Help: Mixing Cereal

ihendrix06

Hi,

What do you mix your baby cereal with (water or formula)?

Do you mix it in their bottle or bowl?

How many spoon or scoop of cereal do you put?

How many times a day do you give them cereal?

 

Thanks so much for the help....

 

monkski

we just did it for the first time today, but we mixed with breast milk in a bowl. We just followed the directions on the box and did one tablespoon of cereal with three of milk. We are going to do once a day until we go in for their 6 month appointment in a couple weeks and talk to the pedi about it to see what he thinks is best.

groovygrl

When we tried it as a solid, we mixed w/ formula and I basically just added & stirred til it seemed like the right consistency- watery-ish but could still be fed on a spoon and not really like a drink.

Unless your LOs ahve reflux or have been advised for another reason to put thicken formula, there is no need to put cereal in a bottle. It doesnt have much nutritional value beyond iron fortification and your formula already has that, it is more about practicing & getting used to swallowing something thick. 

GL!

jamie217

We use formula and just put the formula powder in the cereal and then add water.

xxyankeegrl823xx

We mix it with formula in a bowl. we started with I think 1 tbs of cereal and about a oz of formula. Just add enough till its a good consistency so its not too thick but not too watery. We do cereal twice a day. We do cereal and fruit in the am and cereal and veggie in the pm. Just make sure you wait about 4 days before you introduce any new foods to check for allergies.