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EAT => Feeding Solid Food => Topic started by: HenaV on February 01, 2012, 17:46:22 pm
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My DD is weaning well. We are following BW weaning guidelines and it is going well. We are on week 5 - the introduction of porridge. Ina couple of the books rice cereal is refered to as well as oatmeal. Oatmeal clearly being porridge? When should rice cereal / baby rice be introduced.
The BW guidance suggests mixing oatmeal and sweet potato next week - is that porridge and sweet potato? Is that right or should sweet potato be mixed with baby rice???
Help? ???
Thanks!
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Personally I wouldn't bother with reice ceral if you are on week 5 already. There are lots of other lovely foods your LO could be having :D. Rice cereal often can bung a LO up :-X
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Great, thanks for that! Porridge and sweet pots it is then! You're right, there are lots of lovley foods that are going down an absolute treat, especially pears and butternut squash!
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I'd only be wary if you have started before 6 months as gluten isn't recommended before 6 months (in the UK anyway) and oats are almost always cross contaminated with gluten from wheat.
If it is after 6 months, then it sounds like an "interesting" combo! No reason not to serve them separately IMO and also then you can freeze the sweet potato if you make a big batch.
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Hi!
I didn't start her on solids before 6m. The rice cereal and porridge I looked at is Organix and it says that it is gluten free - is that likely not to be the case.
DD started on peaches a couple of days ago and seems to be struggling to have a poo, and when she does it is lumpy. I'm a bit suprised that it is having that effect - or could it be something else - or is that normal at her age (7m 1wk)
Thanks
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I thought peaches had the opposite effect tbh! Is there something else in her diet that could be causing a bit of constipation?
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Me too! Everything else she has had is a 'proven food' so I can't think that any of would cause a problem.
As per the BW weaning guidance - she is having 2 lots of cereal a day - porridge+pears one meal and i couldn't face giving her porridge and squash so i've given her 4 grain rice cereal - she had that last week (before peaches) no problems at all??
I don't get it!
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It could just be her little tummy getting used to having solid foods in it and having to digest in a different way.
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I'm sure that's probably right. Whatever was causing the blockage has unblocked itself in a big way - probably far too much information - but much to my relief and before BT, yeah!!!!
Thanks a million
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Lol ;)