Always use milk with cereal?

emilyec1

I'm new to this board so sorry if a similar question has been asked recently!  We started our twins on oatmeal a few days ago and will be moving to sweet potatoes next. I freaked out when I realized how much milk was needed to soften the cereal. Pumped milk is very hard to come by in our household since I am feeding 2 babies. I'd like to combine the oatmeal with the sweet potatoes. Is there any problem with doing this on a regular basis? There's no way I can possibly keep up with pumping enough BM for the cereal; I already pump several times a day to supplement the milk I pump when I work so they have enough on the day I'm gone. TIA!

mamayo26

you can do that. the only thing is that with the additional fiber, they may poop more (frequently and quantity). You could also use formula or I use water in DS's cereal.

danieliza1127

You can just use water, or formula if you want the added nutrition.

kdjudd

I've used water, breast milk, or formula. I sometimes use oatmeal as a thickener for purees too. 

LittleApple

I use pumped BM in my DS's cereal mixed with fruit or veggie.  You can also use water.

lil_jen051708

kdjudd:

I've used water, breast milk, or formula. I sometimes use oatmeal as a thickener for purees too.nbsp;

this is what I do too. If I have some watery looking BM, I might use that but often I use water. If my pures are runny, I use oatmeal to thicken them up. No needful use BM!

kgauntt

I use water for cereal, but I make my own on the stove.

allardr

You can just use water. I vary, if I have time to pump I'll use milk. If not I use water. I use water a lot because even if I defrost pumped milk if I use it in my food I can't freeze the food (since that'd be re-freezing the milk). If I use water no problem freezing the baby food.