https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 19 May 2026 23:42:21 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/riceoatmeal-cereal-yay-or-nay#post-1939809 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:48:57 +0000 Mamasig 1939809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did oatmeal with both my boys. They love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/riceoatmeal-cereal-yay-or-nay#post-1939742 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:14:51 +0000 looch 1939742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There's a lot of opinions about feeding babies, in Europe, for example they skip grains and suggest you begin with meat and orange vegetables.</p> <p>If calories and fat are what you're after, I'd probably look into something like egg yolk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/riceoatmeal-cereal-yay-or-nay#post-1939730 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:09:37 +0000 pui 1939730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I disagree with feeding an infant before 6 months. At 6 months we will be feeding DD pureed food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/riceoatmeal-cereal-yay-or-nay#post-1939722 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:07:34 +0000 Anagram 1939722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LOs first foods were something else (she wasn't interested though), but now she eats 1/2 baby oat cereal and 1/2 "real" oatmeal 2-3 times a week at breakfast. I also make pancakes using baby oat cereal and toddler cookies using baby cereal.</p> <p>I do all this for added iron for LO and she gobbles it up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/riceoatmeal-cereal-yay-or-nay#post-1939662 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:42:14 +0000 Bluebonnet 1939662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We skipped rice cereal, but LO gets either oatmeal mixed with a fruit puree (apple, pumpkin, banana, mango, etc) almost every morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/riceoatmeal-cereal-yay-or-nay#post-1939661 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:42:07 +0000 lilyann 1939661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MapleMoose: Same! </p> <p>We started with pureed veggies, then moved to table food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/riceoatmeal-cereal-yay-or-nay#post-1939647 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:38:47 +0000 catomd00 1939647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did oatmeal a few times at 6.5 months. She wasn't interested so we moved to finger foods. She eats anything and everything now a 8.5 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/riceoatmeal-cereal-yay-or-nay#post-1939613 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:25:54 +0000 nana87 1939613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo is 7 months and we haven't tried cereal or oatmeal yet. She gets a mix of purees and mushier kinds of table foods. Her favorite right now seems to be yogurt! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/riceoatmeal-cereal-yay-or-nay#post-1939610 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:24:57 +0000 fairy 1939610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did oatmeal and brown rice cereal since 4.5 months. She has always loved it. It became part of her bedtime routine and she still gets cereal mixed with applesauce or pureed veggies before bed at 17 months. She has low iron so the cereal helps with that too. </p> <p>Have you tried different consistencies? My daughter never liked it runny, she always preferred it to be thicker. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/riceoatmeal-cereal-yay-or-nay#post-1939605 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:20:35 +0000 MapleMoose 1939605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We never did rice cereal or oatmeal. Went straight from purees to table food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/riceoatmeal-cereal-yay-or-nay#post-1939604 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:20:24 +0000 littlebug 1939604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Neither. We started with egg yolk, then went to avocado, banana, squash, and on from there. D didn't get grains until probably 8 or 9 months, and even then it was oatmeal in a pouch, so it was REALLY pureed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/riceoatmeal-cereal-yay-or-nay#post-1939601 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:18:03 +0000 blackbird 1939601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we skipped them both. She gets oatmeal rarely now (we usually do eggs/sausage, yogurt, pancakes) but sometimes i give her some </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/riceoatmeal-cereal-yay-or-nay#post-1939578 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:05:42 +0000 Mae 1939578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I make oatmeal for fia! I use the same organic whole oats I eat. I just grind them up in my magic bullet, cook them with some water, and mix in fruit. So far I've tried mashed raw banana and puréed steamed pears with a little cinnamon. She likes both. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/riceoatmeal-cereal-yay-or-nay#post-1939571 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:02:44 +0000 ballerinabee 1939571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Babies can't digest grains until their 1st molars are in, so they don't really get anything out of rice cereal or oatmeal besides the feeling of fullness. We started with butternut squash, sweet potato, avocado and scrambled eggs (they've debunked the no eggs before age 1 thing). </p> <p>Our pediatrician said that solids before age 1 should be for experimentation with taste and texture, not as their primary calorie source. I struggled with pumping when went back to work when C was 19 weeks old, so I feel your pain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/riceoatmeal-cereal-yay-or-nay#post-1939568 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:02:10 +0000 gilmoregirl 1939568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gave him cereal for a few weeks because I thought it was easiest on his belly and helped him get used to solids, but he never really consumed that much of it. And then I bailed completely after 6 mos because I was sick of him raspberrying cereal everywhere all the time. </p> <p>He doesn't really take purees, but I do cook his foods in coconut oil and he gets a lot of egg/avocado/fatty foods. </p> <p>His weight gain has slowed A LOT since 4 mos or so...like he went from 85% to now 45ish. He eats a lot but he's also really active so I dunno. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/riceoatmeal-cereal-yay-or-nay#post-1939563 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 13:58:24 +0000 Adira 1939563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did rice cereal, but only because Xander wouldn't eat other purees and it was the only thing he would eat in the beginning. And then we continued it for the added iron.</p> <p>But if your LO isn't into it, I wouldn't really press it. Doesn't seem like there's a point if she's not going to eat it. I guess you could try mixing it with something she will eat, but again, not sure there's much point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/riceoatmeal-cereal-yay-or-nay#post-1939561 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 13:57:54 +0000 Mamaof2 1939561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We skipped rice cereal but did oats - both kids loved them! You could always add a little fruit to it to see if she will eat it that way </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/riceoatmeal-cereal-yay-or-nay#post-1939558 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 13:57:19 +0000 hilsy85 1939558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did oatmeal, but skipped rice cereal. I mixed it with BM at first, and then with apple puree, banana puree, etc. Maybe just try a tiny bit and then up the amount? But if you're workig on weight gain, it's not like cereal has a ton of calories. You're better off with stuff like avocado, sweet potato, etc and adding oil and butter to the food before you puree it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/riceoatmeal-cereal-yay-or-nay#post-1939555 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 13:57:04 +0000 dolphin 1939555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we only gave her mixed grain cereal twice and then moved on to veggie and fruit purees </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/riceoatmeal-cereal-yay-or-nay#post-1939552 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 13:54:28 +0000 ellewoods84 1939552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did you feed your baby cereal? We tried it at 4-5 months several times and she wasnt interested. At her 6 month appointment 2 weeks ago, her weight gain has slowed so her ped stressed giving cereal as well as other solids. I was waiting to give her purees until 6 months, which we've been doing and she is hit or miss but she still dislikes the cereal. every time I try she just gags and then eventually cries. My supply isn't the best so pumping just for cereal that she doesn't eat is kind of a bummer. Sooo any suggestions on the cereal? Or did you just skip it a all together? Some days she loves purees, other days she's eh, but I am sure that's normal in the beginning. </p>