Rice cereal thoughts

Yuta
My daughter is 5 1/2 months and since 4 months we got the okay to start rice cereal.  I know a lot of people skip it but we didn't want to because she was starting daycare and I was going back to work and she was REFUSING to take a bottle.  So we thought if she doesn't take the bottle at least she will have the cereal in her tummy.
Anyway, she's gotten much better w the bottle though still not as good as I hoped and now she just does not like the cereal.  Daycare and I havent been able to give her any over the past few weeks (she did eat some early on).
So my question is - should I just give up on it and wait until we introduce solids or keep trying.  If keep trying, does anyone have any tips for me?