Suggestions for breakfast food that don't constipate.

[pkralev]

Hi all, my little girl is 6 months old and is on 3 solids a day. The problem is that for breakfast i give her rice cereal but it constipates her. What ther foods can i give her for breakfast? I want to give her rice cereal as it's iron fortified but it is making her constipated. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

[annieb73]

Have you tried mixing it with fruit puree, say apples or pears, and some yoghurt?

[tiki_mama]

at 6 months you can introduce wheat, providing there are no allergy histories in your family, so you could try oats instead of rice based cereal. You can get oat cereals that are also fortified.

Otherwise, like annewinter says, try mixing in some fuits with the cereal. I believe prunes are excellent for constipation.

[ryan's mum]

Rice cereal did the same here , we gave oatmeal and porridge

[Mum to Ella Rose]

We too mixed in purees. Plums, steamed prunes and pears work wonders. 

[Lana]

Have you tried oat or barley?

[momtoelise]

My DD liked oatmeal a lot, so I used that instead of the rice cereal.  Also, like pp mentioned, mixing it with fruit always worked well for us too!

[pkralev]

Thanks ladies, i will try mixing it with pears or prune juce. I'm sorry for replying so late i haven't had a chance to get online for a while.