https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 23 Aug 2026 10:38:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/oatmeal-cereal-spoon-fed-only#post-1256506 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 14:15:28 +0000 Alivoo01 1256506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Awesome! That sounds similar to our schedule as well for daycare pickup and time since she was last fed so I'll do that. Thanks!!</p> <p>@2PeasinaPod: @Adira: @lavender: @littlecasita1122: Soupy beginning - got it! Thanks ladies!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/oatmeal-cereal-spoon-fed-only#post-1256333 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 13:06:00 +0000 littlecasita1122 1256333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We would always feed a bottle or nurse first, then wait an hour to offer oatmeal. We didn't make it as soupy as the directions recommended and he was okay with the texture. After a couple weeks, we started to use less milk to make it thicker. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/oatmeal-cereal-spoon-fed-only#post-1256328 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 13:04:52 +0000 lavender 1256328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We spoon fed LO 30 mins after her bottle/nursing session with warmed BM and the oatmeal was really soupy at first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/oatmeal-cereal-spoon-fed-only#post-1256327 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 13:04:23 +0000 Smurfette 1256327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: I just poured some in from what I pumped that day at work. We started at like 530 once we got home from day care. So it was probably 1-2 hours after her last bottle. I can't remember when she was eating then. Then she would nurse right before bed at 630. </p> <p>It was more liquid when we first started but it did seem to confuse her. She liked it better when it was thicker. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/oatmeal-cereal-spoon-fed-only#post-1256317 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 13:00:21 +0000 Adira 1256317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: When we started, I would nurse first, then an hour later, offer cereal. I warmed up the milk first and then mixed the cereal. I started with just a couple tsp of milk and maybe 1/2 - 1 tsp of cereal. I wanted to make sure it was pretty liquidy, but still identifiable as a "solid" haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/oatmeal-cereal-spoon-fed-only#post-1256173 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 12:19:58 +0000 edelweiss 1256173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>our pediatrician recommended offering the cereal after nursing/bottle so that the primary source of nutrition was bm/formula (although honestly at the very start they're eating so little by spoon that it probably doesn't matter too much). </p> <p>i think i let the bm/cereal mixture sit at room temp for a few minutes to take the chill off. also, because i didn't want to waste breastmilk, most of the time i used formula to mix in with the cereal.</p> <p>we offered the cereal mixture a couple of times a day. then daycare started asking for purees/cereal, so i sent in two servings a day (puree mixed with cereal). he seemed to always finish with no problem so i increased the amount over time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/oatmeal-cereal-spoon-fed-only#post-1256137 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 12:13:25 +0000 Alivoo01 1256137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@edelweiss: @Smurfette: Did y'all warm up some breastmilk then mix it or did you express milk just before mixing? After feeding them, do you nurse? Or do you mind sharing your schedule? I'm completely lost! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/oatmeal-cereal-spoon-fed-only#post-1256076 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:55:11 +0000 Smurfette 1256076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Spoon fed and only did a little bit, mixed with BM (at first). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/oatmeal-cereal-spoon-fed-only#post-1256068 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:54:26 +0000 edelweiss 1256068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we fed it by spoon--the first week i mixed 1 TBS of oatmeal cereal with about 3 to 4 TBS of breastmilk or formula. it's very slow at first and he didn't finish all of it. but it was good to get him used to the idea of eating (as opposed to nursing/drinking bottles). after about a week i started mixing the oatmeal cereal with purees instead of liquid because i felt that he could handle it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/oatmeal-cereal-spoon-fed-only#post-1256065 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:53:19 +0000 lawbee11 1256065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've also read not to put it in a bottle, so we're planning to spoon feed. We haven't started yet, though...probably closer to 6 months. I am not sure about the amount. I think in the beginning you're only supposed to give a tiny amount each day? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/oatmeal-cereal-spoon-fed-only#post-1256053 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:48:46 +0000 2PeasinaPod 1256053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We only ever spoon fed cereal and never put cereal in a bottle. They suggest to make it soupy in the beginning until LO gets used to the texture and doesn't gag. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/oatmeal-cereal-spoon-fed-only#post-1256046 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:47:10 +0000 Alivoo01 1256046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS's pedi suggested we start serving DS oatmeal when he's 5 months old and solids at 6 months. I'm reading up on it and the Gerber website states they do not recommend putting the cereal in a bottle, and that it should be spoon fed. Is this correct? What did you do?</p> <p>Serving recommendation is 1 tbs of oatmeal for 5 tbs of "milk". So how much oatmeal should I be giving? </p>