I am with Kathy on this one. I tell moms that baby
cereal is not really necessary, and follow the same
progression as Kathy recommends, except that I prefer
to suggest apple or pear sauce for babies less than a
year old, rather than avocado.
If a mom feels she must use baby cereal and doesn't
want to use either her own milk or water to mix it, I
would prefer to see her using formula as opposed to
yogurt. Even though I am definitely not a formula fan,
I think it is a more appropriate food for a
6-month-old than yogurt.
Judie Gibel, RN, MSc, IBCLC, LLL Leader
> Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:25:28 -0500
> From: Kathy Eng <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: baby cereal
>
> 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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