how cereal/fruit/veg at each meal at 6 mos?

hopeful34

Good morning ladies!!!

Just wondering how much cereal you give your babies at each sitting and how much fruits & veg.

Right now i'm only giving them 2tbsp of cereal and 1/2 tub of 1st gerber organic fruits for breakfast and a tub each of 1st gerber veggies each for dinner. DD has been constipated and i didn't want to give them too much cereal but from what i've seen most people are giving cereal 2x's a day.

Any suggestions would be great!
Thanks,

going+on+2

Have you tried the stage 1 prunes? I only give my Skyla cereal once a day but it is quite a bit mixed in with a whole container of stage one fruit. She used to have a problem with constipation but about every 2 days I mix it with the prunes and she has seemed to be going regular every since.

ETyorkin

The cereal doesn't seem to make my DS constipated, but he's just picky. Sometimes he'll eat it and want more, and sometimes he pushes the spoon away. 

So, on the days that he's good, I give him two bowls of rice and oatmeal cereal mixed (I use either Plum Organics, or Happybellies, whichever is available)

I give him about 9 tbsp mixed with chamomile tea (he likes it a lot) and he eats it pretty thick. We're just starting fruits, so I don't know how that will be incorporated, but we're just starting apples, so we'll see how that goes, since my DS is really sensitive, allergenically speaking. 

czaja125

If your Lo is getting constipated, do not give her cereal. DD has always been constipated, called  pedi and they said no cereal, rice, apples or bananas. They had her put on a prune diet (bleh!) 

You can also try giving a little water at those feedings as well.  

czaja125

hopeful34:

Good morning ladies!!!

Just wondering how much cereal you give your babies at each sitting and how much fruits & veg.

Right now i'm only giving them 2tbsp of cereal and 1/2 tub of 1st gerber organic fruits for breakfast and a tub each of 1st gerber veggies each for dinner. DD has been constipated and i didn't want to give them too much cereal but from what i've seen most people are giving cereal 2x's a day.

Any suggestions would be great!
Thanks,

PS. Your twins are so stinkin cute! ( I peaked at your blog) 

KristySnyder

DS will be 6 months on May 1st. But I give him oatmeal cereal 2x a day. plus 1/2 a jar of gerber stage one fruit or veggie at night. If he doesn't like the fruit or veggie by its self i mix it in with the oatmeal and he usally chows it down. I have herd of some parents are up to 3x a day doing the jar food or cereal. I don't know how I would go about doing that or even if I should. I am Breast feeding too and a new mom so I am still learning.

topbirdsix

We do 2TBSP if cereal mixed with 1/2 tub of fruit in the morning. And the same but veg in the evening. I think I might mover her to full tub of veg.

2mom74

I had issues with constipation also. My pedi told me to give juice or use prunes every couple of days. She thought he might be a bit dehydrated (we live in AZ). That seems to help things through.

I still BF, but feed LO 2-3x/day. He usually eats 1 tbs cereal, 1 tbs fruit, and 1 tbs veggie at each meal. 

Gingersnap_mama

We rarely give DD cereal 2x a day, because of constipation and to give her variety.  She eats solids 2x a day (around 10:30am and 5:30pm).  In the AM I give her 1 Tbsp. of oatmeal mixed with 1 Tbsp. of fruit or 1/3 of a container of baby yogurt, and in the PM I give her 1-2 Tbsp. of a vegetable.  We also started giving water throughout the day (no more than 4 oz. a day) and that has helped with the constipation.  If she starts to seem const. we give her 1/2 tub of stage 1 pureed prunes (I don't make prunes) like PPs and that seems to work.  Pears also work for her.  I think I am going to wait another couple of weeks before I move her to solids 3x a day.