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My pediatrician recommended for me to start giving my baby rice cereal because he's been drinking less formula. (He's formula fed) 
She suggested I put it in his bottle but I read that can be a choking hazard so I decided to mix it with formula in a bowl and try feeding it to him since I've been wanting to start solids soon.. I was planning on just starting with veggies/fruit baby food but since she recommended I start with rice cereal I gave it a try..baby didn't like it at all 😩😩😩 now I don't know what to do.. she said for me to give him rice cereal for a week and THEN start with veggies/fruits baby food.. should I keep trying to give it to him on a spoon or just put it in his bottle like she suggested for a week???

Should I just skip it and start with veggies/fruits already?

I don't know what to do.. I'm a FTM and my LO is 20 weeks..

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My daughter is 4.5 months as well and last Wednesday was her 4 month check up. She is at a good weight, can sit up and has taken an interest in food. Her doctor told me I can start on solids and just skip the cereal. She said something along the lines of it's a filler and she doesn't need it. So we started with avocado first and now we are on peas. Now I will add she is EBF & that's still her main source of nutrition of course. She probably only ends up eating a tablespoon of actual food right now and I feed her once a day at her happiest time. 
Hope this helps!

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We are doing baby led weaning. My pediatrician is very against baby cereal

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My doc also said cereal is just filler, no nutrition, so what's the point.

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Go with your motherly instinct!

Of course follow what your pediatrician recommends...sometimes it's just recommendations. As long as the decision won't harm your child, it's up to you to do what's right for you and your baby. With all due respect to your doctor, she doesn't know your child or have the motherly intuition for YOUR child. Trust yourself and that you're making the right choices for your baby! It's not the end of the world if he has cereal or veggies... whatever works for you guys. Hope this helps🙂

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I wouldn't worry about the cereal if your baby isn't into it. We started with avocado. Veggies are much more nutrient dense anyway. There's really no reason to start with cereal (look up baby led weaning)

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My boy hasn't really enjoyed his milk for a long time so I decided to introduce some foods. I started with baby rice, he wasn't keen at first. But when I tried purée Apple or pear he loves it. I normall get a couple of spoonfuls of baby rice down him then add a bit of the apple or pear to it & he just wants more & more. I have also tried veggies, carrots, butternut squash & sweet potato. All veggies he would eat but he didn't seem keen. But I will keep giving him it, I do think he prefers sweet to savoury tut tut xx

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I started with prunes since the make for regular BM then apples tried bananas but he's not having it lol

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My son has been on vegetables for 3 weeks now and is only 4.5 months. My pediatrician is against cereals of any kinds. He states that it's a man-made food and a carbohydrate/filler and our stomachs were never meant to digest them. He said that if we introduce it at a young age then they'll crave it later on. He says stick to natural vegetables and fruits and your son will be fine. We did the same with our daughter and skipped all cereals and to this day, she'll be 3 in April, she doesn't like bread, cake, cookies ect...I don't know if its all due to not giving her carbohydrates as a baby in the form of the baby cereal or what but I love that she'd rather eat cheese yogurt fruits egg then any kind of bread or cookies.

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Start with baby sweet potatoes, make sure no allergic reaction then slowly introduce other solids: carrots, squash, etc.

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I opted to give my baby organic oatmeal cereal rather than rice, as it has more nutritional value. He loves it!! I feed it to him from a bowl and then give him a little bit in a bottle before bed. I started when he was 4 months old. He is 5mos now and we've started giving him veggies. He will have fruit at 6mos.

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