(2006/01) Jan 2006 MTBs

Hello Mommies

Happy Mother's Day. We shall all give a little pat on our shoulders for coming such a long way
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Happy Mother's Day!
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We brought Caleb for his MMR jab on Fri and as usual he was crying during the jab and it seems like the MMR jab is longer than the other jabs he gotten before. he was trying to struggle while his daddy was holding his arms. poor boy! PD did mention to watch out for fever which is common. so far so good. trying to keep him indoors as much as possible. me and hb are also busy packing the hse and with caleb ard ransacking our stuffs doesn;t really help. packed till 2amn last night where we both fell flat and Zzzz for the night. now hb is packing while i take a breather before Mother's Day dinner later. hee...

rachel - i drive to work daily and for such a long dist bet cck and tamp, i would rather drive than have caleb jumping up and down my belly.he cannot sit still behind unless he is kept busy with stickers where he paste all over us or not it be biscuits.
 
hi mummies
today such a tiring day. JH nowadays naps very little esp when i m ard.

my maid is saying it's really tiring everyday cos he doesn't wan to nap in the afternoons. is it too early to send him for a short playgroup at this age? tat wd be the other alternative to help relief my maid.

mamachan
for toasted bread, do u put butter?

today JH finally accepted something new for lunch. gave him pho....thinks he realyl likes soft stuff.
 
SY
Nope, I didn;t put butter or anything on it at all. I use the Bonjour Milk Bread and have it toasted. Smells and taste yummy even on its own =) Nowadays, Daren only take one nap a day but about 2.5hrs for the nap, he wakes up usually at 8am sometimes 7.30 and we try to stretch his nap time till around 11.30am, or sometimes after lunch which willbe around 12.30pm. Soon they actually progress to 1 nap a day.

Happy Mothers Day to all you moms! May your days be filled with joy and delight always!
 
Yuki,
My Megan is also very very greedy. She demands for watever food we are eating, but I restrict her. Strangely she also lurves fries but doesn't like the mash potato cheese that we make. She's 79cm and weighs 10.6kg. Quite heavyweight :p
 
Such a tiring day! My boy woke up so many times last time. He must be so tired out too coz he's still sleeping! Feeling so zombish today.

Mamachan
thanks, let me know when u find out more.

SY

My boy takes 1 nap a day of 3hrs. He'll start to nod off about 4hrs after he wakes up in the morning. Don't think it's too early to go for a playgroup. I'm actively looking for one now.
 
RE: Playgroup @ May's house
Mummies,
Need some confirmation on attendance. I will be getting some light snacks for u all and some sandwiches for the babies as well.

Queen & Rachel,
I know that the timing is weird for both of u. But if u can make it, u are welcome okie?

KY,
No news from you yet. Can confirm also?

<table border=1><tr><td> No.</TD><TD>Mummy</TD><TD>Child</TD><TD>Additional</TD><TD>No. of Pax </TD></TR><TR><TD>1</TD><TD>Chicken Little</TD><TD>Aden</TD><TD>Daddy + Charmaine</TD><TD>4 </TD></TR><TR><TD>2</TD><TD>God's Child</TD><TD>Celeste</TD><TD>Daddy</TD><TD>3 </TD></TR><TR><TD>3</TD><TD>Sept03Bride</TD><TD>Caleb</TD><TD>Daddy</TD><TD>3 </TD></TR><TR><TD>4</TD><TD>Mamachan</TD><TD>Darren</TD><TD>Helper</TD><TD>3 </TD></TR><TR><TD>5</TD><TD>KY</TD><TD>Keith</TD><TD>TBC</TD><TD>TBC </TD></TR><TR><TD>6</TD><TD>Queen</TD><TD>Isaac</TD><TD>Daddy</TD><TD>3 </TD></TR><TR><TD>7</TD><TD>Rachel</TD><TD>Dylan</TD><TD>Daddy</TD><TD>3 </TD></TR><TR><TD></td></tr></table>
 
Too busy with my programming that I haven got the time to read postings for a week. Cant catch up with so many!

Hmm.. seems like I've been spoiling Ariene with too much variety.. but, here's my input. Even though i've been feeding her so much, she's still only 79cm and 9kg. But, as long as Dr Ng says she's normal, there's nothing to worry about.

Poll on food to feed our darlings
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Formula Milk
Clarisse - Gain IQ (switched from Wyeth, now each day 3 milk feed)
Caleb - Mamil Gold (still on step 2...moving on to setp 3 once stocks are clear)
Clariss- Gain IQ (2 x 120ml per day + 60ml mix with cereal for breakfast, bf at night)
Celeste - GainIQ - 3 feeds a day
Kyra - Enfapro (moving to Step 3 when she hits 18 months)
yx - 5 grain oat milk (1 feed) + BM (1 feed)
Cephas - Gain IQ
Eshley - Gain IQ n Nan 3 :p
Caleb (Sept03)-Progress Gold-3 feeds a day
JH - Mamil Step 3 - 2 feeds a day
Megan - Enfagrow (4 times a day), sometimes substitute with Pedisure.
Tabby - gain IQ
Jamie - Friso Gold 3
Isaac - Mamil Step 3 (3 feeds of 180-200ml)
Xavier - GainIQ
Mel - Enfagrow (3 feeds a day)
Caeden - Isomil Advance 2 (4 feeds a day)
Charmaine - BM
Kaelyn - GainIQ (3 feeds/day. 2 Feed 240ml and 1 feed 160ml)
JW C GainIQ (2 to 3 feeds depending on whether he rejects his night feed)
Daren - Progress Gold/Enfagrow (3 sometimes 4, 210ml per feed)
Lucas - Enfagrow & Nan2 mixed (3 feeds + 1 middle of the night 'comfort' feed)
Joash - Breast milk 2x a day and Pediasure 2x a day
Ariene - Breast milk 3-4x a day. No formula milk yet.

