We started 4 months per the pedi's advice. We gave it with a spoon but it was very runny. I've read/heard it's a choking hazard in a bottle (unless needed for reflux, etc)
We started at four months with the first and will do the same with the second. She never liked it plain, though, but when we added it with a puree, she did well.
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started rice cereal at 4 mo. It took her awhile to take to it so have now just started oatmeal and will start baby food in a few days. Our pedi said not to use it in a bottle. It contributes to weight issues and pedi wants her to learn to eat her food, not just suck it.
Re: Cereal