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Offline TashArnall

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Rice cereal or oat Cereal?
« on: September 02, 2011, 04:34:13 am »
I find that the rice cereal is making my lo a bit constipated...has anyone found that oatmeal cereal helps with that?
Im thinking of switching to oats instead.
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Re: Rice cereal or oat Cereal?
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2011, 04:44:46 am »
Baby's first foods don't have to be cereal.  The reason most drs recommend it is because it is iron fortified so therefore simple.  However, not all babies get on with cereals as their first foods (rice made my DD2 throw up, others made her reflux worse).  Instead I minced up chicken and she fed herself that.  Once she mastered that, I minced up beef for her and fed her the other veggies and fruit as well.  She had plenty of iron from the meat sources, and apparently it's more easily absorbed when it comes from a natural source as opposed to being an additive. 

Just something else to think about!  :-*
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Re: Rice cereal or oat Cereal?
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2011, 09:43:11 am »
I found the same for my DD2 so I just stopped giving it to her and did others foods.  Its is very constipating for lots of babies. 
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Re: Rice cereal or oat Cereal?
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2011, 14:14:17 pm »
Great, thanks for the advice :)
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Re: Rice cereal or oat Cereal?
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2011, 17:36:25 pm »
If you want to use cereal, barley is best for keeping things moving nicely :)

But I also stopped giving cereal as a meal after a couple of weeks... avocado is a great first food.

Is baby BF or FF?  If on formula, you don't have to really worry about the iron thing just yet.
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Re: Rice cereal or oat Cereal?
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2011, 02:50:33 am »
I am BFding.  I've stopped the rice cereal and just feeding her avacado mixed with a big of prune juice and my milk.  I'll see how her poops end up this next few days.
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Re: Rice cereal or oat Cereal?
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2011, 03:22:08 am »
Avacado is a great first food for sure, just keep in mind that it can also be constipating.  :-\
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Re: Rice cereal or oat Cereal?
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2011, 03:49:01 am »
Really?!  Goodness, is there anything that isn't constipating out there LOL!
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Re: Rice cereal or oat Cereal?
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2011, 04:05:59 am »
Hey Kara, where are you in bc? 

Yup, avocados had to be followed with prune puree in our house.  :)
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Re: Rice cereal or oat Cereal?
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2011, 04:10:14 am »
I'm in prince george, but I am from Nanaimo :)
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Re: Rice cereal or oat Cereal?
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2011, 04:13:05 am »
If the Lord ever blessed us with another child, I would skip rice cereal entirely.  Constipation is our arch enemy!   >:(   It's not allergic, that is why it's reccommended as a first food. Soooo many docs and nutritionists reccommend veggeis first, like pp said.   Sweet potato is a good one.   But either way, switching cereal is fine, we did oatmeal.    :)
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Re: Rice cereal or oat Cereal?
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2011, 04:32:35 am »
Quote from: *Kara* on September 03, 2011, 04:10:14 am
I'm in prince george, but I am from Nanaimo :)

We're in Nanaimo!  Would I know you?
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Re: Rice cereal or oat Cereal?
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2011, 05:36:20 am »
How old is your LO?  I second that cereals don't have to be first foods.  Why not try pureed parsnips mixed with formula or breastmilk?
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Re: Rice cereal or oat Cereal?
« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2011, 17:54:56 pm »
Good idea Lemonthyme!  My DD loved parsnips!

Nicole - I don't know, Nanaimo is pretty big :)  How old are you?  I am almost 34.
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Re: Rice cereal or oat Cereal?
« Reply #14 on: September 04, 2011, 02:17:56 am »
Avacado is constipating too?   So what ISN'T constipating then? 
Mine is 5months old.

I just want to feed her something that isn't constipating.
So far this is what I know, or think I know....Cereal, carrots, sweet potatoes, bananas, avacado are all constipating?
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