now that D's rejecting porridge and will only take rice, i've started to prepare stock/broth beforehand, simmered for a good 2 hrs before left to cool, and then poured into plastic bags and kept in the freezer.


her mee sua + soup lunch yesterday


ingredients for the chicken stock

Labels: 1-2yrs, babymakan

still on the topic of baby food, i've lost count as to how many times i cracked my head to think of things to include in her porridge. here's a new addi(c)tion, she wipes the bowl clean with this one!


1 frozen cube of steamed and pureed spinach & asparagus mix, diced carrots, wolfberries and white bait!


isn't really appeasing for the eyes but hey, it's filled with rich goodness hokay!

Labels: 1-2yrs, babymakan

training a baby to self feed is never a no-mess event, so get ready your wipeclothes! here's D with her vanilla yoghurt :)

Labels: 1-2yrs, babymakan

almost everyone around me should know by now at how anal i get with what she eats, so imagine how hard i yelped and pleaded 'nooooooo, enough!!!' when i saw this!


nom, nom, nom...


cake monster running away from momster

she must be wondering "why'd you buy me a cake if you wont let me taste eh?" -_-

Labels: 1st birthday, baby d, babymakan

she's been doing this a lot! when she feels that she's had enough porridge she'd flail her arms around and refuse anymore feeds. flailing her arms like that also means she's unhappy about something (like when ibu bullies and takes away her toys heh) or when she doesn't want to be carried. point is, how did a 1yr old girl learn that flailing her arms = refusing something?! sheesh.


No more No more!! from shotbyfau on Vimeo.

Labels: 1-2yr, baby d, babymakan

we started off with breakfast and super last minute kain-searching with theboy. and crossing our fingers (eyes and toes) that the seamstress will still accept, yikes!


and then we met ianian!

lunch @ McD, stopped by the takababyfair for a bit, retreated to the nursery on level 3 and then omgwthbrb thegirl slept while i pushed her around in the stroller! may i add this rarely happens as she'd always need me to dodoi her to sleep.. and usually when i dodoi her to sleep and attempt to put her slowly in the stroller, she'll wake up screaming?!

so anyway, we trooped to paragon after that where ianian was lulled to sleep at the nursery heh, and the mommies had breeze windowshopping. mandatory stop at vitakids to stock up on the organix munchies and then to starbucks. and then i got hungry so fish&co it is.. where i satisfied my monthlong craving for swordfish collllaaaaaah!


wondering where's her food


wondering if nice auntiebilla will get her food


ahhh.. there's her cornsnack..


ooomphhh.. chompchomp


starting to pout coz my lovely swordfishcollar is here and i'm not paying attention to her


screaaaaaaming for attention, urgh!!!

dahlia sayang, can dont be so garang anot? girl cannot be so garang tau! nanti ibu susah.. nanti ibu will have heartattack like your nyai a few yrs ago, when your nyai asked me when i will settle down.. ibu said "when i turn 35, ma!" :)


mandatory selfshot before we happily fold our own strollers into our own cabs and head home. i always, always love hearing other ppl go "wah so good she can carry baby in one hand and fold/keep stroller in the trunk with the other.. hen li hai wor!"

Labels: 9-12mths, baby d, babyfriends, babymakan, let's talk shop, theBoy

after searching high and low for teething biscuits with no added salt, sugar or preservaties, i finally got them from vitakids at vivo. got these two first, and tried both of them out with d last night.





u know how d loves to put EVERYTHING into her mouth, toys, our hair, the tv remote, handphoes etc etc. so there i was thinking wow finally something i approve her of to put in her mouth! i pass one rice cake to her, she frowned a bit (prolly coz of the texture), and passed it from her left hand to her right hand. for 1 full minute. shirah and i were wondering when she'll put the thing in her mouth nih?!

when she finally did, we gasped, clapped happily and waaaaaaah-ed at her. and then i realised, mg she's gonna put the thing in her mouth! will she choke? shd i take it out? shd i break it into small bits and then feed her? but that would mean she's not self-feeding, right?! after chomping a bit, she had a bit of soggy rice cake in her mouth, and wanted to put it some more, so i pulled her hand out. she must be thinking "eh this crazy woman, she want me to eat anot?!"

