Is rice cereal not the best option anymore?

mooncusp22 · July 2014

DH works with a lot of women (mostly 50+). They love our DD & I always bring her in for visits & DH shares a lot with them.

Lately they have been telling him it's time we start her on rice cereal, and he also told me his mom said this too. DD has no reflux, and we are doing just fine at 4months right now & I was planning on introducing solids at 6mths. For some reason DH is taking all their advice seriously & I told him a lot has changed since they had babies 30+ yrs ago. How do you politely decline everyone's a constant advice??

MamaFantastic · July 2014

i'm a bit confused. i feel like your title is asking one thing and the body of your post is asking another thing.

1) i don't think rice has ever been the ideal first food.

2) "we're very excited to start our little cherub on food! it's so hard to wait until 6 months, but we're confident this is the best decision based on current research and the advice of our pediatrician. we'll be sure to share photos of his/her first encounters with the spoon if you want to see them in a few months!"

give your husband some reading material - there is ABUNDANT compelling evidence out there that vegetables are a better option for first foods than (ETA rice cereal.. don't know why the post cut it off!)

AcaAwkward · July 2014

If they are sincerely asking when you plan on starting solids, just politely say you are actually planning on waiting until 6 months in light of current guidelines and the advice of your pediatrician. I find older ladies in particular rarely argue too much if you say your pediatrician advises this route. If they are just making conversation or throwing random tidbits at you, I'd just smile & nod, then change the subject.

Are you also asking how to convince your husband that waiting / skipping rice cereal is the best choice? There's been several good articles posted yesterday in another thread that you could share with him. Or there's probably hundreds of others from good sources easily found with a quick Google search.

Rrrrrachel · July 2014

I say "oh ok" and then do what I want.

PoppySeedWindsor · July 2014

"Thanks for the advice! We're going to start on solids in 6 months. That's what's recommmended and our baby's weight gain is great. I'll share pictures of LO trying new foods when the time comes!"

Xxlilies · July 2014

Govt of canada says meat or meat substitute is the "new" first food

Mustardseed2007 · July 2014

Yeah this post is a little confusing since the title asks 1 question and the post asks a different question.

Rice did used to be what people usually started their kids on, but the trend is now to move away from that b/c rice cereal doesn't have hardly any nutritive value....and I think rice was more popular back when starting your kids on solid at 4 months was still a thing.

I can commiserate on what you say about your husband, though. DH is awesome in many ways, but he has a bad habit of not researching anything kid related but picking up on this or that tidbit of information from God knows where and running with it like it's gospel.

He has actually said multiple times to me and others that we will start DD on rice cereal at 6 months, when, in fact, even with our older child we started with sweet potato not rice. When I tell him this (and we've now had this conversation multiple times) he's really surprised each time....sometimes every day is a new day for him.

mooncusp22 · July 2014

Yes, sorry, this did sound confusing... It was at the end of the day that I posted it. I guess what I meant was that it seems everyone's advice is "start giving her rice cereal". I've read/heard that rice cereal is not nutritionally sound & more for a reflux remedy. Anyway, I don't want to give her anything right now until my doctor says it's time.

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