😂🙈 aw that’s funny!! but my baby is just a month but she hasn’t been gaining much weight so doc has me now adding more formula to the bottles for more calories but people have been pressuring me to add cereal to her diet and says that it’ll help with weight gain but I’ll continue to do as doc say cause he hasn’t mentioned anything about cereal

K my baby is just a month but she hasn’t been gaining much weight so doc has me now adding more formula to the bottles for more calories but people have been pressuring me to add cereal to her diet and says that it’ll help with weight gain... I’ve been reading that it shouldn’t been added until around about 4months and plus the doctor hasn’t mentioned anything about cereal so I’m not gonna worry about it

@cutiepatootie, That’s got to be really hard! I’m sorry. Getting so much advice can be really confusing. Just know you’re doing an amazing job. I’ve always been told that adding anything to a bottle is a choking hazard so that’s what I’ve gone with. Best of luck!

@cutiepatootie, You’re very welcome!

@aengs2, Thank you so much and I will continue to do as I been doing because I haven’t gotten any bad reports from her doctor and everything else is looking good 🤷🏽‍♀️

K my baby is just a month but she hasn’t been gaining much weight so doc has me now adding more formula to the bottles for more calories but people have been pressuring me to add cereal to her diet and says that it’ll help with weight gain

@cutiepatootie, yeah, don’t listen to who ever is telling you to add cereal to the bottle, it’s dangerous and not healthy. I would (in my non-Dr opinion) try adding a bottle. Is it that she’s refusing to eat or she’s eating enough but not gaining?

K my baby is just a month but she hasn’t been gaining much weight so doc has me now adding more formula to the bottles for more calories but people have been pressuring me to add cereal to her diet and says that it’ll help with weight gain

@cutiepatootie Cereal definitely doesn't get added to the bottle. And 1m is truly too early to be giving cereal at all, though it was common practice for our parents generation. People sometimes give well intentioned, but terrible advice. If your doc just recommends more formula, stick with that. Babies that young don't need cereal - they need the nutrients in Bmilk and formula.

K so don’t use cereal at all?

@cutiepatootie, I did with my first when I was introducing solids but with my second I had learned more and it’s honestly non nutritious. The only thing good about it is that it’s fortified with iron and vitamins. However, breastmilk and formula are too and that’s supposed to be the main source of nutrition for the first year. So honestly? It’s not necessary but I don’t think there’s anything wrong using it once in a while. It’s an “easy way” to introduce solids but so is applesauce and mashed banana

@cutiepatootie, but again, never in a bottle

Oh nice so you guys went straight from formula to veggie and fruit purées made at home? And how did you wean?

@cutiepatootie she just had tastes here and there. Like 1 meal only till later on I increased more towards 1. She still had her regular bottles until she was fully weaned to milk.
I can't remember exactly when she was fully weaned (5years ago lol)

Aaw 😩 and k I hope it goes well... my baby hasn’t been putting on weight like doc wants and everyone keeps pressuring me to add cereal to her formula but it’s not time I’ve been reading that 4 months is the ideal time to start

So did you go from formula straight to baby food?

@cutiepatootie, I breastfed but you offer formula first then food. Baby gets all they need from formula/breastmilk for the first year. So food is second the amount of formula/breastmilk doesn’t decrease with the addiction of food.

No? So do you go straight from formula to regular food?

@cutiepatootie, we did yes. Most baby cereal is junk and not needed.

@jellybeans33, K when did you convert to regular food?

@cutiepatootie, around 6 months. He was ready and loved it