Anyone going to try baby rice before 4 months?

[CherylC3]

Hey was wondering if anyone will try baby rice before the 4 months? My boy is huge and draining 8oz bottles every 3-4 hours and he's 14 wks so I hav tried baby rice the last 2 nights to see if it fills him up rather than putting a rusk in the bottle anyone doing this?xx

 

[jinglebear]

nope i wont be. guidelines say 17wks minimum for introducing solids. i know every baby is different so i would only change my mind if it was on consultant advice but thats just me. Its a misconception that baby rice/rusk etc will fill ur baby up to help them sleep better. just carry on with the milk and if he wants more he may just be going through a growth spurt. they have a big one at 3 months xx (p.s if u do try the baby rice etc, avoid the rusks as they are so full of sugar) good luck x

 

[kitty_el]

I tried baby rice at 17 weeks because my LO was drinking 6x 8-9oz bottles per day, she was not impressed at all and pushed it straight back out.
On reflection, I think she must have been having a growth spurt because she is now back to 5 x 7oz bottles.

 

[CherylC3]

Aw I wud never give him rusks I can't believe how much sugar the reduced sugar ones have in them.
. Well tonight is night 3 of giving him a few spoonfuls of rice and he's loving it.. I'm just giving it to him at his 5 o'clock bottle along with a 6oz bottle but il wait till 17 wks to properly wean him he's takes 33oz a day plus the rice he's a proper grubber but his weight is more than my friends 23 wk old. X

 

[usmcwife78]

my son is 15 weeks, he will be 4 months on the 3rd on August. This evening was the 1st night of trying rice in his bottle. He went to the dr this afternoon The dr said due to his spit up he was going to increase his reflux meds and to put 1 teaspoon of rice cereal to every 1 oz of formula. my son drinks 4 oz every 3 hrs except through the night,which he does sleep through the night. The dr upped his dosage of reflux meds and kept him on Nutrimgen but said just add the the rice, so far so good. we are on 3rd bottle..... I would have not put him on the rice without asking the dr

 

[MindUtopia]

Aw I wud never give him rusks I can't believe how much sugar the reduced sugar ones have in them.
. Well tonight is night 3 of giving him a few spoonfuls of rice and he's loving it.. I'm just giving it to him at his 5 o'clock bottle along with a 6oz bottle but il wait till 17 wks to properly wean him he's takes 33oz a day plus the rice he's a proper grubber but his weight is more than my friends 23 wk old. X

I can't say much about the baby rice as we're doing BLW, but just wanted to say that 33 oz isn't all that much, especially if your baby is big. My daughter isn't all that big and consistently eats less than she should for her weight (though is growing by leaps and bounds and jumping up the centiles anyway) and she eats about 28-30 oz a day. If you have a big hungry baby, even at 15 weeks, it's certainly possible for him to be eating 33 oz a day with no problem. I wouldn't see that as a reason why you have to start him on baby rice (as it doesn't actually have any real nutritional value at this point) if you're happy to keep him on bottles.

 

[CherylC3]

To be honest he has reflux and I thot it wud help stay down and so far so good, so I'm just going to continue. Thanks ladies. X

 

[usmcwife78]

my son has reflux as well and we are on bottle 7 and it has soooooo helped!!!!!! he has not spit up at all, he has one big burp after he is done. I have only not burped him 2times since we started the rice and that is due to he has fell asleep, and one of the times was last night and he slept threw the night and then just little while ago and he is napping right now.
I dont know how much u are giving ur LO but my dr said 1 teaspoon for every 1 oz but I am not sure if that has to do with weight or what. I was so scared of giving him rice at 1st for simple fact my son was so early and was a preemie but so glad dr said to do it, he has seemed so much happier since yesterday afternoon.
Good luck!!!

 

[CherylC3]

Aw I've put 1 spoonful in a bowl with 10 spoonfuls of his milk, and just spoon fed him. Maybe I shud add it to the bottle. So for 8oz I shud add 8 spoonfuls of rice?xx

 

[Nessicle]

In my experience weaning means they drop bottles so ends up 6 of one and half a dozen of the other he still doesn't sleep through at 8 months. Carobel in the bottles is better for reflux x

 

[JessicaM123]

I wont be till 5 mo minimum. My LO is 16lbs (was 9lb2 at birth) And takes 8-9 oz every 3 hours. But as baby rice has no nutritional value and i wouldn't start purees till 6 mo i'd prefer to keep him on the milk as long as possible, he has reflux too but he's putting on weight too, i never get the rush to wean, its sooo much easier to keep them on milk! If you have found its working for you and made things better, than thats great though

 

[Bonnie11]

OP have you tried hungry baby formula? Worked a charm when we first used it, was during a growth spurt and she couldn't get enough milk in her! So we switched to hungry baby and it filled her right up x

 

[Serafina83]

Have you thought about using the hungry milk instead? Not good for babies digestion system to have solids early x

 

[Chezzz]

its also a chocking hazard to put baby rice in a bottle. we weaned my son early because he was drink 4 11oz bottles a day. hes now almot 7 months and eats EVERYTHING!! 3 meals a day + 3 7oz feeds now, and hes much happier. but don't put rice in a bottle.
the recommend it in the US but not here!