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Princess'M':
Hey all! Our baby girl will be starting solids soon. Want to start with cereal but all the ones I can find are iron fortified. Any suggestions as to which ones don't contain iron? I don't even mind making it at home if its not ready made. Please tell me the brand and where I might be able to purchase. TIA.

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Algol:
Hello

I was advised by my doctor to eat cereals at breakfast so to add calcium supplements to my diet. I exposed my concerns about introducing also unwanted iron into my diet, since most of the cereals have added iron (if not all). However, she replied that the the iron in the cereals would not add more than what I normally eat from red meat and it's nothing compared to the iron overload arising from blood transfusions. I may have understood it wrong, but I guess it makes sense.

Hope this helps.

Andy Battaglia:
Keep in mind that you can take any suitable adult food, put it in the blender and serve it to a baby. This includes adult cereals like oatmeal and other cooked cereals. It's much cheaper and the baby likes eating the same foods as the adults are having. I have 5 kids and we almost never used prepared baby foods or cereals.

Princess'M':
Hi Algol and Andy. Algol, you're right -- I asked the hemo and they said the same thing. I actually researched a little bit and Kashi brand makes a few cereals that are quite low in iron. So Andy I will be using your trick to start her on these :)

Andy Battaglia:
A baby food grinder works great. Our kids ate most of the same things we ate. It saves a lot of money too.

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