Help with starting rice cereal and food

Tara&Ryan

6 months is approaching too fast! I need your tips for starting the rice cereal and then baby food. DD is not a big eater, she only drinks 4 oz every 3 hrs and nothing through the night.

NDwife07

You don't actually have to start with rice cereal. It's just a common route to take.

I wish I had tips for you but my LO is so NOT interested in food!

NDwife07

PS - where in Michigan are you? I'm in Grand Rapids!

Laurie12820

Ditto PP.  Our Pedi said we didn't have to start with rice cereal.  Any single grain cereal or fruit/veggie is fine to start with.  We started at 4 months and I tried rice cereal for a week just so that DD would get used to the whole spoon thing.  I figured it was cheaper than wasting fruits/veggies if she didn't take to it.  Start off with a small amount about an hour before or after a bottle.  We also started with one meal a day at 4 months and are now doing 2 meals a day at 6 months.

tdalbey21

Our pedi told us we could skip cereal and go straight to food. We started with a veggie (sweet potatoes) and moved onto fruits. We only fed 1 oz of sweet potatoes at supper time. I have now moved up to 1 oz of fruits for breakfast, 1 oz of veggies at lunch time, and 1 oz of fruits and 1 oz of veggies at supper. We have only started the 3 times a day in the last 2 days.

Tara&Ryan

NDwife07:

PS - where in Michigan are you? I'm in Grand Rapids!

Oh sweet! I live in Westphalia, near Lansing...so not too far at all.