Do you mix cereal with formula or directly with food?

auburnbride2be

I have always mixed the cereal with formula and then mixed baby food in that. Daycare told me they started mixing the cereal flakes in straight with the baby food to thicken it. I'm sure this is fine, but is there any reason I should ask them to go back to doing it my way??

thomas&lynn

I never mixed cereal with anything but plain water or I use it now to thicken her food. I was pumping for crap back then so didn't want to possible "waste" the BM if she didn't eat the cereal and makinig an ounce of formula was a pain in my butt lol.

If your baby needs those extra calories/nutritional aspects then sure tell them to mix with formula.

Sherriberry

I mix cereal with fruits or veggies.

When we first started out I did it with formula.

Lucky_Dragonfly

I mix the cereal with formula and then add in fruit. I pretty much do everythig for daycare so the only thing they have to do is add the water and fruit to the bowl.

Worcbride

I mix cereal w/formula and then add some fruit.   DD doesn't like her cereal too thick (takes after Daddy w/food pickiness LOL).  I don't think there's a reason to ask them to do it differently unless you want them too (you're the Mommy, after all)

taylor20204

I add fruit to the cereal, but DS is very picky about texture it seems, so if it's too thick I will thin it out with a little formula...sometimes prune juice if he's 'backed up' at all.  I'm talking a tiny amount, like a tsp., that's usually all it takes.

carrann82

I add cereal to fruit and then add some BM to make it less thick.

kelly&marty

When he started liking thicker purees, I started adding it directly to the food. There's nothing wrong with doing it. For us, it depended on the consistency I wanted.

Amrice78

I just mix with the fruit I'm giving him.  At the beginning I mixed it with bm, but that was when he first started solids.

southernbelle82

we mixed it in with her food b/c it was the only way she'd eat it.  Then she got used to it and wanted it in there.  We still mix it in but we ran out a couple days. 

Brandi041407

I started mixing it with juice to make it taste better for ds and also to prevent him from constipation! I add some fruit in it too!

He didn't like it with formula!

As long as your baby is getting enough formula per day it shoudn't really matter!