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Incorporating Solid Foods with Breast Milk
Read all 8 responses: "I am curious how much breast milk to feed my 6 ... I think with my son I started with some rice cereal in the bottle at 6 months. ...
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- I think your schedule is just fine. I feed my daughter very similar but she eats rice cereal with a full jar of foods. We do one fruit in the morning then the same in ...
- yay mom! way to go for breastfeeding!! you sound like you are doing an excellent job - way to go and keep it up! :D i chose to nurse until my son self weaned. brave...
- I think kids at 6 months of age should be nursing about every 3-4 hours. As far as amounts, if he seems content then he is getting enough. If he seems hungry, feed h...
When to Feed Baby Cereal?
I almost never used a full box of rice cereal- just too bland for them. .... Breastmilk is the only thing he needs. Remember, breastmilk and formula are the ...
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- I personally waited til the normal breast feeding wasn't enough. Watch for shorter times in between feedings, or if baby is still hungry after feedings. When I notic...
- Hi M., Start with rice cereal- you can do it several ways- there are feeders on the market where they can take the cereal like a bottle. You just mix about a tables...
- I started all my boys about 3.5 months, when they really showed interest in food-ie: they were sitting on my lap and grabbing food of my plate. Their favorite was barl...
Infant Vomiting Once Only After Rice Cereal
mix it with formula or breast milk. Helpful? ... She just doesn't like the rice cereal. Maybe an allergy, but whatever the case...she LOVES oatmeal. ...
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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...
My Daughter Is 5 Months Old and Hates Eating the Cereal
Sep 16, 2009 ... She has had the rice cereal added to her..." ... Her breastmilk or formula has all of the nutrition she needs. Try again in a month, ...
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- She's really young so I wouldn't push the cereal. My son went through this phase around the same age. Our dr pointed out that during infancy, solid foods are just fo...
- HI K., Rice cereal has no taste. Try mixing some apple-sauce in it. She may like it better. Grandma Mary
- I had the exact same experience with my son. He choked and gagged, I felt like I was torturing him. It actually brought me to tears one day! It turned out he just did...
Order in Which to Start Solids
Start with rice cereal. I mixed it with formula because breast milk made it too watery. Then I did green and orange veggies, introducing them one at a time ...
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- Yes, everyone's saying rice cereal b/c they're right. You want to get a rice cereal that's iron fortified. The reason that it's strongly suggested to feed baby rice ...
- I started with the vegetables and rice cereal first because the rice is easier to digest and the vegetables don't taste as good as the fruit. After my kids were use to...
- My rule of thumb has always been 'when they can grab things off your plate they should bee able to try it!' Well, that doesn't always work. HAving a couple of teeth do...
Constipation
Also, rice cereal is more constipating than oatmeal, so you could try the .... the baby cereal (and your breast milk for that matter) so that means you are ...
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- Hello, My daughter has suffered with constipation since she was a new born. One option is to switch the formula brand you are using, try manually expressing your mil...
- The rice cereal is probably the culprit. My son had terrible constipation when we started the cereal because of the iron in it. If you are breastfeeding, your baby i...
- curious as to why you started solids so early? Babies can wait since she gets everything she needs from your breastmilk. Are you trying to wean her? Wait at least a...
11 Weeks - Starting Cereal?
I know breast milk didnt satisfy my big boy who is over 15 lbs. ... I gave my now five month old daughter rice cereal right before she turned two months. ...
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- Hi T., I gave my now five month old daughter rice cereal right before she turned two months. When she was born I used to breastfeed and bottlefeed, but it was neve...
- Hi T.!! I am J., Mom to Evan 6 and Gabriel who is 17 weeks old this week. Gabe was 8 lbs and 14 oz when he was born. My husband brought him to the pediatrician's of...
- You can check with your doctor, who will probably tell you to wait, but I was feeding my daughter rice cereal when she was 5 days old. I would feed her a couple of bi...
Rice Cereal??
I found that mine took to it more when I mixed the breastmilk in with the rice cereal and made it watery. My second really wasn't into solids until around ...
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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...
Question About Rice Cereal for 4.5 Month Old
I just started giving my son rice cereal. I have been mixing it with breast milk ,(he didn't like it with just water) but am finding it to be a bit of a pain ...
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- Your milk is just the right temperature, so why risk burning your childs mouth by using microwave, which also destroys the nutrients!
- you put the water in the microwave, then the breastmilk in a glass jar in the hot water to heat. but aside from that, esp if you are breastfeeding, 4.5 months is ...
- K. I have a 6 month old. Once I mix the milk (formula in my case) with the cereal, I put in in the microwave for 11 seconds. My son prefers it warm (especially when I...
Starting Cereal with 6 Month Old
I think I started her on cereal at 3 months (per dr.). I started with rice cereal and used breast milk to mix with it. I followed the instructions on the ...
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- My twins both hated rice cereal. They loved oatmeal though. Talk to your pediatrician about this first. A friend at work had the same issue and she tried oatmea...
- C., My daughter never ate cereal. I was never able to figure out if she didn't like the taste or texture of it but she hated it with a passion. She was also slow ...
- You are doing the right thing. Just keep introducing it to him and eventually he WILL take it. It's a pain, I know, but it will work. Good Luck!
