Cow & Gate Baby Balance Creamed Porridge

When my children started the weaning stage i was shocked to discover that most baby cereals contained gluten even though they said ' suitable from four to six months onwards' cow and gates baby balance creamed porridge was one of the only ones i found that was actually suitable so i brought quite a few packs. At first i made up a tiny amount with water as stated on the packet but depending on your baby you can add more or less water to make it to the consistency you require. My babies all loved their porridge first thing in the morning and as they got older i added various pureed fruits to it which went down well with them. Once they got older i found that it ...  Read the complete review

I remember when my babies were small, I couldn't wait for them to reach the age of 4 months. Why 4 months? Because that's when I could start giving them 'real' food. Well, that's if you call pureed carrots and white slop real food. It's maybe peculiar to me, but I used to love trying out all the different baby foods on offer. It's amazing what's available in the supermarket for those babies to eat and it certainly saves on the time involved in making your own baby food. Breakfast cereal is probably my favourite food in the world and we have a cupboard full of just about every cereal you could imagine. However, babies need to start off with something ...  Read the complete review

This is a first-stage weaning food and is suitable from 4 months upwards as it is gluten free. It was another big hit with my baby when he was between 4 and 6 months. I think he was just a fan of baby cereals in general. This says to make it up with water but I also did it with expressed breast milk when my son was off his milk for a couple of days as I was worried that he was not getting enough and he enjoyed it this way too. As with all the Cow and Gate cereals, if you make it according to the instructions you end up with watery slop but this is easily remedied by just continuing to add small extra amounts of the cereal until it ...  Read the complete review