Moms of 5 month olds: Solids Questions

I have been giving DD rice cereal at one feeding a day and was wondering if I should increase it to two feedings a day. Also, have any of you started DC on different cereals yet--oatmeal or barley?

TIA!

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I have been giving DS (who is 5 months old today) cereal since he turned 3.5 months. I started with rice and then moved to oatmeal. I never tried barley. He now gets oatmeal and a fruit in the morning and rice cereal with a vegetable at night. I did notice that he has decreased the amount of formula that he will take in a day due to this which I'm not happy about. Hope this helps...

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Thank you--it does help! I am so confused about the formula/solids factor as well...

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bump...anyone else?

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We started DD on cereal at 4 months, as per our ped we were giving her 1tbs twice a day we started with Barley than oatmeal and then rice in 4 day increments, meaning we had to stick to one cereal for 4 days

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Emerson started solids at 4 months. From the get-go she was eating 2 tsp. of cereal 2X/day. I only ever gave her the oatmeal and rice cereals. Every few days she tried a new fruit or veggie. Now at 8 months old she has 3 meals a day and 4 bottles. At 5 months old if your DC is interested I would increase the amount and frequency of cereal and start on some fruit and veggies.

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Message edited 5/23/2009 1:01:05 PM.

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At such a young age formula/breastmilk is most important. Feeding milk first then solids an hour or so after is a good idea.


Formula/breastmilk is all they NEED in their first year. So its most important they get that. As long as he doesn't drop below 20-24 ozs of formula he should be getting enough. If he is dropping below that then backing off of solids would be a good idea.

The rule of thumb is that the average baby takes 2 to 3 ozs of formula for every pound of body weight in a 24 hour period, up to a maximum of 32 ounces.

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Our ped. gave us the green light to begin giving DD solids at her 4 month appointment. I personally felt it was way too early, so we've only been giving her the rice cereal once in the morning until about a week ago. We started adding fruits and just started veggies today, but I honestly forgot that they make other types of cereals besides rice

I think I will pick up a box of oatmeal and do what one of the OP suggested--oatmeal & fruit in the morning, rice & veggie in the evening.

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I started DS on rice cereal once a day since he was 4 months, I quickly noticed how it started binding him and how miserable he got, so I cut down the RC to 3 times a week only (Mon. Weds. Fri.) He also hates it anyway so I'm finishing the box and trying oatmeal next. I'll try giving it to him again once a day and see if he is OK with it.