Refusing to eat cereal

julieteve

We started solids a week or so ago with baby rice cereal. The first three days she seemed to enjoy it and then everything changed. The next four days she just cried and refused to swallow anything. I tried mixing with breast milk, tried with water, tried with both, tried different temperatures and different spoons. In all instances (both when she ate it and when she didn't), I had nursed her within an hour prior.  For now I gave up and stopped trying. Any suggestions? DD is six and a half months old. Also forgot to mention that I tried different consistencies as well with no luck.

rjeller32

You don't need to feed her cereal. You can start with a veggie pf your choice. We skipped cereal altogether.

I wouldn't force a food, especially since really it's not nutritionally necessary. 

vettymama

We completely skipped cereal. Try a fruit or veggie.

pb_bride

+MeganS+:

We completely skipped cereal. Try a fruit or veggie.

Ditto. 

cowgirltu

pb_bride:

+MeganS+:

We completely skipped cereal. Try a fruit or veggie.

Ditto. 

I did as well.  There is no nutritional value with cereal, just empty calories.

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CharlieMomma

DD puts her mouth on lockdown when I come at her with a spoon! So I tend to just let her feed herself. We started right at 6months. Maybe look into BLW... It might be an option for you :

this decaf life

We haven't given DD any cereal/grains yet. She's had avocado, banana, pear & carrot. I'm going to try oatmeal in a week or two but it's really no big deal if she doesn't like it.

jennygirlmt

We skipped all cereal and purees bc dd hated them. We started BLW and just now at 8 months dd is finally consuming some food. People get way too caught up in feeding babies things other than milk. Skip it.

honeybee72

jennygirlmt:

People get way too caught up in feeding babies things other than milk. Skip it.

Kinda this. One of my girls (I have twins) has always had some tummy issues. We started solids around 6 months and she was the one much more interested than her sister. Well, around 7 months or so, her troubles seemed to come right back. We stopped everything but the cereal & fruit she gets in the morning at DC and we have a much happier baby.

I can't say for sure that it was related to the food or not (she still doesn't have teeth, so we do know that wasn't it), but she certainly isn't missing it. We're also not as stressed out trying to fit dinner in when we only get a few hours with them in the evenings anyway.