[Casey677]

My MIL joined us out of state while we were waiting for ICPC of our first baby. She ran to the store to "just get a few little things" - yeah, she came back with a BIG box of Gerber rice cereal and tried to insist I put it in her bottle. Um, no. She was 6 days old, fresh out of the NICU and she wanted me to give her cereal? UGh. My first and my third both had severe reflux issues. With both of them I held off adding cereal until they were almost 4 months. My pediatrician said as long as they were gaining weight and growing it was the best thing to do since research has proven that rice cereal earlier than 4 months greatly increases the likelihood of future allergies. My dh and both of his sibs have terrible allergies and asthma (yes, my know-it-all MIL also was a smoker).