did you do cereal?

[pugz]

It seems like more and more people are choosing not to, but that's probably because many of my friends are crunchy moms that do BLW.

I am leaning towards skipping it and starting BLW or purees at 6 months.

[sewpinkgal]

We did, starting at 4 months on pediatrician recommendation. We switched to oatmeal cereal at 5 months. Regular purees at 6 months.

[pamela]

Yes, but he wasn't on just that for long. I think his first real food was avocado. My mom thought I was crazy.

[Ashley&Scott]

We skipped it & did BLW

[cjeanette]

I did just to get them used to being feed and eating from the spoon. Though I have no idea what BLW is so consider the source.

[ijack]

We did for a little while and then went to BLW. Both my girls got it mixed in with other things for the calories.

[kittycatlove]

We started at 6 months, but once DS started on purees he refused the cereal. Did not like it at all.

[mrssandro]

DD did not like cereal at all. We tried it but she didn't like it. I don't blame her.

[MamaMaui24]

We did at 6 months but not regularly. I preferred the fruits/veggies.

But then at his 9 month appt, his iron was low so we are having to give an iron supplement. Since the cereals are iron fortified, I'm kicking myself for not being more diligent. Now he gets either oatmeal or brown rice cereal every day. (Not an issue for formula fed babies I'm sure.)

[karinothing]

Nope, skipped it.

[karinothing]

Nov 12, 2012 17:09:05 GMT -5 MamaMaui24 said:

We did at 6 months but not regularly. I preferred the fruits/veggies.

But then at his 9 month appt, his iron was low so we are having to give an iron supplement. Since the cereals are iron fortified, I'm kicking myself for not being more diligent. Now he gets either oatmeal or brown rice cereal every day. (Not an issue for formula fed babies I'm sure.)

DS just got his yr check up and also had low iron. The pedi said he sees it is the majority of one year olds. Those on formula and those on rice cereal. Don't feel bad!

[pugz]

yeah she is EFF, no reflux issues or anything.

[Deleted]

Yes we did.

[katiescarlett]

I did with DS but not DD. He loved purees and wouldn't each much else till he was almost 2. DD refused almost all purees.

[bunch]

We did it once before 6 mos for fun. At 6 mos we did blw and never looked back.

[Deleted]

Yes, I did with all. This time ill probably not do rice but ill do the others. I did cereal & purées for short periods of time for all.

[pacificrules]

I'm 'crunchy'. No cereal and not many purees. I did mash bananas and avocados, so maybe those are considered purees. I loved it!

[pugz]

I think if we did it we'd do oatmeal after the info that came out a couple of months ago about all the arsenic in rice cereal.

[zeewifeandmama]

Nope. For my dd we did oatmeal ground reeeaaalllyyy small and made really thick. I did that for a week or so, then went to avocado and banana

[hannamaren]

We started with oat cereal to avoid constipation. It was a simple start for us as first time parents.

[drloretta]

Yep, for a few weeks. AFter that it was bananas and sweet potatoes

[oregonpachey]

We did but it was brown rice cereal. He still eats some cereal (a mix of spelt, oats and barley) with fruit for breakfast sometimes.

We do a puree meal every day and two and BLW meals.

[iheartbanjos]

Nope. Her first food was avocado at around 6 months.

[h]

We skipped it. Mashed up banana was their first food.

[livinitup]

I bought a box of each baby cereal - rice, wheat and barley. I thought we'd use it for weeks. We got thru one box by the time she was off cereal and onto regular purees. I returned the others.

Just do what you want and buy as you go along. I didn't do BLW but was amazed at how fast she moved out of the cereal phase.

[frlcb]

Skipped it with both and did BLWing.

[Deleted]

Hooray! Rest up, mama!!

[atouchofklasse]

I mixed it in with other foods because our pediatrician said it was very important source of iron.

[Deleted]

is BLW baby-led weaning?

[badtzmaru22]

I gave her oatmeal cereal at 6mo to appease the nurse practitioner who looked at me like a loon when I mentioned BLW. Then I gave her banana and that was the end of cereal at home. But, heck if I was going to waste the cereal, so I sent it to daycare and had them feed it to her. Then I started reading on here about low iron in BF babies, so I've bought it a few more times and keep sending it.