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Rice Cereal

swickham7swickham7 member
in October 2015 Moms
My MIL is insisting I start giving little one rice cereal because she's eating 4 oz every 2-3 hours right now and "baby should be going longer in between feedings" and should be sleeping completely through the night. A six hour stretch isn't too shabby! Baby is 8 weeks old! She cannot have cereal yet! So annoying! Anyone have anyone else pushing cereal so early?
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Re: Rice Cereal

  • LouislLouisl member
    I My 8 week old eats 5-6 oz every 1-2 hours so I'd say you're in great shape! I breastfeed but occasionally give bottles so I have a good idea of how much he's eating.
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  • jasminelukejasmineluke member
    I formula feed and my LO just did 6 hours for the first time last night at 10 weeks.
    Also we have added rice cereal for night feeds due to reflux issues and it does NOT make baby stay fuller longer or stay asleep longer.. FYI - wish it did but it does not for every baby
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  • Dawnmarie0310Dawnmarie0310 member
    My 7 week old gets 1 tbsp of rice cereal with 4oz of formula. He has reflux and is on special formula so we couldn't put him on the formula with added rice.
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  • Dawnmarie0310Dawnmarie0310 member
    My 7 week old gets 1 tbsp of rice cereal with 4oz of formula. He has reflux and is on special formula so we couldn't put him on the formula with added rice.
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  • kjacks6347kjacks6347 member
    Lol if you're doing something wrong then I must really suck. How much your baby is eating and sleeping is normal. My 10 week old just now started going 5-6 hour stretches. You're doing great!
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  • jennifercurry1jennifercurry1 member
    LO is 9w, at 7w we started a teaspoon of rice cereal to a 4.5oz bottle. He eats during the day every 3-3.5 hours and at night goes for 7. He's a happy healthy baby so there's no problems. He had reflux and the little bit helps out a lot!
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  • ElleMF728ElleMF728 member
    Everything you have described is completely normal.  Rice cereal is not recommended until 4 months at the earliest unless there are medical reasons like reflux. 
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  • BrichelleyBrichelley member
    My 7 week old lo is drinking 4oz every 2.5-3 hours and our pedi has us put 1 tsp of rice cereal for every ounce he is drinking because of his reflux
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