Fruits
Clarisse - Apple, Pear, Avocado, Banana, Grapes.
Caleb - Papaya, Apple, Banana
Clariss- Apple, Banana, grapes, pear
Celeste - apple/pear/dragonfruit/kiwi/papaya/banana/honeydew/watermelon
Kyra - Grapes, Banana, apple (but in puree form, homemade)
yx - papaya, apple, banana, dragon fruit, kiwi, peach, grapes, pear, avocado, plum (going to try mangosteen)
Cephas - Apple, Banana, Grapes, Kiwi, Longans, Pear, Strawberry, Watermelon, Durian (Occasionally)
Eshley - Apple, Pear, Banana, Papaya, Honeydew, Dragonfruit, Persimmon, Guava (those very soft ones), Kiwi (gold type coz sweeter)
Caleb (Sept03)-apple,pear, banana, papaya, durian, dragonfruit,grape,kiwi,avocado
Jh - apple, pear, banana, kiwi, strawberries, peach, nectarine
Megan - Apple, avacado, banana, (orange & Watermelon - Occasionally), papaya, durian
Tabby - peaches, oranges, apples, banana, avocado, watermelon, papaya, grapes, strawberries, pear, kiwi
Jamie - apple, banana, pear, grapes, durian
Isaac - grapes, oranges, watermelon, banana, kiwi
Xavier - apple, pear, nectarine, banana, papaya, kiwi, peace
Mel - apple, pear, banana, grapes, oranges, blueberrry, strawberry, kiwi, avocado
Caeden - apple, orange, banana, kiwi (A), grapes (A), strawberry (A), avocado, durian, longan, honeydew, honeymelon
Charmaine - apple, pear, banana (fav! - she can say "na"), watermelon, honeymelon, rambutan (sliced), strawberry (hates - think cos it's sour), grapes, papaya, peach(? - the fresh red apple-alike ones), dried apricot
Kaelyn-apple, pear, watermelon(seldom),papaya,kiwi(hate cos its sour), grapes,banana(long time never feed cos IL say will cause plemgh)
JW-apple, banana, kiwi, orange, papaya
Daren - apple, banana, pear, papaya, honeydew
Lucas - (most often)apple, papaya, banana (occassional)mango, nectarine, grapes, pear, honeymelon
Joash - chinese pears (the most often), papaya, watermelon, apples, bananas, peach, nectarines,
Ariene - packard pear, banana, apple, orange, strawberry, grape, persimmon, kiwi, avocado, watermelon, honeydew, rockmelon , papaya, durian (seldom), mango (seldom)

Breakfast
Clarisse - Plain bread, Wholemeal Bread, Pau Skin, Fruits.
Caleb - normally its milk. lunch and tunch is then solid food.
Clariss- Cereal with milk and one whole egg (she has been having the same breakfast for a few months)
Celeste - Mostly milk,twice a week-brown rice,occasionally scrambled egg
Kyra - first meal is usually milk. But she'll also have bread, pau skin, tau huay (without the sugar syrup)
yx - bread, a bit of goat milk, quarkers oat meal
Cephas - Steam egg, raisin bread, plain bread with cheese, cereals,
Eshley - Nestum cereal for wkdays (at mil house), wkends = Oats with eggs, or Nestum, or Scrambled egg, or bread with milk+milo
caleb (Sep03)- Brown rice cereal in milk, eggs, bread
JH - oatmeal in milk, weetbix in milk, bread, scrambled eggs
Megan - Bread, tau sau pau, cakes, kueh
Tabby - multigrain/ barley/ brown cereal with fruit, yoghurt, hot cakes happy meal
Jamie - normally milk, weekend=hotcake happy meal or cereal
Isaac - soft-boiled eggs / scrambled eggs with 1 pc bread, Heinz Apple Muesli, Weetbix in milk, Yoplait for kids
Xavier - cereal wif 150ml FM (the most boring BF)
Mel - cereal wif milk/fruits, french toast, scramble eggs (she doesn't really like). Will make pancake tom.
Caeden - Cheerios with FM, man tou, lian rong bao, pumpkin buns, tuna sandwich, bread with gerber fruit gel, chwee kueh, chee chong fun
Charmaine - porridge, cereal, chee chong fun, noodle, pau, pancake, bread, actually anything that my parents are eating for breakfast.
Kaelyn-Main meal still Milk,Chee chong fun(no sauce), Chiu Kweh(no caipo), pau, bread with cheese spread, whatever IL eat what will feed her
Daren - Quaker Oats (About 2 ikea bowls), sometimes toasted bread and scrambled eggs
Lucas - milk + plain bread/raisin bread & eggs every alternate days
Joash - Mainly breast milk and sometimes bread
Ariene - cornflakes with EBM, Healthy Times teddy puff, Healthy times oatmeal with EBM, avocado, scrambled eggs, toast with cheese spread/ butter, white/wholemeal bread with butter/cheese spread, french/bombay toast (small pieces of skinned bread with beaten egg n EBM lightly pan fried)

Food beside the usual porridge for lunch and dinner
Clarisse - Mee Sua, Pasta, sometimes if we are outside will feed her heinz bottle food.
Caleb - potato macaroni cheese with half hard boiled egg, usual porridge(fish & veg), sweet potato, da rou bao( bao skin+egg), white bread, yoshinoya rice+boiled brocolli + cauliflower, japanese udon, noodle soup(outside store)
Clariss- Mee Sua, Pasta, udon mee, mee hoon
Celeste - meesua/ macaroni
Kyra - the usual base is cereal /oat porridge topped with pumpkin/sweet potato/egg yolk/ brocolli/fish/chicken/carrots. Pasta, pizza
yx - mee suah, pasta, dou chian (looks like dried kueh tiao)
Cephas - Baked potato, pasta, steam fish with pumpkin, potato/carrot soup, marcaroni, chicken soup, beef stew, mee tai mak with chix soup, pork balls with gravy. If outside, will usually order something he wld like.
Eshley- Meesua/ macaroni soup/ noodle soup (soup based used pork ribs, soya beans and corn to boil first) - So far, she hasn't eaten anything from outside store.
Caleb(sept03)-meesua, macaroni, bao, bread,
JH - now only eat porridge, cereal + fruits/babyfood
Megan - Porridge or rice that we are eating. But we add fish, veg and soup, basicallly the non oily, non saltish dishes only
Tabby - lentils/ quinoa/ millet stew with vege/ meat, pastas
Jamie - Bee hoon/Mee sua/Noodle/Kway Teow/macaroni/Udon, whatever outside food we eat..she will get to taste abit (Duck rice,Chicken rice,Spaghetti,Pizza,Sushi,Chawamushi..her favourite)
Isaac - beef stew or chicken stew with sweet potato & carrot mixed with ABC pasta, mee sua with ikan bilis stock + vege & meat, mushy rice mix with butternut squash & pan-fried salmon/cod, minced beef with mash potatoes & cheese
Xav - eh...only porridge with fish. Tried mee sua. Just bought ABC pasta, trying soon.
Mel - porridge for dinner, lunch - pasta or pre-cook puree mainly from Annabel Karmel's recipe.
Caeden - ABC pasta, rice with ABC soup, shepherd's pie, mashed potatoes with fish & vege, mee sua, bee hoon, baby back
Charmaine - mee sian, pasta, potatoes, shepherd's pie (she loves it! Thks again to Mamapanda for sharing the recipe), chicken, salmon, cod (fav!).
kaelyn-cereal+scramble eggs, pasta,
JW-Bread, beehoon, eggs and little bit of whatever daddy & mummy is having for breakfast
Daren - toasted bread, pasta with cheese, tang hoon, tried guo tiao but not receptive, mee sua, beef stew, herbal soups from the pot (depends whatever we're making that day but before any salt is added)
Lucas - macaroni, pasta, Heinz Mum's Recipe food jars (when out)
Joash - pasta, mee sua, bee hoon, cereal, cheese, thread fin, pork
Ariene - pasta soup chicken, fried pasta with butter, garlic & small bits of beef/pork/chicken (something like aglio olio), tomato based pasta, millet/brown rice (something betw porridge & rice consistency) with meat & vege, plain millet/porridge with fried shitake mushrooms/asparagus/celery/carrots in garlic & butter, mashed potato/butternut squash/sweet potato with minced chicken/beef/pork, chawanmushi, plain soba, (thinking of adding fried rice in butter with garlic n mixed vege to the menu)

