What liquid do you use to make cereal?

Tippy05 · February 2011

Right now we use formula but I see a lot of comments about people using water. What do you use and why?

PinkPeony6210 · February 2011

We use formula too. She usually has a bottle right before she eats her oatmeal, so it's easiest for me to use formula.

just.a.lurker · February 2011

Water, because he doesn't drink formula so we don't have it, and I don't pump, so I don't have any BM to use. We mix his fruit purees with it though, because he won't eat it plain.

Shoshi10 · February 2011

We use formula because the pedi told us to.

soldiersgirl78 · February 2011

I use water to make cereal because his formula oz. intake was way high and it was a good way to cut it down, per pedi.

pinkmoonlight · February 2011

We use breast milk. We have always just used this to make her oatmeal. I never really though of using water. When I was growing up my mom made the cereal for my much younger siblings using formula so I never though anything different this is just how I was taught I guess.

jlthompson19 · February 2011

I've been using BM, but I think I'm going to switch to water b/c my supply is slowing tanking and I'd rather not use it if I don't have to. If I FF, I'd probably either not feed cereal (I thought the only real benefit was iron and there's plenty of that in the formula) or I'd use water b/c formula is expensive!

Haven1 · February 2011

I use water or prune juice. DS1 has constipation issues. I figure formula needs the water and oatmeal need the water. If you put all three together, one doesn't get the water it needs and DS1 will be crapping rabbit pellets. (That's my theory, anyway.) I do mix his purees with formual, so he's getting extra calories from that.