what the heck is in multigrain cheerios!?

[newmum35]

Originally Posted by serenitii

http://www.generalmills.com/stream_image.aspx?rid=31467

Midway down that list I see the phrase, 'Color added'

that is odd. don't they usually give the # of the color and what it is?

If you find out, let us know

[sbgrace]

OP, I'm sorry your doctor didn't listen a little more. This sounds possibly metabolic to me. One of the things we have to watch for in my son is dark urine (can be caused by muscle break down) and smells to urine are metabolic indicators. I think I'm also concerned because I've read your own health issues and often thought metabolic. Both my son and I have the same metabolic conditions.

If he was tested for multiple marks he was probably tested for genetic conditions. Metabolics is a different field altogether and completely different testing.

Did he have a newborn metabolic screening? What State? Is he healthy, growing well, hitting his milestones, etc.?

[tinams8]

I also vote for the vitamins fortified into Multigrain Cheerios. That kind has 100% of all the vitamins, like Total cereal, and that's 100% for an adult, not a small child. I'd keep an eye on the quantity being eaten... He is just peeing out the vitamins I bet. The fact that it goes back to normal color makes sense.

[bzmum]

I'm really not sure about the metabolic or fortification debate, however I did look at General Mills online for the product label. Multi Grain Cheerios has 6g sugar in a 1 cup serving and sugar is the third ingredient listed.

http://www.generalmills.com/corporat...=53&itemID=768

I would go with what the doc said and just stop giving them to your baby and be watchful if this sort of thing happens again with any other foods. As a side note, Cheerios also contain trisodium phosphate as a filler...also known as TSP, what we clean our walls with before we paint. From what I've read, its not the exact same chemical compound but I question it, regardless. Good luck!

[FondestBianca]

Originally Posted by sbgrace

OP, I'm sorry your doctor didn't listen a little more. This sounds possibly metabolic to me. One of the things we have to watch for in my son is dark urine (can be caused by muscle break down) and smells to urine are metabolic indicators. I think I'm also concerned because I've read your own health issues and often thought metabolic. Both my son and I have the same metabolic conditions.

If he was tested for multiple marks he was probably tested for genetic conditions. Metabolics is a different field altogether and completely different testing.

Did he have a newborn metabolic screening? What State? Is he healthy, growing well, hitting his milestones, etc.?

I specifically remember them testing for "metabolic disorders" and while everything came back within normal range they are going to retest in another few months. He does have pulmonary stenosis with no exact known cause. He is actually having another set of tests to recheck the progress later this month. His stenosis was not bad enough to earn intervention luckily. He's growing well. At 11 months he weighs somewhere around 21 lbs is in the 40th or so percentile for height. His growth patterns have been steady. He has a HUGE appetite. Lots of solids and still BFing 8+ times per day. 7 teeth, sleeping well for the most part, playing lots, mastered walking (started walking unassisted at a bit over 9 months) and now on to running, vocal, using a spoon to feed himself, fairly impressive fine motor skills, dancing whenever he hears music, happy.... seems all around fine aside from the moderate stenosis and increasing number of birthmarks (2 different kinds as well).

He had all of the newborn screening. I'm in Washington. I've never been tested for metabolic disorders personally. I'm totally convinced this was brought on by those cheerios.... though I still don't know why. Half of what I've found and has been suggested seems to suggest it's a fairly normal reaction to whatever is in those cheerios and the other half seems to suggest there is something in those cheerios that causes a reaction because there is something wrong with him. The person I spoke to was an after hours nurse. Maybe it would be best to call the doc and speak to him specifically.