My son is 2 1/2 months old is it too early too put a couple tsps of cereal in his bottle once or twice a day?

Answer 1

My doctor recommended that we wait until 4 months to introduce cereal into my daughter's diet. But I know that when I was a baby the advice was to give cereal at 6 weeks! So you are probably okay with whatever you decide to do. Good luck!

Answer 2

At 4 weeks old my son was getting single grain rice cereal in his bottle at every feeding. The pediatrician said it was OK to do because he had acid reflux and he wouldn't sleep. This helped tremendously!!! use 1 tbsp per every 2 ounces to start. My son is 4 months old and drinks 7 1/2 ounces with 3 1/2 tbs of cereal. Hope this helped a bit!

Answer 3

I would never suggest putting cereal in a bottle! Cereal should be introduced to a baby if he can eat it off a spoon. Remember, he's going to be drinking it like a bottle, and guzzling cereal clumps may trigger choking! Normally cereal is introduced at 4 months of age. My first born was 10 pounds at birth, and he started on cereal around 3 months of age, but he could eat it off a spoon no prob. Check with your doctor. If you think that your baby is still hungry after feedings, or not sleeping through the night, I would suggest to rather up the amount of ounces he's getting at each feeding.

Answer 4

If you're wanting to give him a coupe of teaspoons it should be fine. My son was about 1.5 months when we started him on cereal, because he just wasn't getting enough to eat. However, don't put it in his bottle or one of those "feeding bottles" that can cause ear problems. You want to make it fairly runny and feed it to him by a spoon. Start out only giving him a little bit though once a day, his body will need some time to make the adjustment, and use the rice cereal. Not mixed, no fruit, just rice.

Answer 5

I started my son at 3 weeks, he was eating endless amounts, I was breastfeeding and supplementing with 4-6 formula, every time he ate. He was up to eat every 2-3 hours and he was losing weight.

I started with Rice cereal, By 7 weeks, he was eating nice thick cereal, with mashed banana. And would go a little goofy when he saw a spoon.

He is 6' 2" now and weighs in at about 200 pounds. Solid muscle. His height was always around the 70%ile and his weight 50%ile.

My pediatrician said no solid food until 1 year old. By that time, he was eating burgers and fries at BK and ate the same table food I did.

Answer 6

My son is 14 and his doctor told me to add cereal to his bottle at about the same age because he was consuming too much milk. He said if he was consuming s certain amount of milk a day (I don't remember how much) it was time for cereal. My daughter has a 10 month old. His doc started him on cereal at 1 month. He is eating stage 3 baby food. No health or weight problems for my son or grandson. What does your baby doc say?

Answer 7

"Fruit juices can be served within the first two to three weeks of age. However, physicians and nutritionists disagree about the best age for beginning solid feedings. Almost all infants are capable of digesting whole foods at birth, but lack of appropriate tongue coordination may interfere with feeding. Most nutritionists and physicians feel that there is no need to begin solids until six months of age. Many parents, however, claim that children sleep through the night better if given a solid feeding late in the evening. Children with a strong family tendency toward allergic disorders may do better if the addition of solid foods is deferred until six months of age. If the baby doesn't seem satisfied with formula alone, it is possible to add rice cereal to the formula in order to thicken the consistency; rice cereal is highly unlikely to produce any allergies.

Infants generally do well on most strained foods or baby foods between three and six months of age. These foods tend to be expensive, and have a fair amount of added water, so there has been...interest in the home preparation of baby foods (To make baby foods that will be acceptable to your child, consult one of the many books available. There are also a number of machines available that help in preparing baby foods.)"

This taken from the source listed below. My advice is to add a little rice cereal to his formula and see what he thinks of it. Some babies do well; others either don't like it, or it doesn't sit well with them. But as the source says, most have the ability to digest solids, just don't have the tongue coordination. A little cereal in their milk will not require such coordination.

Answer 8

My daughter is now 7 months old and this technique has worked like a charm. He used to keep me awake every night crying and peeing. Doing this can prevent you from having to deal with those sleepless nights. The trick is to not use cereal at all, but to simply put a couple teaspoons of whiskey in every bottle. Many people think this may be dangerous or habit forming, but if my wife was still drinking until she carried my daughter to full term in order to deal with "falling" down the stairs all the time, then a little hair of the dog isn't going to hurt anyone.

Answer 9

I have heard that starting cereal too early can cause weight problems later in life. Our pediatrician said wait until 4 months, and then only with a spoon. I would think at 2-1/2 months your baby needs all his nutrition to come from breastmilk or formula.

Answer 10

Yes it is too early. My Aunt just had a baby girl and they wanted to start her on cereal when she was 2 months. She gained a lot of weight so she had to be put on cereal, but check with the pediatrician before you do anything.