https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 05 Nov 2026 08:55:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rice-cereal-or-oatmeal-cereal#post-1182704 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:59:54 +0000 shopaholic 1182704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Didn't plan on doing cereals at all, but after over a month of no success with purees, I introduced oatmeal cereal. She loved it, but started getting a diaper rash. Switched to brown rice cereal for a couple of days and it went away. I haven't given any cereal since she started taking to purees and finger foods instead. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rice-cereal-or-oatmeal-cereal#post-1182653 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:48:14 +0000 lemondrop 1182653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just did regular oatmeal that was cooked to death to start out. Once we built up our confidence with that, he just started getting cut and mushed up food from our plates. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rice-cereal-or-oatmeal-cereal#post-1182621 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:37:14 +0000 LuLu Mom 1182621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started with rice due to her stomach issues and possible alleriges, she was fine with both. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rice-cereal-or-oatmeal-cereal#post-1182614 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:35:10 +0000 stargal 1182614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we skipped both entirely. I would do steel cut oats though, that's what I started giving him every once in a while at about 9 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rice-cereal-or-oatmeal-cereal#post-1180621 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 21:45:45 +0000 immabeetoo 1180621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: we've given him both steel cut &amp; quick oats; whatever we're having ourselves. If I'm making it just for him, I usually do a mix of fruit puree &amp; water, and then quick oats in the microwave. Otherwise I mix in fresh fruit and cinnamon :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rice-cereal-or-oatmeal-cereal#post-1180618 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 21:44:51 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1180618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We skipped cereals altogether after researching that they don't really need the grains/carbs and went straight to vegetables and fruits! But of the two I would say oatmeal as it is a little more nutritious than rice! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rice-cereal-or-oatmeal-cereal#post-1180606 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 21:34:36 +0000 Mrs. Polish 1180606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did oatmeal. Rice is recommended because it's an unlikely allergen. I wasn't concerned with lo having allergies so we went straight to oatmeal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rice-cereal-or-oatmeal-cereal#post-1180594 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 21:25:17 +0000 Arden 1180594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't do cereals at all after researching it, but I think I'd prefer oatmeal over rice just because it has a little more nutritional value. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rice-cereal-or-oatmeal-cereal#post-1180524 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:54:10 +0000 Smurfette 1180524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@scg00387: do you just make regular oatmeal? Add anything to it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rice-cereal-or-oatmeal-cereal#post-1180522 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:53:19 +0000 Smurfette 1180522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did rice but started with oatmeal right away. She loved both. </p> <p>She still poops 2-3 times a day and won't drink water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rice-cereal-or-oatmeal-cereal#post-1180516 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:52:01 +0000 immabeetoo 1180516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There was lots of news co edge about arsenic in rice so I guess oatmeal might be better thAt way? We skipped cereals but LO loves regular oatmeal :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rice-cereal-or-oatmeal-cereal#post-1180463 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:22:00 +0000 Silva 1180463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also, we haven't had any constipation issues since starting about 3 weeks ago </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rice-cereal-or-oatmeal-cereal#post-1180460 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:20:23 +0000 Silva 1180460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>None that I'm aware of. We started with easily mashed fruits and veggies. Banana, avocado, sweet potato. Then we tried oatmeal cereal prepared with breast milk. She loves it!<br /> I use earth's best. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rice-cereal-or-oatmeal-cereal#post-1180458 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:19:08 +0000 CottonCandy 1180458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would recommend starting with oatmeal...we started rice cereal at that age and it immediately constipated LO...after giving LO a mix of prunes and pears to finally get lo to poo, we went straight to oatmeal and it worked out really well. We went with earths best. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rice-cereal-or-oatmeal-cereal#post-1180454 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:13:59 +0000 Ra 1180454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pedi recommended we start cereal in about 2 weeks when B is 5 months old. The paper she gave us mentioned rice cereal, but for some reason (for no logical reason) I would prefer to start with oatmeal cereal.</p> <p>Is there any reason to start with rice instead of oatmeal? </p>