Snack
Clarisse - Yoghurt, Gerber Stars.
Caleb - japanese biscuits, gerber stars
Clariss- Manna biscuits, baby bites, gerber stars, rasins, yoghurt
Celeste - Jap biscuits/gerber/babybites/potato wf cheese/bread/Heinz cheesesticks/manna biscuits/yoghurt
Kyra - yoghurt, cheese, manna biscuits, goat's milk sweet and many other baby biscuits. My baby's a snack queen, like her Mummy :p
yx - yoghurt, biscuit, breakfast cereal
Cephas - Cereals, biscuits, bread with cheese or just a slice of cheese on its own
Eshley - Jap biscuits/ baby bites, yoghurt, carrot & apple sticks...
Caleb (sept03)- Assorted biscuits, gerber stars, cheese, yogurt.
JH - yoghurt, biscuits,
Megan - Biscuits, cakes, gerber stars
Tabby - she seldom snacks... but sometimes she will take yoghurt or some baby bites or snack from our meals
Jamie - Gerber stars, cup cakes, manna biscuits, wang zai xiao man tou, babybites, her favorite 9-layer kueh
Isaac - Plain biscuits, cheese bread, gerber stars and his fav. small round ball biscuits (like wang zai xiaomantou except it's another Jap brand)
Xav - biscuits, all kinds of bread, cakes (steam cheese cake)
Mel - gerber stars, rasins, yogurt, Jap biscuits, cheese stick biscuit, bread, rasin, fruits
Caeden - gerber stars, cheerios, jap biscuits, tuna sandwich, bread, fruits
Charmaine - gerber stars, raisins, biscuits (all kinds-baby bites, jap biscuits), bread, fruits, yoghurt (fav!)
Kaelyn - Gerber stars, babybites, jap biscuit, Yoghurt(starting to accept), small egg cup cake.
JW-Gerber stars, bread, biscuits, taste of ice cream occassionally
Daren - jap biscuits, manna biscuits, toasted bread with cheese, pizza crusts (as breadsticks)
Lucas - Gerber stars (in car rides), Jap biscuits, yogurt, bread
Joash - Manna baby biscuits, baby chicken biscuits, jap biscuits, bread, yogurt, cheese, fruits
Ariene - cut fruits, steamed vege sticks, teddy puff, gerber stars, toast, cheese wedges, yugurt, baby biscuits (heinz/pigeon/manna)
 
Re: Baby napping
Ya...super tiring on Sunday. JW only napped once yesterday in the afternoon for abt 1.5hrs. He just went on non-stop. We tried to tire him out by bringing him out to play with JH and even to the extent of bringing him swimming and yet he still goes on and on. Finally he slept at 7.30pm after his dinner. And just when I tot i can finally rest...he fell off the bed again.

Sob....suspect he was trying to climb down on his own. So heart pain.
 
May,
When is the playgroup n where is it?

Teething & weaning,
How many teeth does ur babies have now? I just realised Ariene has 10 teeth already. Super cranky these days and I can see her teeth mark on my Aerola after latching her. She demands feeding so often these few days tat I'm actually getting sore nipples again cuz she's sprouting 2 molars and the last incisor together. I'm thinking of weaning her off but that seems impossible cuz she's so used to the breast for comfort. How did u wean off your babies? I tried delaying to only 3 times a day but sometimes, I get super engorged n blockage. Also, sometimes, Ariene feeds 5 times a day and she gets very frustrated in between when the milk is low cuz she only fed 3 hours ago. How?

finally my menses came..
Just had my P (finally) last month and seems like the cycle is going to be very regular 28 days cuz I can see the familiar patterns in the discharge. Contrary to most of what most of the mummies experience here, my 1st P (after almost 2 years) last month was quite normal (not super light nor heavy) and lasted 4 days.
 
May

Can i still come to your playgroup... you left my name out.. confirmed coming (me hubby and baby).. can burn some music cd for but don't have a nice version of "the more we get together"

Can
 
Hi May

Sorry ... didn't confirm earlier. Yes, we'll be coming. Just me and baby. Maybe the helper too (can I keep it flexi coz depending if she needs to cook that night) ... no need to cater for her.

btw, can I find out what SUNBLOCK the mothers are using for their kids (be it this age for older ones)?

.ky.
 
SY: napping
Ariene wakes up around 7.30 to 8am nowadays cuz that's the time I wake up to goto work. She'll be tired by 11am and will require a 1.5 to 2hr nap. sometimes, she'll wake up earlier cuz she's hungry and wans to eat lunch. After that, she'll doze off again after lunch n afternoon bath for another 2-3 hrs. In the past when I'm still teaching, I'll latch her at 6am then she'll sleep throughout till 9+ 10am and won't require a nap again till after lunch.

