There is nothing magic or necessary
about infant cereal, so don't be too concerned if the baby doesn't want it.
There is nothing magic or necessary
about infant cereal.
Not exact matches
While the
cereal bars and «energy shots» returned much higher levels, Jackson is most concerned
about the organic
infant formulas because these are often a baby's sole source of nutrition.
Doctors don't usually have much knowledge
about infant nutrition as they recommend solid food much too early and they tend to favor
cereals as a good food for babies.
Some exclusively breastfed babies dislike
infant cereal when it is introduced at
about six months of age.
The philosophies of starting
infant cereal are
about as varied as the brands of baby food available.
The FDA says rice intake for
infants, primarily through
infant rice
cereal, is
about three times greater than for adults relative to body weight.
I discovered some scary things — many websites talk
about how rice
cereal is bad for babies; other websites say that
infant cereals are unnecessary and can be skipped altogether.
As my pediatrician explained,
about the time parents begin to try the
cereal in the bottle trick is just
about the time that an
infant may be sleeping for longer periods at a time.
He has gotten a lot of questions
about arsenic in rice ever since last fall, when Consumer Reports found «worrisome levels» of the element in a variety of products, including
infant rice
cereal.
Read more
about Dr. Greene's White Out Campaign and his stance on
infant cereals.
Contrary to popular belief, there's nothing «magical»
about commercially made
infant rice
cereal.
I didn't even know you could make your own rice
cereal, even though I have always made my own baby food, however I have been reading
about all the «bad batches» of organic
infant cereal and thought there has got to be a better way!
The fact is, we have become so conditioned to believe that the usual method of beginning our
infants with runny rice
cereal, gradually progressing through smooth then lumpier purees, in defined quantities and on a defined schedule, keeping flavours bland and simple — is the right and indeed the only way to do things, that we don't even think
about even questioning why this is the way we do it.
* From a nutritional stand point, what do you think
about giving grains, like
infant rice
cereal, as a baby's first solid?
As of April 2016, the AAP is drafting a statement
about infant rice
cereal in light of the FDA's proposed arsenic limit.
Recent reports
about arsenic in baby rice
cereal have raised concern among parents, but it's safe to feed to your
infant as long as it isn't the only type of
cereal or baby food he eats.
Infants were followed up through a structured telephone interview every 4 months (ie, at 4, 8, and 12 months), which included questions
about general dietary patterns (breast and formula feeding), the timing of introduction of solid foods (including rice
cereal), and changes in water supply.
At 12 months, the interviewer asked
about dietary patterns during the past week, including whether the
infant had consumed rice
cereal, white or brown rice, or foods either made with rice (eg, rice - based snacks such as rice cakes or puffs or dried breakfast
cereals containing rice) or sweetened with brown rice syrup (eg, certain brands of
cereal bars).
Some parents who follow BLW would argue that their baby gobbled up whole t - bone steaks at 6 months, but I'm skeptical
about this, considering the fact that my son gagged on
infant cereal at 6 months.