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When can i start putting cereal in my infant bottle at night?

I want my infant to sleep through the night so when should be the best time to start giving her cereal ? And does giving cereal means she will gain a lot of weight?

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1. by age 6 months, your babe can eat oatmeal, cream of wheat, and cream of rice mixed with breastmilk or water. serve it in a bowl with a spoon.

2. You should NEVER put cereal in a bottle. It has no nutritional value, potentially poses a choking risk, and does not accomplish what solids SHOULD before 1 year old: merely introducing children to eating solids.

Your baby should ONLY (according to the world health organization, unicef, american academy of pediatrics, and many health authorities) eat solids when they are 6 months old or older, and should ONLY eat solids from a spoon, finger, etc NOT from a bottle.

Rice cereal wont make your baby sleep longer, but it will (especially if used before 6 months) deprive them of the fat and nutrients their brain needs to develop and put them at risk of a host of digestive and immunological problems.

Sleeping through the night and infants are largely incompatible. Your baby is supposed to wake up, and that's perfectly normal.

3. That doesn't work. If anything putting cereal in his bottle will do more harm than good.

Its a choking hazard and can cause allergies.

If your baby is still hungry, give him more formula or breast milk.

You should never never put cereal in a bottle.

At 6 months of age you CAN feed him cereal with a spoon in a bowl.

4. NEVER!

Cereals in a bottle is a major choking hazard for a baby and isn't recommended for a healthy baby ever. Cereals can be fed from a bowl using a spoon from 6 months. In addition there is zero evidence that feeding an infant cereal will help them sleep through the night, more than likely if given at night your bay will find it hard to digest and so end up awake more during the night as they are uncomfortable, if not in pain as they learn to digest a new substance.

Once you get to 6 months and consider introducing new foods, I'd suggest that you introduce them mid morning, when you have some free time to spend with your baby. Spoon feed them and you will have the rest of the day to observe them for any possible reactions to the new food.

Hope I helped!

5. NEVER! It is a choking hazard, and it is a myth that it makes babies sleep through the night. It also greatly increases their risk of SIDS. Babies tummies are very small and they need to be fed often. If baby is not old enough to eat off a spoon baby is not old enough for cereal. Solids should only be fed off a spoon, never force fed from a bottle.