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oo thanks for doing this Kell! Kryssi's only 6mos but I'll put her in anyway because she thinks she's 8mos I've just started giving her weetbix in the morning (with hot water), for the rest of the day she has combo veges, e.g. for today she has pumpkin, carrot, brocoli and a bit of potato all mashed together, kinda sloppy, heaps of water in there. I usually try to get some meat whizzed up and mixed in too, since hearing about the recent thing on TV about babies being under-fed iron. And then she's feeding just before sleeps each time, and often in the nights as well, so that's about 6 feeds (1 side each) per 24 hours.

Jaxon loves his weetbix in the morning but since hes a bit older I add a little cows milk as well as ho water to it and put it in the microwave.  Or I will give him the baby cereals and mashed banana and he loves a piece of toast  wqith vegemite although he doesnt really eat it just sucks on it until it goes soggy. (yuck!!)

For lunches Ive been giving him semolina and fruit or custards homemade) and yoghurts. Sometimes I will give him a tin of watties meaty dishes and then a sandwich and fruit.

For dinner Jaxon gets what we had the night before but blended together. Although he is chewing on crackers, toast and cruskits he hates chunky MEALS. Im still trying every day to get him to eat his foods a bit coarser.

Hes not a fan of his fluids... Finding it hard to get him to drink. He is being breast fed still but only mornings and night plus when he is sick I feed him at lunch as well so he gets more fluids.

He loves those meal mates mixed vege crackers to munch on too.

Just thought Id  share that. hehe

 

Q: When can I start my 10 month old on 'grown up' cereal? When I eat my breakfast with her she is more interested in mine than her own. Is Weet-Bix suitable for her?

A: At 10 months some adult cereals can be used but many are too high in fibre for babies. Some are also too high in sodium and sugar. Avoid any containing seeds, nuts or hard bits of dried fruit. Never give bran cereals to baby.

While fibre is good for adults, too much given to a baby or toddler fills a small stomach and spoils appetite for other important foods needed. Too much fibre can cause tummy pain or diarrhoea. Baby cereals are low in fibre and have added iron. It is wise to continue with an iron-fortified baby cereal, but add variety and increase texture by including low-fibre or medium-fibre cereals such as cornflakes, ricies, rice bubbles or puffed wheat. And vary flavours with fresh or cooked fruit.

Porridge made from oatmeal (or quick-cooking rolled oats) is a good choice from 10 months. (But if there is a family history of allergies to wheat or gluten delay introducing oats, wheat, rye and barley until after one year.)

Though whole wheat biscuits like Weet-Bix seem soft when milk is added, they are high in fibre compared with ricies, cornflakes or puffed wheat.

For babies under one year limit Weet-Bix to small servings two to three times a week.

 

Thought Id have a look.... Thought it might be helpful to anyone that was wondering....

I never knew about weetbix, I even mentioned it to my plunket lady and she never said anything... Well Jax has only had two servings this week so might just leave it at that. Hes having o probs so far...

 

kellverona wrote: Thats bit harsh GandT

Ditto

It's always good to know these things (hopefully I will pack this info away in my head for when I need it!) but there must be a nicer way of saying it.

The gremlins aren't quite 10 months yet, but they're pretty close They don't eat a lot tho...
Breakfast is a tin of 4mth apples/pears/apple+peach mixed with 6mth + Farex shared between them or 9 mth+ baby muesli made with formula then 1/2 piece of bread each with marg and marmite.

Lunch is a ham/marmite/cheese/cucumber sandwich each plus a tin of yoghurt or custard.

Dinner is about 250ml of home made vege baby mash, twice a week I add ice cubes of pureed liver, and then a tin of fruit and cereal or custard.

They also have a couple of snacks, usually wine biscuits, rice crackers, mandarin segments, raisins, fruit sticks...

Plus 4 bottles, I make up 150ml but they usually only drink about 90ml each feed, and I offer them water with meals.

And re: the weetbix thing, we were advised by the dietician not to go there until at least 12mths coz of the fibre content. I know the Nutricia Advisory service recommend it from 9 (or 10?) months plus tho.

Liver lol

If you ever want to see Kryssi quiver in excitement, offer her a wine biscuit haha

GandT I didn't appreciate the way you said what you did. I have actually been advised to up Kryssi's fibre intake because she was quite constipated and IMO Weetbix is better than regular rounds of brown sugar She's only had 2 in the last week so I'll just keep that in mind.
Australian Children's Hospital doesn't seem to have a problem with Weetbix for 6-8mos:

Children's Hospital at Westmead wrote: Once your baby is six to eight months old and is eating cereal and several fruits and vegetables, try other foods with a thicker texture such as:     * meat, chicken, fish, egg     * milk-based foods eg yoghurt, custard, grated cheese on vegetables, ricotta, cottage cheese     * other cereals eg Weetbix®, rolled oats, baby muesli, pasta, rice, bread and toast     * dried peas, beans, lentils eg baked beans, soft lentils. Solids can now be offered before a milk feed.

Krystiana likes the Watties tins of chicken noodle & veg, and beef pumpkin and potato (that one smells yummy too!)... but the winer veg and beef is quite lumpy and she doesn't even like it mashed.