My friend is trying to get me to put some cereal in Grace's formula and I'm not so sure this is a good idea? Anyone done this early on?
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The AAP, LLL, and WHO do not recommend giving a baby Any solids until around 6 months old. That would include a little bit of cereal in the bottle. Cereal does Not help a baby sleep better at night and could actually cause indigestion (which would keep the baby up even more). Babies have very immature digestive systems, and it takes a few months for them to finish developing enough to handle solids well. It's also a choking hazard for young babies. So no, it's not a good idea. 
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I was thinking that it may cause her tummy to be upset too we just now are getting kinda normal after switching back to the original formula I gave her. But my friend swears it helps. She keeps saying she isn't getting enough but I mean she finishes her bottle sometimes & is gaining weight just fine. I know the doc will give it I think to babies who have reflux.
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llghoney, your friend sounds like my Mother!!! She keeps telling me that Maddie needs to have solids. It is really annoying to have to listen to isn't it!
I just have to tell you this story... I was completely grrrrrr!!!
Maddie goes with my Mum every second tuesday to a prayer meeting with ladies from my mothers church, while I am at work. One lady (who is my mothers best friend and who I have known since I was born) came over to Maddie with some chocolate on her finger from her chocolate bar and tried to feed it to her. I was there that week and was really quite annoyed. She then started on saying that MAddie needed solids. Even if she was ready for them, there is no way chocolate would be one of them. GRRRRRR!!!
Maddie is 19 weeks old and I'm still not thinking about giving her solids!
I just have to tell you this story... I was completely grrrrrr!!!
Maddie goes with my Mum every second tuesday to a prayer meeting with ladies from my mothers church, while I am at work. One lady (who is my mothers best friend and who I have known since I was born) came over to Maddie with some chocolate on her finger from her chocolate bar and tried to feed it to her. I was there that week and was really quite annoyed. She then started on saying that MAddie needed solids. Even if she was ready for them, there is no way chocolate would be one of them. GRRRRRR!!!
Maddie is 19 weeks old and I'm still not thinking about giving her solids!
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This is a bad idea. For the record I have had 3 babies sleep through the night regularly without any solids in their diet.
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Cereal [in breast milk by syringe] at 3 months was a bad idea for my reflux baby. Aspirated cereal milk is not cool.
In the end you have to do what is right for you and your babe but I wouldn't do the cereal thing again.
In the end you have to do what is right for you and your babe but I wouldn't do the cereal thing again.
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Oh my gosh that sounds like my grandmother. My Mother and Grandmother came out to visit me this past March and my SIL, her husband and (at the time) 5 month old niece came over for supper. Anyway after dinner we were eating pie and ice cream and all of a sudden I noticed my grandmother trying to feel the baby ice cream
My SIL got really upset and I was mortified!!!! We kept trying to explain to my grandmother that E was too little to be eating ice cream.
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It is quiet crazy how everyone wants to tell you what to do or what they think is best. I know they mean well but still. I think I'm gonna hold off til I see that she is really not satisifed. I feel she is so we'll see. She's just got major gas!
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Yeah, she is WAY too little for cereal yet. She could aspirate and that is a very bad thing.
Do you have a baby manual or book that you particularly like that you could go to for information? I always recommend going with your gut, but sometimes it is convenient to be able to shut someone down with, "I READ about this and it is not a good idea to do X."
I'm a big fan of the Dr. Sears Baby Book.
Do you have a baby manual or book that you particularly like that you could go to for information? I always recommend going with your gut, but sometimes it is convenient to be able to shut someone down with, "I READ about this and it is not a good idea to do X."
I'm a big fan of the Dr. Sears Baby Book.
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YES!!! The baby Book by Dr. Sears is GREAT!!! My SIL gave it to me for my birthday and she's not even here yet and I've already used it to look up a ton of stuff.
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I only mixed formula in a bottle for a short time and then my son caught onto using the spoon really well.
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Try the Kellymom website LL! It'll give you all you need to show relatives why you do not want to introduce solids, even if they did and say it is fine/their kids weren't harmed... yadda yadda yadda.
I have relatives here AND back home trying to convince us our little guy needs more, should be on cereal already -- at least in his milk!!! -- and that he is too skinny.
He may be thin, but he is ALL muscle. I can hardly hold him when he pitches a fit, and he's over 2 feet tall already!
The Pedi also got on the bandwagon and has us weighing him to ensure he's gaining as he should, because he'd gained only a kilo (about 2lbs) since we last saw him on August 1st.
