I started my baby on solid food when she was 4 months 3 weeks old. Up until recently, her solid diet is solely pureed rice. Just plain white rice, to be specific.

Consumption of brown rice seems to be on the increase among my friends and family. Yesterday I read an article and some forum discussions that brown rice is highly nutritious as it is not processed and stripped of it’s natural goodness.

I’ve been eager to introduce brown rice to baby Clarisse’s diet so yesterday, I bought a packet of organic brown rice under the brand of Radiant Whole Food for her. According to the label, this organic brown rice is not polished and most nutrients are intact. It also very digestable and good source of protein, vitamins and minerals. I don’t know how true is it, but I will try it out for a week.

In the forum, some people said brown rice might cause a bit of constipation but as long as you give more water and barley water to the baby, she will be alright.

I have also gathered a couple of methods to prepare brown rice for babies:

Method 1 :

Wash the brown rice and then sun it to dry. After that, bake the rice for a short while to make sure that it’s very dry, so that you are sure to keep the rice longer. Use the electric grinder to make it into very fine powder. It’s easier to make more at one time, and store it in a container in the refrigerator. Usually one teaspoon of the brown rice makes one meal.

Some people might think it’s a trouble to grind the brown rice in to very fine powder, here is another way to boil brown rice.

Method 2 :

After you had wash the brown rice, soak in the water for few hours before you boil with slow cooker. Pour the brown rice together with the water into slow cooker and leave it boil for over night in low temperature. This is because nutrients will seep into water when brown rice is soaked. You can sieve the porridge in order to make it puree-like.

Currently I’m following the second method.

I start off by boiling a mix of white rice and brown rice, in equal portions. I’m avoiding using solely brown rice as I’m afraid it might cause constipation problems for my baby Clarisse, if what I read from a forum is true. Also, I’m concerned introducing too much fibre in my baby’s diet since I’m feeding her Organic Oat Cereal in the evenings too.

I would be glad if anyone could advise me whether baby Clarisse is having too much fibre. Anyone out there is feeding your baby with brown rice? Please share your thoughts on brown rice for babies’ diet. Much appreciated!