What's everyone's take on baby cereal? Young Moms I know say no, older Moms in my life say yes 🥴

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My take is: do what works best for you and your baby, always. What works for your baby’s needs may not work for another. There’s no right or wrong way to go about it. :)
I am personally in the ‘no’ camp -only- because I never saw a benefit from it for my son; he is a big boy and has no reason to have it (he’s 21lb at almost 6 months old; he does NOT need anymore calories than he already gets lmao). I skipped over it and introduced purées for the sake of flavor/fun, but am now more curious about baby led weaning. If we have another baby and his/her needs lean towards rice cereal, we will always do what we feel is best.
My sister in law mentioned it’s good for thickening purées for texture, too.

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I think it really depends. My nephew had terrible reflux and couldn’t keep down breast milk/ formula. My sister introduced cereal early and it was what he needed. It relaxed his reflux and he did so much better. But his situation was unique. Do what you feel is best for baby.

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We just had our first bite of some today!! She loved it!! I used 1 tablespoon of rice cereal and 3 tablespoons of freshly pumped breastmilk. It was very “watery” but a great way to slowly start the process. ☺️☺️ Also, she is 23weeks today.

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Do what’s best for your baby! 
A lot of grandma’s and great granny’s used it to keep babies sleep longer for whatever reason they had...
I don’t and won’t because of my own research...
You can make cereal if needed too

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I accidentally put no. But that was the first thing I gave her mixed with breastmilk

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I use it in my daughters bottle due to reflux issues. I’m 20 & see no problem with it IF you’re using it for reflux. If you’re using it just to try to get your baby to sleep through the night, no. Especially younger babies. Babies wake up to reduce the risk of SIDS 🙂. I honestly wasn’t going to do it until her doctor recommended it because of how much she was spitting up stomach acid & her poor eyes would water like crazy

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I throw whole grain oats in my blender and make my own! Tons of youtube videos to guide you. Full of iron and healthy nutrients, I just avoid rice and store bought.

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A lot of people say no to rice cereal because of the concern of arsenic. That’s why my pediatrician recommended oatmeal instead since it’s fortified with iron and other things baby needs. We do oatmeal maybe once a week? And we do purées and other foods. I took a baby led weaning course and do a combo of a lot of different flavors and textures and that’s what works for us! 
Do what works for you. All babies and parents are different and different things work. You’re doing great mama!

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Our health authority reccomends it because it’s iron fortified and babies need iron rich foods when they start solids. So if you’re giving meat or other foods high in iron you could skip it. I think it’s just an easy one

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Tbh we tried and she hated it so we’re just waiting to do BLW

What's everyone's take on baby cereal? Young Moms I know say no, older Moms in my life say yes 🥴

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