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When Can You Start Putting Cereal in the Baby's Bottle?
If you are sure she is still hungry after a normal feeding, I would first increase the amount of formula in her bottle before I would add cereal. ...
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- My daughter is 11 months old now and I started putting formula in her bottle when she was around 3 months just so it would fill her up more before bed time. It did he...
- I am an RN with a six year old. He had reflux when he was a baby and my pediatrician started putting formula in his bottle when he was six weeks old to thicken it. RIc...
- my advice to you is do what you feel you should do. You are going to get a lot of different answers for this topic. I started putting rice in my sons bottle when he w...
Rice in Formula Bottles??
What I do is to add a small amount to the bottle and enlarge the hole in the nipple to allow the cereal to pass thru. I have also mixed it with formula and ...
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- By this time your baby should be able to eat cereal from a bowl. You can also add a little bit of fruit to it. Just don't make it so thick that it would choke her - ...
- DON'T DO IT! We did it with my son for reflux and it was awful weaning him off of it. Seriously the child acted like he was starving. It seriously took him gettin...
- Hey L., I have a 5 month old son and I put rice in his bottle around 2 months. He really likes it and I think it helps him sleep longer. He also eats all the firs...
Cereal in the Bottle
What I did with my 2 little ones is make their bottle just as I would normally ( maybe increase her nighttime bottle to 6 oz) and add rice cereal to thicken ...
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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.
Rice Cereal Too Early?
What are the real dangers of adding a small amount of single grain rice cereal to a 6wk old infant's bottle (about a teaspoon)? ...
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- According to my mother, who is a pediatric nurse, babies bodies are not developed enough to digest rice cereal until 4-6 months. Giving it too early can cause digestiv...
- There is a choking risk involved w/ thickening a formula- especially for as young as 6 wks- Also, there is an increased risk of food allergies developing later on whe...
- Dear L., my Step-Mother, who is a dietician, told me that the reason for waiting to start your infant on solid foods until 4-6 months is because the child's digestive ...
Rice Cereal
Sep 24, 2009 ... I actually started adding a small amount of cereal to my son's bottle when he was about 4 weeks old He was on diuretics so it seemed like he ...
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- Hi, if he is already 6 months, you should start feeding him rice or oatmeal cereal with a spoon. By 6 months, he should also be eating mashed up veggies with his cere...
- I actually started adding a small amount of cereal to my son's bottle when he was about 4 weeks old. He was on diuretics so it seemed like he was just peeing his bottl...
- If you are mixing it into his bottle so he will sleep and he has never had cereal before I would try thr first one before a nap. Rice is usually gentle on the tummy b...
Infant Cereal
I had the same problem so we went to the docs and sure enough they said add cereal to her bottle. They called it GERD. Look it up. ...
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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...
Rice Cereal
I have been adding rice cereal to her bottle since she is two weeks old. I put it in every bottle. I put one teaspoon per ounce of milk. ...
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- T., I have been taking care of my godson since the day he was born...he is now 5 months old. He has been on rice cereal in his formula bottles since he was 1 m...
- As far as I have ever heard, you aren't supposed to put cereal in bottles ever... Unless you are directed by a doctor. So I never have. My daughter started eating c...
- i have a baby girl she will be four months on friday. she has been on rice ceral since she was 2 weeks old and she gets it in every bottle. this was recommended by her...
Nipple for Cereal Feeding- No More Responses Please
I honestly don't need anyone to tell me not to add this to her bottle. I know in most cases it is not recommended to add cereal to a bottle. ...
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- Both my boys had it and while the Dr's may have suggested it, I still wouldn't do it, especially with a baby that young. If the Zantac does work, ask them about Preva...
- J., Try cutting the nipple a little bit so the cereal will flow through easier otherwise as you have experienced, nothing will come out.
- Hi J., I had the same problem with my daughter (who is now almost 6). I just ended up cutting a bigger hole in the nipple. Just doing it carefully and test it befor...
Oatmeal Cereal for 5 Month Old
If you are set on using cereal in the bottle, try Dr. Brown's bottles. They are great for gas, spit up, etc. .... How to Add Cereal to a Bottle ...
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- I completely agree with the other responses of spoon feeding it to him. I never added any cereal to my kids bottles I just spoon fed them. Make it really runny at firs...
- They do have bottles designed just for cereal. But the best option is to start spoon feeding, it takes more time, but it gets him used to using a spoon.
- If you are set on using cereal in the bottle, try Dr. Brown's bottles. They are great for gas, spit up, etc. They have a special Y cut nipple for cereal. Good Luck. ...
Help with Feeding My 2 Month Year Old Rice Cereal!!
If you do a full 8 oz add only 6 spoonfuls of the cereal w/ no promblem. On a 4 oz bottle use only 3 to 4 spoonfuls. Hope this helps. Helpful? ...
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- You can use "Parent's choice" bottles (found at wal-mart) and it does not clog up with the cereal. If you do a full 8 oz add only 6 spoonfuls of the cereal w/ no promb...
- Hello, I fed both my daughters cereal from their bottles. I just took some good scissors and cut the nipple hole a little bigger. I would make it up in a separate ju...
- I would personally not feed rice cereal to a 2 month old!! That is way too young. There are other ways of dealing with acid reflux and giving the infant rice cereal ...
