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We started at 6 months but started with homemade green beans. when we eventually got around to cereal we just bought steel cut oats from the store and ground it into flour at home. I wouldnt recommend rice cereal since it can cause constipation and isnt high in nutrition

With my first baby, I did rice cereal as his first food. I wasted a lot of it (and formula) as he didn't care for it. With my second baby (he will be six months old next week), I started him with banana, avocado and apple purees a couple of weeks ago and he's eating like a champ.

We did cereals per our doctor's recommendations. She told us to do rice, barley, oatmeal, mixed grains in that order. We did a combination of gerber and earths best. Now she eats some cereal mixed with fuit and also veggie purees that I make at home.

we started with carrot puree, sweet potato, and banana.

i think if you want to start with rice or oatmeal almost any brand is fine, probably. maybe go for an organic one?

eta: he was on formula and bm, so i didn't worry about iron intake, as the formula had plenty.

I started with fruits, because I was hoping to build a preference for fruits and veggies over carbs for my daughter. And she actually does prefer those, so you know, who knows. I'll do it that way with any other children I have.