Anyway, no matter what her timing is, I'll still send her to play school. The nap timing for Amazing Star is 12.30 to 3pm. I'll ask my maid to bring Ariene home for her nap at 12.30 then bring her back down again at 3pm for the afternoon lessons. I feel very sad that Ariene's not learning much cognitive stuff now that I'm working full time. The things she has learnt these days are housework related cuz she's with my maid all the time - cleaning table & floor (I was surprised she actually knew how to go into the kitchen, pick up the cloth n cleaned up the water she spilled on the floor and returned the cloth to the kitchen when I asked her casually to clean up the water), keep her shoes n arrange it nicely, throw rubbish into the bin, putting her toys back into the basket, etc. Not that I'm not happy that she's learning these but I just felt I want her to learn other things like language, singing & math as well.
 
Mamapanda, Keith has more than 10 teeth... think maybe 14? hm, I need to go count. He was really grouchy last week too coz I think his low incisors were coming out. Really really bad during mealtimes. We finally cave in and gave him salt when his teething pain go away. I'm not weaning him yet though so can't advise u on weaning. To ease the sore, you can rub breastmilk on the area and go braless... I'll also try to feed in a different direction, eg when lying down, I'll have the baby lie upside down, know what I mean?

See the food feed on the toddlers here .... mine has a mind of his own and his mind excludes FRUITS... unbeliveable right? how to get him to eat?

.ky.
 
ky,
I'm using the california bb sunblock. well, I bought it for use but haven got the chance to use it yet..

My 1 week old car kenna banged
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Yesterday, I stopped a the carpark cuz the cars in front all stopped. Then suddenly, the car in front of me saw another car coming out of the lot on my right and started reversing. I horned n horned and he just ignored and whamed into me. So angry! Luckily it was just a light knock and cracked my number plate. The stupidiest thing was he has reverse sensors n a reverse camera! He claimed he was looking at his side mirror and didn't see behind! Is he deaf or wad? Cant hear me horning him?
 
ky
I tried feeing her football position n lying down before too but she doesn't like the positions and keeps unlatching and fussing.. does Keith leave teeth marks on ur Aerola too after latching too? I never had this problem before even when she started having a few teeth but now that she has her full set of incisors, I'm starting to feel the pain of latching her on. So one day, I just decided to have a look at my aerola & I found her teeth marks from her top row of insicors which explains the pain. Bottom row not a problem cuz her tongue covers them.
 
Mamapanda, language and math can be incorporated in daily lives, esp through talking with her ... what Adriene is learning is GOOD stuff - practical life. Montessori has advised there are sensitive periods which young children focus on different areas of interest ... young children loves order and one of Amazing Star focus on this agegroup would be on practical life ... hey, I wish Keith can do what Arienne is doing.

.ky.
 
Good morning mummies!

May,
When's your playgroup? Any more vacancy?
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Mamapanda,
Perhaps it's a good time to wean Ariene off now since it hurts while latching! As to how to do it, i think gonna be tough since she's used to comfort latching.
Janelle has 8 teeth only, but i think more shd be coming up soon.
As for what Ariene can do, i also think it's good enough leh!! All those skills she knows are v good what
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As for childcare, i think i may not send Janelle to childcare just yet. Have not fully decided...shall see how it goes!

RE: new car
Oh no, feel so heartpain for your new car!! Ouch!

RE: first menses
My first menses were also very normal, not heavy or anything, and it was regular. So i guess it depends from person to person!

ky,
RE: Sunblock
I just bought Nivea brand of sunblock meant for kids, but have yet to use it.

Mamachan,
Keep me informed of that Kindyroo place. Am quite interested too
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Thanks!

RE: Food
Haha so it's normal that our kids demand for food all the time at this stage! Now i feel reassured! Janelle would go "mum-mum" almost every hour after her meal but i usually ignore because i somehow think she can't be hungry. So far she's ok with me ignoring her "mum-mum" signals leh! But if we're eating, she'll also get a portion of what we eat (except spicy, salty or oily stuff) because she will look sooo keenly at you that it's tough to refuse her!
 
MamaPanda
Haha, Daren at this point in time, enjoys cleaning the floor with the magic clean, takes the cloth and wipe the water and throw the cloth in the dustbin! I think it's good for him now to learn these as it makes cleaning house for him "fun". But like what ky mentioned, I try to make a conscious effort to let him learn through our daily conversations. He's been secretly observing what we do at home and what we say becoz he will give us the "element of surprise" by saying or imitating some trait mark actions of my hb and myself!
 
look like my damien is drinking the least milk..only 2 x 150ml per day..

Poll on food to feed our darlings
Formula Milk
Clarisse - Gain IQ (switched from Wyeth, now each day 3 milk feed)
Caleb - Mamil Gold (still on step 2...moving on to setp 3 once stocks are clear)
Clariss- Gain IQ (2 x 120ml per day + 60ml mix with cereal for breakfast, bf at night)
Celeste - GainIQ - 3 feeds a day
Kyra - Enfapro (moving to Step 3 when she hits 18 months)
yx - 5 grain oat milk (1 feed) + BM (1 feed)
Cephas - Gain IQ
Eshley - Gain IQ n Nan 3 :p
Caleb (Sept03)-Progress Gold-3 feeds a day
JH - Mamil Step 3 - 2 feeds a day
Megan - Enfagrow (4 times a day), sometimes substitute with Pedisure.
Tabby - gain IQ
Jamie - Friso Gold 3
Isaac - Mamil Step 3 (3 feeds of 180-200ml)
Xavier - GainIQ
Mel - Enfagrow (3 feeds a day)
Caeden - Isomil Advance 2 (4 feeds a day)
Charmaine - BM
Kaelyn - GainIQ (3 feeds/day. 2 Feed 240ml and 1 feed 160ml)
JW C GainIQ (2 to 3 feeds depending on whether he rejects his night feed)
Daren - Progress Gold/Enfagrow (3 sometimes 4, 210ml per feed)
Lucas - Enfagrow & Nan2 mixed (3 feeds + 1 middle of the night 'comfort' feed)
Joash - Breast milk 2x a day and Pediasure 2x a day
damien - Gain IQ (2 feed @ 150ml)going to change to Pedisure.

