup.we did this for a fe months.you can try heatin it up. u can try m...
- My daughter (now 16 months) did the same thing. She drank milk great from the bottle. We were told no more bottles around 13 months and so we packed them up and her on...
- Hi V., You could also warm it up in the microwave for about 20 seconds and see if maybe she'll like it better. My daughter liked the whole milk either way but my d...
Switched to Whole Milk Now Constipated...
Asked by M.B. from Kansas City
on March 25, 2009
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My son has been drinking whole milk for a week now. He has been VERY constipated and even cries sometimes when he is straining. I have tried giving him juice (both a...
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- We had the same issue with my son when we tried milk. We ended up switching him to soy and eleminating some dairy from his diet and it helped greatly. He is now a litt...
- My daughter was ALWAYS constipated even from a very young infant. No matter what we gave her or didn't give her she was so my Ped. said white grape juice (ounces depe...
- My oldest daughter started having constipation issues when she was only about 2 months old and at that time she was totally breastfed! After months of trying everythi...
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...
Introducing Infant Cereal/Step 1 Gerber Foods
Asked by L.M. from Chicago
on April 17, 2007
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Hello,
I introduced rice cereal to my 5 month old daughter 2.5 weeks ago. She didn't really care for it. She seemed to swallow pretty well. I switched her to oat...
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- My daughter got cereal and veggies/fruit 1x/day until she'd gone through the whole cycle of fruits and veggies. Then we increased to 2x/day. I always gave her the so...
- HOw old is your daughter? I would try rice cereal in a couple of weeks again. It's a really good source of iron. Mix it with the fruit. I do that and the kids re...
- Hi L., I started giving my girls cereal and baby foods around 6 months or so. It is a good idea to introduce veggies first, since those don't take as good as the f...
