Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Adventures in Rice Cereal

Last Saturday we started Aubriella on rice cereal. It is an adventure in itself. Here is the schedule that the doctor recommends we use:
Week 1
Day 1- 1 tablespoon at lunch
Day 2- 1 tablespoon at lunch and dinner
Day 3- 1 tablespoon at breakfast lunch and dinner
Day 4- 1 tablespoon at breakfast lunch dinner and before bed
Day 5-7 same as day 4

Week 2-
Day 1- add 1/4 jar of a fruit at lunch
Day 2- add 1/4 jar of a fruit at lunch and dinner
Day 3- add 1/2 jar of a fruit at breakfast lunch and dinner
Day 4- add 1 jar of a fruit at breakfast lunch dinner and before bed.
Day 5-7 same as day 4

Week 3 and 4
try a different fruit 4 times a day

Week 5
add in a vegetable.

So I have decided with much research to not really go by what the doctor is recommending. So far this week we have started with 1 tablespoon of food at lunch everyday. Aubriella is still learning how to swallow and use a spoon.


Somehow we managed to get cereal all over her face, in her hair, on her leg, and on her hands.

1 comments:

Kristen said...

good luck, introducing new foods is always interesting, and messy! Here's a tip I've always been told, start veggies before fruits. The fruits taste better, obviously, and if you start with fruits then most of the time they won't want veggies! We did cereal at 5 months, veggies at 6 months, and fruits at 7 months. Though my now 3 year old won't touch veggies so what do I know? lol

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