WIC Cereal Ammount

[purpledaffodil]

Sorry this may be a silly question but I wondered if anyone else ever ran into this situation. I receive 3 boxes of infant cereal a month for my 10 month old daughter. I NEVER use all of it, I have a few boxes sitting in my cabinet right now. I suppose my question is how much cereal should I be using? I thought WIC was only a supplemental program. Am I feeding her too little cereal? Also, she gets grains in other places such as cheerios, goldfish etc. I just wanted to hear from other moms on how much they give their child. Thanks so much for your time!

[luvhubandbabys]

I never gave my kids cereal. I honestly never used the cereal checks.

[just_glider]

each child is different. my 2 year old would only use 1 box A month.

[Daynaof3]

You don't have to purchase all of the food on the checks if you don't need it or won't use it. Cereal is pretty much empty calories anyway, I wish they would give better infant food options than cereals and jarred foods. =(

[jemm]

I would either donate it or find someone willing to make a trade. My daughter only drank soy milk for the first few years, and my brother still lived at home when I was on WIC, so I would trade cow milk for soy milk with my mom. My daughter probably went through maybe two boxes of cereal total, she just didn't like it. 

[purpledaffodil]

OH wow, thank you for the replies. I am glad she's not the only one who doesn't eat that much cereal. I didn't know you didn't have to purchase all the food on the voucher, that is really good to know. Thanks!

[silverdawn99]

another thing I did, get the cereal amount and then donate what you dont use to the salvation army womens shelters or even your local WIC office(as long as they still in the plastic)

[spiritedTessa2]

 It's really strange, when they are infants WIC tends to give you WAY too much cereal, but then when the become toddlers/ preschoolers, in my opinion, they give you way too little. In any case, if your doc thinks she's of good weight, and her iron is ok, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

[Grungalax]

I always wondered why they give so much of that too. My kids don't like it and all refused to eat it after the first 2 weeks of trying foods. I sometimes felt a bit guilty not getting it, but its better that it doesn't go to waste. Sometimes I get it anyway and donate it to the foodbank or the shelter.