age to give babies rice ceral?

Question

my son is 3 weeks old is it too early to give him ceral a night? and he is breastfeed

Answer 1

You should wait to give him rice cereal until he is between 4 and 6 months of age.

Answer 2

yes 3 weeks is too early.. and i am sure other people answering this will tell you exactly why. =]

Starting solids depends on the development of your baby. Some say not to start untill 6 months exactly, but need to take into consideration that every child is different. A baby can be started on rice cereal anywhere between 4 and 6 months. At that age, they should try all the cereals but not be exposed to fruit, and everything else untill 6 months of age ( Stage 1 ).. But most parents go ahead and start fruit anyway..

You baby's pediatrician will tell you exactly when to start and how to do it at his 4 month check up =]

Answer 3

Point of demystification:

- It has been scientifically proven that babies dont "develop" allergies any more than you or I do. It's fairly binary, they either have them or they don't.

Irrelevant of age, if you feed one baby rice, it may have an allergy to the rice. If you feed the same baby oatmeal, it is highly unlikely that baby will have allergies to oatmeal.

I completely AGREE with everyone here that 3 weeks is WAY too young to feed solids of any kind.

You will find though that adding a spoon of BABY oatmeal to formula (bottled breastmilk in your case) at or around the age of two months will go a long way toward helping you sleep and ensuring your child does not go hungry during the night.

Based on your pediatricians recommendation, you may even then want to slowly branch out a bit more from there. I dont mean handing your kid a slab of pork, what I mean is that if your kid doesn't show allergies with oatmeal (the least allergic of them all) then it is ok later on say 3-4 months (different for each kid) to give them oatmeal cereal before bedtime.

You will drive yourself bonkers if you wait till the prescribed 6 months. And if you press your baby doc about it, they will state that 6 months is what they have to say. If you ask what they (or more importantly- their daughters) do with their own children, you will get a more realistic answer.

Many will disagree with this blurp, and frankly I couldnt care less as it is just information. Use it as you will.

Many of the contributors here it appears are too "googlized" and are listening way too much to doctors who are petrified of getting sued and providing them with generic information.

Make your own decisions Mama!

But do it with the right information....

Answer 4

Babies that are breastfeed tend to get hundrier faster by to the fact that they can digest the milk better than formula. 3 weeks is abit to yound to give rice cereal. They usually should be feed solids around 3-5 months. Breastfeed babies should be feed every 3 hours. Some babies are different and need feedings earlier. My son needed to be feed about every 2 hours.

Answer 5

You cannot give your baby cereal until they are AT LEAST 3 1/2 months old. What most parents dont realize is that feeding a baby cereal to soon can cause them to have intestinal problems and also cause them to develop serious food allergies. There is no reason a baby would need cereal at 3 weeks.

To the person below, if it's scientifically proven, then why do pediatricians say this. You are wrong. Period.

Answer 6

You don't suck it through a "little hole" they make x cut nipples for a reason.... Drs say wait until 4 months at least unless it is a medical reason. As for it being put in a bottle rather than being spoon fed... FINE. my baby has had it in her bottle since she was 2 weeks old. she had cereal to treat acid reflux. someone please tell me how you would feed your 2 week old with a spoon.?? If people are so concerned that their baby is going to choke on it maybe they should be keeping a closer eye on the baby... I don't see how your baby can choke when your probably holding the bottle for them which means your pretty close??? My baby chokes on her own slobber? How do you all recommend I help with that? sorry for getting sassy on your answer but everyone thinks they know a thing or two about rice cereal and they don't!!

Answer 7

yes it's too early always conult a doc before doing things like this. they say to wait 4-6 months bsfore starting. my breastfed 4 month old son is still not on solids i am waiting for his check up to see if he is ready. solids that early will only help bad eating habbits. you're not suppose to put it in the bottle anyway and 3 weeks is too early to spoon feed. you shouldn't give your baby cereal just to get more sleep, it takes time my son woke up every hour when he was first born but hes 4 months now and sleeps through the night. feeding tehm cereal doesn't always keep them alseep and then it will get them use to it and he may not take the breast

Answer 8

yes too early. All the studies show that new babies are crying from colic or gas - NOT hunger. Giving them cereal before they can digest it will only aggravate the problems and if you are considering it to help them sleep better then it still won't work because baby can't sleep if their tummy is hurting from trying to digest food that they are not ready for.

It is recommended to start some cereal between 4 to 6 months depending on baby's ability to swallow and not spit it out.

Answer 9

I didn't, but some people swear by it. But my daughter always slept through the night only waking for one feeding. @ around 3 months she started waking up more, so I started rice in one bottle at daycare, then moved to spoon feeding rice once a day @ 3.5 months. She just went from not being all that hungry and happy, to being a bottomless pit and definitely had a major growth spurt. Pay attention to your baby, he'll/she'll let you know when they are ready.

Answer 10

The AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) recommends that babies do not start solids until 6 months. Here's part of their statement:
"Pediatricians and parents should be aware that exclusive breastfeeding is sufficient to support optimal growth and development for approximately the first 6 months of life and provides continuing protection against diarrhea and respiratory tract infection.30,34,128,178–184 Breastfeeding should be continued for at least the first year of life and beyond for as long as mutually desired by mother and child.185" see link http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;115/2/496#SEC6