BG Parenting: Handouts Edition

[Mindfox]

Yeah I thought I might try it since he's nearing the daily limit of formula the doctor says kids his age should take, and I'm feeling he's not quite ready for purees yet.

[Mindfox]

The doc suggested it as a way to make him full, since formula doesn't seem to be doing the job so well. We'll see what happens though. Thanks again

[Pabst]

How old is the kid? And how many ounces is he up to?

As far as samples, I agree just sign up for the mailing list and you will get stuff sent to you. We got a big thing of formula, wipes, diapers and some cereal.

A little word of advice. I have me an 8 month old daughter and if you value sleep. Try to fill up the baby before bedtime. Bowl of food/cereal around dinner time and then a bottle before bed.

[Mindfox]

4mos, 40+ ounces a day depending on how he's feeling. He only seems super hungry during the day, he sleeps a solid 8-11 hours a night. I'm not starting this right away, but if night sleep becomes an issue I'm loading that shit up.

[Fodder]

Gerber Cereal is ~$3.75 a box, just buy a few different flavors. If he doesn't like one, mix in some Gerber 'nanas and he'll scarf that shit like it was mother's milk. I mixed cereal and formula for my little porkers when they were transitioning from formula to food as well and cut a *slightly* bigger hole in the nipple so they can get it out. That was great for filling them up just prior to a putting them to sleep

[Mindfox]

I'll have to look into Gerber, Heinz is like $10 a box. And the baby is uglier.

[Tyche]

Tits are free.

[Mindfox]

Not where I come from...

[Caylene]

You get to choose this, actually.

I used the baby cereal gerber makes.

Start by mixing a little in with the baby's bottle, especially before night bedtime, since it will get you some more sleep by helping them sleep a little longer. Alter the ratios more and more until it's mostly just cereal. Once they are used to the cereal taste then mix it with w/e you want (we would do milk in the morning/night and apple juice in the afternoons for some variety).

[Kerberoz]

Canadian? This thread is starting to make sense.

In Canada, cereal comes in b... wait, no, that doesn't work. Fuck.

[Edgie]

I would ask if you guys in canada have a program like ours, its called Wic. WIC provides Federal grants to States for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk.

Milk, eggs, cheese, cereal, beans/peanut butter, tuna. for free.

[Tymon]

I've noticed that infants love fruit flavors.

My mom says I loved fruity pebbles when I was a baby, and my baby nephew loves fruit loops and fruit rice crispies.

Conversely, I hated Cheerios. I still hate Cheerios.

[vagus]

Please don't tell me you're going to start letting your child dictate what he eats when he's like 9 months old.

^

Cheerios i'm sure will be fine =)

[Sera]

not that kind of cereal guys...