https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:10:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393822 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:00:15 +0000 Ash 2393822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@macintosh: i gave avocado to my dd the other night and she definitely wasn't too sure about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393728 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 14:11:21 +0000 macintosh 2393728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started with oatmeal but he didn't really like it. Avocado was his 2nd food, which he loves. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393694 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:54:43 +0000 JoJoGirl 2393694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't. Went right to fruits and veggies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393692 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:54:15 +0000 nana87 2393692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did a little oatmeal, but I don't think we even finished one container before she just transitioned to more "real" food </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393684 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:48:31 +0000 LindsayInNY 2393684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We skipped and started with a mix of veggie purées and BLWing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393655 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:28:22 +0000 PawPrints 2393655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. She has hardly had any grains, other than a bite here and there of something I'm eating. (She LOVES buttermilk biscuit, shocker). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393633 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:12:47 +0000 Meowkers 2393633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do buckwheat cereal. DD loves it and has it every morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393626 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:04:58 +0000 Happygal 2393626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did different whole/ancient grains described like @regberadaisy:'s method with grinding them up and cooking them (I used water). It can b </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393606 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:47:40 +0000 Ash 2393606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone! I think I'll pick up some oatmeal to keep on hand. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393462 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:50:09 +0000 regberadaisy 2393462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would do homemade steel cut oats "cereal" with applesauce for breakfast. I just put the steel cut oats in a coffee grinder then cook it in milk for a few minutes. Cool down with cold applesauce.</p> <p>When DD was constipated I would cook steel cut oats in water with flaxseed. That was always sure to get her going! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393451 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:44:23 +0000 Boogs 2393451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oatmeal on occasion, but not until a while later. I probably should have done it sooner since both of my kids are anemic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393446 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:41:30 +0000 ShootingStar 2393446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did some oatmeal cereal because the ped said the extra fiber would help with his constipation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393444 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:39:35 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2393444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried oatmeal once (she seemed to hate it). But we had already been doing purées at that point too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393434 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:32:29 +0000 MrsF 2393434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't do any oatmeal or cereals in the beginning. Now at a year J has oatmeal every day because he likes it and it's easy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393431 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:27:41 +0000 anonysquire 2393431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, no cereal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393429 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:25:54 +0000 Greentea 2393429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did quinoa cereal! We used a food milk to grind it then boil it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393426 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:24:34 +0000 peachykeen 2393426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did oatmeal as a breakfast food for iron (and because that's what we eat as adults - I just ground up regular Quaker oats). </p> <p>I made sure to do a lot of iron-rich veggies like sweet potato, squash, mushrooms. I even pureed some black beans to mix with banana or sweet potato, but she ate them inconsistently. </p> <p>We also introduced meat (non-pureed) as soon as we thought she could handle it - started with shredded chicken from the crockpot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393392 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:00:45 +0000 travellingbee 2393392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Occasionally oatmeal but nothing consistent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393355 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 09:45:42 +0000 avivoca 2393355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393354 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 09:45:31 +0000 brownepiano 2393354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. We did start giving him granola pretty early by maybe 8-9 months but I make my own that doesn't have any seeds or nuts in it, and is only sweetened with molasses. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393350 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 09:43:53 +0000 Ms maths 2393350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did no cereals for either kid. They had grains--rice, pasta, toast, crackers--if that's what we were having for a meal. Both had fine hemaglobin counts at 9 months, so iron wasn't an issue for either child. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393341 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 09:39:58 +0000 SweetCaroline 2393341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oatme and barley. Some pouches with quinoa. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393333 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 09:36:13 +0000 snowjewelz 2393333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! Nothing. I mean now she has oatmeal time to time as part of her breakfast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393331 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 09:34:56 +0000 MenagerieMama 2393331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did some oatmeal, mostly for iron and something easy to feed when I was lazy (we did BLW mostly). Now I use the rest to mix into pancakes for her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393328 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 09:31:21 +0000 erinbaderin 2393328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We fed him oatmeal - at first we put it through the food processor to make it finer and mixed to with applesauce and cinnamon, then as he got bigger we just cooked it whole. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393324 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 09:27:57 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2393324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did oatmeal to ward off constipation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393321 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 09:22:52 +0000 Mamasig 2393321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oatmeal </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393311 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 09:15:39 +0000 Alba4 2393311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started with green veggies: avocado, sweet peas. Then we moved to orange veggies and we introduced egg yolks pretty early. We have him oatmeal eventually, but our pediatrician wasn't into rice cereal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393310 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 09:15:31 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2393310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With LO1 we never did grains until she was much older. </p> <p>With LO2 we started with oatmeal because 1) she has reflux and I was terrified to start other goods again because or first go at solids did not go well. 2) dinner is crunch time and I wasn't super back into meal planning yet and making sure she could eat some of our dinner felt overwhelming to me. We also do a mix of BLW and purees. Now at 8 months, I usually only feed her oatmeal if we don't have any other food lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-didnt-do-rice-cereal#post-2393305 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 09:08:25 +0000 Littlebit7 2393305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've used oatmeal and quinoa. Now I'll mix in some fage yogurt and applesauce or fruit. We are doing BLW with some purees. </p>