If you feed your LO fruits and veggies but no oatmeal/cereal...

PinkPeony6210 · October 2012

How much do you feed them at each "meal"?

Kate isn't tolerating rice cereal/oatmeal, so I've decided not to give it to her. However, because I'm a creature of habit, I feel uneasy about it. DD1 never had any issues with solids, so she would eat 1/2 container of fruit + 2 tablespoons of oatmeal in the morning, 1/2 container of veggie + 1/2 container of fruit in the afternoon, and 1/2 container of veggie + 2 tablespoons of oatmeal in the evening. Someone please tell me it's okay not to give their LO cereal...lol!

ADub09 · October 2012

We are not giving S cereals. I am making all my own baby food so it is hard for me to say how much he is getting. I scoop a few spoonfuls into his bowl of 2-3 different kind of foods and then feed him until either it is all gone or he is done. Since he is still breastfeeding I am not too worried about how much he is eating. He eats solids 2-3 times a day.

dixee.deluxe · October 2012

I feed until she stops opening her mouth for me.

andricjl · October 2012

I have no advice on whether you need to give some sort of "cereal", except to ask did you try barley? My Ped told us to try rice, oatmeal and barley. DD didn't tolerate the rice well either. She has done better with the oatmeal and so far good with the barley. The rice was an issue when I tried to give it to her at dinnertime rather then the morning. I started only feed her solids 1x a day in the morning and I think that helps a lot. I'm actually nervous to up it to 2x a day so we are taking it slow at this point.

Jessica

KatFCo · October 2012

DD hated cereal, so we're not even bothering to give it to DS. With DD, at first we introduced one at a time, but then we usually ended up giving her half of one and half of another.

It's certainly okay to not bother with cereal. It doesn't have much nutritional value anyway.

AmyJoy728 · October 2012

We never did oatmeal or cereal. We started with once a day at 5.5 months before bed and after 6 months moved to 2x, once at lunch and before bed. During lunch we are doing 2 ice cubes worth, and at bed as much as they will eat of a 2.5oz container.

katieh1017 · October 2012

I am right there with you PinkPeony! L has had gas the past 2 nights and all she had besides formula were 2 baby mum-mums (which are rice). I am not sure how I am going to deal with this stomach of hers

Torani · October 2012

KatFCo:

DD hated cereal, so we're not even bothering to give it to DS. With DD, at first we introduced one at a time, but then we usually ended up giving her half of one and half of another.

It's certainly okay to not bother with cereal. It doesn't have much nutritional value anyway.

Store-bought cereals are actually filled with vitamins and minerals, so I really hate when people say this. The most important is the iron. If your baby is BF and you are not doing cereal, make sure you are giving iron in other ways, such as iron rich veggies or Poly-vi-sol drops. If your LO is formula fed, this is not an issue, as formula includes iron.

Next time you are at the store, check out the nutrition label on the cereal package before you keep saying it has no value. Also FTR, up to 1 year, solids are for "practice" not for nutrition. BM and formula are still the main source of nutrition at this age.

Sorry if this came off as flaming. It just drives me batty when people say that.

jrichards1 · October 2012

Cereal was giving L serious stomach issues, so we just jumped to the purees. She gets 1/2 a stage one jar in the morning and half in the evening, and then bottles all in between.

KatFCo · October 2012

Torani:
KatFCo:

DD hated cereal, so we're not even bothering to give it to DS. With DD, at first we introduced one at a time, but then we usually ended up giving her half of one and half of another.

It's certainly okay to not bother with cereal. It doesn't have much nutritional value anyway.

Store-bought cereals are actually filled with vitamins and minerals, so I really hate when people say this. The most important is the iron. If your baby is BF and you are not doing cereal, make sure you are giving iron in other ways, such as iron rich veggies or Poly-vi-sol drops. If your LO is formula fed, this is not an issue, as formula includes iron.

Next time you are at the store, check out the nutrition label on the cereal package before you keep saying it has no value. Also FTR, up to 1 year, solids are for "practice" not for nutrition. BM and formula are still the main source of nutrition at this age.

Sorry if this came off as flaming. It just drives me batty when people say that.

Thanks for correcting me.

MANDALYOUNG1 · October 2012

We skipped the cereal. My LO tried it, but wouldn't eat it. At present, she gets one 2.5 ounce container of stage one baby food in the mid-afternoon between nursing sessions. Our next step is adding in an additional feeding mid-morning, but I'm not sure when I'm going to start that up.

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