When you mix fruit or veggies with cereal..

what's the ratio, and do you still put BM or formula in it?

Re: When you mix fruit or veggies with cereal..

start by wetting the rice cereal with the breast milk/ formula then I added half the fruit to the cereal in the beginning and as a few days went on slowly increased. Hope this helps.

Re: When you mix fruit or veggies with cereal..

I still put formula in it, or even fruit juice on occasion, and then add in the fruit or veggies.

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i usually put in 4 tablespoons of cereal (dry) with a 4 oz. jar of fruit or veggie, b/c that is what DS likes. it's a very thick consistency.

you don't need to add BM or formula if you don't want to. start with 1 tablespoon and see what she likes. you can always add more.

if it's too "grainy" for you, and you are comfortable doing so, microwave it for 10-15 seconds, which will help the fruit/veg absorb the cereal better.

Re: When you mix fruit or veggies with cereal..

i mix 3 cubes of fruit with 2 1/2 tblsp of cereal, and an ounce of BM (when i nursed) or formula now.

imo i wouldnt microwave, youre making your own food, and it takes out the nutrients, so it would be purposeless for you to make it.

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I just do this in the morning and make mine thick I don't really measure I eyeball it, but it's bc Chels likes texture in the beginning I did add BM/Formula to it to make it more smooth

Re: When you mix fruit or veggies with cereal..

really depends on where you are in the eating of chunky food. I can now do just cereal (3 tbsp) and a jar of fruit (stage 2) but that is pretty chunky. In the beginning I would add some formula so it was softer.

Re: When you mix fruit or veggies with cereal..

as of now-- I am doign all separate bowls, but I would like to make them more "meal like".

So, at night-- I am gonna do a veggie/cereal dish, with 1/2 fruit jar for "dessert".

In the AM, I am going to do fruit/cereal in one bowl.

I can make it how I have been doing it-- but I wanted to make sure one didn't overpower the other, etc.

thanks for the input!

Re: When you mix fruit or veggies with cereal..

Randi - They have dishes/bowls that have separators so you don't have to mix if you don't want to. Plus it's less cleanup.

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I dont ever measure. In the am I make the oatmeal with formula and then she has fruit. I mix some fruit in sometimes, other times I give it to her after the oatmeal.

For dinner I give her 3 cubes of veggies and however much mixed grain cereal I feel like adding to it. If I put to much, I add a little water to it.