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Baby cereal...best bottles/nipples

marcellalou78marcellalou78 member
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my de just recommended adding cereal to my 4 week olds bottle to help with reflux and vomiting. I'm having a hard time finding nipples that allow the cereal to pass through but aren't too fast that it chokes my little man. I'm currently using Avent variable flow but it comes out too fast and runs out the side of his mouth. Feeding time has become super frustrating. Any suggestions?
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  • BigboobsmcgeeBigboobsmcgee member
    I think there are Avent nipples specifically for cereal in bottles????
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  • bunnyabunnya member
    If the cereal nipples don't work you can always try the pace feeding method if you aren't using it already.
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  • CanadaMom17CanadaMom17 member
    Babies can't digest cereal yet.  Go get a second opinion about how to help the reflux.
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  • BigboobsmcgeeBigboobsmcgee member
    CanadaMom17 said:
    Babies can't digest cereal yet.  Go get a second opinion about how to help the reflux.

    Dude, you have no idea what you are talking about. It's widely known that cereal is used to help with reflux by thickening the milk.
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  • secretbabasecretbaba member
    It actually appears to only be in the States that cereal is recommended for reflux in babies. That may be where CanadaMom differs.
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  • Bethany0626Bethany0626 member
    My 10 week old has reflux and she was given medicine to take which has helped a lot, cereal was never mentioned to help with her reflux. He said that will be introduced at her 4 month appointment.
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  • CanadaMom17CanadaMom17 member
    Bigboobsmcgee said:
    CanadaMom17 said:
    Babies can't digest cereal yet.  Go get a second opinion about how to help the reflux.

    Dude, you have no idea what you are talking about. It's widely known that cereal is used to help with reflux by thickening the milk.
    Dude, it's biology.  The American Paediatric Society, the Canadian Paediatric Society, and the World Health Organisation all recommend NO introduction of solids until 6 months or later because of this.  However, I will concur that some doctors are behind the times.
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  • BigboobsmcgeeBigboobsmcgee member
    CanadaMom17 said:
    Bigboobsmcgee said:
    CanadaMom17 said:
    Babies can't digest cereal yet.  Go get a second opinion about how to help the reflux.

    Dude, you have no idea what you are talking about. It's widely known that cereal is used to help with reflux by thickening the milk.
    Dude, it's biology.  The American Paediatric Society, the Canadian Paediatric Society, and the World Health Organisation all recommend NO introduction of solids until 6 months or later because of this.  However, I will concur that some doctors are behind the times.
    Yes, the new recommendation is to introduce solids at 6 months but it's very common to thicken milk with cereal to help with reflux. This is done a LOT. You can even buy formula made specifically for spit up that has cereal in it already. It helps a lot especially if you don't want to put your baby on medication.
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  • marcellalou78marcellalou78 member
    The cereal is just to thicken the formula. It's still very liquidy and not solid. Many drs recommend this here in the states. I've asked numerous drs and other mothers and they were all told the same thing. It's literally a teaspoon and a half is all it takes. It helped tremendously!
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