should i put a few tbsp of ceral into the bottle
at first ??
2006-12-05 05:34:15 · 21 answers · asked by mizzmom 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
No. Feed cereal with a spoon. If they are confused with the spoon keep trying. Or they might not be ready for the cereal yet. You shouldn't put cereal in a bottle at any age.
2006-12-05 05:37:21 · answer #1 · answered by Lisa 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
How old is the child? My second son nursed every 2 hours and would nurse for 20 minutes each time. Even in the night. At 3 weeks old, I put baby rice cereal in a bottle with juice (that's the only way he would take it) around 10 pm and he would sleep until 5 am. He drank 4 ounces of juice with the few tbsp of cereal.
2006-12-05 05:42:19 · answer #2 · answered by gigglings 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. There are way too many risks in doing this. Always give your baby cereal from a spoon and wait until he is closer to 6 months old. If you start putting it in a bottle, he may not take a bottle without it. This can lead to obesity and diabetes. Yes, people used to do this and now 35% of children in the US are obese. Why torture your baby like this? Only breast milk/formula until 6 months. Parenting isn't easy and people should stop taking the lazy route. Our children are the ones that will suffer.
2006-12-05 15:08:49 · answer #3 · answered by TRUE PATRIOT 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a 3 month old and he's been getting a teaspoon of rice cereal in a 4 oz formula bottle at bedtime for a month now. He spits up quite a bit and it seems to help keep it down and help him sleep a little (that and keeping his head elevated). It isn't solids- a small amount of cereal in a bottle doesn't make a huge difference. The trick is to start slow - give them a tiny amount and wait a few days. If they seem to digest it ok, do it again. Bradley is doing just fine. In another month I'm going to feed him cereal with a spoon!
2006-12-05 06:03:30 · answer #4 · answered by ilovejolie86 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO!!!! First, you would have to make the hole in the nipple bigger for it to get through. Most importantly, there is a huge risk of the baby choking since s/he isn't expecting solids. Next, the baby needs to learn to eat solids the way we do, with utensils, not "drink" them through a bottle. Before six months, there's also a risk of the child developing food allergies later on. Finally, studies have shown that cereal in the bottle and the baby sleeping through the night are unfounded. It doesn't help. Further, if the baby is less than four months old, his/her tummy is not big enough to digest enough food not to get hungry in the middle of the night. Also, it could set you up for gassy problems and make the baby uncomfortable. Unfortunately, you're pretty much stuck with getting up in the middle of the night for a while. (My son was up at least once a night until he was 10 months! I hope that doesn't happen for you. You can start training your baby to sleep on his or her own by fourth months.)
2006-12-05 05:45:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ask your doctor. He/she will be the only one who can give you safe advice on this one.
I have heard that babies who are underweight or premature sometimes can do this to gain more weight, but there is a special feeder that should be used.
In general, I have been told that you should not put the cereal in the bottle. Instead you should feed it by spoon (after getting the go ahead).
I have also heard that when you put the cereal in the bottle the baby gets full faster but is not taking in enough nutrients from formula or breast milk. This can cause mal-nutrition.
2006-12-05 05:42:10 · answer #6 · answered by Cita 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. Solid foods should only be offered on a spoon. The whole point of starting solids is for fun and practice eating off a spoon. Trying different tastes and textures. The ONLY time cereal should be put in a bottle is under a doctor's orders for a child who suffers from reflux.
Cereal also shouldn't be started until close to 6 months of age. They can't digest it earlier than that. Starting too soon can increase the risk of allergies, diabetes and obesity.
2006-12-05 05:41:21 · answer #7 · answered by momma2mingbu 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
No its better feeding it to them. at first make in runnier till baby gets the hang of it then make it more solid. Baby should be able to distinguish between a bottle with milk and cereal that you eat.
good luck
2006-12-05 10:08:33 · answer #8 · answered by cleo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i started out by putting less than a tsp in a 4 oz bottle at three months. It wasn't that I wanted her to sleep thru the night, it was that she was eating every 2 hours and you could hear her belly growling between feedings (I was breast feeding)...so doc suggested that I do that a couple times each day. Use rice, it is the easiest to digest...and check w/ your doc first.
2006-12-05 06:21:44 · answer #9 · answered by Niffer 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, just mix a lot of formula with the cereal at first and spoon feed it, the runnier it is the more it is like what she's used to. Gradually add more cereal over a few weeks.
2006-12-05 05:38:07 · answer #10 · answered by beachlovers5 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