https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 06 Nov 2026 13:52:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-introduced-grains-did-you-use-babyinfant-cereals#post-1009418 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 07:50:52 +0000 sotofamilia 1009418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: are you saying that baby cereals have added iron or regular cereals as well? If it's just to baby cereals, then it might be worth it for me to use those because I don't give him a multi-vitamin. </p> <p>Thanks everybody for your input! It sounds like maybe this isn't even something I have to think about for a couple of more months. Thanks again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-introduced-grains-did-you-use-babyinfant-cereals#post-1009139 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 00:46:10 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1009139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I planned to skip grains, but bought an oatmeal cereal anyway. Lo had a hard time starting solids, so after trying tons of things, I took out the oatmeal again and mixed with BM, he loved it (in comparison to spitting everything else out at least).</p> <p>The main reason to use cereals is that they have added iron which is critical for babies. I use a multi-vitamin for him anyway, so I didn't need the additives. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-introduced-grains-did-you-use-babyinfant-cereals#post-1009131 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 00:36:57 +0000 sarac 1009131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Total waste. I ground up oatmeal and stirred it into fruit purees. But I abandoned that pretty quickly in favor of fruit and veggie chunky purees. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-introduced-grains-did-you-use-babyinfant-cereals#post-1008908 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 20:56:31 +0000 googly-eyes 1008908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. Drs rec. It was easy to check for allergies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-introduced-grains-did-you-use-babyinfant-cereals#post-1008903 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 20:54:10 +0000 erinpye 1008903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I occasionally ground rice and oats, cooked them, and added them to some homemade purees, but not until DD was a little older- maybe 9-10 months. Quinoa was something she didn't handle well until even older. I don't really think a lot of grains are necessary for babies, and we also did BLW in conjunction with some purees, so she ate toast and things and had plenty of grains. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-introduced-grains-did-you-use-babyinfant-cereals#post-1008855 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 20:33:19 +0000 regberadaisy 1008855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sotofamilia: I just grind my own steel cut oats and brown rice, etc! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-introduced-grains-did-you-use-babyinfant-cereals#post-1008844 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 20:28:09 +0000 mrsjazz 1008844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't buy the baby stuff. I eat oatmeal all the time so I just ran it through the blender until it was a powder and then made it for LO. Or I'd make the oatmeal, add some fruit, and then throw the whole batch in the blender. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-introduced-grains-did-you-use-babyinfant-cereals#post-1008811 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 20:18:41 +0000 sotofamilia 1008811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for the info ladies. It sounds like I could go either way.</p> <p>@Mrs. Pen: I didn't know quinoa was a seed, thanks for that info! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-introduced-grains-did-you-use-babyinfant-cereals#post-1008808 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 20:18:11 +0000 fancyfunction 1008808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used the rice cereal for the first week of introducing solids. At 7 months I started her on regular oatmeal. I grind it a bit but it still leaves larger pieces so it has a chunkier consistency. I usually mix it with fruit/veggies purees for added flavor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-introduced-grains-did-you-use-babyinfant-cereals#post-1008485 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 17:47:50 +0000 hilsy85 1008485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did...I used baby oatmeal, starting at 5 months, and I still use it at 9.5 months. I mixed it with breastmilk initially, and now I mix it with fruit purees. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-introduced-grains-did-you-use-babyinfant-cereals#post-1008484 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 17:45:04 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1008484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't give him grain until past 9 months because I researched it and found that babies don't possess the digestive enzyme for grains until they're older!</p> <p>Quinoa also isn't a grain, it's a seed - but you can start that at 8 months. I ground quinoa in the blender until it was very fine, then I cooked it like porridge/oatmeal and mixed in pureed fruit.</p> <p>We never really ground oatmeal though you definitely can prior to cooking it. It's small enough though that when we started him on it he could easily eat it.</p> <p>We held off on any other grain until he was much older. He is 18 months now and we'll give him an open faced sandwich on sprouted wheat bread. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-introduced-grains-did-you-use-babyinfant-cereals#post-1008472 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 17:36:08 +0000 heffalump 1008472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I made lo brown rice cereal. First I ground up the rice in the food processor, then I cooked it. And then I thinned it down with water I think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-introduced-grains-did-you-use-babyinfant-cereals#post-1008460 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 17:26:53 +0000 sotofamilia 1008460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're getting ready to start solids with LO, and I'm kind of confused about baby/infant cereals, like this:</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sprout-Whole-Grain-Cereal-Oatmeal/dp/B00BN1U4SS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1376259916&#038;sr=8-3&#038;keywords=whole+grain+baby+cereal" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Sprout-Whole-Grain-Cereal-Oatmeal/dp/B00BN1U4SS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1376259916&#038;sr=8-3&#038;keywords=whole+grain+baby+cereal</a></p> <p>Is there something special about baby cereals versus just regular cereals like oatmeal, quinoa, etc?</p> <p>If you fed regular grains instead of these ones specifically marketed for babies, how did you prepare them? </p>