cereal

How old was your baby when you started giving them cereal??

4 months is the age most pedi's recommend starting rice cereal. Dilute it a little bit with some breastmilk/formula and put it in a bottle and there ya go.  

I put Lilly on cereal at 3 and half months.
Now she can't even stand the stuff haha.

my daughter is 2 months and i was tlhinking of giving her some b/c she is always hungry!! She will empty both breasts and take 2 oz of formula and be hungry again within an hour !

Most peds say 4-6 months, alot of them are saying 6 months, but there are other signs you have to look for first, I'll go find them and post them for you.


We started Will on cereal at 5 months.

Quoting Kellysmith:“ my daughter is 2 months and i was tlhinking of giving her some b/c she is always hungry!! She will empty both breasts and take 2 oz of formula and be hungry again within an hour !”

I wouldn't give her it yet, at 2 months they still need as much formula/breastmilk as they can get.
Btw- NEVER put cereal in a bottle in can cause colic

Talk to your pedi first. If she's still hungry after bf, then maybe offer the breast to her more often or let her suckle a little longer even if you're "empty" You body will get the message that it needs to make more milk.

Quoting BeautyMyth:“ I wouldn't give her it yet, at 2 months they still need as much formula/breastmilk as they can get. Btw- NEVER put cereal in a bottle in can cause colic”

I do.

Guidelines for starting solids taken out of my nutrition textbook for one of my nursing classes:



A child must be able to do ALL these things before they're ready to start solids: *They can sit up with assistance (this means strait up, not at an angle like in their car seat, more strait up like in a stroller)
*They can grasp objects with the palm of their hand
*They can hold their head steady
*They indicate their desire for food by opening their mouth and leaning forward
*They indicate disinterest or satiation by turing their head away
*They don't push a spoon out of their mouth with their tongue
*They are at least 4 months old, although now the American Academy of Pediatrics is suggesting to wait untill at least 6 months

I started at 4 months,Hazel hates the stuff I put it in her bottle because my dr told me to she has reflux,just to clear that up

Thanks everyone!!

Quoting Kellysmith:“ my daughter is 2 months and i was tlhinking of giving her some b/c she is always hungry!! She will empty both breasts and take 2 oz of formula and be hungry again within an hour !”

I tried my son early on it and he couldnt tolerate it at all., then he ate every hour and half till he was 5 months old. When I could add the cereal it still didnt hold him. Hes 8 months and eats 2 to 3 times a night, becasue food and formula dont hold his appetite. Could just be your baby., I would wait though

And to answer your question...we started at 4 motnhs after getting our pedi's ok  

Quoting j0cElYn:“ I tried my son early on it and he couldnt tolerate it at all., then he ate every hour and half till he ... [snip!] ... and eats 2 to 3 times a night, becasue food and formula dont hold his appetite. Could just be your baby., I would wait though”

Lilly is like that, she eats solids now and cereal and still wakes up about 4 times a night hungry