When did you give your baby cereal?

Our baby is 3 almost 4 weeks old. Of course I don't plan on giving him cereal tomorrow or anything but approximately when did the rest f you sneak your baby a nibble of cereal in their bottle?

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LeAnn

Gosh, I sure don't remember. A few months? That was 30 years ago! (could I possibly be that old?)
The rules were different back then, though. I'll be interested to hear what the new thinking is on that.

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~~~~Becky

~ ~ ~ "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
~ ~ ~ Anais Ain

the pediatrician advised nothing but breast milk (formula if you need to) for the first 6 months

then, kidlet was to get one new food 3 times a day for 3 days (rice cereal was the first food we tried) and we kept a list of what foods he tried, and kept adding a new food 3 times a day for 3 days at a time...... the purpose of this approach was to ensure he didn't have food allergies (introducing too little of a new food and waiting a while before reintroducing that food can give rise to allergies to that particular food)

kidlet was about 8 months before i introduced meat mixed with beef juice so it was a paste for him to eat

i made all his baby food.........it was just too easy to put some dinner thru the food processor and freeze the food in ice cube trays, then place the cubes into a ziplock bag

the pediatrician specifically told me NO COW'S MILK before the child is 1 year old

hope this helps

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kate

Both my kids had their first taste of cereal at 4 months - both hated it! The health visitors are keen to get babies to eat cereals as they have all sorts of added vitamins so I tried mixing it into puréed carrot - success!

When you are cooking food that your baby is going to eat DON'T use salt as babies need very little and too much is very harmful.

I cooked batches of vegetables, puréed them and froze them in ice cube trays. This made meals very easy as you just select a mix and microwave. Health professionals here don't approve of using microwaves on baby food but when it's a purée its easy to stir it and make sure there are no hot or cold bits - just test before giving to your baby. My boys particularly liked butter nut squash and mashed potato & broccoli. I only introduced meat when they were about 8 months old and already eating a good range of vegetables.

I wasn't being virtuous making their food myself it was just more pleasant then having food spat at me which was their reaction to the tinned food/jars.

oh........... avocado and banana mashed together................. simply heaven and i have yet to feed a baby who didn't gobble it up! :)

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kate