We hit 23 weeks last Friday and Lauren had some major milestones...we tried Rice Cereal! The pediatrician said that we could start anytime between 4 and 6 months. We decided to wait until closer to 6 months to start so she would still be exclusively breastfeeding. Babies do not get much nutritional value from the cereal but it helps them practice eating. Lauren would try and grab our food when we were eating and was bringing a lot of things to her mouth so we decided it was a great time to start.
We mixed 1 tbsp. of rice cereal with about 1.5 oz. of breastmilk. She doesn't eat all of it yet and I stop feeding her when she starts to spit it all out. She ate the Rice Cereal for 3 days to make sure that her tummy could handle it and then we started Oatmeal this morning. Just in case anyone wonders: we used the Gerber Rice Cereal with added DHA and HappyBellies Organic Oatmeal with Probiotics (Dr. Sears brand). She has been struggling with a cold for some time so any added probiotics are great!
Waiting in her chair to eat...I am hungry Mommy!
Not so sure yet...the consistency is really soupy so it is just like spooning breastmilk into their mouth
"This is good, do you think I can fit my fingers in my mouth too?"
2 comments:
I can't believe that outfit in her 23 weeks picture fits her already. Olivia just stopped wearing it!
What a great set of pictues, she is growing up!
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