Rice cereal...Constipated?

[TashArnall]

I've been feeding my 5 month old brown rice cereal for a week now.  I mix it with avacado and sometimes blueberries.
She loves it.
Im worried though that it's making her struggle to poop.  I see her pushing a lot, and then there's only a little bit in her diaper when she's done.  It's about the size of a quarter and it's harder than usual.

Does anyone else experience this?

[deckchariot]

rice is very constipating, so what you're experiencing isn't unusual.  You could try mixing it with something not so binding - like pears (or I'm told peaches as well) or prunes.

[TashArnall]

Yeah, maybe I'll try mixing in some prune juice or something....
thanks

[ark]

Prunes should work.  I actually skipped rice cereal all together with my 2nd since my 1st did so horrible on it. 

[*Kara*]

For sure it's causing constipation

I mixed pears into my DD's rice cereal in the beginning

Barley cereal keeps things moving too!