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KateDevine
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Cereal Question
My ped said that I can start cereal at 4 months (in two weeks ) and I am sure this info is on the box, but I don't have a box yet and I don't see my ped again til October. So how do you do cereal? Do I start with rice? How do you alternate?
TIA!
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Posted 8/9/07 9:34 AM  |
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jmf423
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Re: Cereal Question
My ped said to start with rice or oatmeal.....I think everyone will tell you something different 
My DS hated the rice, but loved the oatmeal. When you start them you make it VERY thin....kind of like thickened formula. It might take a few trys to get him used to it.
My DS did not like it too thin, so now I give it to him on the thicker side.
You basically, mix the cereal with formula to get the right consistency. I started giving it to DS before his 1st bottle of the day. Once he got used to it I added it around dinner time.
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| Posted 8/9/07 9:41 AM |
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Lucky
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Re: Cereal Question
Rice is also known to be more binding so if DC tends to be prone to constipation, I'd start with oatmeal. I know the rice really threw my DD for a loop in the beginning. After a few days, we ditched the rice and have been using oatmeal and barley ever since.
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| Posted 8/9/07 9:54 AM |
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Belladonna219
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Re: Cereal Question
I didnt start with rice because I didnt want to bind him. I started with Oatmeal and DS LOVED it 
I started with a 1 or 2 tbs mixed with his formula.
Once he was fine with the oatmeal eventually I tried Barley, Rice (not on a daily basis) and the Banana Oatmeal just to switch things up a bit. 
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| Posted 8/9/07 10:01 AM |
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want2beamom
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Re: Cereal Question
I believe my doc said to start with 1 tbs.
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| Posted 8/9/07 10:05 AM |
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angelbear217
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Re: Cereal Question
We started with oatmeal as well, due to poopy issues . I started her with 1 T a day mixed with formula. I gave it to her for her second feeding because I was finding she wasn't really hungry first thing. We did a week of oatmeal, a week of rice, never did barley, week 3 alternated one each day and then week 4 offered it twice a day.
Play with the consistency. My DD loved her cereal more lumpy than runny. She started to take more once I thickened it a bit.
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| Posted 8/9/07 10:17 AM |
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MommyofG
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Re: Cereal Question
I started with Rice and she was fine, no binding but then again I didnt start giving her solids till she was 6 months.
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| Posted 8/9/07 11:07 AM |
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