CEREAL in a BOTTLE - Yay or Nay?

just_peachy · May 2010

is it because it has something to do with ear infections?

my PED said absolutely NO to cereal in a botttle and yet some of my friends' docs say it's ok.

mommys.gummy.bear · May 2010

Never heard any sort of connection with cereal in a bottle and ear infections. Tooter has gotten cereal mixed with formula by bottle since he was 3wks old.

Shell24 · May 2010

Nay, unless your pedi specifically says it's okay for your baby. Some babies need it for reflux.

Your pedi may tell another mom that it is ok to do.

emmared1986 · May 2010

It can aspirate into their lungs and choke them. Very big no-no. I would listen to your pedi.

and PP... 3 weeks...yikes.

mamaem · May 2010

Not sure about ear infections, but my pedi said unless they need it for reflux cereal should be given by spoon in order to start teaching your baby to eat solids from a spoon

terrahill09 · May 2010

Our pedi said spoon feed it, because they get full faster and if they're getting it from a bottle they dont realize theyre full til they overeat. I also EBF though, and since she has reflux we've done it since she was 2 months and a few weeks old. It seems to work okay.

daisy_dueller · May 2010

mamaem:
Not sure about ear infections, but my pedi said unless they need it for reflux cereal should be given by spoon in order to start teaching your baby to eat solids from a spoon

This...

They have to learn to eat from a spoon, not a bottle.

ChicNotGeek · May 2010

Funny, I just posted a question about cereal in a bottle.

Anyway, my SIL said that she put cereal in her son's bottle at 4 months at night to help him sleep, but otherwise gave him cereal from a spoon. I tried this yesterday, and it clogged up the nipple, so if you do it, you may need to get new nipples. I hear the Y-shaped ones are for thicker liquids.

ScissorTailedFlycatcher · May 2010

We've added RC to her bottles since 3 weeks as well. Pediatricians's orders.

amoureux · May 2010

Shell24:

Nay, unless your pedi specifically says it's okay for your baby. Some babies need it for reflux.

Your pedi may tell another mom that it is ok to do.

llc730 · May 2010

Nay...the AAP warns against it unless it is for reflux for several of the reasons already stated...it can be a choking hazard, babies can overeat, and it sends mixed messages about solid foods.

just_peachy · May 2010

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING all this for me!!!
xoxoxo

ChicNotGeek · May 2010

But now that I think about it ... my SIL's baby has had A LOT of ear infections.

MrsRebecca · May 2010

Nay. Our pedi said we could add it to bottles for his reflux but we opted not to.

12bailey18 · May 2010

I've always been told solids belong on the spoon and liquids belong in the bottle so that's what I plan to follow.

lovebug630 · May 2010

emmared1986:
It can aspirate into their lungs and choke them. Very big no-no. I would listen to your pedi.
and PP... 3 weeks...yikes.

This is what my pedi says.

superaunt · May 2010

i was told no because it doesn't really teach them how to eat

MrsBatty · May 2010

superaunt:
i was told no because it doesn't really teach them how to eat

This, and b/c it is a choking hazard.

Tonya_G · May 2010

Some pedi's suggest it for babies with reflux. At the age of your DS, though, if you want to do cereal, just spoon feed it- there is no reason for an older baby to do this.

Piranha54 · May 2010

Nay, unless there are reflux issues. Also, my pedi says the sleeping better thing is a huge myth - may be coincidence, but it's not the cereal helping a 4-6 monther sleep better.

PurpleK26 · May 2010

Our pedi told us to start DD on rice at 2 months. He said spoon or bottle. We just add a (formula) scoop to her bottle since she's still so small. I think once she hits the 4 month 'normal' solid stage, we'll spoon feed it.

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