-_-

i realise my paranoia will never stop.

anyways we tried the carrot sticks next and i have a feeling she prefers that one :) so cute lah the way she chomps. i say chomp coz she's still as bogay as a newborn. it's okay baby, take your time. no pressure :) this saturday, we gymboree!


d this morning chomping on another carrot stick pre-mandi

//addendum
some people have been asking me where to get the snacks, so here's the address details :)
VitaKids @ VivoCity - 6376 9378

1 HarbourFront Walk
#02-72 VivoCity
Singapore 098585

Labels: 6-9mths, baby d, babymakan

I'm running out of ideas on what to feed D already..

CEREAL
- heinz organic rice, heinz multigrain, HT brown rice, Bellamy organic rice
PUREE
- sweet potatoes, pumpkin, peas, spinach, plum, peach, apples + pears, avocado
PORRIDGE with
- potatoes, carrots, chicken breast, threadfin

Most Favourites
- heinz multigrain + avocado + apples+pears (i always give this for breakfast)
- porridge + carrots (only two times a week)
- HT brown rice + sweet potatoes / peas
- apples+pears by itself (1 cube after a 2tbsp cereal + 1 vege cube lunch or a porridge lunch)

Most Yucky - Bellamy organic rice with anything
- spinach with anything
- porridge with threadfin

Labels: 6-9mths, babymakan, plans

this post is not intended to brag about my multitasking, but more of a post to look back at when i'm old, not so mobile.. i wanna remember that i used to be able to do the following last saturday

1. milkfeed, bathe, entertain, play, semi-solidfeed, entertain, put to sleep a super-energetic 7mth old baby
2. do the laundry
3. sterilize for the day
4. pack bag for grocery day out
5. will theboy to WAKE up WAKE up WHY CAN'T YOU WAKE UP THE FIRST TIME I WAKE YOU UP?!!!! for the -nth time
6. milkfeed baby
7. WAKE UP LAAAA theBoy!!!
8. hang laundry to dry
9. get ready appliances and utensils to make puree after grocery shopping
10. clean up room once theboy hits the loo
11. theboy drops me and baby for grocery shopping at amkhub with dearest sister in tow while he zooms off for a shoot
12. lunch
13. realised shitSHUCKS i forgot to pack baby's lunch! a milkfeed should suffice
14. put baby to sleep while attacking fish&co's calamari
15. home again, trying my darnest to put baby to sleep so i can start pureeing
16. fails miserably so i put her in the exersaucer and she entertains herself while her ibu turns into a mean-pureeing-machine
17. gets bits of pumpkin, apples, pears and sweet potatoes in her hair/ears/eyes
18. whips up a batch of brownies siap dengan ganache topping for the boy who requested his very free wife (or so he thinks?!) bake for him
19. blend and freeze in motion
20. too early for dinner, too late for lunch, so milkfeed again
21. FINALLY she sleeps
22. collapses into bed with baby and jets off to dreamland for 3 super syiok hours
23. wakes up to a hand schlapping my face and grabbing my hair
24. mandi time for ibu and baby!
25. semisolid dinner of pears, apples and brown rice.. she loves!
26. plays with baby
27. plays with baby while folding the laundry
28. plays with baby while watching SATC (i know.. bad mummy, but i really do cover her eyes when the sex scenes are showing, pwomise!)
29. last milkfeed
30. baby d sleeps, her zombiefied ibu follows suit

Labels: 6-9mths, baby d, babymakan, mommyzine, plans

let's have an update on her food intake :) it's prolly good to take notes now so when i have no. 2, i can remember what i fed no. 1 heh.

liquids
0-3 mths - breastmilk
3-6 mths - mamex gold step 1 with immunofortis
- water every now and then
6-current - mamex gold step 2 with immunofortis

solids
4mth 2 days - frisocrem (STOPPED when she had the cough, decided to wait till she's 6mths)
24th march - heinz organic rice cereal (1tbsp cereal, 20mls water, 30mls FM) twice a day
29th march - steamed sweet potato puree mix with rice cereal
5th march - steamed pumpkin puree mix with rice cereal
6th march - organic apple custard
9th march - steamed peas puree mix with rice cereal

yeap, she's gonna try peas TODAY!! well i'm actually on mc for this cough which i got from her, so it's just nice for me to see how she's gonna take to peas for the first time. the boy's in bintan for a shoot, how nice. i need a holiday, pronto!

she's asleep now, time for a room cleanup!

Labels: baby d, babymakan, theBoy

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