At what age did your child move on to cereal after the bottle or breast?

Answer 1

Four months. We kept reading and hearing from some friends that we had to wait until he was six months' old so he wouldn't develop allergies. Others sources would say it's fine at four.

We asked our pediatrician why there was so much contradictory information out there and she said it was because the allergy thing has been recently been debunked, and actually if you wait too long to start solids, THAT can cause allergies to develop.

In any event, your pediatrician should give you the green light to start solids, regardless of your baby's age. There are other factors: sitting up well and loss of the tongue-thrust reflex. These should both occur before you start your little one on cereal.

Answer 2

At 2 months cereal in the bottle and 4 months on the spoon.

Answer 3

With my youngest, who is now 9, I exclusively breast fed her until she was 6 1/2 months old. She was sleeping through the night fine and not continuously hungry so she didn't really need anything more until then. My other children are 27, 25, and 22. Back when they were infants, it was more of a recommendation to start solids around 3-4 months and some doctors recommended even earlier. After having successfully nursed my youngest until she self weaned at 14 months, I wish I would have done that with all my kids.

Answer 4

We didn't even try until 4 months because I was determined she would get her cereal with a spoon, rather than in the bottle, and the "spit everything out" reflex is still there until 4-6 months. At 4 months though, she gobbled it down pretty well in the evening before bed.

Answer 5

not move on from...continue with. Cereal can be started at about 4-6 months. I started mine sooner. A teaspoon of very thin to start out with followed by nursing. Don't stop nursing or formula until baby is one year of age at least.

Answer 6

My babys doctor said to wait til 4 monthsand continue bottles also she said be sure do it from a spoon because the feeders and bottles could cause chocking she said after the baby had tolerated that for a few days then you could try adding veggies she said start with yellow veggies then green then fruits

Answer 7

Cereal is to be offered *in addition to* breastmilk or formula. Breasmilk or formula should continue to be the main source of nutrition for the entire first year. In this time, solids are really mostly for fun and practice. Just wanted to make that clear since the question says "move on" and it makes it sound like stopping milk feeds completely to move on to solids, which is not how it happens.

I nursed all three of mine exclusively until adding solid foods at 6 months of age. My son started with rice cereal. My girls skipped cereal completely and instead followed La Leche League's recommendation to start with mashed bananas, avocados and sweet potatoes. FWIW, the girls are my better eaters now. My son is picky!

They all continued nursing with the addition of solid foods. All of them were nursed for well over one year.

Answer 8

On the box of the cereals , rice in special it say at the age of four mouth it`s OK, and it`s OK because I give it to my son and he love it

Answer 9

All three of my sons were around 4 months or so. Some friends of mine could start theirs earlier, others were later. It just depends on the baby.

Answer 10

6 months.