Rice Cereal As Baby First Food

When solid foods are introduced around 6 months. Infant rice cereal is generally given as baby first food. It is because:

• Free of gluten.

• Easily thinned to a texture not much thicker than milk, so is very easily digested by most infants and unlikely to cause any upsets for a infant.

• Low in fibre compared with adult cereal. A baby's dedicate gut does not require harsh cereal fibre and fibre is very bulky and can "fill up" your baby so that he doesn't have room for all the other food. Fibre also interferes with the absorption of some important nutrients.

• Unlikely to trigger an allergic reaction 

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