https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:50:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-cereal#post-764190 Mon, 06 May 2013 17:14:13 +0000 sarac 764190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started with fruits, because I was hoping to build a preference for fruits and veggies over carbs for my daughter. And she actually does prefer those, so you know, who knows. I'll do it that way with any other children I have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-cereal#post-764180 Mon, 06 May 2013 17:08:19 +0000 dolphin 764180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>our pediatrician recommended starting rice cereal at our four month check up. but after reading up on it more on HB and other resources, I'm reconsidering and leaning towards possibly starting her on purees instead. definitely interested to hear what others are doing too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-cereal#post-764174 Mon, 06 May 2013 17:04:01 +0000 tysonja 764174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we started with carrot puree, sweet potato, and banana. :)</p> <p>i think if you want to start with rice or oatmeal almost any brand is fine, probably. maybe go for an organic one?</p> <p>eta: he was on formula and bm, so i didn't worry about iron intake, as the formula had plenty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-cereal#post-764159 Mon, 06 May 2013 16:58:28 +0000 BunnyDragon 764159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our ped said that if we plan to skip cereal then let her know so we can discuss iron drops at 6 mos appt. I don't want to give supplements to my baby unless absolutely necessary so I plan to feed him lots of sweet potato purée. He seems to like it so far. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-cereal#post-764137 Mon, 06 May 2013 16:42:04 +0000 googly-eyes 764137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did cereals per our doctor's recommendations. She told us to do rice, barley, oatmeal, mixed grains in that order. We did a combination of gerber and earths best. Now she eats some cereal mixed with fuit and also veggie purees that I make at home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-cereal#post-764131 Mon, 06 May 2013 16:39:02 +0000 wheres_c 764131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We plan on skipping cereals.<br /> <a href="http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/" rel="nofollow">http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/</a> is a decent resource. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-cereal#post-763720 Mon, 06 May 2013 14:03:14 +0000 BunnyDragon 763720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first baby, I did rice cereal as his first food. I wasted a lot of it (and formula) as he didn't care for it. With my second baby (he will be six months old next week), I started him with banana, avocado and apple purees a couple of weeks ago and he's eating like a champ. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-cereal#post-763717 Mon, 06 May 2013 14:02:29 +0000 Periwinkle 763717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have so much to learn about solids! Any readings that you can recommend to get me started?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-cereal#post-763702 Mon, 06 May 2013 13:53:32 +0000 Mrsbells 763702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started at 6 months but started with homemade green beans. when we eventually got around to cereal we just bought steel cut oats from the store and ground it into flour at home. I wouldnt recommend rice cereal since it can cause constipation and isnt high in nutrition </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-cereal#post-763695 Mon, 06 May 2013 13:50:45 +0000 Weagle 763695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 6 months you can start with veggies and fruits if you'd rather. When LO ate cereal, she ate Earth's Best oatmeal cereal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-foods-cereal#post-763663 Mon, 06 May 2013 13:40:16 +0000 Periwinkle 763663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our son is going to be 6 months old tomorrow (sniff, sniff!) and we're planning on starting solids soon. We are thinking that we will start either with rice cereral or oatmeal and I am just not sure which brand is *best*... or what you like!</p> <p>Someone recommended Plum Organics but it seems like most of their cereals are now discontinued and not available anywhere. I'd love to hear what your LOs are eating. </p>