So rice cereal was constipating...WAY constipating. An RN at Kaiser Pediatrics told us that they recommend rice cereal to breast fed only babies as a way of giving them extra iron. Since Elizabeth is already getting formula (we are still breastfeeding about 3 times a day) with iron, rice cereal isn't really necessary. Many people use rice cereal as a "filler" so babies can sleep at night, but that the nutritional value of rice cereal is slim (even oatmeal has a little fiber, but that's it). Babies aren't really ready to sleep from 7pm-7am until about 9 or 10 months, and since our little one is already a great night time sleeper, we quit the cereals and moved on to sweet potatoes. She loved them even more, and surprisingly, it was less messy.
We sit down as a family each night and mommy and daddy eat dinner and alternate feeding Elizabeth. Family dinners are so much fun!
