Babies: 3 - 6 Months

Did anyone skip cereal?

My LO started rice cereal which he does it off of a spoon. He eats pretty well with a spoon.He just doesn't seem to like the taste. I then proceeded to try oatmeal which he liked a lot better. At the same time, he developed a rash on his neck. I took him to the doctor and they said it was from drooling. The rash is getting better but then I noticed a little on his back. I still believe it may be from the oatmeal. My husband and I are both very sensitive to certain things. Anyway I'm wondering if i should just skip cereal or if I should add a little banana to the cereal for some taste. Any advice would be much appreciated!

Re: Did anyone skip cereal?

  • Ask your pedi!  I think the reason to use rice cereal is just because before 6 months a baby's system really isn't ready for other foods yet, and basically no one is allergic to rice.  If your baby doesn't seem to like the taste and he has a reaction to oatmeal, ask the pedi for other suggestions.  I don't think they would recommend sweetening with anything at this point so as not to "spoil" his tastebuds and get him accustomed to only liking sweet things.
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  • we went straight to foods. I saw no real benefit of cereal.
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  • How old was your LO when you started foods? What did you start with?

     

  • We are going to start with Baby Led Weaning at 6+months (when she shows signs she is ready). We won't be doing purees or cereals and go straight to food food. Avocado will likely be first on the list.
  • We started with sweet potatoes. Skipped cereal this time around. 
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    We started with sweet potatoes. Skipped cereal this time around. 

    This. Cereal has no real health benefit. We are also looking into baby led weaning. Next week is the big week:)

  • If you are BFing baby is used to sweet foods anyways. I found rice highly constipating with DD unless I mixed it with pears. This time I'm probably going to skip the cereal and start with avocado. But realistically, baby will probably just eat something off our plates at mealtime after I've exposed him to a few different things.
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  • We went straight to foods as well, were on week two and she's doing well. She didn't react well to cereal it made her belly worse and my doctor said there was no real benefit to it.
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  • I'm on board with the other mommas. We're skipping cereal, because it has no real benefits, and going with avacado as the first food. Cole is breastfed, so he is already used to sweet milk, so after the avacado, we'll move onto another fruit since it's so easily digested. And we're going to wait until 6+ months. Until he actually shows an interest in foods, I'm not going to start solids.
  • We skipped rice because it really constipated DD.  Tried oatmeal on DS and it seemed to do the same.  We mostly stick to fruits that help keep him regular right now - peach, pear, prunes and did a little bit of sweet potato.  I don't go for the not starting with sweet stuff idea because LO wants only sweet, etc.  I made DD every type of veggie then fruit under the sun and she is still the worst eater.  No matter how you try to "teach" your kid to eat or adjust their tastes, it doesn't always work out how you like.
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  • While DD is drinking Breastmilk exclusively going back to work has made her lazy nurser so we started introducing cereal and purees about the same time mainly because she has been looking at us longingly while we sit down together for dinner...she loves her Apples and Pears as well as Sweet Potatoes...Peaches are a no go...

    I always mix cereals for her in Breastmilk and add some pureed fruit or veg...

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  • I'm skipping cereal as well. As a nutritionist, I'd rather give my babies real food as opposed to something processed. 
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  • Glad to hear I'm not the only one who skipped it  this time around.
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  • We are skipping cereal and going straight to veggies.  
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  • I tried rice cereal maybe 4 times, then went to oatmeal 2 times, thought both were pointless and started her on squash.  She loved it.
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  • We are probably skipping it.
  • glad to see there are so many others skipping it- as we are planning on doing that as well!
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  • We skipped cereal with Ds and plan to do the same with Dd.  I see zero benefit from cereal, ds gagged on it the one and only time we gave it to him. 
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  • We skipped cereal and started with purees. Just seemed more nutritious. It's not like he doesn't get plenty of simple carbs from the formula.
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