Gabby's - Page 131

Tina · #**1301** 06-22-2007, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Pragmatist

No cereal until 6 months.

Doctors will tell you this, but I have never understood why. My children were getting a tiny bit of cereal in their bottles by 6-8 weeks. The formula alone was NOT filling, and they were wanting a bottle every two hours (day & night) before the cereal in the bottle was started.

Giving a baby a little infant cereal before 6 months will not hurt them. I did not give a full feeding of cereal. I added about 1/2 to 1 tsp of rice infant cereal to 4-6 ounces of formula just to make it more filling. In fact, I think if a baby gets nothing but formula or breast milk for 6 months, it's pretty much the same as letting them go hungry. My kids acted like they were hungry all the time on the formula alone. They were being spoon fed rice cereal at about 4 months.

All of my kids were eating baby food (fruits & vegetables) by 6 months, and foods from the table when they were 8-9 months. It certainly didn't hurt them at all.

QueenEsther · #**1302** 06-22-2007, 06:21 AM

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I don't mind feeding in public if it's not at church. I just know that there are people in the church setting that would be offended. I don't care about offending unknowns in the mass public.

I just got tired of always restling her and a blanket while trying to get her on and staying decent and at church I was NEVER in the service. She wanted to eat every hour & use me as a pacifier.

QueenEsther · #**1303** 06-22-2007, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Pragmatist

No cereal until 6 months.

I won't start Ariel until sometime between 4-6 months. I think i started Jasmine when she was 4 months old - my doctor just said as long as she can sit up in a seat of some sort and it took her about a month to really eat it.

QueenEsther · #**1304** 06-22-2007, 06:24 AM

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My sweet pea is less than 3 months old. Even Dr. James Dobson, who in my estimation is the least permissive of parenting experts doesn't recommend trying to change behavior until 6 months old. One of her needs at this time is being held.

I was ready this morning 45 minutes early - due to her waking me up an hour early

so I got to snuggle and hold her for a long time - I loved it!!!!!

QueenEsther · #**1305** 06-22-2007, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Tina

Doctors will tell you this, but I have never understood why. My children were getting a tiny bit of cereal in their bottles by 6-8 weeks. The formula alone was NOT filling, and they were wanting a bottle every two hours (day & night) before the cereal in the bottle was started.

Giving a baby a little infant cereal before 6 months will not hurt them. I did not give a full feeding of cereal. I added about 1/2 to 1 tsp of rice infant cereal to 4-6 ounces of formula just to make it more filling. In fact, I think if a baby gets nothing but formula or breast milk for 6 months, it's pretty much the same as letting them go hungry. My kids acted like they were hungry all the time on the formula alone. They were being spoon fed rice cereal at about 4 months.

All of my kids were eating baby food (fruits & vegetables) by 6 months, and foods from the table when they were 8-9 months. It certainly didn't hurt them at all.

I don't think it will hurt them but they say it has not been proven to make them sleep longer.

Michlow · #**1306** 06-22-2007, 07:22 AM

Gabby's has turned into a baby zone!!!

Theresa · #**1307** 06-22-2007, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Michlow

Gabby's has turned into a baby zone!!!

DONT DRINK THE WATER

Theresa · #**1308** 06-22-2007, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Pragmatist

No cereal until 6 months.

just a little to "thicken" the forumla - not so much that it clogs the bottle, so it's not alot - but it gives them just a "tad" more substance to digest and they sleep longer....

Pragmatist · #**1309** 06-22-2007, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by QueenEsther

I just got tired of always wrestling her and a blanket while trying to get her on and staying decent and at church I was NEVER in the service. She wanted to eat every hour & use me as a pacifier.

That's me. We generally get through song service and then I have to feed her. Sometimes we rejoin the service, sometimes not. They do have a speaker in the nursery, though, so I do get to hear the sermon.

Pragmatist · #**1310** 06-22-2007, 08:30 AM

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just a little to "thicken" the forumla - not so much that it clogs the bottle, so it's not alot - but it gives them just a "tad" more substance to digest and they sleep longer....

Well, Abigail won't take a bottle, and I don't really mind. My husband is dead set against formula. We have a few cans in the house that I got free from the hospital and he eyes them suspiciously.