Cheerios

sica077 · June 2013

I have noticed that some of you said you have given your LO Cheerios. I would like to give my little dude some because I think he would really love playing with them on his tray and picking them up/eating them, but DH is very leery. I give C toast halves to chomp on/play with while I make his mashed breakfast. Not very much toast makes it inside his belly but even that makes DH nervous. I have tried to explain to him that a lot of learning things will be a little stressful for us, but he seems to think it is just too soon to give C something hard like Cheerios.

So, I guess I'm just wondering who has and hasn't had their LO explore those types of food? Do they have teeth yet? When did/will you decide to 'take the plunge' past purely mush foods? Obviously, the parents who practice BLW aren't really faced with this (I originally pushed for BLW but DH was not having it, haha!).

ChrisG83 · June 2013

My pedi said we should try Cheerios because they dissolve easy. I don't think they do but we are planning on try them soon. I am nervous to have Ashley try them though.

PixelPosy · June 2013

Have you tried puffs? Happy baby are Cheerio shaped but dissolve easy. We start every meal with them while I prepare the puree. Most don't make it to her mouth but she has improved a ton in picking them up. We primarily do purees but I have offered fruits in a mesh feeder, baby mum mums which she does great with and yogurt drops.

candaceleigh21 · June 2013

I am afraid that I am with YH on this. Cheerios make me nervous too. I am going to stick with puffs and yogurt drops for now.

sica077 · June 2013

Thanks for the input, ladies. Yeah, I was thinking the Cheerio route for its affordability and it'll be easier to keep on hand. And to clarify, I stay at home with C, so I (although I still have nerves and reservations about things) am able to witness his maturity much more than DH. If he does happen to get a little nibble of toast in his mouth, he just chews and chews like a pro. I just don't want to hold him back because of our fears.

ETA: Re-reading my last sentence made me think I am over thinking this, haha. Maybe DH and I will just have to munch on some Cheerios tonight to make a more informed decision Smile

carrotsoup70 · June 2013

DS has been eating puff/Cheerios since he was about 6mos. They made me nervous at first so I gave him 1/2 of a puff to start. I figured he couldn't choke on it because it was so small. He chewed them like a champ and now regularly eats food (not purees). (He didn't get his 2 bottom teeth until a week or so ago.)

AMT1107 · June 2013

DS has 7 (4 on top and 3 on the bottom) we gave him puffs for about 2 weeks since they dissolve really fast. We tried the cheerios a few days ago and he seems to enjoy them more. They are pretty small and do dissolve fast so I felt okay giving them to him. He seems to suck on them and then swallow them, he does a little mashing with his tongue and teeth but I think for the most part they are just melting.

pb_bride · June 2013

We haven't done cheerios or puffs, but for the past week we have been doing finger foods (about the size of my ring finger) at dinner time. It took several days for him to get better coordination, and now he prefers self-feeding (which is GREAT b/c I hate spoon-feeding him while trying to eat at the same time).

We aren't truly BLW but the size of the foods we're giving DS is the same. He did gag A LOT at the first few days, but he's much better now. We've done broccoli spears, sweet potato wedges, bagel spread w/soft cheese, strawberries, banana, peach slices, spinach, pasta, soba noodles, chicken thigh. I've given him strips of lamb last night but he can't gnaw it off, so after he sucked it for a while, I took it out of his mouth and cut it into small pieces and fed it to him.

[DS turns 7 months this weekend.]

Mrs_Lady · June 2013

Cheerios is good for hand eye coordination and it helps them learn pincher grasp

They are dissolve easily i only started at 7mos and have not tried puffs yet

cardiganmom · June 2013

We've done puffs so far. Took her like 2-3 weeks to figure out how to get them to her mouth. Now she's a pro! Her two bottom teeth are just starting to come up. She has also chewed on my apple, got a little piece and was able to swallow it and a piece of banana, got a big piece and I took it out.

JoNi2010 · June 2013

I have done some BLW with my LO but he has gagged real bad on some things (like watermelon and carrots that probably were not steamed enough) so I am worried about Cheerios. (With daycare, DH, and grandparents, he gets purees.) I am worried that he will just try to swallow it whole! I might wait until my 9month appointment with the pedi to take the plunge with Cheerios. For now, we're just exploring other table foods.

HamptonsMama · June 2013

DD loves Cheerios. She has gotten great with her pincher and feeds herself. She likes her Puffs too. She still has no teeth but crunches the Cheerios in her gums.

ac1259 · June 2013

Mine didn't really like the puffs so we tried Cheerios about a week ago. She only has 2 teeth on the bottom but really just seems to mash up the Cheerios with her gums on the side. She does great with them and it gives her practice picking them up!

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