A member asked:

Does my baby need rice cereal or water?

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Dr. Gregory Hines answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Probably not: You do not mention the age of the infant, but no infant under the age of 4 months needs cereal, and water only serves to dilute the calories they are taking in. The only reason to feed the infant water is if they are vomiting, and you cannot get them to drink formula, pedialyte, or gatorade, in that order.

Answered 6/27/2012

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