Cereal in Bottle

[aps45819 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by cattitude

Kanana Banana Flakes

My boys are 29 and 24.

That should be old enough

[kwillia (Premo)]

Originally Posted by aps45819

That should be old enough

[jwwb2000]

Never added cereal to their bottles. I just dealt with the messiness of feeding them the cereal from a spoon.

[crabcake]

I think DQ was about 4 months when we started adding cereal to her bedtime bottle to help her get full and sleep longer into the night.

[RoseRed (Premo)]

Originally Posted by crabcake

I think DQ was about 4 months when we started adding cereal to her bedtime bottle to help her get full and sleep longer into the night.

We did the same thing.

[SShewbert]

My 3yo was 2 or 3 weeks when I gave her cereal because she never seemed full enough. She was eating every hour. My youngest was a month because she has acid reflux and was not gaining any weight. Neither one of them has any food allergies. Granted the youngest is only going on a year but nothing seems to bother her.

[Suz (Premo)]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

My son's were about 6 -8 weeks old
Yes, you read that correctly.

future dil say's no to it, but if he's in MY care...... the box of rice cereal is in the pantry. 3 mths old and he's up to 7 oz bottles...... the boy is hungrey!! Sucking on his fingers or hand.....after a bottle...... (and happy!)

[BlackSheep]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

My son was 3 weeks old.

Yes, you read that correctly.

3 weeks old when you fed him cereal? Was this something your Peds recommended or something your mama did, and her mama too?
I recently went on an emergency call for a 4 wk old who had aspirated cereal-family nearly lost the baby to pneumonia.
I was under the impression waiting until a baby was at least 4+ mos to ingest cereal was the minimum.

[DQ2B]

Originally Posted by BlackSheep

3 weeks old when you fed him cereal? Was this something your Peds recommended or something your mama did, and her mama too?
I recently went on an emergency call for a 4 wk old who had aspirated cereal-family nearly lost the baby to pneumonia.
I was under the impression waiting until a baby was at least 4+ mos to ingest cereal was the minimum.

I thought this was dangerous as well My kids never did get cereal in a bottle and I didn't start them on any from the spoon until they were 5 months.

[vraiblonde]

Originally Posted by BlackSheep

3 weeks old when you fed him cereal? Was this something your Peds recommended or something your mama did, and her mama too?

My Ma did it - it was just a pinch and didn't even thicken the milk (he was breastfed and got bottles with the real stuff, not formula). He was eating every two hours and this satisfied him for a good four hours, which meant I could catch some sleep.

I think these new age doctors with all their warnings and allergy fears are full of crap. A normal, healthy child isn't going to develop allergies because of a smidge of rice cereal. And if a baby can aspirate a bit of cereal in a bottle, he can aspirate the formula just as easily.

(I know, I know - I'm a terrible mother and you feel sorry for my kids, who are lucky to be alive. )