Fruits
Clarisse - Apple, Pear, Avocado, Banana, Grapes.
Caleb - Papaya, Apple, Banana
Clariss- Apple, Banana, grapes, pear
Celeste - apple/pear/dragonfruit/kiwi/papaya/banana/honeydew/watermelon
Kyra - Grapes, Banana, apple (but in puree form, homemade)
yx - papaya, apple, banana, dragon fruit, kiwi, peach, grapes, pear, avocado, plum (going to try mangosteen)
Cephas - Apple, Banana, Grapes, Kiwi, Longans, Pear, Strawberry, Watermelon, Durian (Occasionally)
Eshley - Apple, Pear, Banana, Papaya, Honeydew, Dragonfruit, Persimmon, Guava (those very soft ones), Kiwi (gold type coz sweeter)
Caleb (Sept03)-apple,pear, banana, papaya, durian, dragonfruit,grape,kiwi,avocado
Jh - apple, pear, banana, kiwi, strawberries, peach, nectarine
Megan - Apple, avacado, banana, (orange & Watermelon - Occasionally), papaya, durian
Tabby - peaches, oranges, apples, banana, avocado, watermelon, papaya, grapes, strawberries, pear, kiwi
Jamie - apple, banana, pear, grapes, durian
Isaac - grapes, oranges, watermelon, banana, kiwi
Xavier - apple, pear, nectarine, banana, papaya, kiwi, peace
Mel - apple, pear, banana, grapes, oranges, blueberrry, strawberry, kiwi, avocado
Caeden - apple, orange, banana, kiwi (A), grapes (A), strawberry (A), avocado, durian, longan, honeydew, honeymelon
Charmaine - apple, pear, banana (fav! - she can say "na"), watermelon, honeymelon, rambutan (sliced), strawberry (hates - think cos it's sour), grapes, papaya, peach(? - the fresh red apple-alike ones), dried apricot
Kaelyn-apple, pear, watermelon(seldom),papaya,kiwi(hate cos its sour), grapes,banana(long time never feed cos IL say will cause plemgh)
JW-apple, banana, kiwi, orange, papaya
Daren - apple, banana, pear, papaya, honeydew
Lucas - (most often)apple, papaya, banana (occassional)mango, nectarine, grapes, pear, honeymelon
Joash - chinese pears (the most often), papaya, watermelon, apples, bananas, peach, nectarines,
damien - organge, bananas, apples, mango, grapes..whatever that is available..even durian.

Breakfast
Clarisse - Plain bread, Wholemeal Bread, Pau Skin, Fruits.
Caleb - normally its milk. lunch and tunch is then solid food.
Clariss- Cereal with milk and one whole egg (she has been having the same breakfast for a few months)
Celeste - Mostly milk,twice a week-brown rice,occasionally scrambled egg
Kyra - first meal is usually milk. But she'll also have bread, pau skin, tau huay (without the sugar syrup)
yx - bread, a bit of goat milk, quarkers oat meal
Cephas - Steam egg, raisin bread, plain bread with cheese, cereals,
Eshley - Nestum cereal for wkdays (at mil house), wkends = Oats with eggs, or Nestum, or Scrambled egg, or bread with milk+milo
caleb (Sep03)- Brown rice cereal in milk, eggs, bread
JH - oatmeal in milk, weetbix in milk, bread, scrambled eggs
Megan - Bread, tau sau pau, cakes, kueh
Tabby - multigrain/ barley/ brown cereal with fruit, yoghurt, hot cakes happy meal
Jamie - normally milk, weekend=hotcake happy meal or cereal
Isaac - soft-boiled eggs / scrambled eggs with 1 pc bread, Heinz Apple Muesli, Weetbix in milk, Yoplait for kids
Xavier - cereal wif 150ml FM (the most boring BF)
Mel - cereal wif milk/fruits, french toast, scramble eggs (she doesn't really like). Will make pancake tom.
Caeden - Cheerios with FM, man tou, lian rong bao, pumpkin buns, tuna sandwich, bread with gerber fruit gel, chwee kueh, chee chong fun
Charmaine - porridge, cereal, chee chong fun, noodle, pau, pancake, bread, actually anything that my parents are eating for breakfast.
Kaelyn-Main meal still Milk,Chee chong fun(no sauce), Chiu Kweh(no caipo), pau, bread with cheese spread, whatever IL eat what will feed her
Daren - Quaker Oats (About 2 ikea bowls), sometimes toasted bread and scrambled eggs
Lucas - milk + plain bread/raisin bread & eggs every alternate days
Joash - Mainly breast milk and sometimes bread
damien - biscuit, bread or whatever the grandparents are having for breakfast

Food beside the usual porridge for lunch and dinner
Clarisse - Mee Sua, Pasta, sometimes if we are outside will feed her heinz bottle food.
Caleb - potato macaroni cheese with half hard boiled egg, usual porridge(fish & veg), sweet potato, da rou bao( bao skin+egg), white bread, yoshinoya rice+boiled brocolli + cauliflower, japanese udon, noodle soup(outside store)
Clariss- Mee Sua, Pasta, udon mee, mee hoon
Celeste - meesua/ macaroni
Kyra - the usual base is cereal /oat porridge topped with pumpkin/sweet potato/egg yolk/ brocolli/fish/chicken/carrots. Pasta, pizza
yx - mee suah, pasta, dou chian (looks like dried kueh tiao)
Cephas - Baked potato, pasta, steam fish with pumpkin, potato/carrot soup, marcaroni, chicken soup, beef stew, mee tai mak with chix soup, pork balls with gravy. If outside, will usually order something he wld like.
Eshley- Meesua/ macaroni soup/ noodle soup (soup based used pork ribs, soya beans and corn to boil first) - So far, she hasn't eaten anything from outside store.
Caleb(sept03)-meesua, macaroni, bao, bread,
JH - now only eat porridge, cereal + fruits/babyfood
Megan - Porridge or rice that we are eating. But we add fish, veg and soup, basicallly the non oily, non saltish dishes only
Tabby - lentils/ quinoa/ millet stew with vege/ meat, pastas
Jamie - Bee hoon/Mee sua/Noodle/Kway Teow/macaroni/Udon, whatever outside food we eat..she will get to taste abit (Duck rice,Chicken rice,Spaghetti,Pizza,Sushi,Chawamushi..her favourite)
Isaac - beef stew or chicken stew with sweet potato & carrot mixed with ABC pasta, mee sua with ikan bilis stock + vege & meat, mushy rice mix with butternut squash & pan-fried salmon/cod, minced beef with mash potatoes & cheese
Xav - eh...only porridge with fish. Tried mee sua. Just bought ABC pasta, trying soon.
Mel - porridge for dinner, lunch - pasta or pre-cook puree mainly from Annabel Karmel's recipe.
Caeden - ABC pasta, rice with ABC soup, shepherd's pie, mashed potatoes with fish & vege, mee sua, bee hoon, baby back
Charmaine - mee sian, pasta, potatoes, shepherd's pie (she loves it! Thks again to Mamapanda for sharing the recipe), chicken, salmon, cod (fav!).
kaelyn-cereal+scramble eggs, pasta,
JW-Bread, beehoon, eggs and little bit of whatever daddy & mummy is having for breakfast
Daren - toasted bread, pasta with cheese, tang hoon, tried guo tiao but not receptive, mee sua, beef stew, herbal soups from the pot (depends whatever we're making that day but before any salt is added)
Lucas - macaroni, pasta, Heinz Mum's Recipe food jars (when out)
Joash - pasta, mee sua, bee hoon, cereal, cheese, thread fin, pork
damien - it depend wat my mum cook for dinner..just give him soup, rib meat and rice..eg ABC Soup

