baby cereal and juice

custardy

lauren_1 wrote: »

We bought those juices but we diluted them by another half as they were so strong, i only have the tiniest bit of squash so they were strong by my standards.

I can't abide fruitshoots in my house either, a good quality hugh juice but diluted to the max is my limit here.

Mashed banana's was a firm favorite with ds along with peachy porridge or rice pudding.

we do the same,more than half tbh

Janepig

I've never understood why people give their babies juice, I really don't - they don't get a taste for it if you don't give it. In any case, my two went to day nursery afew days a week (DS still does) where they only get water or milk, in fact DD only gets water or milk in school, so I felt it was pointless getting them hooked on juice when they couldn't have it in nursery/school anyway. It's like my neighbour telling me that her 1 year old would only drink tea - well flippin' heck, how did she know she only liked tea? Because you gave it to her!!!!

So personally I would stick with water or milk.

And my two also got weetabix or porridge for breakfast - toast when they were old enough. Not proper weetabix, own make stuff, particularly Lidl's. Whatever was reasonably priced.

Jxx

Katyag

My two have always been started on water, DS1 nearly 7 now loves the stuff. DS2 fills his mouth with it and sprays it everywhere!! He is only 14 months! So for him he gets the tiniest amount of fresh juice (not from concentrate stuff) then loads of water on top. The slight flavour obviously makes a big difference to him.

Ive NEVER given either of them baby juice, my SIL advised me when I was pregnant with DS1 not too as she gave it to her daughter (a year older than DS1) and once she was on it she wouldnt take any milk at all so they had to wean her off.

I did do the baby cereals but then i didnt start weaning DS2 til he was 6 months. It was usually porridge or baby weetabix mixed with full fat milk (only over 6 months for the cows milk in food) and some fruit.

rjh090384

i am a dental nurse so didnt want to give her juice but she would not take water in teh slightest and i perservered for a good 2 weeks. i was concerned about her not getting enough liquid cause she wouldnt take the milk with her meal either so ended up giving into the juice.

custardy

rjh090384 wrote: »

i am a dental nurse so didnt want to give her juice but she would not take water in teh slightest and i perservered for a good 2 weeks. i was concerned about her not getting enough liquid cause she wouldnt take the milk with her meal either so ended up giving into the juice.

we were doing the same.now my little boy doesnt even need the juice as he see's the cup and just thinks its juice whereas now its just water

tiddly_widdly

Its a long time since I had to feed babies (16/14/10) but mine now still only drink water or fresh juices. I would definately feed mashed banana and fromage frais instead of cereal, then weetabix when older.
My kids have survived on our homemade food pureed and mashed and not ready made jars, its definately better for them if you take their portion out of it before you season with salt.

Persevere with water, it will be worth it

IamJen

Beware that that fromage frais and yogurts, etc. often contain a great deal of (added) sugar. Dairy also carries a higher risk than most foods, of causing an allergic reaction or intolerance.

As for cereals, you could try oats, rice porridge, barley, etc. Most munchkins can do Weetabix from 6 or 7 months, after trying a few other foods, but some do have a hard time digesting the wheat.

belle2008

Buy a packet of millet flakes from a healthfood shop. Use this to make into porridge* (oats do contain a small amount of gluten, so not recommended for under 6 months i think, but it is a few years since mine was this age so don't quote me on it!). You can add mashed banana or cooked pureed apple etc. to flavour it if you wish. I agree with other posters who say don't bother giving babies juice, waste of money and will also probably give them a taste for sweet drinks. Just give their usual milk, or water. I never bought juice for my son, it didn't occur to me to be honest! HTH

*Just cook it up in a saucepan with your baby's usual milk.

belle2008

rjh090384 wrote: »

i am a dental nurse so didnt want to give her juice but she would not take water in teh slightest and i perservered for a good 2 weeks. i was concerned about her not getting enough liquid cause she wouldnt take the milk with her meal either so ended up giving into the juice.

Sorry rjh, somehow missed that post! (Doh!) Just wanted to add, I presume at 5 months she is still having regular milk feeds as well as solids? Maybe she doesn't really need/want the extra liquids at mealtimes? I BF my son, so maybe it is different if yours is on formula, if so apologies. But while I was BF, the recommendation from most health professionals was that it wasn't necessary to give extra water.

Teerah

Would agree totally re the juice, my little boy only drinks water and milk. Parents of children with bad tooth decay often say to me "oh they wont take milk or water, only juice"...well how did they develop such a taste?