Should I delay introducing wheat until my baby is older?


Ideally according to health officials, it is best to try giving your baby iron-fortified rice cereal. Rice is easy to digest, bland in taste and gluten-free (not likely to create food allergy). Convenient to make and you can adjust the quantity and texture as you go along. Though you can make rice porridge at home, iron fortified rice cereal contains the much-required mineral. Start with a runny consistency akin to milk in the very beginning and thicken it as your baby adjusts to this new food. At this stage a few teaspoons is enough as your baby's stomach is small (the size of her fist)!