Baby Oatmeal

When introducing your baby to solid foods, baby oatmeal is a good option. With our newborn, we tried to feed the baby rice cereal many times with no luck! After these many attempts, we finally moved over to Oatmeal after confirmation from the doctors that Oatmeal is good option. The baby is 4.5 months and we have enjoyed experiencing the baby eating with a spoon for the first time. The Oatmeal has a different texture and it’s enjoyable for the baby as well. Some tips that may help you, in which we learned along the way are as follows.

• If your baby doesn’t like Rice Cereal, feel free to try Oatmeal as that may be a better texture and taste for your baby.
• Try not to feed your baby the Oatmeal or Rice Cereal in the same spot as where you feed your baby a bottle or breast feed your baby. If you do, your baby may get upset as they will be look for a breast feed or they will look for their bottle and get upset when you try to feed them anything other than that. Babies are creatures of habit.
• Stay Persistent and keep up your feeding with a spoon each and every day. Don’t give up and stay persistent as your baby will get the hang of it eventually!
• Encourage your baby by smiling, playing 1,2,3, making airplane sounds and make the feeding time a fun experience for both you and your baby.

Oatmeal has tons of nutrients for your baby. It’s high in fiber, calcium, protein and B vitamins. Real Oats are better than instant oatmeal and retain more of the nutritious vitamins. While we started feeding our baby around 4 months with Oatmeal, remember solid foods start at 6 months. If you are trying to feed your baby no gluten, then you may want to try something other than oatmeal as it can contain gluten.

When selecting Oatmeal, you should choose steel cut oats and store in a very dry place, and not a place that is very hot and in the sun.

If your baby doesn’t like Oatmeal, you must remember that they may not like the actual spoon, so giving them the spoon the play with can help your baby with Baby Oatmeal. You must supervise your baby when they have a spoon but allowing your baby to test things on their own may open them up to the process of eating with a spoon!

Good luck with your baby eating solids and starting with Rice Cereal or Baby Oatmeal.