What is Wheatabix?

[Marisa's Mom]

I've seen a lot of mention of Wheatabix as some sort of cereal that you give your LO. It must be a UK thing, cuz I've never seen it here in the US. I did a search for it and found a picture of the box. It sorta looks like a "bar", like a granola bar, yet there's a picture of some of it on a spoon.  I'm guessing it comes in a "bar" form, and then you just break it apart with your spoon.

Anyways, is there some sort of Wheatabix equivalent in the US? I can't think of what that might be.

[Ennypen]

Weetabix is just tiny flakes of wheat which are put together to form a bar shape. When you put milk on it it goes all soft and the tiny flakes can be mixed with the milk to create something a bit like wheat porridge - which makes it ideal for LOs. Its got iron and vitamins in it as most breakfast cereals have so its an ideal breakfast.

http://www.weetabix.co.uk/products/1/weetabix.html

William and I adore it!

H xx

[jobi]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMM Weetabix 

Jamie and Marc lurrvvve their weetabix too!!

[Marisa's Mom]

Wow, that cereal has a lot of fiber. Bet your LO is pretty regular after eating Wheatabix.    It looks like a very nutritious cereal. How does it taste? Do you use cold milk or warm milk? Since you mention that it turns into a sort of  "porridge", I was just imagining it with warm milk. Do you know if they sell Wheatabix in the US?

[GabrielleD]

Marisa's Mom,

We have Weetabix in all three of our neighborhood supermarkets here in Maryland. It is usually in one of two places: if your supermarket has a natural foods/organic foods section they may stock it there or if they stock it with the regular cereals, look on the top shelf with the specialty cereals. I had it for the first time when we visited Ireland, and I like it.

[Ennypen]

It is yummy... sort of comforting lol... you can have it with warm or cold milk. I prefer cold and make Williams up with it slightly warm in the winter and cold in the summer. He eats about 1 and a half of the bars each morning in about 9oz of milk. I made it with formula until recently but we are creeping cows milk into his diet now so I use cows milk.

And yes it does help keep William regular but it doesn't make things tooooo regular if you know what I mean!

Hope you find some.. yum yum... and much cheaper than buying special baby breakfasts!

H xx

[jobi]

Marc has his with cold milk because he likes to crunch it, so the last bit doesn't get eaten 
Jamie has warm milk because he likes it mushy.
I'm a warm milk person myself

[Jess-J&E]

We have it too here in NJ.  It is so yummy!  I had it when I lived in Australia for a while and have just found it here-- FINALLY!   Just like GabrielleD said I find it in the Organic/natural section of our grocery store.  I hope you can find some!
Jess

[julieb]

Weetabix!  "Tastes like dust" as DH's British boss said!  LOL!

Here in Arizona, we have it in the natural food stores as well as Safeway in the organic section.  We all eat it cold (well, I don't eat it at all, I like Grape Nuts instead!), but DH likes it mushy with raisins and DS likes it crispy with a bit of yogurt (not all at once so it doesn't get too soggy).  I like it and buy it because it's very versatile in how you eat it compared to other cereals.

[Marisa's Mom]

I'll take a closer look at Safeway to see whether they have it. Surely they must sell it in California too?

[katriona]

We have it in the health food section of our Oregon Safeway. I never liked it as a kid, but I might give it another go. Now that DS seems to be ok with wheat. Oh, and when I was a young 'un, it was called "Weetabix" lol 

[mum101]

Weetabix is our staple! Only we have Weetbix or Vitabrix here in Australia.  Weetbix are the go.  I crush them up but my hubby doesn't. Bit like the scrunch/fold debate with toilet paper!   
I've put small apricot pieces on top of DDs weetbix before and recently I put raw muesli on everyone's.  Tis really nice, has some sultanas to sweeten.  I think that variation is great for DD as she's getting used to more textures. 

[Katie]

i was reading this and thinking man who hasn't heard of weetbix!!! but as the last post said it's a staple thing here in australia so when you grow up on it you just cant imagine not having it around  my dd loves it too i'm a bit naughty i let her have 1/2 a teaspoon of sugar on it but she eats 2 and a half biscuts with warm milk a bit mushy just how i like them mmmmmmmmmm weetbix

didn't mean to offend anyone by my first comment though

[Mom to M&M]

So is this served like cereal - do you then spoon feed your LO? Or can it be a finger food? Is it lumpy? DD will only do smooth or finger foods, not lumps. But need new breakfast ideas - she barely eats anything for that meal lately.

[Caroline-Charlies Mummy]

I have Weetabix every morning with lots of cold milk and a bit of sugar sprinkled on the top. Haven't tried it on ds yet, not sure why? He's a porridge boy, but I don't see why he wouldn't like Weetabix.

Karen, the texture depends on how long you leave it in the milk, but I wouldn't be brave enough to give it as a finger food - it goes far too mushy. I think if you served it with enough milk, and mushed it up a bit, then it would be great as a smooth cereal-type thing for a spoon-feeding.

One word of warning though, I'm sure I read somewhere that you shouldn't give it to los before they were a year old - the wheat is quite course and could be too harsh for little tummies, that's why they recommend you stick to baby cereals until they are a little older and can handle it better.