How To Make Baby Cereal

  • July 1, 2009
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Is baby ready for their first solid meal? Cereal is a nutritious first food for little ones.

You Will Need

  • Dry baby cereal
  • Breast milk or formula
  • Mashed or strained fruits and vegetables

Talk to your pediatrician about when to start giving your baby solid foods and which foods to introduce first.

How To Make Baby Cereal: Measure the cereal

Step 1: Measure the cereal

Measure one tablespoon of dry cereal into a bowl.

How To Make Baby Cereal: Warm the liquid

Step 2: Warm the liquid

Heat a bottle of breast milk or formula in a bowl of hot water. Test the temperature on the inside of your wrist.

How To Make Baby Cereal: Add the liquid

Step 3: Add the liquid

Mix the cereal with four or five tablespoons of breast milk or formula – the cereal should be very runny.

Use less liquid and more cereal as baby gets used to eating solids.

How To Make Baby Cereal: Mix it up

Step 4: Mix it up

Add mashed fruits or vegetables to the cereal once baby gets used to eating.

Jarred baby food first appeared on grocery-store shelves in the 1920s.

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HeatherM

Nice bid, and cool baby participation!

over 2 years ago by HeatherM

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