Cereal in Bottle

[nicole_M]

My mom couldn't wait to give my little ones ice cream, mashed potatoes and things like that..I'd tell her no...It's bad, yadda yadda...

But now when I look back - I laugh... I resepct my mom's opinions and as a mother of 5 (me, the oldest) I know she knows a little about what she is doing

Well, regardless of my wishes, I found out later that she had fed them those things when I wasn't looking All my kids turned out okay, so far! No allergies or anything like that. What can you do but laugh...Mother knows best. And I am sure I will be just like her when my little ones have kids, 30 years from now They'll be the ones saying "MOM, STOP - they can't have that"

Our parents get ALOT wiser as we get older...I find myself agreeing with damn near about everything I thought was so stupid back when I was a teen.

[sux2b44]

Originally Posted by cattitude

And 25-30 years ago when I was having my kids, you were SUPPOSED to give the babies water...fixed it just like you did the formula bottles...STERILIZED them. :gasp:

i was always told to give the baby some water after you gave them their formula so they didnt get the white film on their tongue and have it turn to possible thrush.

[cattitude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by sux2b44

i was always told to give the baby some water after you gave them their formula so they didnt get the white film on their tongue and have it turn to possible thrush.

Interesting....thrush is a yeast infection.

[dems4me (Premo)]

Originally Posted by cattitude

Interesting....thrush is a yeast infection.

That was my first thought too as I've had thrush several times and it wasn't from milk, but I didn't post in here because I don't have any kids

[vraiblonde]

Originally Posted by cattitude

Interesting....thrush is a yeast infection.

I have a memory that my pediatrician said something about that as well. But water was definitely supposed to be offered after feeding, not before.

[itsbob (Premo)]

Originally Posted by vegmom

Actually, the La Leche folks tell you that too. The point is to get plenty of formula or breast milk into the young'un because they need the nutrients from it.

The La Leche Nazi's will say NOTHING about a baby taking formula (the right or wrong way to do it).. except that you're a crappy parent for not breast feeding.. and breast feeding only.

Talk about a close minded bunch of jackasses..

[Speedy70]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

They are well-educated and some of them even have a whole six months of experience dealing with infants!

And some only have 5.5 months experience. But experience has nothing to do with knowing that rice to a baby under 4 months of age COULD cause problems. I preferred not to take that risk.

To each their own.

On a similar note - we tried cereal WITH A SPOON for my son at 4 months. He hated it and still does. At 5 months we skipped it completely and went right to solids.

[itsbob (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Speedy70

And some only have 5.5 months experience. But experience has nothing to do with knowing that rice to a baby under 4 months of age COULD cause problems. I preferred not to take that risk.

To each their own.

On a similar note - we tried cereal WITH A SPOON for my son at 4 months. He hated it and still does. At 5 months we skipped it completely and went right to solids.

You are suffering from information overload.. just becasue one baby out of every 100,000 has a problem with cereal does not make it a problem..

If your mother fed you cereal at 2 months old.. and her mother did the same.. and her mother.. and so on back 4 or 5 generations without problem, what's the risk?

Now someone's kid in Nebraske has an allergic reaction to the nutrasweet in the new Froot Loops, it's all of a sudden a national emergency, and NOBODY under the age of 6 shoule eat the newly formulated Froot Loops.. even though this is the same Froot Loops that were re-formulated 8 years ago, and millions of kids have eaten them without reaction, this ONE kid in Nebraska makes it a health emergency.

I'd put more faith in Mom, grandmom and experience than I would a doctor sometimes..

Like how often did your Grandmother or Greatgrandmother take their kids to the doctor? How did they treat a fever? A cold? Now we HAVE to spend money and go see a doctor or else we're looked down upon and thought to be abusive or neglective parents..

Growing up, unless I was bleeding profusely, or had a bone sticking through skin, I NEVER went to the emergency room.. I've NEVER had a trip to the emergency room that didn't end with a cast or stitches.. Flu? Cold? Ear Infections?? Nope, not worthy of a doctor's visit let alone an Emergency ROom visit.. but today?? TOO much information, too much fear..

[Speedy70]

Originally Posted by itsbob

You are suffering from information overload.. just becasue one baby out of every 100,000 has a problem with cereal does not make it a problem..

If your mother fed you cereal at 2 months old.. and her mother did the same.. and her mother.. and so on back 4 or 5 generations without problem, what's the risk?

Now someone's kid in Nebraske has an allergic reaction to the nutrasweet in the new Froot Loops, it's all of a sudden a national emergency, and NOBODY under the age of 6 shoule eat the newly formulated Froot Loops.. even though this is the same Froot Loops that were re-formulated 8 years ago, and millions of kids have eaten them without reaction, this ONE kid in Nebraska makes it a health emergency.

I'd put more faith in Mom, grandmom and experience than I would a doctor sometimes..

Like how often did your Grandmother or Greatgrandmother take their kids to the doctor? How did they treat a fever? A cold? Now we HAVE to spend money and go see a doctor or else we're looked down upon and thought to be abusive or neglective parents..

Growing up, unless I was bleeding profusely, or had a bone sticking through skin, I NEVER went to the emergency room.. I've NEVER had a trip to the emergency room that didn't end with a cast or stitches.. Flu? Cold? Ear Infections?? Nope, not worthy of a doctor's visit let alone an Emergency ROom visit.. but today?? TOO much information, too much fear..

Anyway, like I said - to each their own.

[itsbob (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Speedy70

Anyway, like I said - to each their own.

Next time the doctor says.. "DOn't do this, it's dangerous and risky" Ask him/ her for his parents number because you want to ask how they raised the doctor!!