Cereal in Bottle

[barncat]

Originally Posted by chemommy25

Well, I tried giving che the baby food today. It was the cereal mixed with apple. I figured that he did so well with the regular gerber rice cereal, he may enjoy something with more taste.

i did try it first this time and it wasnt bad.

He made a weird face and stuck his tongue out. he didnt seem that interested. i tried for about 10 minutes and he just was not liking it at all.

Im going to try again in a little bit, maybe he wasnt hungry.

Gag on the rice cereal, I thought it was disgusting. I bought her the pear and oatmeal mix in a jar, super yummy and smelled wonderful. They had some other mixes with fruit and cereal and she really enjoyed thoughs. I liked them so much whatever she didn't finish I ate.

[chemommy25]

Originally Posted by barncat

Gag on the rice cereal, I thought it was disgusting. I bought her the pear and oatmeal mix in a jar, super yummy and smelled wonderful. They had some other mixes with fruit and cereal and she really enjoyed thoughs. I liked them so much whatever she didn't finish I ate.

yea i didnt wanna keep him on the rice cereal for to long, i felt bad at dinner time when he would stare up at me while i was eating steak and i just had to feed him that nasty stuff.

I cant wait till he gets teeth so he can eat good food with me and daddy.lol.

[barncat]

Originally Posted by chemommy25

yea i didnt wanna keep him on the rice cereal for to long, i felt bad at dinner time when he would stare up at me while i was eating steak and i just had to feed him that nasty stuff.

I cant wait till he gets teeth so he can eat good food with me and daddy.lol.

Mine had 8 teeth at 7 months so we felt comfortable feeding her small bites of food. I remember she would eat Cheerios and she would munch the Cheerio between her 4 front teeth.

FYI, my MIL fed mine peanut butter before she was one, which everything I read and was told by the doctor was a big no-no. She was apologetic, she thought I was already feeding her peanut butter....

My MIL runs an in-home daycare and takes care of our little one and as long as my girl is happy, I'm happy. My husband is more critical of his mom then I am. Even my mother does stuff that makes my eyes bug (the cereal in the bottle at 1 month), but she loves staying at grandma's and papa's house so I just turn a blind eye and enjoy my free weekends. You really should pawn off the baby for a weekend and from my experience the sooner you start the better. I had major guilt the first few times she went, but now I look forward to my free weekend every month. My little one enjoys her weekends with her grandparents so much she is very happy to help me pack her weekend bag.

[sockgirl77 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by chemommy25

Well, I tried giving che the baby food today. It was the cereal mixed with apple. I figured that he did so well with the regular gerber rice cereal, he may enjoy something with more taste.

i did try it first this time and it wasnt bad.

He made a weird face and stuck his tongue out. he didnt seem that interested. i tried for about 10 minutes and he just was not liking it at all.

Im going to try again in a little bit, maybe he wasnt hungry.

Why not just start with straight fruit?

[chemommy25]

Originally Posted by barncat

Mine had 8 teeth at 7 months so we felt comfortable feeding her small bites of food. I remember she would eat Cheerios and she would munch the Cheerio between her 4 front teeth.

FYI, my MIL fed mine peanut butter before she was one, which everything I read and was told by the doctor was a big no-no. She was apologetic, she thought I was already feeding her peanut butter....

My MIL runs an in-home daycare and takes care of our little one and as long as my girl is happy, I'm happy. My husband is more critical of his mom then I am. Even my mother does stuff that makes my eyes bug (the cereal in the bottle at 1 month), but she loves staying at grandma's and papa's house so I just turn a blind eye and enjoy my free weekends. You really should pawn off the baby for a weekend and from my experience the sooner you start the better. I had major guilt the first few times she went, but now I look forward to my free weekend every month. My little one enjoys her weekends with her grandparents so much she is very happy to help me pack her weekend bag.

I'm trying to work on it, im so attached to him though.

[chemommy25]

Originally Posted by sockgirl77

Why not just start with straight fruit?

ummm... i just couldnt decide. i had just straight fruit but i was trying to take it in steps i guess. like regular cereal, then cereal with a fruity taste, then just fruit.

I'm new at this, i dunno...lol...

It makes sense to me.

either way its baby food i figured just one at a time to make sure he isnt allergic to anything, and im doing alright.

[barncat]

Originally Posted by chemommy25

I'm trying to work on it, im so attached to him though.

I called constantly, almost every hour to check on her, drove my folks in sane. I would even cry if I heard her crying in the background, broke my heart. But it has paid off, she has a very special bond with my father and loves him like no one else and my mom buys her so much stuff everytime she has her, I think she bought most of her summer clothes last year. Its hard to let them go, but it was really important to me that she has a relationship with my parents so staying with them one weekend a month isn't such a bad thing. I try to drive her over to visit once a month so she can see them more often and my parents really appreciate and enjoy having time with her.

[chemommy25]

Originally Posted by barncat

I called constantly, almost every hour to check on her, drove my folks in sane. I would even cry if I heard her crying in the background, broke my heart. But it has paid off, she has a very special bond with my father and loves him like no one else and my mom buys her so much stuff everytime she has her, I think she bought most of her summer clothes last year. Its hard to let them go, but it was really important to me that she has a relationship with my parents so staying with them one weekend a month isn't such a bad thing. I try to drive her over to visit once a month so she can see them more often and my parents really appreciate and enjoy having time with her.

do your parents live far away?

[barncat]

Originally Posted by chemommy25

do your parents live far away?

1.5 hours, enough to be inconvient. If they lived farther I would hate it, but would still try to get her there to see them as often as I could. I know I'm spoiled that they take her for a whole weekend every month, but they get to spend time with her and I get a breather, which is espicially appreciated now that I'm 7 months pregnant. One of her aunts has expressed interest in having her stay the night with them, and I'm actually ok with it. She has two great kids and they all love playing together, so what's the harm. Mine is now 22 months, but she started staying with my folks at 3 months, maybe even a little before that. My MIL has her 5 days a week and enjoys her weekends without kids, but if she ever asked to keep mine for a night I wouldn't have a problem with her staying.

[chemommy25]

Originally Posted by barncat

1.5 hours, enough to be inconvient. If they lived farther I would hate it, but would still try to get her there to see them as often as I could. I know I'm spoiled that they take her for a whole weekend every month, but they get to spend time with her and I get a breather, which is espicially appreciated now that I'm 7 months pregnant. One of her aunts has expressed interest in having her stay the night with them, and I'm actually ok with it. She has two great kids and they all love playing together, so what's the harm. Mine is now 22 months, but she started staying with my folks at 3 months, maybe even a little before that. My MIL has her 5 days a week and enjoys her weekends without kids, but if she ever asked to keep mine for a night I wouldn't have a problem with her staying.

I think i'm going to have to stick with during the day visits.(no overnights yet)
I worry way to much. the whole time he is away from me, whether if im at work, or shopping, etc..all i can think about is if he is ok. which i know he is, but i'm young and a new mom.