Rice Cereal Question

karaU

We started rice cereal and I have noticed that she is not pooping as much as she used to, maybe once every 3 days.  Does this seem normal?

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preston18

Rice is constipating. My pedi suggested oatmeal to start since he has had some issues.

JRS72206

I've read that rice cereal is very constipating. You don't have to start with it though. I plan to start with a veggie.

pixelvixen

We started with rice cereal and noticed that DD's stomach didn't do well with it and she had constipation issues too.  We switched her to oatmeal and haven't had a problem since.  You don't have to start with cereal/oatmeal but we still give it to her for breakfast, mixed with fruit and other goodies, she loves it.

LuvBug12683

wow...I never knew rice was so hard on their tummies...we're planning on starting rice/oatmeal at the end of the month but will now proabably stick with oatmeal and some veggies...(I heard to introduce fruits at the end right before meats)
Thanks for the info!

Seattle_JiLLn

Rice is very constipating.  And she's still so young, it might also be that her digestive system isn't ready for it.

bjm0708

It can be constipating.  Our DS didn't have any issues with it but I had a friend who's DC did.  Their pedi recommended adding a little apple or prune juice to it to get her back on track.  HTH.

m&m823

You can also mix it with a little bit of prune juice.  We skipped the rice cereal entirely since DS's formula has rice starch in it and it totally constipates him (and he gets a few ounces of prune juice every day to balance it all out, per pedi - and has for a few months now).