2 Month Old Baby Rice Cereal Milk

Typically you add 1 tablespoon 14 78 ml of rice cereal to every 4 tablespoons 60ml of formula or breast milk for example if you are currently feeding your infant 8 tablespoons of formula you must add 2 tablespoons of rice cereal.

2 month old baby rice cereal milk.

It will be very runny increase to 1 tablespoon of pureed food or 1 tablespoon of cereal mixed with breast milk or formula twice a day. My nephew was on hungry baby milk at 8 weeks then some baby rice from 10 weeks. A 2 month old baby s tummy is still developing. The specific amount to add depends on your situation.

Some people mix rice cereal with fruit juice too. Adding rice cereal to baby s evening bottle is a common practice by many parents who want to fill their baby s belly in the hopes it will help them sleep more. Newborns are perfectly capable of digesting breast milk and formula but their intestines aren t ready to fully handle cereal. 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.

In the past single grain infant cereals have been the traditional first choice when transitioning to solid foods with rice cereal being one of the more popular ones. Of formula or expressed breast milk while the american academy of family physicians recommends 2 to 3 tbsp. Jan 19 2011. For example the national diseases information clearinghouse website recommends 1 tbsp.

Mix cereal with 4 to 5 teaspoons breast milk or formula. He is now a strapping two year old. Their little bodies need all the nutrition they can get. Adding solid foods to your baby s diet is a big milestone and you may be wondering when to begin the process and what foods to start with.

Have you spoken to your pediatrician. Add the rice cereal to the bottle. There are videos on youtube it will help him to slow down so he doesn t gulp the whole bottle down in two minutes. Also rice cereal has no nutritional value other than iron it doesnt bmp make sense tobadd empty calories at this age.

At 2 months he was still eating every 1 5 to 2 hours. For every 1 oz. The cereal can move slowly through a baby s body which can cause an upset stomach constipation gas and pain. Have you tried pace feeding.

Discussion in baby club started by 22carly22 oct 8 2011. Of rice cereal for every 2 oz. Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 next 22carly22 well known member. A two month old should not get rice cereal unless they have severe reflux their immature bellies really can t handle it.

I would start feeding baby smaller bottles every 2 3 hours. Rice cereal 2 months old.