Rice cereal no go, now what?

Ana Ramey

DS is now 7 months. We started him on purees ?around 5 months. We first tried rice cereal and he got super fussy so just skipped on to veggies, then fruits.?

Well, I would like to start thickening his purees with cereal. We tried rice again and he got the worst diaper rash. Like blisters, within 24 hours. ?

?I am hesitant to use anything else just because he reacted so harshly to rice which is supposed to be the easiest.?

Did any of you have this problem? If so, what did you use that worked??

saturdaynightdoubletree

Skip the rice, and talk to the pedi about it next time you're in. I would try oatmeal... DD liked it better, more nutrients, and hopefully you're LO will like it and not have any reactions. GL!

OSUtiff

We don't do rice or oatmeal anymore.  We just do a fruit puree in the morning and a veggie at night. Pedi said that was ok....

innes1015

LO had issues with rice cereal as well, and pedi said just to skip it.  We didn't use anything to thicken the purees - just always had a bib on.

ALittleBirdy

You don't have to do anything like that if you don't want to, but you could try oatmeal.

NManger

Jacob never liked rice...he loves oatmeal...try that. Or you could try the stage 2 purees which are a bit thicker.