With mine, I found that they never took very much from the beginning anyway, so I'd mix just a little bit of rice cereal with some formula so it was very runny and then thicken it up gradually. I wouldn't worry about the amounts either at this point, though I suspect she meant 1-2 tsp of the dried stuff mixed with however much formula. FWIW, there are a lot of places that are starting to recommend starting with fruits and veggies (pear, sweet potato, avocados, bananas are all good first foods) since rice cereal is really just a simple carb and doesn't have much in it in the way of nutrition. With my ds, we skipped the cereals entirely.
