Moms: ? on Cereal

TeamBlueMama x2

Which meal did you start giving it at 1st? Bkfast, lunch or dinner? When Drake was the same exact age as Jackson is now (3.5 mos) I started giving him cereal once a day at dinnertime to keep him full cause he would wake at night. Now Jackson has been waking at 2:30am for a bottle like clockwork the past week, so I started giving him cereal the other night and he hasn't woken once in the middle of the night to eat! Yay!

But I forget when I increased Drakes intake of cereal to 2x a day and eventually 3. And I know most people start their kids on cereal later than 3.5 mos and that it's not pedi recommended at this point, blah, blah, blah...but I know how my big boys work!

So did you increase it after a month or 2 or what, just curious!

Thanks for refreshing my mind!

~Stacy

mrs.magoo

I don't have any advice obviously, but my SIL suggested me starting cereal with Austin and I was surprised she suggested it - she said "you know your baby best and if you think he is needing more food then start him on it!" So don't feel wrong for starting Jackson on solids - you know him best! So if you feel you need to up his intake, give it a try...

Inlove05

Oh gosh... I honestly can't remember when I started to increase the cereal with Brianna... but I want to say it was around six months I started to give it to her twice a day- morning and dinner.  I don't think I ever gave it to her three times a day.   HTH!!!

WideSmileMama

my kids were both six months plus before I started any solids at all so at this age, I don't think I'd be of any help!

How are those two handsome guys doing?  Love the new pics!

izzybella

I tried cereal with Maddie at 4 months and she wasn't too thrilled. I think we went to 6 months with breakfast, then dinner after a couple months, then 3 meals at 9 months. We didn't stay with cereal long though because she was having constipation issues. I just remember at her 9 month appt her pedi saying she should be on 3 meals/day.

PenguinGirl06

Ben has oatmeal cereal anywhere from 1-3 times a day, depending on his level of hunger. ?He usually only has 1-2 tbsps at a time though. ?Today, he didn't want any all day, had bananas earlier and then some squash for dinner. ?He still seemed hungry after nursing before bed and proceeded to have 4 tbsp of cereal in one sitting!

?I think I tried giving him a second serving about 1-2 weeks after he had first had it. ?Go with your gut- if you think he needs more, give it to him... : )?