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When did you guys start rice cereal? or did you just go to baby food? our pediatrician said 4 months and we are coming up on that so I'm fine waiting and following his direction, just curious. Some stuff I've been reading says rice cereal is not that great because of an enzyme used for digestion of the starches not being produced in babies until after they are a year old.
 
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Eyashusa_sl said:
When did you guys start rice cereal? or did you just go to baby food? our pediatrician said 4 months and we are coming up on that so I'm fine waiting and following his direction, just curious. Some stuff I've been reading says rice cereal is not that great because of an enzyme used for digestion of the starches not being produced in babies until after they are a year old.
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Try to feed them, if they can swallow and take it without choking or spitting it out 4 times, go for it. If they can't, hold off and try again next month. Its not rocket science.
 
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Eyashusa_sl said:
When did you guys start rice cereal? or did you just go to baby food? our pediatrician said 4 months and we are coming up on that so I'm fine waiting and following his direction, just curious. Some stuff I've been reading says rice cereal is not that great because of an enzyme used for digestion of the starches not being produced in babies until after they are a year old.
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Our pediatrician told us no solid food/rice cereal until the child is strong enough to hold their head up consistently, without drooping while sitting upright
 
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I thanks for the responses, but I already agree with "fuck that" to the point of angrily posting instead of lurking for assistance on how to shift the current outcomes of the list.

Update: The child's mother is slowly adjusting now (but will revert to her mother's tactics after a period of such contact)
She saw that he never cries around me. I would calmly tell her what I was doing. I would tell her what the baby would do next while explaining her cues. She thought i was making fun of her at first, but is starting to listen and watch.
 
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Eyashusa_sl said:
When did you guys start rice cereal? or did you just go to baby food? our pediatrician said 4 months and we are coming up on that so I'm fine waiting and following his direction, just curious. Some stuff I've been reading says rice cereal is not that great because of an enzyme used for digestion of the starches not being produced in babies until after they are a year old.
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We started at 4 months. They have a whole list of recommended milestones before trying cereal, like sitting up, holding their head up, the tongue reflex thing going away, etc. If they aren't ready, it will be a frustrating pain in the ass to do and you will know, now is not the time.

I wouldn't worry too much about new studies unless your pediatrician is concerned. I would bring it up and discuss it with them, though.
 
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Also don't discount the fact that all of the unacceptable shit that grandma is doing, was probably socially acceptable back when they were raising their own babies(you)

The Do's and Don'ts of raising a baby have changed drastically in the last 30 years, she may just be doing what she knows. She probably hasn't had a reason to keep up on the newest baby-raising techniques and changes in the decades in-between raising you, and now watching your baby.

Hell, I was born in the 70s, so I slept on my stomach, I got solid food starting at like 3 weeks, my mother smoked around me, etc. It's a miracle any of us survived
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Now that my mother watches my child 5 days a week, she's had to adjust. She still occasionally lets him sleep on his stomach, if he just does it while napping and in the same room as her so she can keep a close eye on him and I'm ok with that. Stomach in the crib is a no-no. She does go outside to smoke, and doesn't really smell like smoke since it's only 2 or 3 times a day.

Just work with your mom. I'm sure she loves her new grandchild, she may just be ignorant of all the newest baby-raising information and techniques.
 
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We started solid food around four months, but breast fed some until a year. The solid food we did was just puree of fruits and veg. I'd cook up and puree things like pumpkin or peas, then freeze them in ice cube trays. Nice serving sizes, ready to go. Those things thaw very quickly, too. Worked out very well for us.
 
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Thanks for the advice on solids.

I am starting to think our kid is not sleeping enough... she will generally only nap for an hour or two a day (sometimes less) and, while she always sleeps through the night (for the past 3 weeks at least), it's usually only from about 8 P.M. to 6 or 7 A.M. I know every kid is different but all the books and websites say that they should be sleeping like 15 hours a day or longer between 3 and 6 months.

Could be worse I guess. She is always happy and doesn't seem overtired at any point of the day but I know as she gets older this issue is just going to get bigger and bigger...
 
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At that age more often than not, if they are tired enough to sleep then they will. It may not always be at the times you wish it was but they'll sleep when they need to sleep. 12 to 13 hours is just fine I would think.
 
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All kids are different, they rarely conform exactly to what websites/books/etc say. Those things are more like guidelines. It couldn't hurt to journal her sleeping habits for a few days and then bring that to your pediatrician just be to sure. But there is a really wide range of normal as far as infant sleeping habits go.
 
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What chaos said. Our son is giving us fits right now with his (non)sleep schedule during the nights. But, if at any time during the day he's tired and it's not officially time to put him down for a nap, I'll find him sleeping on the floor anyway. I wouldn't stress - if your kid needs sleep, she'll go to sleep.
 
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OneofOne_sl said:
What chaos said. Our son is giving us fits right now with his (non)sleep schedule during the nights. But, if at any time during the day he's tired and it's not officially time to put him down for a nap, I'll find him sleeping on the floor anyway. I wouldn't stress - if your kid needs sleep, she'll go to sleep.
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What Chaos said?! Damn it, read the post before his!
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Sacel I just want to say you're doing an amazing job and its awesome to see you doing such a great job as a first time basically single dad.

Also - just make sure you take a meeting with an attorney to get some advice on what you can do to protect yourself in the event of a custody battle should it come up. Courts are biased towards mothers and you're an amazing dad - I'm not saying do anything in terms of steps in court - just make sure you're keeping an eye on what you need to do to be prepared.
 
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Eyashusa_sl said:
When did you guys start rice cereal? or did you just go to baby food? our pediatrician said 4 months and we are coming up on that so I'm fine waiting and following his direction, just curious. Some stuff I've been reading says rice cereal is not that great because of an enzyme used for digestion of the starches not being produced in babies until after they are a year old.
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We haven't totally decided but I think we'll be skipping rice cereal. Basically does zero for them from a nutrition standpoint. We'll probably do baby led weaning.
 
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Mix rice cereal with formula and butter (melted) - easy, fast and somewhat nutritional for when you're not running at 100% parenting efficiency
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So I wound up taking the kiddo to the pediatrician a week ago. They think the cough was the second virus he caught (the first being the one from me). But as suspected, nothing they could really tell us to do that we weren't already doing. Cough started to go away over the weekend and the congestion started to clear. Until yesterday. He developed a 100-100.4 fever so we did Tylenol for the first time last night...his teacher noticed he was kind of off yesterday as well. Today he's low grade fever and just really ranty. Congestion is back but not the mucous stuff from last week (clear)....god dammit
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. I hope maybe we'll just go through all this crap fast for his sake then coast through winter.

If I didn't have a snuza I wouldn't sleep.
 
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Re: giving infants solid food - there's studies that link early exposure to solid food, specifically cereal, with autoimmune gut diseases and food allergies (like celiac and gluten intolerance). I don't have them off hand, but my wife showed them to me when our son was a couple months old and my mother mentioned something about us starting him on rice cereal. A baby's gut isn't fully closed until several months after their born so giving them anything other than formula or breast milk is putting them at a huge risk.

We followed the rule of waiting to try to give him solid food until he had a pincher grasp. I follow the theory that food for infants isn't for sustenance so much as learning how to eat and not choke.
 
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