Oatmeal for 7 month old. How do I make it?

[mommgee]

I’ve looked up a few articles and they confuse me.

I was planning on getting some traditional oats but I don’t know how to make it smooth like a purée? Do I just add her milk and stir or do I need to blend it?

How did you guys make it?

As with everyone else. Make it as normal, let it cool down.

and yes to using normal milk.

You're over thinking it.

Just make it as you would for yourself. Yes to cows milk. Add mashed banana in. Maybe a sprinkle of cinnamon. Don't add sugar.

Nice easy meal.

You can definitely use normal cows milk. I always used it for cereals when I was weaning, and actually I think it made things easier when they were one and I stopped formula as they were already used to the taste.

I started with ready brek and once they were happy with that just moved on to normal oats.

No need for pureeing anything for a six or seven month old baby. That advice only applied to babies who were weaned at three or four months, and had well and truly gone out by the time I had my youngest 22 years ago.There is no need to make life more complicated than it needs to be. Make porridge for yourself and give your baby a little on a spoon or make some extra thick so that she can serve herself. Either way sit and eat your breakfast while the baby does .

@yikesanotherbooboo thats what the articles said - that’s why I asked on here. I thought it was too complicated and over the top.

We just made porridge according to the instructions, but with formula instead of our usual milk.

If you want it smoother, you can just put the oats in a food processor before cooking but you don't need to.
I make it as normal and add in some mashed banana for some flavour.

We gave ours Oatibix - easier all round. Just started with about a third of a biscuit made mushy with warm milk and built it up with their appetite.

Put normal porridge oats (unsweetened) in a blender. Blend until finer than they started out.

Add to saucepan, add full fat milk, more milk than oats, simmer until cooked. Remove from heat, stir, add more milk to thin if you want, or to cool.

Agree with PPs about Ready Brek as a better option thanks to fortification.

I wouldn't use oatibix for a baby, it's ultra processed and has sugar in it. I'd just use porridge oats and full fat milk. No need to blend anything.

I have been using Readybrek - nice and easy and it’s fortified as PP say. I use formula if just making it for her as it has more nutrition and I don’t normally have full fat milk at home anyway. Wouldn’t have brought formula just got porridge if wasn’t formula feeding and would be happy to serve her porridge I’d made for us (if no sugar or honey) but I don’t really eat it myself.

Just for context Readybrek...

Oatibix...

We just made it the normal way

My DS is 8 months and has had ReadyBrek (which is blended oats) and normal porridge. He ate both fine made with cows milk. I have introduced milk by stirring grated cheese in with mashed sweet potato and butternut squash for example, making little egg/cheese muffins, and giving yogurt just as a few examples.

We also have some baby porridge in as if you are in a rush in the morning you can just stir the hot water in.

Why is the fat in orange when it's lower than the other product?

Because it’s based on a % of the recommended serving size.

You've not quoted helpful info. The ready brek one you've shown is with milk and I don't think the oatibix is. That's why the ready brek looks like it has more sugar.

A like for like 100g portion with no milk reveals this, ie. That oatibix has a lot more sugar (second image where you can see 'two biscuits' is the oatibix). Not that milk sugar is bad, but readybrek also has less added sugar.

I don't understand. Both products appear to be based on a serving size but the one in orange is lower in grams and percentage. Does that mean the fat is too low?

I used to blend the dry oats before cooking them, adding liquid etc
just makes it smoother

@Okunevo I don't think the info used is comparable, see my post. That's why one sticks out and one doesn't despite appearing similar.

I do wish supermarkets had to use the 100g or 30g only examples and not two biscuits or whatever they think is suitable because people to misunderstand.

I've always preferred porridge to weetabix or similar because it has less sugar and less salt.

For clarity I wouldn't be worrying about 0.7g extra fat for a small child. But certainly for an under one I'd want minimal salt and minimal sugar.

Thanks, I agree they should be comparable. I also think cereals should just show the info for the product only, not including milk. You can use various types of milk and milk substitutes and some children eat dry cereal.

@Okunevo this also shows a 2 biscuit portion when my LOs started with a third of a biscuit.

I do think sometimes we can be too over cautious with a tiny amount of sugars and salt. I made their teatime meals and didn't include salt and they ate what we did.
The comparison is what you see some babies/ toddlers with whilst out and about! My DC are 4 and 6 now and have a very healthy understanding and relationship with food.