lmariana
02-25-2004, 04:05 PM
Hello! We started Gabriel on cereal at 4 mo., per our ped's advisement. Well, now he's 6.5 mo. and eating like a horse, enjoying a wide variety of homemade and jarred fruits 'n veggies in addition to rice cereal and infant oatmeal.
Here's my question. How long do you continue the cereal and how many times a day should you offer it? I know it's important because of the iron content, I just don't know if he should be getting it at all the feedings.
Currently, he gets oatmeal mixed with fruit at breakfast + bottle and then oatmeal mixed with fruit + one veggie (straight) + bottle at dinner time. He also has 2 additional liquid feedings a day, averaging a total of 30 oz/day of formula.
We had to post-pone his 6-mo check up because of a procedure he had done, so we won't get to ask the ped. these questions until next month! So, thank you for your help!
Mariana
Mother of Gabriel, 08/14/2003
Here's my question. How long do you continue the cereal and how many times a day should you offer it? I know it's important because of the iron content, I just don't know if he should be getting it at all the feedings.
Currently, he gets oatmeal mixed with fruit at breakfast + bottle and then oatmeal mixed with fruit + one veggie (straight) + bottle at dinner time. He also has 2 additional liquid feedings a day, averaging a total of 30 oz/day of formula.
We had to post-pone his 6-mo check up because of a procedure he had done, so we won't get to ask the ped. these questions until next month! So, thank you for your help!
Mariana
Mother of Gabriel, 08/14/2003