https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:26:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-started-with-rice-cereal#post-1833406 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 13:33:33 +0000 Smurfette 1833406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She liked it but we only did it a week, tops, and then went to oatmeal. She was 5.5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-started-with-rice-cereal#post-1833360 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 13:05:49 +0000 Cherrybee 1833360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started at 5 months and DD hated it!! I persevered for a little while with no success then on a whim I tried a fruit puree and she loved it, which gave me the confidence to start pureed veggies etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-started-with-rice-cereal#post-1833237 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 11:09:09 +0000 fairy 1833237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started with brown rice or oatmeal cereal at 4 months and she took to it pretty quickly - I found that I had to make it thicker for her to really like it though. I started with it pretty watery and she didn't really want that lol. After a few months, I started mixing it with purees instead of breastmilk and she still eats it mixed with applesauce or sweet potato puree now at 14 months (pediatrician recommended to continue with it because she has low iron) I know some babies who didn't really want solids much at all the first whole year, though. I think they will eat once they are ready and want it. My mom claims that I only wanted barley cereal, my older brother only wanted oatmeal cereal, and my little brother only wanted rice cereal :P so maybe try different kinds too </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-started-with-rice-cereal#post-1833220 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 10:45:49 +0000 sandy 1833220@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started when she was a weeks shy of 6 months and at first it was mostly entirely breast milk mixed with some cereal. Then a little more cereal. She didn't really eat much the first week but she didn't hate it. Slowly she learned the concept of eating. After a few weeks we started adding puréed apple, pear, sweet potatoes, etc </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-started-with-rice-cereal#post-1833188 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 10:10:31 +0000 Mrsjets 1833188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started #2 with oatmeal cereal at 5 months - she's still mostly uninterested in it (2 weeks later) but will eat some banana, avocado, sweet potato from our plates. I don't think solids are important at this age - but I'll continue to offer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-started-with-rice-cereal#post-1833178 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 10:02:22 +0000 loveisstrange 1833178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did, but we mixed it with applesauce and cinnamon. She liked it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-started-with-rice-cereal#post-1833171 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:59:34 +0000 matador84 1833171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How did your LO tolerate it? I started rice with DS at 4 months, he hated it, so I quit and waited until 6 months to introduce solids. DD is 6.5 months and nothing but ebf still. </p>