Rice Cereal

We recently introduced Alana to rice cereal. Her Pediatrician recommended we do it between 4 and 6 months. Apparently, a baby's iron stores deplete around that time and not enough iron is provided through breast milk. Rice cereal, other iron fortified foods/formula, or supplements are therefore recommended.

We first tried it a couple weeks ago and Alana wanted nothing to do with it. She shook her head vigorously back and forth and kept her lips tightly closed. I tried three nights in a row with the same reaction each time. I then took a break and decided to try again tonight.

Surprisingly, tonight was a success! Her reaction was so different. You can see in the video she's still a bit apprehensive, but overall she did really well and made us very proud. Amazing how seemingly little achievements give us such joy! Way to go Alana!