Snack
Clarisse - Yoghurt, Gerber Stars.
Caleb - japanese biscuits, gerber stars
Clariss- Manna biscuits, baby bites, gerber stars, rasins, yoghurt
Celeste - Jap biscuits/gerber/babybites/potato wf cheese/bread/Heinz cheesesticks/manna biscuits/yoghurt
Kyra - yoghurt, cheese, manna biscuits, goat's milk sweet and many other baby biscuits. My baby's a snack queen, like her Mummy :p
yx - yoghurt, biscuit, breakfast cereal
Cephas - Cereals, biscuits, bread with cheese or just a slice of cheese on its own
Eshley - Jap biscuits/ baby bites, yoghurt, carrot & apple sticks...
Caleb (sept03)- Assorted biscuits, gerber stars, cheese, yogurt.
JH - yoghurt, biscuits,
Megan - Biscuits, cakes, gerber stars
Tabby - she seldom snacks... but sometimes she will take yoghurt or some baby bites or snack from our meals
Jamie - Gerber stars, cup cakes, manna biscuits, wang zai xiao man tou, babybites, her favorite 9-layer kueh
Isaac - Plain biscuits, cheese bread, gerber stars and his fav. small round ball biscuits (like wang zai xiaomantou except it's another Jap brand)
Xav - biscuits, all kinds of bread, cakes (steam cheese cake)
Mel - gerber stars, rasins, yogurt, Jap biscuits, cheese stick biscuit, bread, rasin, fruits
Caeden - gerber stars, cheerios, jap biscuits, tuna sandwich, bread, fruits
Charmaine - gerber stars, raisins, biscuits (all kinds-baby bites, jap biscuits), bread, fruits, yoghurt (fav!)
Kaelyn - Gerber stars, babybites, jap biscuit, Yoghurt(starting to accept), small egg cup cake.
JW-Gerber stars, bread, biscuits, taste of ice cream occassionally
Daren - jap biscuits, manna biscuits, toasted bread with cheese, pizza crusts (as breadsticks)
Lucas - Gerber stars (in car rides), Jap biscuits, yogurt, bread
Joash - Manna baby biscuits, baby chicken biscuits, jap biscuits, bread, yogurt, cheese, fruits
damien - cheese, biscuit, bread, yogurt..pizza,taste of wat we eating
 
RE: Fried Rice Recipe
Can someone share recipe on how to cook fried rice for our kids at this stage? I guess it shd be pretty simple, but I have NEVER cooked fried rice in my life (yes, very suaku i know) so would appreciate some simple recipe! Thanks!!
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Ky,
Thanks for the advise. But, I cant help but be worried cuz she's also picking up all sorts of broken english n singlish from my maid n FIL, which, I'm not so happy with. for example, my FIL keeps misleading my girl and tell her radio is tv (& I had a hard time correcting her) and frankly, his command and pronounciation of english leaves nothing to be proud of. Instead of telling her a single BIRD, he'll say berd berd and he's so vulgar.. he'll say things like PI (german gas in chinese), tamade, other chinese swear words etc in front of her. He's also so attention seeking that he'll lie to her like he's not going to bring her go Gai Gai, he don't want to talk to her anymore, etc, as a threat to get her to do what he wants her to do like calling him (which Ariene refuses to). Well, I guess Ariene will find that her grandpa has credibility issues and makes empty threats sooner or later.

On the lighter side, the songs and rhymes i've been singing to her has not gone wasted. She really likes music, singing n dancing. She's always humming familiar tunes (though not very accurate yet but enough for me to make out what she's singing) when she's playing or when I'm carrying her and she's dozing off on my chest. She can also do some of the hand gestures while I sing the song. when she hears nice music on the TV that she likes, she'll dance to the tune and shake her backside (she seems to like High 5 *roll eyes* I hate high 5
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durianlover,
I chop the garlic very finely, then melt some butter in the non-stick pan. Fry the garlic until fragrant, then add in the minced meat and mixed vege and fry till cooked and add in the cooked rice and mix throughly. If u think its too dry, add a small bit of water. If u want, u can also add in a small amount of soy sauce when frying the meat and vege (though I don't). As for the rice, cook it soft but not too soft.. just a little softer than our usual rice so that its not too hard for our little darlings to swallow.
 
Reposting cuz got overidden
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Poll on food to feed our darlings
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Formula Milk
Clarisse - Gain IQ (switched from Wyeth, now each day 3 milk feed)
Caleb - Mamil Gold (still on step 2...moving on to setp 3 once stocks are clear)
Clariss- Gain IQ (2 x 120ml per day + 60ml mix with cereal for breakfast, bf at night)
Celeste - GainIQ - 3 feeds a day
Kyra - Enfapro (moving to Step 3 when she hits 18 months)
yx - 5 grain oat milk (1 feed) + BM (1 feed)
Cephas - Gain IQ
Eshley - Gain IQ n Nan 3 :p
Caleb (Sept03)-Progress Gold-3 feeds a day
JH - Mamil Step 3 - 2 feeds a day
Megan - Enfagrow (4 times a day), sometimes substitute with Pedisure.
Tabby - gain IQ
Jamie - Friso Gold 3
Isaac - Mamil Step 3 (3 feeds of 180-200ml)
Xavier - GainIQ
Mel - Enfagrow (3 feeds a day)
Caeden - Isomil Advance 2 (4 feeds a day)
Charmaine - BM
Kaelyn - GainIQ (3 feeds/day. 2 Feed 240ml and 1 feed 160ml)
JW C GainIQ (2 to 3 feeds depending on whether he rejects his night feed)
Daren - Progress Gold/Enfagrow (3 sometimes 4, 210ml per feed)
Lucas - Enfagrow & Nan2 mixed (3 feeds + 1 middle of the night 'comfort' feed)
Joash - Breast milk 2x a day and Pediasure 2x a day
damien - Gain IQ (2 feed @ 150ml)going to change to Pedisure.
Ariene - Breast milk 3-4x a day. No formula milk yet.

