Rice cereal is recommended as a first food for babies because it’s bland, tastes a little like milk and it’s easy to digest.

Bellamy’s Organic Baby Rice is an ideal first food because it’s pure, gentle and nutritious with a smooth texture. The grains are finely milled and prepare to a gentle flake that is easily mixed with breast milk or baby formula.

• Baby Rice is a perfect choice because it’s gluten free, easy to digest, and contains both mineral iron and vitamin C.
• Introduce Bellamy’s Organic Baby Rice gradually to your baby's diet.
• Offer the rice cereal between or after a milk feed. Start by using a firm plastic spoon with a shallow bowl.
• The first solid meal of rice cereal needs to be sloppy and smooth in texture.

To begin with introduce one meal of baby rice cereal per day.

Slowly increase to three meals per day over 3 - 4 weeks.

It is not necessary to add seasonings like salt, or sweeten with sugar or honey, or add any flavourings to the meals you prepare for your baby.

Start with 1 - 2 teaspoons of solids then increase the quantity to 2 - 3 tablespoons and then build up to three meals a day at your baby’s own pace.

Try one food at a time and introduce a new food every 2 - 4 days adding to their repertoire and expanding their existing diet and tastes for a range of different flavours and textures.

Continue to add new solid foods as your baby gets used to more variety and flavours, and becomes more adventurous - no doubt with some very funny facial expressions, and ‘messy’ meal times along the way!

Once your baby is used to Baby Rice, a little mashed banana, pumpkin or avocado can be added to broaden your baby’s repertoire.

• Made in Australia