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Starting Rice Cereal
I am starting rice cereal for my breast-fed almost-5-month old. We've tried mixing it with breast milk and giving it to him with a spoon-without much ...
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- I would try mixing it with plain water. Some babies will get confused if it smells and tastes like your milk but you're trying to feed it with a spoon. It took my daug...
- Just keep at the spoon. He needs to know that milk is in the cup and food is NOT. My understanding is that if the tounge spits it all back out, he's just not ready. ...
- We found that it was impossible to feed my son cereal mixed with breast milk -- it was just far too runny. In (as I recall) pretty much the same proportions, formula o...
How Early Is Too Early to Feed a Little Rice Cereal in the Bottle?
NEVER feed rice cereal from a bottle. Introduce rice cereal at 6 months at the earliest (they actually don't need any food at all besides breast milk or ...
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- All kids react different to the rice cereal, i was feeding my kids cereal at 2months and never had problems with gas or any of those things. So maybe try for 1 or 2 we...
- Please resist the temptation to put cereal in the bottle. Babies digestive systems are not mature enough to handle solids until they are 4 months old. If they were, Go...
- All of the different pediatricians I've had said to wait until the baby is 4 months, but six is better, to introduce rice cereal. All three of my kids ate every 2 hou...
My Little Girl HATES Rice Cereal!
I had decided to go back to just breast milk at the time. Well now that she is over 6 months I tried the rice cereal again to get her on some solids. ...
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- My kids hated rice cereal, too, but LOVED barley. It's much tastier. And mix it with breast milk, something she's used to and likes. And by all means, move on to other...
- Hey J., try adding a little applesause to the rice ceral. J.
- I would try either mixing it with fruit or veggies or just giving them to her alone. I doubt if she's associating the cereal with the illness, since it's been a while...
Starting Cereal and Continuing to Breastfeed
YOu can mix the fruit with the cereal and a little formula or breast milk, whatever you are using. If you think your child has a milk allergy, ...
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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...
Allergy to Rice Cereal???
I would totally stop the cereal and wait a month. If you think he needs food and not breast milk exclusively, try a whole food, such as "peas" or "carrots", ...
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- looks like your are doing everything right. A more solid diet would make fewer bowel movements. Does your pediatrician see blood? A little change in disposition is n...
- Hi Jen, My son is also exclusively breastfed. He is now 8 months old. I waited until he was 6 months old to introduce the rice cereal to him and at first he loved ...
- I know that rice cereal can be harder to digest- my breast-fed daughter had constipation problems and our pediatrician reccomended switching to baby oatmeal to make di...
Baby Food and Cereal
I am supposed to start feeding my son fruit 1 time a day, cereal 2 times a day ... The breast milk or formula wich ever you use is the only thing he really ...
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- I have an 8 month old who was put on the same regiment at 6 months old. We do cereal and a fruit in the morning...you can even mix the two. We do a veggie or fruit...
- He's only 6 months old. The breast milk or formula wich ever you use is the only thing he really needs until he's a year old. Basically the thing with the babyfood is ...
- Hey! Oh I miss those times! Cereal and baby food are such exciting times when you have a baby! Plus, it's so easy! Now, I have a 3 year old who says "I don't want ...
Advice from Breastfeeding Moms on Cereal/solids?
They both gobbled up 2 TB cereal each, mixed watery with breast milk. ... Stick with one food, added to the cereal & breast milk, for at least 3-4 days and ...
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- The point is that it's not such a leap from breastmilk, tastewise. Also Rice Cereal is the least likely to stimulate an allergy so in theory it's the safest to start w...
- In addition to getting babies used to different textures and so forth, cereals are fortified with Iron to help prevent anemia. I did not start with Rice cereal, I did ...
- I have twins, too, and I hear your frustration. It is tempting to push this stuff along and try and get more breaks, less breast feeding, more sleep. The whole thing...
Cereal at 4 Months?
(maybe), but she told me I can give leiyah now 4 months, rice cereal here and there. like pouring 2 oz of breastmilk. (still b/f) mix in the cereal till ...
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- pretty soon you are not going to make enough milk to feed her, and the baby might even start to lose wieght. it is not too early to feed her cereal. you can hold off,...
- A., Cereal at 4 months is not to early ! She'll be fine, trying to suck it off the spoon is normal when babies first learn spoon feeding. She'll do fine, ge...
- it's fine...mine were getting cereal at 9 weeks for reflux..we have babies in the NICU that are given cereal.
Is Four Months Too Early to Start Rice Cereal?
As a breastfed child he gets everything he needs from the breast milk. Also, hate to dash your hopes about leaving him for a bit longer as rice cereal has ...
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- I started cereal on my kids as soon as just formula or milk was not enough. With my 3rd son, I started cereal at 2 wks. I kust put it in with their formula/milk and th...
- My Pedi said between 4 and 6 months. Any earlier wasnt good on their tummies, She also said just a tablespoon or 2 at a time each feeding, feeding her breast milk/form...
- HI A., I would say go for it but you could ask your Pediatrian. All kids are different. M
Starting Cereal
shes probably too young for cereal, specially as a breast fed baby, it can really mess up their sensitive little tummys when they're used to breast milk and ...
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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!
