Cereals for babies low on sugar

StarBright01

Hi, just wondering what cereals ye would recommend for a 6 month old? She's been on baby rice to date & bought baby porridge today but it seems loaded with sugar so going to return.

Anne_cordelia

Ordinary porridge is way better. The consistency should be fine for a 6 month old but if you are worried give it a whizz in the blender. Weetabix too.

Anne_cordelia

In general avoid all those baby food products as they are mostly muck and processed.

StarBright01

Thanks a million Anne I'll give porridge a go!

scarepanda

My lo has porridge and banana most mornings for breakfast and she absolutely loves it!

Wheetabix is great and very handy of you don't have time to cook porridge, but the nappies are awful to clean up. I find bits of wheetabix crumbs(?) get stuck to her skin and it's a pain

Toots

My little guy loved ready brek, but just mind if you're buying the store own brands because I noticed some of them had a higher salt content. It's scary how much sugar is in those baby cereals.

StarBright01

scarepanda wrote: »

My lo has porridge and banana most mornings for breakfast and she absolutely loves it!

Wheetabix is great and very handy of you don't have time to cook porridge, but the nappies are awful to clean up. I find bits of wheetabix crumbs(?) get stuck to her skin and it's a pain

How do you cook it? I normally just blitz my own porridge in the microwave

appledrop

I have the organix baby porridge + defintely no sugar in it. Find it really good. You could always try porridge when older. I wouldn't give a baby under 1 weetabix as it has salt added to it.

Anne_cordelia

appledrop wrote: »

I have the organix baby porridge + defintely no sugar in it. Find it really good. You could always try porridge when older. I wouldn't give a baby under 1 weetabix as it has salt added to it.

The salt levels of weetabix are 0.28g per 100g which is really low. Per two biscuit serving salt is 0.1g and no way would a 6 month old eat 2 biscuits so they amount of salt they would actually consume is tiny - less then 0.05g and the recommendation up to 12mths is less than 1g.
https://m.tesco.ie/mt/www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=254852996

appledrop

I understand what your saying but personally I still wouldn't give a child under 1 anything with salt added to. Plenty of other alternatives.

Anne_cordelia

appledrop wrote: »

I understand what your saying but personally I still wouldn't give a child under 1 anything with salt added to. Plenty of other alternatives.

I don't use baby food products at all as they are mostly very processed so there are very few cereals suitable with low sugar and salt levels except normal porridge and weetabix.

Bunnyslippers

I wouldn't touch baby cereals with a barge pole either - I just give mine organic porridge made with milk with a mashed up banana for myself and my lo to share - he loves it!!:) Can also add in a bit of live yoghurt when it's cooled down a bit just to help their little gut bugs!;)

scarepanda

StarBright01 wrote:

How do you cook it? I normally just blitz my own porridge in the microwave

I have porridge myself with some honey, so I cook both together. Normal porridge, measured by mug and I add double the quantity of milk (I love milky porridge). Into a pot and cook till it's bubbling, take it off the heat and let it cook further itself then put her share into a bowl and add mashed Banana. You need to stir it constantly though when cooking it on the hob.

Iv never blitzed it, but she never really had much problem with her swallow and gagging etc so I never had the need to put it through the food processor.

My lo absolutely loves Bananas, and sings when she's getting her breakfast, but any fruit is good. Iv added other stuff if I'm out of Banana.

As for wheetabix, it's very rare she gets it, only when I'm stuck for time or when we are away because it's handy to bring around. The resulting nappies are just too much of a pain in the behind!

rainbow kirby

My son has been getting Weetabix and warm milk in nursery since he started there, he also loves porridge with a tiny bit of cinnamon. I like to give him a bit of fresh fruit after cereal too.

lazygal

If you buy normal porridge oats just whizz them in a blender, hey presto Ready Brek! Much cheaper too and you know whats in it.