I tell moms exactly what LLLI tells moms, skip the baby cereal (which is 
pretty low nutritionally) and start baby on a bit of mashed ripe banana, 
cooked and mashed sweet potato or yam, or mashed avocado. Next food is 
mashed, or scraped meat or other proteins for the iron content. For more 
information, look in THE WOMANLY ART OF BREASTFEEDING.

Why give a food that is inferior nutritionally to such a small baby (meaning 
the baby cereal)? Human milk is the perfect food so continue with real foods 
like a mashed banana and skip the boxed stuff.

Baby cereal has such low nutritional value. It is not necessary for a baby 
to eat this stuff. If mom is convinced baby needs it, mix it with water if 
she doesn't want to hand express or pump some of her milk out. The idea that 
you "must" have breast milk or formula to mix cereal with seems to be 
another push by the formula companies to find a use for their products with 
breastfeeding moms.

Kathy Eng, BSW, IBCLC 

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