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Is rice milk suitable for baby starting solids?
Liz wrote: I guess the main reason is that the books I've read say to mix rice cereal with breast milk or water. I tried expressing breast milk yesterday and couldn't get a single drop, so I wondered if the rice milk would give a better flavour than just water. And because I've got two packs of rice milk that I'm not using myself... :-) I used water, and it worked fine -- the kids eat tiny quantities to begin with anyway, so there's little difference. When the kids had had applesauce as well with no ill effect, I started mixing the cereal with a bit of applesauce. You can also get rice cereal with formula in it, which presumably has a similar sugar level. Honestly, they eat so little of it at a time at first, you could put Coca-Cola or Guinness in it and it wouldn't raise my hackles a whole lot! (okay, I'm kidding, I'm kidding ...) My kids liked barley better than rice, unless it was just my imagination. We never finished that first box of rice cereal, and I think we went through at least one box of barley cereal per baby before getting to table foods, but memory is now dim on that point. --Helen |
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Is rice milk suitable for baby starting solids?
I guess the main reason is that the books I've read say to mix rice
cereal with breast milk or water. I tried expressing breast milk yesterday and couldn't get a single drop, so I wondered if the rice milk would give a better flavour than just water. And because I've got two packs of rice milk that I'm not using myself... :-) I wouldn't even both with the rice cereal. It's nothing but tasteless filler and empty calories. Something along the lines of avocado, sweet potato, or even mashed banana would be much more interesting and healthy. Carrie Mom to Jazz (6/02) |
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Is rice milk suitable for baby starting solids?
Liz wrote: I guess the main reason is that the books I've read say to mix rice cereal with breast milk or water. I tried expressing breast milk yesterday and couldn't get a single drop, so I wondered if the rice milk would give a better flavour than just water. And because I've got two packs of rice milk that I'm not using myself... :-) Mix it with juice instead. That makes it sweet, and the vitamin C in the juice will help her absorb the iron in the cereal--and that's the point of the cereal, mainly. Leslie |
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Is rice milk suitable for baby starting solids?
Liz wrote: To me, it tastes much closer to breast milk than cows milk. The only concern I would have is it has salt listed as an ingredient. DD will be six months old in a week, and I think I'll try her on solids then -- she seems keen. Thanks, Liz Rice milk is pretty nutritionally weak and NOT something I'd give to a baby under about 1 year ever, and probably not a child under age 2. Why? It has little fat, little protein, and is mostly a light "carbohydrate water" with added synthetic vitamins and gums to give it a good mouth feel. I drink rice milk, but consider it mostly a liquid calcium supplement (and a poor one at that). Babies need fat. They need protein. They need food-type vitamins. Rice milk is just a poor excuse for a food, and I actually kind of like the stuff. Babies under the age of 2 need about 50% of their calories to come from fat, and moreover, they *need* the kind of fat that breastmilk, cow milk and/or goat milk can provide. My policy is that my baby can have my milk and plain water, and that juice and other liquids are not appropriate for her right now (she's 17 months). We actually give her greek yogurt because of the higher fat content--she only gains when she gets a very high percentage of fat in her diet due to a chromosome anomaly, but it really pointed out to me that many of the "first foods" for babies are really inadequate in the fat department. Jenrose |
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Is rice milk suitable for baby starting solids?
Sue wrote: I would think to treat it like cow's milk and not give it until after 12 months. Honestly, rice beverage is a *poor* substitute for cow milk for babies. It is closest to juice, nutritionally. |
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Is rice milk suitable for baby starting solids?
wrote: Liz wrote: To me, it tastes much closer to breast milk than cows milk. The only concern I would have is it has salt listed as an ingredient. DD will be six months old in a week, and I think I'll try her on solids then -- she seems keen. Thanks, Liz Rice milk is pretty nutritionally weak and NOT something I'd give to a baby under about 1 year ever, and probably not a child under age 2. Oh, and rice cereal is pretty nutritionally null too...and not necessary. By 6 1/2 months Shiny's favorite food was banana mixed with coconut milk fat (she needed the extra fat), but anything with ground rice in it made her upchuck. |
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Is rice milk suitable for baby starting solids?
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oups.com... Liz wrote: To me, it tastes much closer to breast milk than cows milk. The only concern I would have is it has salt listed as an ingredient. DD will be six months old in a week, and I think I'll try her on solids then -- she seems keen. Thanks, Liz Rice milk is pretty nutritionally weak and NOT something I'd give to a baby under about 1 year ever, and probably not a child under age 2. Why? It has little fat, little protein, and is mostly a light "carbohydrate water" with added synthetic vitamins and gums to give it a good mouth feel. I drink rice milk, but consider it mostly a liquid calcium supplement (and a poor one at that). Babies need fat. They need protein. They need food-type vitamins. Rice milk is just a poor excuse for a food, and I actually kind of like the stuff. Babies under the age of 2 need about 50% of their calories to come from fat, and moreover, they *need* the kind of fat that breastmilk, cow milk and/or goat milk can provide. My policy is that my baby can have my milk and plain water, and that juice and other liquids are not appropriate for her right now (she's 17 months). We actually give her greek yogurt because of the higher fat content--she only gains when she gets a very high percentage of fat in her diet due to a chromosome anomaly, but it really pointed out to me that many of the "first foods" for babies are really inadequate in the fat department. Jenrose Thanks Jenrose, I didn't think of the fat aspect! Liz |
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