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Does my baby need iron? Am I doing the right thing?
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om... At his 6 month WBV (which was really at 7 months), the doctor said I should start giving him cereal once a day because it's a 'good source of iron'. Well, cheerios *are* cereal g, and a good source of iron, so I can't see what the doctor thinks the problem with that is. I think the doctor just doesn't see many 6 month olds who can eat cheerios, and was giving you generic advice. Most babies probably don't eat them until around 9 months, and would have more need to eat the mushy stuff until then. You can always get his iron checked at his next WBV to be sure, but I wouldn't struggle to try to make him eat baby cereal given the rest of his diet. -- Cheryl S. Mom to Julie, 3, and Jaden, 7 months |
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om... DS is 8 months old this weekend. We started solids about 10 days before he turned 6 months old. We never did cereal or jarred baby food and he almost instantly started self-feeding. He really won't eat hardly anything off of a spoon. He eats a huge amount of cheerios every day (at least 1/3 a cup a day, but probably more on most days). In addition, he has a fruit and veggie every day for lunch. He eats two snacks a day which may include graham crackers, saltines (reduced sodium), cheese, yogurt, applesauce, fruit, nutri-grain bars, goldfish crackers, and/or wagon wheels. His lunch and snacks are given at day care. You are way ahead of where DD and I were at 8 months. At that age, she refused virtually everything except breast milk, so I constantly worried about iron. She never had any problems though. Since your DS is eating such a wide variety of foods, I don't see any reason to give him baby cereal. Cheerios are also enriched with iron, as are Nutri-Grain bars (although Nutri-Grain bars are mostly enriched with sugar ) ) Legumes, including peas, I thought are naturally high in iron. He probably won't take the cereal anyway, if, as you say, he doesn't like to eat from a spoon. Funnily enough, my DD is completely the opposite and will only eat from a spoon. Even things like pizza! She just can't stand getting her hands dirty. She's 16 months now though, so she spoon feeds herself. Lucy |
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wrote in message om... DS is 8 months old this weekend. We started solids about 10 days before he turned 6 months old. I would not worry about it. Just have his hemoglobin tested if you are worried. My DS BFed exclusively until he was 11 months old and had excellent iron stores. What I've learned from the same sources as you is that iron supplements and fortified foods may damage the gut and impede iron absorption from breast milk, so I skiped cereals and vitamins for baby. Beth |
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top-posting to say this is the original poster, but i changed my ISP -
actual message below "Cheryl S." wrote in message ... wrote in message om... At his 6 month WBV (which was really at 7 months), the doctor said I should start giving him cereal once a day because it's a 'good source of iron'. Well, cheerios *are* cereal g, and a good source of iron, so I can't see what the doctor thinks the problem with that is. That's what I thought! It's just crunchy instead of smushy. g I think the doctor just doesn't see many 6 month olds who can eat cheerios, and was giving you generic advice. Most babies probably don't eat them until around 9 months, and would have more need to eat the mushy stuff until then. He never really ate much mushy stuff. He pretty much went straight to finger foods. He'll let me feed him a little bit of stuff on a spoon, but not much. You can always get his iron checked at his next WBV to be sure, but I wouldn't struggle to try to make him eat baby cereal given the rest of his diet. How do they check iron? Is it a full blood draw or just a prick? Thanks, Manda |
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Manda wrote:
How do they check iron? Is it a full blood draw or just a prick? My boys had finger pricks. -- Nikki Mama to Hunter (4) and Luke (2) |
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