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.
Is there any reason to start with rice instead of oatmeal?
kiwi / 613 posts
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.
cantaloupe / 6017 posts
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!
I use earth's best.
cantaloupe / 6017 posts
Also, we haven't had any constipation issues since starting about 3 weeks ago
honeydew / 7687 posts
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 
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
We did rice but started with oatmeal right away. She loved both.
She still poops 2-3 times a day and won't drink water.
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
@scg00387: do you just make regular oatmeal? Add anything to it?
honeydew / 7589 posts
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.
blogger / nectarine / 2010 posts
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.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
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!
honeydew / 7687 posts
@Smurfette: we've given him both steel cut & quick oats; whatever we're having ourselves. If I'm making it just for him, I usually do a mix of fruit puree & water, and then quick oats in the microwave. Otherwise I mix in fresh fruit and cinnamon 
pomegranate / 3890 posts
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.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
I started with rice due to her stomach issues and possible alleriges, she was fine with both.
bananas / 9118 posts
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.
bananas / 9973 posts
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.
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