https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:30:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1811612 Tue, 12 Aug 2014 11:50:59 +0000 aegie 1811612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started Paige off with cheerios with a splash of milk. Then added more and more and more until now she can eat a bowl of cereal with milk. She still dibbles, but that's what those awesome catch bibs are for! I also give her a small spoon that's deep enough. Some kid's spoons are too flat to use for milk and cereal. Paige will now eat cheerios, kix, and chex cereal. We leave them out in one of those clear containers to preserve freshness and she gets to choose what she wants. On days she's being particularly fussy, I'll use chocolate milk and then it's game over. She'll eat 10 bowls if I let her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1810707 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 23:04:19 +0000 jedeve 1810707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do mini wheats. They soak up the milk. It's pretty much his main way of drinking milk! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1810700 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 22:41:57 +0000 tororojo 1810700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>L has a banana for breakfast each morning and then shares my cereal- haven't found one yet she won't eat! She especially loves granola, any kind of cheerios and raisin bran. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1810694 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 22:27:19 +0000 Kimberlybee 1810694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I started letting H eat cereal with milk at 13+ months because she has always liked the plain Cheerios as a dried snack. I feed it to her and she dips her hands in to get more to feed herself. She is great with a fork but not a spoon yet. So it does get messy but nothing too crazy. However, she's decided she doesn't like the plain Cheerios anymore. Tonight I fed her honey nut Cheerios with milk since I was eating it and she gobbled it up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1810603 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:02:19 +0000 shopaholic 1810603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: ooh! So K is 17 months now. I might try that tomorrow! Gotta go buy some cereal! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1810601 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:00:59 +0000 shopaholic 1810601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: Not by herself, but I'll admit I haven't let her try yet, except in pouches. And she squeezes half the pouch all over herself, everywhere, floors, chairs, hair, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1810310 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 18:13:28 +0000 photojane 1810310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: Does she eat the yogurt herself? If so, I think she'd be okay with cereal and milk. Just put a little bit of milk in to start with! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1810301 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 18:11:22 +0000 birdofafeather 1810301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: it's definitely a disaster every morning, but she LOVES "she-re-el"</p> <p>R started drinking the milk from her bowl like i do a couple weeks ago. it's awesome. we do honey-nut cheerios for now. we started around 17 months randomly? just a little milk to start to get the Os wet. she eats it with a spoon/her hands. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1810281 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:55:42 +0000 teamjse 1810281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo started having milk and cereal at 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1810278 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:52:53 +0000 loveisstrange 1810278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 2. She likes pretty much any cereal. She eats it with a spoon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1810270 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:39:14 +0000 swurlygurl 1810270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: Haha, I only just gave L yogurt to self-feed yesterday because I fear the mess of these foods! </p> <p>18 months and no desire to start any time soon - poor girl is going to be so far behind in her cereal-eating skills. Although, we're not cereal people and she drinks plenty of milk, so it probably will be a really long time before she ever gets any :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1810263 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:30:21 +0000 Ra 1810263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>B shares my cereal almost every morning. He really likes Raisin Bran. There is no way he could feed himself, so I we just take turns taking bites. He is 14 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1810252 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:22:50 +0000 JerricaBenton 1810252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I give her dry cheerios and yogurt together. I've tried the health food brand cereals but once she tried cheerios she was hooked :-) At 18 months I would spoon feed her cheerios and milk but she can feed herself yogurt and cereal. She'd want to commandeer the spoon and I can't handle the mess, plus I don't give her cows milk yet anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1810246 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:20:34 +0000 MaisyMay 1810246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A has been eating her dad's cereal with him feeding her quite a bit, but only over the last 2 weeks has she been feeding it to herself. She's so messy, but is incredibly proud of herself She's 19 1/2 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1810243 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:15:41 +0000 KT326 1810243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He started feeding himself cheerios with milk at 2, when he moved to the toddlers class. I never thought of giving it to him before that. The pediatrician recommended cheerios because of his low iron. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1810239 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:13:42 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1810239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started self feeding cereal around 16 months. Before that she sneak bites of whatever I was eating. We started with shredded wheat with just enough milk to soak the square but not enough to slosh around too much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1810231 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:05:30 +0000 shopaholic 1810231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: @AprilFool: @sandy: LOL! I should have clarified. I will be feeding it to her, not letting her self-feed. OMG, the mess! She actually really loves to drink soup and will only drink milk spoon-fed!</p> <p>@stargal: Ooh! Adventurous! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1808603 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 05:55:42 +0000 winniebee 1808603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 20 months. He loved Cheerios, rice chex, honey bunches of oats, Special K, and he's had a few sugar cereals on vacation. He was used to a spoon Bc we let him feed himself soup for a long time before that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1808601 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 05:44:17 +0000 lamariniere 1808601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started muesli maybe around 20 months? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1808600 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 05:43:14 +0000 mediagirl 1808600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started around 2. Cheerios and rice krispies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1808585 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 05:23:59 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1808585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started around 18 months. We started with honey bunches of oats because that's what I eat and what we have in the house. Have also done honey nut cheerios and some others. She loves it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1808576 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 04:38:24 +0000 stargal 1808576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Think around 18 months and it hasn't been that messy! We give ccheerios, mini wheats, life, kix, oats, rice crispies. He loves the mini wheats </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1808563 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 03:28:11 +0000 Beebug 1808563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now! Almost 22m.</p> <p>We do a rotation of raisin bran, puffed wheat, shreddies, harvest crunch or Cheerios! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1808556 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 02:40:23 +0000 regberadaisy 1808556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hm. I don't remember but definitely before 2. Probably around 18m like @freckles. My LO looove soup and is a pro soup drinker so cereal with milk was never a problem. ;) </p> <p>It's messy at the beginning but like all solids it gets better! We give cheerios too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1808551 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 01:43:49 +0000 Freckles 1808551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She started around 18 months. It was a great way for her to drink milk because she really wasn't a big fan. We have only stuck to Cheerios. </p> <p>Oatmeal is another great option too! @Arden: Less easily spilled but the gloppy mess is worse to clean up! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1808543 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 01:27:04 +0000 sandy 1808543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: we started around 2. She got a tiny bowl of Cheerios with milk and she loved it. I always put a large kitchen towel on her lap and then her bib so her outfit doesn't get ruined. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1808541 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 01:17:51 +0000 AprilFool 1808541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 16 months LO gets muesli and yoghurt. Haven't tried milk yet and probably won't for a long time. Haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1808540 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 01:07:25 +0000 Arden 1808540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can tell you it would be a DISASTER with Vi. I don't give her soup yet (except in a straw cup) for the same reason. What about oatmeal? A little less easily spilled, anyway. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cereal-milk#post-1808537 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 01:01:39 +0000 shopaholic 1808537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At what age did you start feeding LO cereal with milk? Which cereals do you feed? I'm thinking Cheerios is everyone's basic go-to?</p> <p>I'm not really a cereal person myself, and LO is not a milk fan still. So I'm trying to be more creative and venture off from yogurt every single morning. :wink: </p>