Weetabix .... anyone know from what age?

[TheGabster]

Only I am just looking at the packet wondering if my LO (6.5m) might fancy it for breakfast. He seems to hate baby porridge and is still doing the baby rice thing which seems a bit hum drum. I'm feeling adventerous!!

Is it a bad idea?

I'm sure it's fine for babies - my children had it but can't remember exactly the age they were.

I think it's just wheat, so fine from 6 months (same as other advice about wheat)

DS had it from 6 months, gluten fine after this. There is some salt in it, but I reckoned that he was eating such small amounts to start with that it didn't really matter (there is also salt in bread for example).

Warning - DS decided that BLW was for weetabix too: messy, v messy!

Can't remember when I started giving it to ds but dd 8mo has been eating it for at least 4 weeks. She loves it and seems fine!

BRILLIANT - thanks MN'ers.

PS RhienSt - LOL!!

Oh yeah, its fine. Word of warning, I agree with RhinestoneCowgirl make sure you clear it up straight away f it gets on ANYTHING It's like cement! Dries and sticks fast!

Ready brek is ok for babies aswell. My cousin hated baby rice and baby porridge but loved ready break!

TheGabster, you're in Munich, right? Where do you buy your Weetabix? I need to get some for DS2.

He there TQO - DH found it in REWE - there is a really big one near where he works in Unterhaching I think.

Must say DS LOOOOOOVES it. Crunch it up with loads of milk and some fruit and I can't shovel it in quick enough!

DS1 practically lived on Weetabix when we were in the UK. It's ideal as a first breakfast, and I really need to get some for DS2. I'm now actually considering trekking over to Unterhaching to bulk buy!!

Have you not got a Rewe near you, TQT? Put your post code in the top right hand corner of here and see.

Aren't they salty? We have Dove's Farm 'wheetybixy' (what we call it here). There is another brand with no salt but I can't for the life of me remember what it is called.

Oooh fantastic. There's a Rewe in the next town. Cheers, TheGabster.

they are not that salty - 2 whole biscuits have a quarter of a gram of salt so one or a half a biscuit would have only an eighth or a sixteenth of a gram of salt respectively.

What about Oatibix? The fibre is soluable rather than insoluable. But the basic weetabix-sized ones, not the mini ones which have extra ingredients.

Do you think a whole weetabix is a bit ambitious for a 7.5m old? Not sure if 1/2 is enough - he looks at me as if I am starving him, but a whole one just seems ... I don't know. How much do you guys give?

PS oatibix, Dove's farm, whatever. It was hard enough to find weetabix in Germany, I'm afraid the rest will probably be impossible, but thanks for the thought.

I did 1/3rd - 1/2 a biscuit when I first started. I did add fruit puree to it as well which makes the portion a bit bigger.

Could post some to you?

Ahhhwww - what a sweetie. Thank you kindly for the offer but no worries - I'm sure we will survive. We have baby musli, and he loves cornflakes. Am also trying to get him to eat more of his toast fingers at the moment, instead of sucking off all the fruit .

if you want other ideas we do porridge, puffed wheat and shredded wheat as they are the only sugar and salt free ones i know of.

sometimes instead of milk ds has yoghurt on it and also sometimes fruit or unsalted nuts.

he also likes potato waffles, hash browns, crumpets, muffins, bagels, croissants and toast (especially with homemade cashew nut butter and french toast with cinnamon).

when he goes to my nan's he gets homemade pork and apple sausages which he thinks are great. i can't make them for him here cos i haven't got a food processor yet so it's a special treat.

I'd not be keen on Weetabix too early. They have got added salt (and sugar?) and a lot of insoluble fibre. And Readybrek etc has additives. I used my blender to smash up good quality oats and a bit of dried fruit to make what I thought was a good, inexpensive, digestible alternative. Soaked in milk (ideally overnight) and cooked in the microwave.
It's apparently important (to reduce faddiness) that babies get different textures from an early stage, and as my sprogs grew I smashed the muesli up a little less, and varied the content - different dried fruit, or fresh fruit, or yogurt. It worked for us.

OOOh, Tilia and nappyaddict you do go that extra mile, don't you. Hash browns is a good idea - I suppose I could cook them the night before.

I managed to get some special baby musli which he likes and obviously, porridge (not redy-break as can't ge that here) and I made him some pancakes on a wim the other day which he loved. Already done the bagels/muffins/croissants/yoghurt etc and croissants are definitely his fave! I ttied to make some of those oatmeal pancakes everyone is on about but just can't get it to work.

Any other ideas greatly appreciated!

I think Weetabix has added sugar - my friend uses Hippobix instead, which is similar but sugar free.

i have never heard of hippobix where do you get it from?

hipp-a-bisc are made by hipp organic and you get them in the baby aisle with the other baby foods. They are much more expensive and have a lot less in the packet than weetabix. Weetabix are not very sugary at all so I would rather buy that than overpriced baby food.