The little guy is far advanced on his development (we weren't asked), is very mobile and teething. It hurts for him to eat, so he hadn't been eating as much - he wanted to gnaw on something so he wanted his bottle with tea, and was filling up on empty calories and being hungry and we were all miserable all the way 'round. Sleep was awful these last 3 weeks... every hour to every 2 hrs up and down because of his teeth coming down and creating pain. I was literally begging DH to give me the tube of gel to give him... and my MIL and Mom exasperated the situation by suggesting cereal.
You would think MY mom was in on the game, as all her kids have issues with grains -- two of us with CD and my brother who won't get full testing because his blood test (50/50 chance of popping postive, and more often than not a false negative) came back negative.
My MIL I would have thought knew - as she's a nurse and has been over 20 years and always getting new info and having to take new courses. But she didn't. Our Pedi we saw at the 2mo checkup knew and was supportive of our EBF decision to 1 year. His partner, not so much. He was pressuring me to start solids next month! I said no way, I have CD, and all CS societies reccommend not starting before 6 months, and some later than that!
I've been made to feel the fool, too protective, crazy.. you name it.
Not to mention last week before the whole fiasco, some friends of my inlaws commented on our DS's size quite rudely and apparently it even offended my husband. I just took it as a cultural difference and tried to not feel so bad about it, but he said it was rude.. We were told that he was too thin, and for my sake (rofl) we should give him solids soon so my body can recover better from pregnancy. DH was trying to defend our position (BF as long as possible even when introducing solids around 1 year) and were pretty much blown off as insane.
So other than the immediate family knowing, I'll likely keep it secret how long we nurse Jonathan until we have to mention it. . . and I'll get the "You're still breastfeeding???" question. At this point I won't be too suprised if we're still nursing around 2 yrs of age, as we establish solids. It's more up to him than me.
I have relatives here AND back home trying to convince us our little guy needs more, should be on cereal already -- at least in his milk!!! -- and that he is too skinny.
He may be thin, but he is ALL muscle. I can hardly hold him when he pitches a fit, and he's over 2 feet tall already!
The Pedi also got on the bandwagon and has us weighing him to ensure he's gaining as he should, because he'd gained only a kilo (about 2lbs) since we last saw him on August 1st.
The little guy is far advanced on his development (we weren't asked), is very mobile and teething. It hurts for him to eat, so he hadn't been eating as much - he wanted to gnaw on something so he wanted his bottle with tea, and was filling up on empty calories and being hungry and we were all miserable all the way 'round. Sleep was awful these last 3 weeks... every hour to every 2 hrs up and down because of his teeth coming down and creating pain. I was literally begging DH to give me the tube of gel to give him... and my MIL and Mom exasperated the situation by suggesting cereal.
You would think MY mom was in on the game, as all her kids have issues with grains -- two of us with CD and my brother who won't get full testing because his blood test (50/50 chance of popping postive, and more often than not a false negative) came back negative.
My MIL I would have thought knew - as she's a nurse and has been over 20 years and always getting new info and having to take new courses. But she didn't. Our Pedi we saw at the 2mo checkup knew and was supportive of our EBF decision to 1 year. His partner, not so much. He was pressuring me to start solids next month! I said no way, I have CD, and all CS societies reccommend not starting before 6 months, and some later than that!
I've been made to feel the fool, too protective, crazy.. you name it.
Not to mention last week before the whole fiasco, some friends of my inlaws commented on our DS's size quite rudely and apparently it even offended my husband. I just took it as a cultural difference and tried to not feel so bad about it, but he said it was rude.. We were told that he was too thin, and for my sake (rofl) we should give him solids soon so my body can recover better from pregnancy. DH was trying to defend our position (BF as long as possible even when introducing solids around 1 year) and were pretty much blown off as insane.
So other than the immediate family knowing, I'll likely keep it secret how long we nurse Jonathan until we have to mention it. . . and I'll get the "You're still breastfeeding???" question. At this point I won't be too suprised if we're still nursing around 2 yrs of age, as we establish solids. It's more up to him than me.
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I haven't read all this thread. Placing cereals in formula is an old idea. It was once upon time, when I was a baby (wow, that's a long time ago) it was put in the night bottle to get the baby to sleep through the night. It didn't work then and I doubt very much it would work now.
Just for the record, according to an radio news broadcast I heard, cereals in formula may have a link to Irritated Bowel Syndrome in later life.
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Thaks for all the info. I have also heard recently that it can lead to allergies. So I'm stearing clear of the cereal til she's around 6 months!
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