If you put rice cereal in bottle...
davis0905
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Ok I know this is not generally recommended and I have not been a big fan of the idea in the past, but DS's pedi actually brought it up at his last appointment as an option for us. He has a mild case of reflux, was medicated for the first few months, but we have now weaned him off and he's doing fine. Problem is he still wakes up a lot at night and is almost always waking because he's hungry. i.e. he will not go back to sleep until he gets a bottle and he has no problem finishing it. He is 4.5 months old. He has NEVER slept through the night. We would like to try the rice cereal in his bedtime bottle. Question is, what kind of nipple should we use? Do we have to cut the hole bigger? Is a fast flow nipple ok? We use both slow and fast flow Playtex latex nipples.
Re: If you put rice cereal in bottle...
No. Please DONT do this. Feed your babe. Get another pedi.
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I just crush up the jumbo sized ones. I like to really fill her up.
I just crush up the jumbo sized ones. I like to really fill her up.
May as well go balls to the walls with it!
I figure more is always better, right?
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HOWEVER - If you want to try an AR-Formula, such as made by Enfamil (the AR stands for "added rice" or "acid reflux,") I can understand trying one of these formulas to avoid giving an actual medication for acid reflux if the reflux is mild. The rice starch added to this formula is MUCH smaller than in cereal, is easier to digested, is a lower risk of choking hazard and is just there to make the formula a little thicker to help it not go up baby's esophagus during a GERD episode.
If you are just giving cereal to the baby to sleep better than you are a poop-head and should put on a flame suit. Babies are supposed to wake up several times a night. Mine wakes up at 11, 1, 3, 5 and for the day at 7. It sucks but whateves. It doesn't last forever.
On a serious note, please don't give your baby cereal just so you can get a good nights sleep.
Some of you ladies Please get your panties out a bunch! Geez!
Obviously it hasn't hurt millions of Americans that got it in their bottle. Like I said it's not the end of the world. Some People still put cereal in their babys bottle and will continue to do so no matter what anyone says. Get over it!
Edit because I didn't finish my thought (I fell asleep and woke up because I forgot to put cereal in my drink the first time).
The source of everyone's negativity towards rice cereal in a bottle comes from the fact that OP is aware her INFANT is waking up because he's hungry but is more concerned about filling him up so she can go back to sleep.
You are an asshat.
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Sooooo, even though back sleeping has slashed the SIDS rates in half it must be ok to place my baby on his tummy to sleep because millions of Americans survived it?
Really? You want to make an arguement for introducing a known choking hazard to an infant for the sake of mom's sleep and that's the best you have?
I sure hope the moms who are making fun of OP calling her a bad mom are never planning on letting their kids eat high fructose corn syrup, use their electronic or doing anything else that eases the burden on mom but doesn't help their child.
If she was asking about spoon feeding her baby rice cereal would this be such an issue? I posted something about skipping rice cereal all together and women disagreed and basically said I was looking too much into it and that rice cereal is a fine first food. While it isn't something I would choose, I don't think OP deserves to be called a bad mom or selfish because she wants sleep and/or feels it's time to increase her growing babies intake. Babies at this age CAN have cereal as well as some fruits and vegetables...some moms start their babies with chicken for that matter. Y'all are rude.
OP, if you feel that your little one is not getting enough with just BM/formula alone anymore and you feel he is ready for solids, I would recommend spoon feeding it to him instead of putting it in his bottle. I also would recommend looking into a more nutritious first food like avocado, sweet potatoes or even bananas blended very well and mixed with BM/formula.
I apologize for some of the responses you were given.
EDIT:
I wanted to add that not everyone has heard that cereal isn't recommended anymore or that you should wait until 6 months for solids. This is all new suggestions. People have been doing cereal for years and her pedi recommended it, how was she suppose to know that it isn't the best choice if this is all she has heard before? Again, the rudeness was uncalled for.