Starting rice cereal or oatmeal?

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Which one is best? Also how do i go about it? Her pediatrician said we could start it if we wanted to and if she does good on it start her trying applesauce or banana. Not sure how to go about it though? She is 19 weeks today.

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I would recommend avoiding those all together and actually not starting your baby on a sugary sweet fruit either .... avocado is an excellent choice for a first food for baby. I make my own and take a very ripe avocado and add a bit of water and put it in a good processor.

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I’d go with oatmeal. My daughters doc just said they are starting to steer away from rice cereal cause of the rise in arsenic levels in rice.

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I prefer oatmeal and he’s taken to it just fine he gets 1 tbsp a day usually around the dinner feeding to get him use to eating with us...

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I, as an adult, absolutely hate oatmeal, regardless of all its nutritional benefits. So I don’t want my little one to hate it too, thus why I’ll be starting out with feeding her that, plus it has iron and other good stuff for you. I grew up in cream of wheat which I love, but as I said, I’m gonna do right and start this girl on oatmeal so she has better eating habits than I did/do. Her pediatrician said to mix 1 tablespoon of cereal with 4-5 tablespoons of milk (formula or breast milk), and to play with consistency based on baby’s preferences. Keep at it for at least 4 days before giving up. Oh, she also said to moderately feed/nurse before trying to feed her. My little one just turned 17 weeks, we’ll be trying in two weeks as well. Hope it goes well.

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I bought oatmeal but we haven’t tried it yet. We started with peas. Dr said we could skip oatmeal or rice cereal all together if we wanted but husband wanted to try it.  She’s doing great with the peas!

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We tried oatmeal cereal first. But he didn't like it

Starting rice cereal or oatmeal?

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