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why baby rice?
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bby rice has very little nutritional value and the only purpose is to introduce babies to a new texture. my hv has said not to bother with it, as we are starting weaning at 6 months, as at 6 months they should totally by-pass purees and be on more of a mash.
but i see lots of people on here start with baby rice. it looks awful and has no value, so why do people give it? i'd have thought, and im not saying im right im just asking, that if people give babyrice then it's a thicker substance, so baby would drink less milk, therefore consuming less calories / nutriton, not more. is that not right? surely a hungry baby would need more nutrition, not less? ?
but i see lots of people on here start with baby rice. it looks awful and has no value, so why do people give it? i'd have thought, and im not saying im right im just asking, that if people give babyrice then it's a thicker substance, so baby would drink less milk, therefore consuming less calories / nutriton, not more. is that not right? surely a hungry baby would need more nutrition, not less? ?
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You mix it with breast milk or formula so it does have a slight bit of nutrition I guess.
Serena X
i think the baby rice/hungry thing is because its fills up more, like normal rice, it expands once in ur tummy, so yeh u take less in but fills u up for longer and as a complex carbohydrate it takes a lot longer for ur body to digest, so again, is in ur tummy for longer, keeping u feeling full.
thanks for the responses.
Having said that I don't believe in giving my baby something that I wouldn't eat myself and I just saw baby rice as a manufactured product full of nothing. My baby had carrot for his first food and I can honestly say that we've got by just fine without the need for baby rice xx
Er not really. It's rice.
Agree that it's not worth bothering with in terms of nutritional value though. I just use it as a thickener for fruit & veg purees.
Don't think we'll bother with it for baby girl..just go straight to the cereal and mush
have to say i'd be quicker to give rice than a pudding jar with rice in it??
When I wean dd (not yet as currently only 11 weeks) I'm planning to skip baby rice and start with veg, although not sure which yet - I'm open to suggestions, don't want anything too sweet. I;m also planning on starting finger foods as soon as poss (once she's 6 months I mean) - ds was spoonfed for quite a while and then took a while to get the hang of finger foods, so I think even just giving her some to hold while I spoonfeed her would help.
Calleigh, my HV said at 4 months puree, at 5 months mashed potato consistency and at 6 months lumps - if your dd is 6 months there's no real need to give her slop at all.
unfortunatly not!