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NO more rice cereal!

bigbearbigbear
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DD has been teething, having issues with not staying on the side which she now prefers to sleep on and has therefore been having trouble sleeping.

BUT on top of that she has had gas and I had noticed it was getting worse every day. We introduced her to rice cereal mid last week. Every next day she was getting a bit worse. Wednesday night gas was her biggest issue and she was so fussy. So we are stopping the rice cereal. We tried it doesn't work for us....

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  • YallAintRightYallAintRight member

    My pedi told us that you don't even have to do rice cereal at all.  We tried it for a day or two but it's mostly tasteless and I guess just helpful with getting them used to something aside from milk.

    We then went to purees and DS loves them.  Granted no matter what I put in him mouth the first face is like you are feeding him straight lemon juice.  Once he realizes he likes it he'll gobble it up.  I will say that his poops are now on a new level of grossness though.  The pedi told me that almost all kids will have to go through an adjustment to their system when they start solids and to add prunes to the mix if he seems really backed up.

    Good luck with the teething!  I swear DS has been "teething" for 4 weeks but no action in his mouth.  And I feel your pain on the sleeping thing.  DS travels to every corner of his crib nightly!  We just got the breathable bumper so I'm hoping that I can at least keep him from getting lodged in the sides.

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    My pedi told us that you don't even have to do rice cereal at all.  We tried it for a day or two but it's mostly tasteless and I guess just helpful with getting them used to something aside from milk.

    We then went to purees and DS loves them.  Granted no matter what I put in him mouth the first face is like you are feeding him straight lemon juice.  Once he realizes he likes it he'll gobble it up.  I will say that his poops are now on a new level of grossness though.  The pedi told me that almost all kids will have to go through an adjustment to their system when they start solids and to add prunes to the mix if he seems really backed up.

    Good luck with the teething!  I swear DS has been "teething" for 4 weeks but no action in his mouth.  And I feel your pain on the sleeping thing.  DS travels to every corner of his crib nightly!  We just got the breathable bumper so I'm hoping that I can at least keep him from getting lodged in the sides.

    Yeah, DD is not quite ready to be spoon fed and the rice cereal was not making her sleep any longer so there was just no point in doing it.. If anything it made it worse because she obviously isn't sleeping.

    And yes DD scoots all over the crib all the time.

    Our pedi said they can be teething for 2 months before cutting the first tooth. Grrrreeaattt LOL

     

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  • sweetky_06sweetky_06 member
    I heard rice cereal can cause constipation so I went right to oatmeal and fruit & veggie purees. We've not had any issues so far with squash, pears or the oatmeal - getting ready to try avacados today!
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    I heard rice cereal can cause constipation so I went right to oatmeal and fruit & veggie purees. We've not had any issues so far with squash, pears or the oatmeal - getting ready to try avacados today!

    Oh how exciting! :) I hope DD will be fine with it, too when we start. She's never had any tummy issues so I was surprised that rice cereal was causing her that much discomfort but it makes sense that it would. With purees you can balance it out. Good luck with the avocados :)

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  • Izabella22Izabella22 member
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    Our pedi said they can be teething for 2 months before cutting the first tooth. Grrrreeaattt LOL

    Yeah I think we're in this boat as well. Ugh. 

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  • lp0lp0 member
    My ds did really well with rice cereal and now with the oatmeal. I add fruit to it and it seems like pears are the only tho g that were making him super gassy. He does sometimes get a little constipated so I add in a little prune pur?e and it gets things moving again.
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  • sterpstra10sterpstra10
    Try oatmeal or barley, my LO had a hard time with the rice too.  I still started giving him veggie purees at 4 months because he just seemed to like those better - but now he loves the oatmeal for breakfast.
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