Don t serve it from a bottle.
Baby rice cereal in formula.
Rice cereal is the first solid that is introduced to your baby.
Mix the rice cereal and formula.
If you start with cereal you can mix it with formula breast milk or water.
Spoon feeding rice cereal to your baby 1.
For every 1 oz.
Of formula or expressed breast milk.
Of formula or expressed breast milk while the american academy of family physicians recommends 2 to 3 tbsp.
Read the package instructions for preparing the rice cereal.
Cereal with 4 5 tbsp.
Even gerber the popular baby food manufacturer recommends against putting rice cereal in your baby s bottle.
Pour or spoon desired amount of cereal in bowl.
Some parents have put rice cereal in their baby s formula bottle as early as six weeks old.
Only put baby cereal in a bottle if it s recommended by your doctor.
Instead help your baby sit upright and offer the cereal with a small spoon once or twice a day after a bottle or breast feeding.
Mom s are urged to add a little rice baby cereal and formula to baby s bottle as a way to keep him full and sleep through the night.
Mix 1 tablespoon of a single grain iron fortified baby cereal with 4 tablespoons 60 milliliters of breast milk or formula.
By the time solid food is being.
Some people mix rice cereal with fruit juice too.
Some doctors will recommend it even earlier as a way to help newborns sleep.
Most pediatricians recommend starting rice baby cereal at about 4 6 months old for baby s first food.
To start the introduction process mix 1 to 2 tablespoons of iron fortified rice cereal with 4 to 6 tablespoons of formula breast milk or water.
Start by serving one or two teaspoons.
If you are mixing oatmeal cereal in pumped breast milk.
For example the national diseases information clearinghouse website recommends 1 tbsp.
Mix 1 tbsp.
Of breastmilk or infant formula.
It is most effective if done no more than 20 to 30 minutes before your infant.
Baby s first cereal feeding.
If you mix it too early the enzymes in the breast milk will break down the oatmeal making it ineffective.
Traditionally families have offered single grain cereals such as rice cereal first.
Gradually thicken baby cereal by adding less breast milk and formula.
Serve the rice cereal and formula mixture with a spoon.
If you are mixing oatmeal cereal in formula.
Of rice cereal for every 2 oz.
It is recommended for babies 4 6 months of age.
Eating the mixture from a spoon will also keep your baby.
There are a few problems with this recommendation though.
The thicker texture helps improve chewing and swallowing.
Serve a small.
