Is it okay to give an 8 month old cornflakes?

[~Kim~]

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.

[KatieRabbit]

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?

[Gigi]

i'm struggling to remember what i gave DD at that age now, but i remember her being very nonplussed with the farex, so we switched to a baby cereal, from the babyfoods aisle at the supermarket, it was some kind of baby muesli with apple. Which she loved.

I agree with Falguni, about adding sweet fruit to cereals your bub is not keen on, e.g pureed apple, sultanas, Rafferty's fruit tube contents.

I don't give my nearly 3yo cornflakes (due to the sugar and salt content), but do give her weetbix. I might let her have cornflakes, once she is competent at brushing her teeth. (right now, it's more of a game to her).