How many tablespoons of cereal do you feed your baby a day?

Terri - posted on 04/13/2010

mile is just over 6months, we started weening at 20weeks, he has a small little tub of cereal for breakfast,half a small tub of veg and the same again of fruit for lunch and only today started on dinners, plus 4 bottles. i guess it all depends on the baby a to how much they eat

Stacey - posted on 04/13/2010

my baby is 5mths 2 weeks and she has 1 whole weetabix for breakfast a whole jar of 7mth old food for lunch and a pudding plus her dinner and she has 4 bottles of hungry baby milk a day too but i started weaning her when she was 4 mths old as she wasn't satisfied with just milk and she was waking up every 2 hrs for milk now she sleeps right thru the nite

Mary - posted on 04/12/2010

My daughter's pediatrician said there are no rules when it comes to feeding. He told me to give my daughter as much as she wanted!

Jennifer - posted on 04/12/2010

Mine will be six months on the 28 and I don't think we will even start her on solids then as there is a family history of food allergies and diabetes on both sides. We will not start with rice cereal either, we will start with fruits, veggies, and ground meats.

Leatonya - posted on 04/12/2010

i give my baby who is also 6 months about 4 oz. of cereal mixed with fruit or veggies a day and he gets 4 oz. of juice a day, formula the rest of time.

Elizabeth - posted on 04/12/2010

My little guy had worked up to 8 tablespoons a day then he got constipated. Now he only takes about 4-5. His dr said 2-6 tbls is good at this age.

Angie - posted on 04/10/2010

Do you feed her/him any other food? I feed my 6 month twin girls 4 ounces (1/2 cup) of cereal for breakfast and then 4 ounces of a veggie for dinner. And that combined as I feed them together. I go to my dr on Tuesday and I think he is going to want to have us feed solids for 3 meals. My friend who has a 7 month old does this;
Breakfast
3 tablespoons of cereal
1 ounces of fruit

Lunch:
2 ounces of veggie
1 ounce of meat
1 ounce of fruit

dinner:
2 ounces of veggie
1 ounce of fruit


Plus she gives him 20-25 oucnes of formula. Fomula/Breast Milk is really what they need before the solid food. Its much more important!

Tina - posted on 04/10/2010

I only give my baby 1 tbs a day. My doctor didn't want me to start feeding her until she was 6 months. I started at 5 months. She's very satisfied with that and the milk. She was sleeping through the night on just formula from about 3 months. She's gaining weight so I'm ok with it. Next Dr appt in 2 weeks so we'll see where we go from there...