Fruits
Clarisse - Apple, Pear, Avocado, Banana, Grapes.
Caleb - Papaya, Apple, Banana
Clariss- Apple, Banana, grapes, pear
Celeste - apple/pear/dragonfruit/kiwi/papaya/banana/honeydew/watermelon
Kyra - Grapes, Banana, apple (but in puree form, homemade)
yx - papaya, apple, banana, dragon fruit, kiwi, peach, grapes, pear, avocado, plum (going to try mangosteen)
Cephas - Apple, Banana, Grapes, Kiwi, Longans, Pear, Strawberry, Watermelon, Durian (Occasionally)
Eshley - Apple, Pear, Banana, Papaya, Honeydew, Dragonfruit, Persimmon, Guava (those very soft ones), Kiwi (gold type coz sweeter)
Caleb (Sept03)-apple,pear, banana, papaya, durian, dragonfruit,grape,kiwi,avocado
Jh - apple, pear, banana, kiwi, strawberries, peach, nectarine
Megan - Apple, avacado, banana, (orange & Watermelon - Occasionally), papaya, durian
Tabby - peaches, oranges, apples, banana, avocado, watermelon, papaya, grapes, strawberries, pear, kiwi
Jamie - apple, banana, pear, grapes, durian
Isaac - grapes, oranges, watermelon, banana, kiwi
Xavier - apple, pear, nectarine, banana, papaya, kiwi, peace
Mel - apple, pear, banana, grapes, oranges, blueberrry, strawberry, kiwi, avocado
Caeden - apple, orange, banana, kiwi (A), grapes (A), strawberry (A), avocado, durian, longan, honeydew, honeymelon
Charmaine - apple, pear, banana (fav! - she can say "na"), watermelon, honeymelon, rambutan (sliced), strawberry (hates - think cos it's sour), grapes, papaya, peach(? - the fresh red apple-alike ones), dried apricot
Kaelyn-apple, pear, watermelon(seldom),papaya,kiwi(hate cos its sour), grapes,banana(long time never feed cos IL say will cause plemgh)
JW-apple, banana, kiwi, orange, papaya
Daren - apple, banana, pear, papaya, honeydew
Lucas - (most often)apple, papaya, banana (occassional)mango, nectarine, grapes, pear, honeymelon
Joash - chinese pears (the most often), papaya, watermelon, apples, bananas, peach, nectarines,
damien - organge, bananas, apples, mango, grapes..whatever that is available..even durian.
Ariene - packard pear, banana, apple, orange, strawberry, grape, persimmon, kiwi, avocado, watermelon, honeydew, rockmelon , papaya, durian (seldom), mango (seldom)

Breakfast
Clarisse - Plain bread, Wholemeal Bread, Pau Skin, Fruits.
Caleb - normally its milk. lunch and tunch is then solid food.
Clariss- Cereal with milk and one whole egg (she has been having the same breakfast for a few months)
Celeste - Mostly milk,twice a week-brown rice,occasionally scrambled egg
Kyra - first meal is usually milk. But she'll also have bread, pau skin, tau huay (without the sugar syrup)
yx - bread, a bit of goat milk, quarkers oat meal
Cephas - Steam egg, raisin bread, plain bread with cheese, cereals,
Eshley - Nestum cereal for wkdays (at mil house), wkends = Oats with eggs, or Nestum, or Scrambled egg, or bread with milk+milo
caleb (Sep03)- Brown rice cereal in milk, eggs, bread
JH - oatmeal in milk, weetbix in milk, bread, scrambled eggs
Megan - Bread, tau sau pau, cakes, kueh
Tabby - multigrain/ barley/ brown cereal with fruit, yoghurt, hot cakes happy meal
Jamie - normally milk, weekend=hotcake happy meal or cereal
Isaac - soft-boiled eggs / scrambled eggs with 1 pc bread, Heinz Apple Muesli, Weetbix in milk, Yoplait for kids
Xavier - cereal wif 150ml FM (the most boring BF)
Mel - cereal wif milk/fruits, french toast, scramble eggs (she doesn't really like). Will make pancake tom.
Caeden - Cheerios with FM, man tou, lian rong bao, pumpkin buns, tuna sandwich, bread with gerber fruit gel, chwee kueh, chee chong fun
Charmaine - porridge, cereal, chee chong fun, noodle, pau, pancake, bread, actually anything that my parents are eating for breakfast.
Kaelyn-Main meal still Milk,Chee chong fun(no sauce), Chiu Kweh(no caipo), pau, bread with cheese spread, whatever IL eat what will feed her
Daren - Quaker Oats (About 2 ikea bowls), sometimes toasted bread and scrambled eggs
Lucas - milk + plain bread/raisin bread & eggs every alternate days
Joash - Mainly breast milk and sometimes bread
damien - biscuit, bread or whatever the grandparents are having for breakfast
Ariene - cornflakes with EBM, Healthy Times teddy puff, Healthy times oatmeal with EBM, avocado, scrambled eggs, toast with cheese spread/ butter, white/wholemeal bread with butter/cheese spread, french/bombay toast (small pieces of skinned bread with beaten egg n EBM lightly pan fried)

