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Oatmeal Cereal for 5 Month Old
Asked by M.B. from Los Angeles
on February 19, 2008
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Hi to all you Moms. I have a huge spitter upper and on the advice of many moms on this site, I have started adding baby's oatmeal cereal to his formula and this has h...
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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. ...
9 Month Old Food Aversions
Asked by L.W. from Tucson
on March 1, 2009
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My 9 month old was eating several solids such as rice cereal, squash, carrots, peas, most fruits, yogurt, etc. until recently. She was sick with 2 different viruses o...
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- Hi L., if you are giving her meds still that can have something to do with it. Meds tend to affect your taste buds and make you not hungry. If you are not giving m...
- My 9 month old loves all food...but he does go through days where he only wants sweets. Try the sweet veggies...since you make your own baby food try sweet baby carrot...
- I have a 10 month old who for the last 6 weeks has wanted to feed himself almost exclusively which pretty much rules out any sloppy pureed stuff. 9-12 month old babies...
8 Month Old Refusing Formula
Asked by H.N. from Seattle
on October 9, 2008
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Hello. My 8month old loves to eat and she doesn't want to drink milk. She was breast fed for 7months and supplemented on formula since she was born. Now, she doesn't...
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- Big variety of food (I got a little mini-blender, probably at babies R Us, so I could blend big-people foods that seemed appropriate) ... you'll have to keep close tra...
- You didn't mention if you can still pump and bottle feed. I'm guessing not, but if you can, I would try that. Next, have you tried different formulas? They really ...
- I recently weaned my 8 mo old and he did not want to drink formula. I mixed it with vanilla flavored rice milk to give it the sweetness of breast milk. The first day...
Baby Suddenly Refusing Bottle -- and Needs to Take It at Daycare
Asked by J.M. from New York
on December 22, 2008
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I'm hoping that someone has experienced this before and can offer some suggestions. My 6 month old son started refusing his bottle about a week ago after taking it su...
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- J., have you checked if he has a ear infection? It might be painful for him to suck if he has one. I do hope he feels better soon.
- When I brought my daughter to the babysitter's when I first went back to work, she was 6 months old. I nursed before and after I brought her to the babysitter, but wh...
- Hi J., I have had the same issues with my son--completely congested and refusing bottle (but would nurse fine). This is probably obvious, but have you tried using som...
Nutrition After Switching to Milk
Asked by K.R. from Lafayette
on August 30, 2007
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My son just turned one and we have switched him from formula to whole milk. I want to make sure he's getting all the nutrition he needs since he's not on formula anym...
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- Talk with your pediatrician. The easiest way to combat family "suggestions" is to have information from the doctor. Then, if she says he doesn't eat well, you can sa...
- I would not use the pediasure unless your doctor says to. They usually only have children who are under weight or who have strict diets due to food allergies drink pe...
- we went through this last month & I found that cherrios are WONDERFUL LOL they have the iron that the milk doesnt offer & the kids usually love them. my little man sta...
Question About Starting Foods and Breastfeeding
Asked by D.S. from Detroit
on September 22, 2008
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Hi, my sone is 6 months 3 weeks and I have finally started him on foods. I'm still not sure about two things; first, how much and how often should I be giving him (he...
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- Once they begin eating, they usually drink less milk. Just be sure to give him juice and water to keep him hydrated. I used to give my son a few tablespoons of cerea...
- I would stop the food. Since you are breastfeeding, he really needs nothing else until he is a year old. What's the rush to food?
- It is very important that you are able to provide enough breastmilk for your son. If you need to, I would stop solids all together for a little longer until he can en...
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...
11 Month Old Diet
Asked by D.H. from Dallas
on July 5, 2008
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My son is 11 months old and has been eating people foods for 2 weeks. He still drinks his milk and eats oatmeal. Just to get an idea, what does an 11 month old diet co...
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- My 10 month old eats 3 meals a day, 1 snack, 3 bottles. Always cheerios and oatmeal with a baby food fruit mixed in for breakfast, and any of the following for the ot...
- I have a 9 1/2 month old baby boy and what I used was this website....http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/introducing-baby-finger-foods.htm I found it really helpful! ...
- An 11 mo old should eat whatever you are eatting at home and healthy but put it through the food grinder for some things and others he can gum/chew it up. Just NO fas...
Baby Food
Asked by E.M. from Louisville
on September 25, 2007
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what is the difference between the stages foods i mean i know the consistency is different but when do you try and change??? does anyone make their own baby food??? if...
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- I always made my own. I didn't usually start solids until they were about 6 months. Then I would use a food processor (you can use a blender, too) to puree fruits, ste...
- It has been my experience that you change the stages of baby food according to how your child can chew it. What I mean is...you don't want to give your baby the food ...
- We make baby food by simply blending fruit or vegetable, adding water or iron-fortified baby cereal (rice, oatmeal, whole grain) or formula to thin or thicken. Your ba...
Bottle for the First Year Vs. Food Early
Asked by E.W. from Detroit
on December 15, 2008
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I'm reading all these questions about bottles/breast feeding for the first year only, but I gave my kids food really early and I mean really early. My first child was...
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- I don't think that anybody really knows the answers and that's why the doctors keep going back and forth. It used to be rice cereal in the bottle at 1 month and now it...
- It is my opinion that many of the food allergies we see today are a direct result from the chemicals put in our foods and the from the high number of genetically modif...
- I do not know the answers to your questions but I know I gave my baby food before he was one. I started him on cereal in the bottle within the first couple of months (...
