Why put rice cereal in 2 month olds bottle?
There ARE no benefits! People will say that it fills the baby up so they sleep longer, but in all honesty, this can cause problems. At 2 months old, a babies digestive tract is not developed enough to handle solid foods. On occasion a doctor will tell you to do this, because the benefits outweigh the risks (like when my oldest was a month old and have a reflux problem, the doctor had us add a little rice cereal to thicken it and coat the stomach, but only so that my son would keep the food down). Babies should NOT be given solid food until AT LEAST 4 months of age, UNLESS TOLD OTHERWISE BY THE PEDIATRICIAN. Introducing solids too soon can actually cause food allergies (it isn’t guaranteed to, but it can). I hope this helps some.
http://www.drgreene.org/body.cfm?id=21&a… During the previous generation or two, when bottle-feeding became very popular, rice cereal was often put into the bottle at a very early age. What were the results? Most children seemed to thrive. A small number of children, though, did not tolerate the addition, because their sucking and swallowing actions were not yet fully coordinated. They inhaled small amounts of the rice cereal into their lungs, which led to pulmonary problems. I’m much more concerned about a subtler issue. Babies are born with a wonderful mechanism for knowing how much food they need. During the early months, they take their cues from the volume of what they drink. Adding cereal derails this mechanism. It forces them to take in deceptively large amounts of calories. It teaches them to overeat. By starting with a spoon, resting between bites, and stopping when your child lets you kn
