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Cereal for infant without iron

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Sharmin:
You may also try an organic store - organic baby cereal is not iron fortified - and that is what we fed little A - check to make sure when purchasing if the particular brand is fortied :)

Sharmin

Princess'M':
Thanks Sharmin, I will look for a few. The Princess is quite particular about other things so she may not like just one type ;)

BabyI:
How about Cheerios. Can I blend that and give with breastmilk. My baby is 6 months. What else can I give her? I was thinking about only breastmilk for a couple more months but may give a little cereal here and there. Do you give any vitamins or other supplements? 

Bostonian_04:
do not get too fixated on the iron content in food. With Tx, the iron from the food is miniscule compared to the actual Tx. Also with today's chelation meds avaiability, the compliance to chelation is pretty good and then the iron from the food is really non-issue unless someone is having steak for every meal :)

Cari:
We always used the infant, iron fortified cereal but as the kids got older we gave them the adult kind and just used the babyfood blender. It's definitely the best investment ever because u can steam and blend anything and u know what u r giving your baby.

Go to wholesomebabyfood.com for what foods to introduce when and recipes. I love that site. If u r breastfeeding, the milks all your baby needs for the first 6 months. I didn't start either of my kids on solids until they were 7 months. This way, I knew that there was no extra iron from food going into them as long as I could control it hah
If u r breastfeeding, here is an article on the benefits of waiting to introduce solids...u will be pleasantly surprised.

.  http://www.breastfeedingbasics.com/articles/starting-solids-waiting-is-worth-it

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