baby porridge or baby rice?

[lyre]

just wondering if people started with rice or porridge when first weaning? was thinking of not using rice just giving some plain porridge at breakfast once he reaches 6 months. have heard rice is not very good nutritionally, is porridge better?

 

[Mum2b_Claire]

We actually used neither, you don't have to use rice or porridge.
But as far as I've heard, lots of babies seem to prefer porridge to rice.

 

[florabean1981]

i'm using a teaspoon of baby porridge each morning after his usual feed, purely coz it tastes n smells better to me & seemed like a good place to start, lol.

 

[tmr1234]

none i gave veg at dinner time then went on to give normal porridge if baby is over 6 months they dont need baby porridge or rice.

 

[becstar]

The Plum brand porridge is good - it's actually quinoa, millet, amaranth and something else I forget... but very nutritious wholegrains rather than bleached white rice.

 

[suzib76]

Leah had rice first as i was told by the hv and she was my first so i took it as gospel lol

we quickly leart that baby rice tastes like cack

Jacks first taste was carrot

 

[lepaskilf]

I've read that you gotta be careful with normal porridge and cerials (not baby ones) because they have a high salt count. A child should have no more than 1g of salt a day x

 

[diz]

What becstar said. If your giving adult food, just watch out for the salt content. x