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Ds is fast approaching the 4 month mark, which means solids are not so far off as they used to be.

I have read a lot of the comments regarding the baby rice cereal and I got curious. What is the opinion of giving LO Cream of Rice cereal; you know the hot cereal that adults eat?

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  • musicalmama5musicalmama5 member
    I have no plans to offer any kind of cereal. I'm more interested in baby-led weaning. 
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  • Emccorkle0921Emccorkle0921 member
    My baby is 18 weeks and loves to eat from a spoon.   Tried the rice though which made her poops more hard.   Once I switched to oatmeal much better poops. Plus I mix it w/ formula and a fruit 1st stage food
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  • ClandestineXClandestineX member

    imagemusicalmama5:
    I have no plans to offer any kind of cereal. I'm more interested in baby-led weaning. 

    Can't you still use cereal and do that? I plan on avacado for 'first' food. My son is on cereal already for reflux and like PP said, it hardly has nutritional value. I use oatmeal since the beginning... more vitamins. 

     
     
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  • musicalmama5musicalmama5 member
    From what I understand, baby-led weaning means letting the child feed himself regular foods when he's ready, and not spoon-feeding purees or baby foods. I plan to continue breast-feeding to provide him with the nutrients he needs until solids gradually take over. In the beginning, the foods he "eats" are more for practice than nutrition.
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  • Wild_flower25Wild_flower25 member
    If you're doing rice cereal, I'd do the baby kind because at least it's fortified with iron and other nutrients.  But, it's not necessary to feed cereal, I started with fruits and veggies.  Maybe I'll do oatmeal once we get through them all.
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  • ClandestineXClandestineX member

    imagemusicalmama5:
    From what I understand, baby-led weaning means letting the child feed himself regular foods when he's ready, and not spoon-feeding purees or baby foods. I plan to continue breast-feeding to provide him with the nutrients he needs until solids gradually take over. In the beginning, the foods he "eats" are more for practice than nutrition.

    Well I meant can't they just stick thier hands in a cool cooked cereal.. it will make them learn about textures too and perhaps they suck it from thier fingers? I agree it is more about learning than nutrition. 

     
     
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  • Kingston54Kingston54 member
    I'd prefer cereal made for babies just to make sure the consistency is small and they won't choke.
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