I can only tell you waht I was taught when I was pregnant - but I know a lot of usa girls do different.

*don't give cereal or rice before 4 months - without speaking to your doc.
*never give cereal or rice in a bottle - use a baby spoon.

As I say I know a lot of the usa girls do give rice or cereal in a bottle but I was always told that it is a major no-no.

How old are they?

They will be 3 weeks on friday

They are definitley too young for rice cereal..Why do you want to give it to one of them?

Why is cereal in a bottle a no no??? Just wondering.

it is supposedly a choking hazard..Ethan has rice cereal in his last bottle every night.

I wanted to give it to one of them cause she is up every 2 hours sometimes an hour and half to eat. Doc told me to feed them every 3-4 hours but how can I do that if they want to eat every 2 hours

Your doctor has issues..Every baby is different. If your baby wants to eat every 2 hours then you should feed her every 2 hours. My son is 6 months and during the day he still wants to eat almost every 3 hours.

Do not give a 3 weeks old baby anything other than milk! Their digestive systems just can't cope with other foods until they are much older - more like 4 months as kia said. Maybe, at a push, 3 months but def not 3 weeks!

Wow. Oni's doctor put her on cereal at 3 weeks. And solid foods at 5 weeks. I spoon fed her at 3 weeks(it was tough and messy as hell, but it was worth it.) she slept through the night at 5 weeks. And still gives me no problems.

My daughter is a beautiful, healthy little girl.

Ask their doctor, not us, about what you should give your child.

I wouldn't suggest giving such young baba's cereal in their bottle, as they can choke on it.

But again, ask their doctor, not us.

Sarah

talk to your doctor. Feeding babies cereal does not mean they will sleep more.

I tried that with my daughter to get her to sleep more. It had the opposite effect! She was up more! When I told my doctor at our next appointment, he laughed and said that can happen.

Feeding babies cereal before bed to get them to sleep longer is a wives tale. If they do happen to sleep (like having sex to induce labor or eating spicy foods) then you think it was the cereal.

Being up every few hours at this age is very normal.

But again, ask their doctor, not us.
Why should any bother asking for peoples opinions on here if u say stuff like that. All I wanted was opinions. Duhhhhhhhh I did ask their doc. But do u do everything your doc says for your child I doubt it

i'd do what the doctor says over what a bunch of people on the internet say.



No offense you guys!

You shouldn't ask for advice and then be rude about your answers. Listening to the doctor is the best idea therefore that will be the advice you get.


Sarah, why did oni's doc start her on baby food so early? I don't remember if you ever said.

are you saying i'm stupid?!?! J/k, I think any intelligent person would listen to their doctor over people on the internet.

I believe I gave .Brian & .Jordan rice cereal between 4-6 weeks. It definitely helped my boys sleep longer. I was breastfeeding and they woke up so often.

If you decide to give them it, make sure it's extremely thin in texture.

wooooah girl. I'm on your side hun! i gave my child cereal at *3 weeks*!!!!!

"duuuuuuuuuh"

so hun, I do do everything her doctor tells me to do and I got a lock of cheewing out by a certain few on here because of it.

Learn how to understand what you read when you read it. .....

Sh't, I can't medical answer win!!!!! I try to be on someone's side and they medical answer trip out....

Sarah

i don't know sarah..If I had 3 weeks old twins i'd probably be trippin out too!!

But I mean come on. She thinks i'm bashing her about giving them cereal, and i'm really not. It's just medical answer up.


I had the 'baby blues' and was edgy, but come on, I wasn't trippin that hard when someone gave me the advice to talk to their doctor over listening to us!!!!!!!!!


I'm over the drama. I can't make that any more clearer. If I say something, i'm seriously not trying to medical answer offend anyone.

Edited: i'm goin feed my child and put her night night....I'll be on tomorrow. I'm going rest my brain....


Sarah