Cow & Gate Baby Balance Fruity Breakfast

My son loved this when I was first weaning him, and kept opening his mouth for more. It is made with water rather than milk which I found excellent for first stage (under 6 months) weaning as you cannot use cows milk, I do not use formula and if it needed to be mixed with milk I would have had to express which is extra hassle and difficult to fit around the 2 hourly breastfeeds he was already having. You make it with 2 spoons of cereal to 6 spoons of water. It does not make it clear what size spoons but we used tablespoon measurements and the portion size seemed about right. It meant that if I was out and about I could measure a portion of cereal ...  Read the complete review

Once my son had started being weaned and had tried his first tastes of baby rice and plain fruit and vegetable, I decided to try him with a different flavour cereal for his breakfast so he was trying a variety of different flavours. I decided to try him with the Cow and Gate baby balance fruity cereal; this cost £1.77 for a 125g box. The box itself is blue and has a picture of a baby with a spoon in its mouth on the front and has a picture of fruit at the side of it. At the top of the box it has the Cow and Gate logo and advises that it is from 4 months onwards. It also states that it has one third of key daily vitamins, no added sugar and no added salt. ...  Read the complete review

At around 16 weeks old my twin girls had got to the point where they wanted feeding every hour, day and night it was driving me insane especially as i had 2 of them to feed. Theyd already been on hungry baby milk since 12 weeks but it hadnt made a difference. They were showing ever sign of weaning and i was a little put off trying because of the guidelines the heath visitors state to us now but i couldnt have waited so i went with one of the most well known brands cow and gate (i also use their milk) and started with baby rice. However they never seemed too keen on baby rice i stuck at it for 3 days just to get them used to the texture and decided to try ...  Read the complete review

My baby was just over 4 months old and was starting to watch me closely when I was eating. She was also practically eating her hands! All signs of wanting solids so I decided to try her on some baby foods suitable for her age. ** Some facts about the company "Cow & Gate" ** In 1711 Cow & Gate started out as a small grocery shop in Guildford at Number 20 High Street, owned by the Gates family. Cow & Gate is part of Group Danone, a leading global company specialising in health through food and beverages. Cow & Gate still work closely with the medical profession to develop the best foods ...  Read the complete review

My Son loves this for his breakfast. He goes through a box every 5 days so i may have to move him on to the next age stage! This cereal can be mixed with cool, boiled water so its much easier then messing about with breast or formula milk. On the box there are mixing guidelines but i tend to just put some of the cereal into the bowl and then mix in the water until i get the desired consistency. Once mixed i usually put it in the microwave for a few seconds, just to warm it up for him, especially now its winter. The only problem is that sometimes the mixture can turn quite stodgy when its has been heated this way so you may prefer to add hot boiling water instead ...  Read the complete review