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Should I Feed My Infant a Little Rice Cereal?
I learned that feeding an infant rice cereal (or anything except breastmilk ... After this point, different babies are ready for solids at different times ...
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- Hey! Well, I can relate to this! I have done this with both my children also. My son was drinking over 80 oz in 24hr period at about 3 months. It was stupid! When I to...
- Go for it. I did it with my son and now my daughter. My son was a big boy. He would wake up every hour and a half to eat, it got to be ridicoulus. Plus he would spit u...
- I don't think it would be terrible at all! It is none of anyone's business anyway. My son was on the big side too. We put a little organic rice cereal in his bottle...
Advice from Breastfeeding Moms on Cereal/solids?
Once they're ready for solids, baby's nutritional needs go through some changes and the infant cereals are engineered to address those changes and provide ...
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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...
Infant Eating After the Flu
Feeding them solids is just a learning experience for them to learn to eat ... My son's pediatrician told me an infant's main source of nutrition should be ...
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- Anytime that you have a stomach virus where stuff is coming out from either or both ends you need to give you stomach a chance to get better. I have 3 kids and had a ...
- My son just went through the same thing. He wouldn't be forced to eat, but did it in his own time. I just kept offering him foods at his normal times and eventually ...
- Good Morning S., I would let your little one tell you when she is ready for solids again. Her tummy may be sensitive still. If her Dr. freaks remind them she had the...
Feeding Rice for the First Time
Read all 16 responses: "I am going to start feeding my son rice for the first time ... Seeking Moms with Experience with Starting Solid Foods with Infants ...
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- When I started my daughter with rice cereal, I just put a little in a bowl (maybe a teaspoon) and mixed it with breast milk or water (enough to make it runny). My d...
- My suggestion is to skip the applesauce. Just very dilute rice cereal. Applesauce tends to be too harsh on the tummy. C.
- L. - Spoon feeding to start out is fine especially if you are diluting with breast milk. I would not recommend the addition of applesauce as newborns need to have new ...
Schedule for Introducing Solids
Aug 17, 2009 ... I do have a comment on weight concerns in infants as I dealt with these with my son. .... feeding baby solids · feeding babies cereal ...
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- I totally agree with Sarah. IT's a little weird that your dr. wants you to start all that food for a little 4 month old. I wouldn't give your baby any fruits or veggie...
- 4 months old is a perfect time to start, esp. with the consent of your Dr. This is where you eventually want to be by around 10-12 months (sample schedule): 6:00 am...
- It is advised to wait till at least 6 months to introduce fruits or veggies. If your son is growing so well on breastmilk alone, why is your Dr. telling you to feed hi...
Feeding Problems
I know you're not breast feeding, but it seems to me that a good lactation consultant would be focused on successful feeding on infants even if it is with ...
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- i had this same problem with my first. he had to go to soy and he still had some gas but it was much better. my second was on gentlease and we had to switch him to sim...
- I dont remember if the gentlease is soy or just lactose free but i would try soy. We had this problem with both of our boys and my older one took to lactose free my y...
- Hi C., Your daughter sounds just like my 4 month old son, and yes I tried the gentlease, and it worked for a few days, but his tummy eventually rejected it and if it ...
What Kind of Solid Foods to Start Feeding My Daughter
What Kind of Solid Foods to Start Feeding My Daughter. What kind of food do you ... It's full of age appropriate food ideas for infants and toddlers! ...
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- cooked peas are great, they are small and soft. you can also do cooked chicken just cut it into really really tiny pieces. My girlfriend gives her son cheese cut up ...
- My sons favorite baby food was avacado! comes in it's own bowl, can be cut into managable chunks just fine and easily dissolves. Plus it's chock full of omega-3's, p...
- cheerios when she can pick up the cheerios pretty well.. then move on to other foods. canned peaches cut up small (dry them so they are not too slippery) K...
5 Month Old Can't Tolerate Baby Food
Feeding solid foods is a less intimate and more mechanical way of ... Young infants are not equipped to chew. Teeth seldom appear until six or seven months, ...
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- They say now to start babies on solid food by 6-8 months. If she is not ready I'd wait a bit. If she tolerates rice cereal maybe try another single grain such as oat...
- Have you spoken to your pediatrician about this? Typically, babies should not be given any food until they are are at least 3 months or whenever their tongue thrustin...
- B., Maybe 5 mos. is a little young to try to introduce other foods. What worked with your first might not work for this one. I never started my babies on other foods ...
First Time with Solids
There are no health benefits to feeding cereal to infants younger than 6 months. So don't feel pressured to start giving your son solids until he is really ...
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- I started my baby on just a tablespoon of rice cereal and mixed it with the breastmilk. I gave it to her once a day sometimes twice. After a couple of weeks she seem...
- Hi P., I also breastfeed my 8 month old and I introduced solids to him at 4 months because he was soooo interested in everything I was eating. I started him on rice c...
- Hi P.! I have 2 boys; 5 and 2. I started both on cereal at 3 months old. To start we did 1 tablespoon once daily for a few days to make sure he could handle it. Th...
Feeding
We used Equate Gas drops for infants when Corbin and Zane went to formula. .... Need Advice on Feeding 8 Month Daughter Solids ...
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- I'm sure plenty of people told you to give her what she wants. My girls all ate 8 ounces before we even left the hospital. It won't hurt her to have whatever she is ...
- If I were you I would try adding only a half ounce at a time- that way you don't have to deal with a big amount of spit up...she may want 4 oz or even 6 but her little...
- I would say go ahead and add one ounce onto what you are giving her see how she does, and keep adding on as you feel she needs you dont want to starve like the previou...
