NOTE: Do not
put baby cereal in a bottle because your baby could choke.
Not exact matches
A good parent wouldn't
put out a bowl of
cereal next to a bowl of razor blades and let the
babies choose.
So, you breastfed all of them exclusively for 1 year (yes, many doctors argue that you should not give any solids for the entire first year if life), only fed organic foods after you let them start feeding themselves at 1 year, never offered
baby cereals, don't
put anything in plastic, wore your
baby every minute of every day, co-slept or didn't co-sleep, depending on who you asked, don't allow your children to sleep on commercially produced mattresses, don't use any Johnson's products, etc. etc. etc.?
Adding anything other than water (e.g.
cereal, solid foods) to formula could
put baby at risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) or other serious health issues.
So adding
cereal to your
baby's bottle likely won't make a difference in her sleep, but it will
put her at risk for a variety of complications.
Will
putting cereal in your
baby's bottle help her sleep well, or eat more, or gain weight?
So I start with
cereal or a vegetable, or many of my patients like to start with avocado, and you
put the
baby in the high chair during the happy time of the day and you try to spoon feed them.
However, it's not so simple as just
putting away the bottle and offering your
baby some
cereal.
And based on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's data on rice, just one serving of rice
cereal or many other rice products could
put a
baby close to that limit.
Let your
baby watch you
put Cheerios or another type of
cereal into a twist top or snap - top container.
Feeding practices to avoid are giving a breastfed
baby a bottle before she is 4 to 6 weeks old,
putting the bottle in bed or propping the bottle while feeding,
putting cereal in the bottle, feeding honey, introducing solids before 4 to 6 months, or heating bottles in the microwave.
As another example,
putting rice
cereal in a bottle adds no nutritional benefits and actually reduces the nutrition
baby would otherwise receive from the breastmilk that the rice
cereal displaces.
Cereal does not usually need to be
put in your
baby's bottle unless your
baby's doctor specifically suggests it.
We know that many parents, tired and at their wits end from lack of sleep, are offered the advice of
putting cereal in
baby's bottle so that
baby might sleep for a longer period of time.
In addition, one study showed that feeding a
baby rice
cereal before 4 months (and at 7 months or older)
puts him at increased risk for diabetes.
We now know that introducing
cereals before 3 months of age
puts babies at risk for health problems.
Feeding practices to avoid are giving a breastfed
baby a bottle before he is 4 - 6 weeks old,
putting the bottle in bed or propping the bottle while feeding,
putting cereal in the bottle, feeding honey, using a low - iron formula, introducing solids before 4 - 6 months, or heating bottles in the microwave.
That leaves parents to
put the
cereal in a bottle if they want to feed their
baby cereal at this age, which is generally discouraged by pediatricians.
They will also likely just thrust their tongue out if you attempt to
put a spoon of
baby cereal in their mouth.
And I believe that most doctors will tell you to never
put cereal into a
baby's bottle... I'm not sure exactly why but my doctor and the lactation consultant at my breastfeeding moms group have stressed that.
So when your aunt suggests that you
put a little
baby cereal in the bottle to help
baby sleep, you think «Why not?»
They can also be handed things to throw away or
put in the recycling bin; they can fetch diapers, wipes, bibs, etc. from
Baby's diaper bag, and they can carry
cereal or cracker boxes in from the car; Outside they can water plants and dig in the garden.
Some parents have
put rice
cereal in their
baby's formula bottle as early as six weeks old.
When they are old enough,
put a bit of
baby cereal in their bottle (the kind that looks like fish flakes) for their last bottle before bed.
The bottom could be very hard to clean if your little one decides to
put their fingers full of
baby cereal or other
baby food in there.
When you
put the
cereal in the fridge despite your
baby being an actual child now so you can't blame it on
baby brain.
Put a small amount of
baby cereal onto a
baby spoon.
I have friends that
put cereal and even jar fooor in with there
babys bottles, they say it helps them be more content I feel they have lazy paretns and it's easyier to take care of a over stuffed
baby, then to deal with a little fuss.
But I'm not so upset about the
cereal thing (
cereal is often
put in small amounts into
babies bottles to help with reflux) but the JUICE!
After the
babies were born and were
put on solid foods, researchers fed the
babies cereal either prepared with carrot juice or water, and were videotaped to record their reactions.
If you feed your
baby rice
cereal before
putting him to bed, you can expect that he will begin to sleep through the night.»