Asking for a friend
Her baby is 5 months and her and the Ped thought it would be a good time to try solids
She tried rice cereal with breast milk and then he was fussy all day - coincidence or was it the rice?
Now she is wondering if she should try it again? Try oatmeal? Try fruit? Wait till 6 months? WWYD?
BTW... he devoured it!!
pomegranate / 3438 posts
@Mamaof2: Our pediatrician said to stay away from rice cereal if breastfeeding. It can upset their stomachs and cause constipation. She recommended oatmeal instead. We did that and had no problems.
nectarine / 2018 posts
@Mamaof2: I was told the same thing as KT326, to stay away from rice and stick to oatmeal.
grapefruit / 4455 posts
I was going to say constipation too. My lo is formula fed but she still gets constipated from a lot of foods so I'm sure at five months she would have been constipated from that. (We started solids at six months.)
blogger / pear / 1509 posts
Same. We tried rice with our first at 6m. Super constipated. Switched to oatmeal with no issue. We skipped rice all together this time and started a bit of oatmeal at just before 5m because our giant baby was starving all of the time! No problems so far and she loves it.
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