Starting cereal and fruit...need your help?

The doctor told me to add cereal 2x a day and fruit two times a day...all before her bottle....then bottle about an hour later.........shouldn't I try cereal first andthen the fruit...how did you begin and was your schedule like.....right now she gets 4 8oz bottles a day....8am, 12, 4, and 8pm......how should I fit this all in...also does the amount of formula stay the same or do i decrease it? thanks for your help?

Re: Starting cereal and fruit...need your help?

I just started this as well...

I did oatmeal for 3 days...

Then apples for 3 days...

Bananas for 3 days.... etc...

I was told to try everything for 3 days, before introducing something else (that was if he was allergic, I would know what the problem was...)

So far success!

My sched. goes like this (its starts early because I have to be @ work....)

cereal and fruit @ 6...
6oz bottle by 630 (sometimes the bottle comes first, really depends on his mood) (ALSO he usually only take 4oz...but I always offer 6)

6oz bottle 3-4hrs later

6oz bottle 3-4 hrs later

* if he's having a hungry day and eating every 3hrs there is another bottle in here...

3-4 hrs later
cereal and fruit
6oz bottle ( again he usually only takes 4)

Bath

then I top him off with like 2-3oz... BED by 7 - 730

avg between 25-30oz/ day and 2 meals....

I just started too...so Im hoping to wean him to 4 8oz bottles a day as well!

Re: Starting cereal and fruit...need your help?

I started Logan on cereal (rice) about 4 weeks ago but not on any schedule....just to kind of get him used to it (the dr said not to really start until 5 mos).

I spoke to my Dr this week and he said to start him more regularly (he is 5 mos today). We now feed him cereal 2x a day (lunch and dinner). I will be starting Oatmeal tomorrow.

He is not on any set schedule yet :()..........................He is BFed when he gets up (anywhere between 7-9am).....lunch is about 3 hours later and he has cereal and about 1/2 hour later BF (however much he'll take)........BF about 3 hours later (around 3:30 or so)...........cereal about 6-6:30 followed by BFing.....last BFing about 9 or so followed by formula (approx 3oz)

Unfortunately I really don't know how much he eats in oz per day because of BFing.......My Dr recommended not starting fruits and veggies until 6 mos and he likes the cereal enough that he doesn't need it yet.

Message edited 1/29/2006 1:24:55 PM.