Combining cereal with veggies or fruit

[luv for 2]

I introduced cereal to my son last week and it wasn't a big hit.  I know that he's really interested in food because he's always trying to grab whatever everyone else is eating.  The other day he got ahold of a popsicle  from my hand and he has a super strong grip so he got it to his mouth and was quite upset when I took it away.  I took this as indication that he might like fruits or veggies.  So my question is should I combine them with the cereal or just introduce them on their own and worry about the cereal at a later date?

[linfran]

How old is your son?

If he's old enough for solids pear is a pretty good starter, also baby rice (not sure if you meant this was the cereal you tried).  The guidelines say trying solids from 6 mo (my son was an exception because he was massive and I couldn't keep him filled on just milk) and when we started we tried a new fruit or veg each week.  Ds found some of the fruit such as apple and plum a bit acidic so we mixed it with baby rice (made up wth his formula) and made a creamy dessert out of it.

[*Natasha*]

We didn't do cereal for long as i was worried about constipation. I did mix it with her fruit and vege for a while to help thicken due to reflux. However their isn't really any need so just do them on their own. Later on we moved to baby museli and porriage.

[Mum-of-Two]

We started with rice cereal but had some constipation issues so we switched to oatmeal at some point.  We've mix fruit in with the oatmeal for a long time now and even veggies sometimes too.  As a matter of fact, I just added some oatmeal to some yogurt the other day and it made a really yummy breakfast for her.  I used half a 4 oz container of yo baby yogurt to mix with the oatmeal and when she was done with that she finished off the rest of it from the yogurt container.