Cream of Wheat for 4 month old?

Vampytiff

Hi all the dr said we have the all clear to start feeding the little one food all he said was no cow milk and no honey. I have been giving the little on cream of wheat for breakfast has anyone else done this? im getting flack from my friends that i should be feeding rice cereal but my dr said that it is nutritionally void and that i should feed him oatmeal i figured cream of wheat was the same. Does anyone else feel the same or am i by myself with the dr?

sschwege

Four months old is early for any type of solids, I didn't start until 6 months.  But when I did I started with single grain oatmeal.  I didn't do rice because my concern about arsenic.

Ridgebackmom

My 10m has tried it but I didn't start solids until after 6/7m. I started with avocado and fruit. Can he sit up on his own? 4m is too young...IMO

MAMAxB

FOUR MONTHS IS TOO EARLY. Baby's guts aren't even fully closed by then.

Even if they were -- ANY grain before 18-24 months is way too hard for baby to digest. Yikes.

mommyginab

Eesh. Cream of wheat is too much for MY stomach, much less a 4 month old. Is it working for him, is he digesting it OK? I only have a 6 week old, but this is my fourth, and I haven't had a baby in 8 years. I fed my previous 3 rice cereal at 5 months, but didn't really think about nutritional value then. I plan on starting my LO now on solids when he's around 5-6 months. Not sure what I'm going to start with though. 

htk1113

We started our son with mashed bananas at 4.5 months old.  Just a few bites here and there.   

I never went the rice cereal route because like your Ped said its empty calories and not very nutritional.  I don't know if cream of wheat is much better than rice cereal, nutritionally speaking, but if you thin it out enough I don't think it would cause a digestion problem for your lo.

Radiantly

This:

https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/nourishing-a-growing-baby/

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mymanicuredmama

The more I've learned about grains and the digestive system it is becoming more clear that oatmeal or cream of wheat is too difficult for a baby (4 months old) to properly digest. Digestion takes up majority of our energy. I think it is important to not stress a baby's digestive system because so much is going on in the beginning stages of life for growth and development. For example, I wouldn't want to take energy away from brain development that day to focus on breaking down cream of wheat. Just a thought.