cold cereal...

after i feed my girls their breakfast i eat my bowl of cereal. i give some to my girls and they LOOOVE it. can i give THEM cold cereal (rice krispies, etc) for breakfast? mine is pretty soggy when i eat it (the way i like it, gross, i know). is that healthy enough for them?

 

Sure! Plenty of breakfast cereals are fortified with lots of iron and vitamins, so that's good. We have cold cereal for breakfast every day.

 

excellent! cuz they love it! they look SO bored when they're eating their own breakfast, but as soon as i pick up my bowl of cereal, they perk up and start screaming and dancing cuz they know i'll share

 

Just watch out because lots of cereals are not super healthy... I know that rice crispy has a lot of fat and sodium for not much nutrition for example, and lots of cereals are loaded with sugar (there's an article about it in American Baby this month).

 

ABSOLUTELY!!! I started with cherrios and the whole grain cheerios. I would let it soak in the milk for about 5 minutes before feeding it to them so that it was mooshier and they LOVED it!!

 

Look for the boxes that say whole grains, those are good.

 

Ohhh! Good question! I'll have to give them some cheerios on Monday. They'll love it!

 

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Ohhh! Good question! I'll have to give them some cheerios on Monday. They'll love it!



you better post pics from the bday party!

 

I let my girls eat dry cheerios. Are you going to soak the cereal in whole milk or formula or just regular milk or what?

 

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I let my girls eat dry cheerios. Are you going to soak the cereal in whole milk or formula or just regular milk or what?



well i figure i'll soak it in 2% for now while we're still on formula. then once we are all cow's milk and no more formula, i'll do whole milk.

 

I give my littles Cheerios as finger food all the time, but also feed them cold cereal with milk for breakfast on occasion (they're 9 month). I use a bit of 2% milk because that's what I have around for my older DS, but when we switch to whole milk at 1 yr, I'll just use that.

I also spoon feed them oatmeal with a bit of milk. They adore all types of cereal, hot or cold.