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Oatmeal Cereal At 3 1/2 Weeks!! Posted: 05-18-06 20:03pm
Hey yall!! My angel had a .Dr's appt
today and he told me to start her on
oatmeal cereal. She gained another lb
which is "too much" in one week!!
She's been sleeping from feeding to
feeding the past 2 nights(which is 4
hours) and was doing that before her fussy
episode the other day. He wants her to
sleep through the night so that's why he
wants her on the oatmeal cereal.
The only thing is we .H.A.V.E to feed her
with a spoon only!! Can you inderstand
how messy that's gonna be?!?!?! He said
she'll get the hang of it real quick!
Imma take some pics!! Wish us luck!!!
Sarah
edit: I put oatmean cearl instead of
oatmeal cereal in the subject!
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erinjacob
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Jess Posted: 05-18-06 20:08pm
Wow hear we are told not to give them any
thin like that till after 4 months but to
try an hold out to 6 month
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So Did I... Posted: 05-18-06 20:09pm
I asked him the same thing. But he said
that's with "rice cereal" not
oatmeal...Who knows...Imma just follow his
orders!!!!!
It's not like she's not gaining enough
weight!!!
Sarah
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Ingi
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Posted: 05-18-06 20:11pm
Why did your doctor recommend starting
oatmeal cereal? I thought they started
with rice cereal to keep food allergies
down. I agree, my doctor said no way
until 6 months old. I told him i'd tried
her on it when she was 4 months. He
laughed and said, "huh uh. Wait."
it didn't help her sleep through the night
anyway. She still got up.
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rasuyoung
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Posted: 05-18-06 20:31pm
Maybe you should get a second opinion...
Eating cereal when your baby's not even a
month old just doesn't sound right to me.
:/
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Posted: 05-18-06 20:37pm
I've done some reading up on it and from
what i've read, oatmeal cereal, as opposed
to rice ceareal, is ok to start at 1
month. (which she makes on .Saturday)
i'll let yall know tomorrow how it made
her sleep. We only have to give her 3
table spoons. Which is gonna be fuuun.
Her .Dr is actually on the board of
specialists down here. So his opinion is
a good one, i'm just a paranoid person,
that's why I looked it up.
Sarah
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hopefulmjz
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Posted: 05-18-06 20:48pm
Sarah, we started giving adriana on cereal
a couple weeks ago (she was 2 months on
the 13th) and she's doing just fine on it.
Tho I was told to start rice first. But
with such a little amount I don't see how
either would be bad. I give it to her in
a bottle tho, because she got too
frustrated with the spoon. Now she's
taking two 5 oz. Bottles a day. One in
the morning and one before bed. She now
sleeps like 12 hours through the night.
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Posted: 05-18-06 20:56pm
Naw just do it if dr okayed it but if it
doesnt sit well on her then stop
i fed both mine cereal before 3 months and
they needed it, 4-6 months is based on the
average baby but no 2 babys will be the
same sarah.
My son has been eating rice cereal for
about 3 weeks now and hes starting to
sleep the night but holy f*ck the kids is
drinking 10 ouces in a 4 hrs period
sometimes even more both my kids are pigs
lol(this is on formula)!!
If you dont feel comfortable then dont
feed the little one, yes it is messy as
they will push it out with their tongue at
first cam still does it but hes getting
better next month hes going on fruit
woohoo!! Too many rules nowadays just
remeber you are the mother you know what
your kid needs and honestly some kids do
need food before 4 months!!
Dont starve the poor thing some just need
more substance then others (saying that a
baby doesnt need food till 6 months is bs
6 weeks my daughter was drinking 70+ oz a
day and was sleeping the night when we had
her on 80-85 oz or with cereal!!
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erinjacob
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Jess Posted: 05-18-06 21:30pm
My little boys 9 months an it doesnt
matter how much I feed him at night he
only sleeps in four hour stints your lucky
havin a baby sleep for 12 hours
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diamondsz
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Posted: 05-18-06 21:35pm
Yeah I know cam been playing with the idea
of sleeping one ight 7 hrs the next 4 then
day thre 8 hrs it goes back and forth
christ my daughter was sleeping the nights
constantly by 8 wks but cams a happy
person he alsway smiles!!
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Posted: 05-19-06 17:52pm
Lol...Last night was a night!!
Hahaha...You shoud've seen her trying to
eat from a spoon!! I wound up giving her
formula. Today I gave her a bottle with
some in it and she took it well. It was
one of the few times she didn't throw
up.
She's been having gas for the past few
days and the .Dr said that this should
loosen her up.
He also started her on a vitamin
supplement. It doesn't have any iron in
it due to her formula containing iron and
the oatmeal cereal has a little.
You're right about the rules issue!!!! I
never would've imagined there'd be this
many!! My mom was like .Jesus, I didn't
know any of this stuff when you were
growing up!!