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Cereal in Baby's Bottle?  By Rachel Rabkin Pechman  What you've
heard: It's okay to put infant cereal in your baby's bottle  The
truth: It's not advised except in rare instances, such as when a
baby has severe reflux and isn't getting enough calories to
grow. "We're not talking about mildly spitty or gassy babies,"
says Jennifer Shu, M.D., coauthor of Food Fights: Winning the
Nutritional Challenges of Parenthood Armed With Insight, Humor,
and a Bottle of Ketchup (out August 2007 at Even in the tough
cases, first check with your doctor about other options, such as
supplementing with extra formula or trying medication, like
antacids.  "Babies know how much they need to drink based on
volume, so upping the calories in the bottle can cause them to
overfeed and become overweight," says Dr. Shu.  As for giving
infant cereal at bedtime to help your baby sleep longer, studies
show that it doesn't w