https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:54:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-grains-do-you-give-baby#post-1660446 Tue, 27 May 2014 12:57:55 +0000 Zbug 1660446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You all are so great! I feel better now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-grains-do-you-give-baby#post-1660353 Tue, 27 May 2014 12:36:24 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1660353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most of the foods LO will eat are grains/carbs - she eats rice (not cereal, actual rice), oatmeal, Cheerios, pasta. Again, at this point while she's still nursing, I just give her the solids that she'll eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-grains-do-you-give-baby#post-1660345 Tue, 27 May 2014 12:32:33 +0000 Anagram 1660345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Zbug: I think iron fortified oatmeal is really good, if you aren't giving some kind of iron supplement. I found that LO wasn't eating enough (in general) for iron rich "real' foods to make a difference, but iron-fortified oatmeal had more iron than I could get her to eat otherwise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-grains-do-you-give-baby#post-1660339 Tue, 27 May 2014 12:30:48 +0000 photojane 1660339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sadie is 15 months, and she gets lots. She's incredibly picky, so I give her what she'll eat. She's still very healthy/normal weight/etc. I wouldn't worry about it. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-grains-do-you-give-baby#post-1660327 Tue, 27 May 2014 12:27:47 +0000 blackbird 1660327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Zbug, I used to worry that, too, but it's like one day, my daughter decided that broccoli is AWESOME. Especially if it comes from my plate.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-grains-do-you-give-baby#post-1660240 Tue, 27 May 2014 11:56:01 +0000 Smurfette 1660240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R is 14 months and carbs are the only thing some days we can get her to eat. I am going to let her go to bed hungry. So we offer meat and veggie first. If she won't eat the veggies, then I give her noodles/pasta is she signs she wants more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-grains-do-you-give-baby#post-1660198 Tue, 27 May 2014 11:36:03 +0000 Zbug 1660198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: that's reassuring! She's only 8 mo, so most of her nutrition is coming from BM anyway. I was just worried that giving her oatmeal was preventing her from learning to love veggies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-grains-do-you-give-baby#post-1659723 Tue, 27 May 2014 09:06:55 +0000 blackbird 1659723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oatmeal is great! Mine is all over the place. Sometimes she gets whole wheat waffles or pancakes that I make and she also eats pasta, but that's really about it, unless I make a batch of banana bread for her. In the beginning, she ate a lot more than she does now. She's really taken to veggies and fruits and such more. Since her diet is becoming more balanced, I don't worry about the lack of nutrients so much anymore </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-grains-do-you-give-baby#post-1659698 Tue, 27 May 2014 09:00:25 +0000 Zbug 1659698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks all! Ok I don't think she's having more than a few tbsps dry, but I don't actually measure it out. I just feel like she should have more vegetables/fruit each day than oatmeal, but I don't think that's happening... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-grains-do-you-give-baby#post-1659276 Mon, 26 May 2014 22:52:32 +0000 daniellemybelle 1659276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 7 months &amp; she eats about 2 tbsp of oatmeal (before adding milk) every morning. It's not her absolute favorite but she does like it quite a bit. We mix it 50/50 with purées. Then for dinner she typically has just purées. We have been doing puffs a lot lately though for every 5 she picks up, only one makes it in her mouth. We have the Happy Baby puffs which are made with brown rice &amp; no sugar or gluten. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-grains-do-you-give-baby#post-1659235 Mon, 26 May 2014 21:47:11 +0000 Grace 1659235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I make her oatmeal but mixed with purees rather than milk/formula. I kind of treat it as a thickening agent, so that they aren't so runny. I'd say she generally eats ~4 tbsp dry oatmeal per day (I have no idea what that works out to prepared). And then some days she'll also have 1/4 or 1/2 slice of toast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-grains-do-you-give-baby#post-1659229 Mon, 26 May 2014 21:39:32 +0000 Meltini 1659229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 8 months and eats 1/2 cup of oatmeal a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-grains-do-you-give-baby#post-1659206 Mon, 26 May 2014 21:19:23 +0000 Arden 1659206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't give her any yet (she's 14 months now). We'll start as soon as she gets her molars, so probably 18 months-ish? She eats vegetables, fruits, eggs, and seeds. We do give her quinoa but that's technically a seed, not a grain.</p> <p>Adding fruits and veggies to her oatmeal sounds like a good idea to get her to them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-grains-do-you-give-baby#post-1659202 Mon, 26 May 2014 21:17:14 +0000 Zbug 1659202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD (8 mo) wasn't a huge fan of solids until we tried oatmeal at 7 months. She loves oatmeal! She will usually only eat a few bites of other food (usually homemade purees and sometimes pouches). I usually start off with adding just a bit of vegetable/fruit to the oatmeal and gradually add more as she's eating. This works out pretty well, but I'm worries I'm giving her too much grains. Is this a thing? I will let her have oatmeal (+puree) for breakfast and dinner. For lunch, I just offer straight vegetable/fruit but she doesn't eat much of it. </p> <p>How many servings of grains do you give your LO? </p>