Veggies to start instead of cereal

gladygirlca · April 2013

My pediatrician recommended skipping the rice cereal and moving straight to veggies...like sweet potato. Anyone else try/do this? Why did you try it, and how did it go?

(I did try giving my kiddlet rice cereal and he made the "I'd rather daddy's socks" face.)

rjeller32 · April 2013

They usually recommend that because cereal really has no nutritional value, it just can help teach them the process of eating. I skipped it with my first and will skip it with this one too.

pb_bride · April 2013

Yup. Completely skipping cereal and started with veggies and fruits. I make DS's food and I've been feeding him whatever fruits & veggies we are eating or we have on hand.

We have done over a dozen of different fruits and veggies, and D

this decaf life · April 2013

There's not really anything of value in rice cereal, we'll skip it.

dmhrn13 · April 2013

We skipped it too. She got bananas first, then avocado. Next sweet potato, then peas, then apples. I did throw in rice cereal here & there to see what she would do & she hates it. Oatmeal is a go though. Oh & no matter what, they do that face

nanabanana06 · April 2013

With DD we skipped rice and did oatmeal mixed with fruit. Her first veggie was avocado and sweet potato.

With DS we're skipping purees all together.

fennyann · April 2013

Skipped rice cereal and went to oatmeal. We mixed in fruits with it. His first veggies were sweet potatoes. He loves them. I also make his food and freeze. Sweet potatoes are one of the easiest. Good luck.

LakeGirl82 · April 2013

I gave my DS rice cereal a couple of times, but he made the same yucky face he does when I was trying to find a formula he likes for emergencies. He is exclusively bottle fed with BM. I felt bad, so we went with avacado as his first food as I

nanabanana06 · April 2013

ICarriedAWatermelon:
I'm surprised so many folks are saying there is no nutritional value in rice cereal. It is iron fortified

gladygirlca · April 2013

That was a great run of discussion. Thanks! I think I'll pick up an avocado or two on the way home. I'll prepare some sweet potato for his "next" food option. I appreciate all the comments!<img src="https://community.thebump.com/cs/

lovemyzeppelinWed117837 · April 2013

Hi, my LO is 5 months old and we did his first solids tonight

We did avocado mixed with some formula (stopped bf-ing last week) and he liked them!! Granted, he didn't get much down but he definitely did not mind it. Success!!

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