Cereal Question...when to stop?

BabyC925

For those of you that started cereal a little early (we started around 4 mo...per Dr.) when do you plan on stopping cereal or have you already? If so what is your babies schedule now, what does he/she eat through out the day and at each feeding and how many liquid feedings and solids?

Lindsay2907

DS actually never got cereal.  Is your baby FF or BF?  I know if they're formula fed, they get all the iron they need from the formula, however if they're breastfed, they need more iron from solids.  Cereal is a good source of iron.  

He gets 28oz formula per day, and 2 solid feedings.  Yogurt for breakfast, and fruits veggies, meats, etc. for dinner.  I will add in a 3rd meal in a couple weeks.  

kah01009

DD gets constipated from cereal twice a day, so we now give her 3 solid meals a day, but only one of them has a cereal with it (oatmeal, rice, or barley). She drinks breast milk only, so we still give it to her for the iron, and she also has a baby vitamin with flouride mixed in her food once a day. Our food schedule looks something like this:

6:30am wake and nurse

7:15am fruit and cereal (and vitamin)

10:30am wake from nap and nurse

11:30 veggies

3:00pm wake from nap and nurse

4:00pm fruit

5:00pm nurse

6:30pm bedtime baba of BM with daddy (3-4 ounces)

I'm currently weaning from nighttime feedings, so she gets dreamfed at 10pm and 2am. HTH!

 

aabreu32

BabyC925:

For those of you that started cereal a little early (we started around 4 mo...per Dr.) when do you plan on stopping cereal or have you already? If so what is your babies schedule now, what does he/she eat through out the day and at each feeding and how many liquid feedings and solids?

I am following pedi's recommendation - which was fruit or veggie plus cereal at each solid feeding.  DD gets 3 tablespoons oatmeal plus 2 oz or so of fruit for 1 feeding and then 3 tablespoons rice ceral plus 2 oz or so veggie for other feeding.  At 6 month appt, Pedi said to move up to 4 tablespoons and then after that add third feeding per day.  I don't anticipate dropping the cereal anytime soon - unless pedi says to do so at the 9 month appt.  DD likes it and I have not had any constipation issues with it.  I use Plum brand and it has probiotics so this may be why. 

Kitiara5512

C is FF and pedi recommended cereal at 4 months solely for the additional iron, even though I wanted him on veggies only. C currently still gets cereal in the morning, then veggies in afternoon, and fruit in evening. Once he gets some teeth (only been waiting about 3 months) we will probably switch to oatmeal in the morning and stay with home pureed/chunky food in afternoon and evening. I dont think C will ever completely stop cereals, just switch from the baby ones to different kind.