Rice cereal in 3 month old infants bottle?

Question

My daughter is 3 months and 1 week old. She's always hungry about 2 - 3 hours after eating. I tried giving her water or diluted juice, or even pedialite to hold her over. It doesn't work.
I called her pediatrition and he recomended enfamil prosobee ar. Come to find out this doesn't exist. They don't make ar in the soy format and my daughter cant have milk based formula.
Friends and relitives have been suggesting adding cereal to her formula for over a month now. What do you all think i should do? Also how much to a 6oz bottle?

Answer 1

Enfamil makes an AR formula but it is not Prosobee. My kids also had to be on Prosobee so I had to add the rice to the formula myself instead of buying the formula with rice already in it. My kids had reflux and I had to add one tablespoon of rice for every scoope of formula. If it was a six ounce bottle I would have to use three tablespoons of rice. You may not need as much but that is how much I had to use. Start with a little less and see how that works.

Answer 2

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Rice cereal in 3 month old infants bottle?
My daughter is 3 months and 1 week old. She's always hungry about 2 - 3 hours after eating. I tried giving her water or diluted juice, or even pedialite to hold her over. It doesn't work.
I called her pediatrition and he recomended enfamil prosobee ar. Come to find out this doesn't...

Answer 3

First of all she shouldn't be getting juice before 6 months diluted or not. And pedialyte is for dehydration not for hunger. Don't put rice cereal or any cereal in your childs bottle, she could choke, it also promotes over eating and obesity. She should be eating every two to three hours. If she's still hungry right after the up the ounces of formula to 8. If your pediatrician gives the go ahead to give her rice cereal feed it to her with a spoon and make it runny until she gets used to it.

Answer 4

I strongly suggest you to hold off on the cereal. Babies do not need solids until five or six months. The earlier you introduce food the more likely it will be your child will develop intolerances and allergies. Also I've read recently that introducing food too early can contribute to childhood obesity, which we all know is a huge concern these days! Adding cereal to bottles is so passe, so 1950's.

Answer 5

unless your doctor tells you otherwise your not suposed to put cereal in your baby's bottle these days. I don't know all of the medical reasons for it but any doctor Ive had has told me not to do it. eating every 2-3 hours if normal for a 3 month old, they go through growth spurts which can make them eat even more than that. My first daughter was on prosobee and ate every 2 hours untill she was about 6 months old (8 ounce bottles and baby food after 4 months) My second daughter ate every hour untill she was 4 months old and I started her on cereal then it went to 2-3 hours until she was about 7 or 8 months old when she started eating regular food. All babies are different maybe yours is just hungrier lol. As long as your doctor says she is healthy and isn't worried about her eating then you don't have to worry either.

Answer 6

call your dr back and let them know that the ar does not come in soy. my daughter was on soy and at this age we put a teaspoon of rice in her bottle, but it was for her reflux not because of hunger. start off with a tiny amount. some infants at this age cannot process the rice just yet and it may cause gas pains and bowel problems. i would call the dr back and let them know about the ar and soy and ask how much rice to add to the bottle. also cut out the juice, it's just empty calories, and she is not quite old enough to handle juice. the pedialyte is only for electolye loss due to vomiting or diarrhea, it's not a filler. just give your dr a call. good luck.

Answer 7

Most people will say this is OK - but it is not!! Don't put it in the bottle. Just mix up some cereal thinned out a bit and try it from a spoon. Putting in bottle leads to baby being fussy from gas. i would not recommend it.

Answer 8

It's great that you've asked your pediatrician about the problem. It happened with my daughter at the same age. I was breast feeding her for an hour at a time and 5 minutes after burping her she would be hungry again. Don't worry...first of all. It's normal for them when they are going through a growth spurt. I would try the soy formula that they have or a DHA-AR with Iron. I was breast feeding and supplementing with formula as well. A different pediatrician saw her at her normal clinic and stated that I needed to stop breastfeeding her at 9 months and switch to straight formula. The key to remember is this, if you are breastfeeding, don't stop....it may seem endless and tiresome for you, but keep a formula that your baby has the least spit up with and supplement for a feeding when you need that break to shower or pee or whatever you need to do. I was giving my daughter at 6 months 8 breastfeedings for 20-30 minutes and 32oz of formula....she's not fat in fact she's right on target for her age....some babies have a higher metabolism and need that extra food....At the women infant's and children office (in my area) they said that you can't ever over feed them with breast milk....it has the second milk that has the milk fat, but the first milk is what they are getting the most of when they are eating for those hours on end...eventually your body will adjust and give them more of the second milk which will be more solid...it's like this....the first milk is like drinking NO FAT milk (that water stuff that looks like colored water)....the second milk is like drinking whole milk....which would fill you up best and satisfy you most the cow's first milk or the cow's whole fat milk?

Answer 9

As your pediatrician. Many moms do add it. We had no choice due to such severe reflux he was not gaining weight. The rice helped. Our doctor also had us add cereals and beginner foods at 3 months. Again this is not the norm. this is just how bad the reflux was. He could not hold enough milk to be healthy.

Answer 10

Adding cereal to your baby's formula , 3 months or older is simply putting food in their belly. Giving them a satisfied feeling. It's not poison and won't kill them. It is something women have been doing for years. Anyone who tries to find wrong in this has too much time on their hands. Feed your babies if they are hungry. Saying they will grow up to overeat because of it is like saying they will grow up wearing diapers.