You are so not an idiot hun. We can't all know everything - and for some reason the honey thing isn't talked about much. The thing is that the effects come on quickly so you can know for sure that your boys are just fine. Don't feel bad hun.
Mel, don't beat yourself up hun. I only found out about honey by reading it in the forums here too! It's definitely better than sugar, so after 12 months go for it! I plan to as well. Thanks for the tips about the cereal that works for you - rice puffs was something I hadn't thought about. Unfortunate oat porridge is the stuff she is rejecting at the moment, so we've tried that.
MR - thanks again You have so much fantastic info that's really helpful. The info on the salt content is really handy and I'll use that as my benchmark. And I think that may be the best option that you suggested. Just to let it go for now, not stress about it, and try again in a week/few weeks etc., whichever cereal. I do understand that whilst still BF the solids are just for experience, hence I don't really want to keep pushing something she's not interested in, but I do need to let it go now and not stress about it so much, I guess. She's happy eating toast squares and some fruit at breakfast, so that's great and I should be happy with that. We haven't started red meat yet, but I was planning to start that in the next couple of days as we've got fish and chicken going well and I know the iron in the red meat will be great at this point.
Cereal - the bane of my life the past 3 months - DS2 would take nothing at all in teh way of cereal. Until this week - we are taking in about 1 tblspn of porridge WOOOOOOT
However, someone said to me to try rice as well - we just dont think of it in our culture as a cereal for brekky!! With some stewed fruit or something - yum
The Rafferty's fruit things (we call them squeezies) are good for adding some sweetness to cereal, and you can don't have to use it all at once, and they're all fruit, nothing added.
That's how I got DD onto weetbix.
Neither of my kids would eat cereal made with EBM - only water. Maybe try the porridge with just water....gross I know but worth a try. Darcy still eats hers like this at 3+ - no fruit no honey no sugar, just porridge.
You can buy millet in the health food shop- in the ground/powdery form and make a really smooth porridge out of this. We alternate millet and oats (finely ground) during the week and weetbix in the weekend. I just heat up milk in the saucepan and add a heaped tablespoon of millet and stir it while it comes to the boil. It thickens and I add pureed fruit and DD loves it. Actually I have got my mum onto it too! It is also an extremely nutritious grain and not processed.
I would give the cornflakes once a week at a stretch and try and give some other cereals a go. It may be the texture of oats that your DD is opposed to?
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Thanks for the tips about the cereal that works for you - rice puffs was something I hadn't thought about. Unfortunate oat porridge is the stuff she is rejecting at the moment, so we've tried that.
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