Food beside the usual porridge for lunch and dinner
Clarisse - Mee Sua, Pasta, sometimes if we are outside will feed her heinz bottle food.
Caleb - potato macaroni cheese with half hard boiled egg, usual porridge(fish & veg), sweet potato, da rou bao( bao skin+egg), white bread, yoshinoya rice+boiled brocolli + cauliflower, japanese udon, noodle soup(outside store)
Clariss- Mee Sua, Pasta, udon mee, mee hoon
Celeste - meesua/ macaroni
Kyra - the usual base is cereal /oat porridge topped with pumpkin/sweet potato/egg yolk/ brocolli/fish/chicken/carrots. Pasta, pizza
yx - mee suah, pasta, dou chian (looks like dried kueh tiao)
Cephas - Baked potato, pasta, steam fish with pumpkin, potato/carrot soup, marcaroni, chicken soup, beef stew, mee tai mak with chix soup, pork balls with gravy. If outside, will usually order something he wld like.
Eshley- Meesua/ macaroni soup/ noodle soup (soup based used pork ribs, soya beans and corn to boil first) - So far, she hasn't eaten anything from outside store.
Caleb(sept03)-meesua, macaroni, bao, bread,
JH - now only eat porridge, cereal + fruits/babyfood
Megan - Porridge or rice that we are eating. But we add fish, veg and soup, basicallly the non oily, non saltish dishes only
Tabby - lentils/ quinoa/ millet stew with vege/ meat, pastas
Jamie - Bee hoon/Mee sua/Noodle/Kway Teow/macaroni/Udon, whatever outside food we eat..she will get to taste abit (Duck rice,Chicken rice,Spaghetti,Pizza,Sushi,Chawamushi..her favourite)
Isaac - beef stew or chicken stew with sweet potato & carrot mixed with ABC pasta, mee sua with ikan bilis stock + vege & meat, mushy rice mix with butternut squash & pan-fried salmon/cod, minced beef with mash potatoes & cheese
Xav - eh...only porridge with fish. Tried mee sua. Just bought ABC pasta, trying soon.
Mel - porridge for dinner, lunch - pasta or pre-cook puree mainly from Annabel Karmel's recipe.
Caeden - ABC pasta, rice with ABC soup, shepherd's pie, mashed potatoes with fish & vege, mee sua, bee hoon, baby back
Charmaine - mee sian, pasta, potatoes, shepherd's pie (she loves it! Thks again to Mamapanda for sharing the recipe), chicken, salmon, cod (fav!).
kaelyn-cereal+scramble eggs, pasta,
JW-Bread, beehoon, eggs and little bit of whatever daddy & mummy is having for breakfast
Daren - toasted bread, pasta with cheese, tang hoon, tried guo tiao but not receptive, mee sua, beef stew, herbal soups from the pot (depends whatever we're making that day but before any salt is added)
Lucas - macaroni, pasta, Heinz Mum's Recipe food jars (when out)
Joash - pasta, mee sua, bee hoon, cereal, cheese, thread fin, pork
damien - it depend wat my mum cook for dinner..just give him soup, rib meat and rice..eg ABC Soup
Ariene - pasta soup chicken, fried pasta with butter, garlic & small bits of beef/pork/chicken (something like aglio olio), tomato based pasta, millet/brown rice (something betw porridge & rice consistency) with meat & vege, plain millet/porridge with fried shitake mushrooms/asparagus/celery/carrots in garlic & butter, mashed potato/butternut squash/sweet potato with minced chicken/beef/pork, chawanmushi, plain soba, (thinking of adding fried rice in butter with garlic n mixed vege to the menu), ABC soup too

Snack
Clarisse - Yoghurt, Gerber Stars.
Caleb - japanese biscuits, gerber stars
Clariss- Manna biscuits, baby bites, gerber stars, rasins, yoghurt
Celeste - Jap biscuits/gerber/babybites/potato wf cheese/bread/Heinz cheesesticks/manna biscuits/yoghurt
Kyra - yoghurt, cheese, manna biscuits, goat's milk sweet and many other baby biscuits. My baby's a snack queen, like her Mummy :p
yx - yoghurt, biscuit, breakfast cereal
Cephas - Cereals, biscuits, bread with cheese or just a slice of cheese on its own
Eshley - Jap biscuits/ baby bites, yoghurt, carrot & apple sticks...
Caleb (sept03)- Assorted biscuits, gerber stars, cheese, yogurt.
JH - yoghurt, biscuits,
Megan - Biscuits, cakes, gerber stars
Tabby - she seldom snacks... but sometimes she will take yoghurt or some baby bites or snack from our meals
Jamie - Gerber stars, cup cakes, manna biscuits, wang zai xiao man tou, babybites, her favorite 9-layer kueh
Isaac - Plain biscuits, cheese bread, gerber stars and his fav. small round ball biscuits (like wang zai xiaomantou except it's another Jap brand)
Xav - biscuits, all kinds of bread, cakes (steam cheese cake)
Mel - gerber stars, rasins, yogurt, Jap biscuits, cheese stick biscuit, bread, rasin, fruits
Caeden - gerber stars, cheerios, jap biscuits, tuna sandwich, bread, fruits
Charmaine - gerber stars, raisins, biscuits (all kinds-baby bites, jap biscuits), bread, fruits, yoghurt (fav!)
Kaelyn - Gerber stars, babybites, jap biscuit, Yoghurt(starting to accept), small egg cup cake.
JW-Gerber stars, bread, biscuits, taste of ice cream occassionally
Daren - jap biscuits, manna biscuits, toasted bread with cheese, pizza crusts (as breadsticks)
Lucas - Gerber stars (in car rides), Jap biscuits, yogurt, bread
Joash - Manna baby biscuits, baby chicken biscuits, jap biscuits, bread, yogurt, cheese, fruits
damien - cheese, biscuit, bread, yogurt..pizza,taste of wat we eating
Ariene - cut fruits, steamed vege sticks, teddy puff, gerber stars, toast, cheese wedges, yugurt, baby biscuits (heinz/pigeon/manna)
 
durianlover
I can understand what u mean. Ariene will also go mumm mumm at whatever we're eating! once, my hb let her taste a small bit of wasabe at sakae sushi cuz she kept saying mumm mumm and taking a chopstick and poking at the wasabe we're eating
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5 sec after she ate it, she kept pointing at her tongue and scrapping her tongue with her fingers and blowing raspberries to tell us its hot. It was quite funny and after that, she stayed far away from the wasabe and was contented eating her chawan mushi and sushi rice. Haha.
 
Tabbisus,
So sorry.. left u out.. Yes u are in the list. Sorry for my carelessness.

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Mamapanda/Durianlover,
At my house, Jurong West. This Sat @ 3-5pm.
I am trying to keep the group small as my house is not big. Think Queen and Rachel cannot make it on that timing as it is their babies' nap time. You two want to join in? I am confirming the attendance so that I can get the snacks ready.
 
mamapanda
aiyo that car so bad..u horn already and still reverse...really heart pain

sounds like ariene takes quite solid food. JH only likes mushy food nowadays...

mamachan
i will try to do the toast one of these days. i bought tuna last week. maybe do a tuna sandwich for JH

re learning
JH still not talking much yet but he is good at his comprehension. when he wants a particular song, he will do the action for me to tell me he wants it.

nowadays he very funny. when i ask him what sound does cat make, he goes ooooo.

SH
poor JW, wow he really energizer liao. JH got knocked out at 7pm...and woke up ard 8pm.

yesterday he ate a lot for dinner to my surprise. so happy. he finished all his porridge, drank a bowl of soup and had one kiwi.

mummies
i m thinking of giving JH smaller but more frequent meals cos he eats lesser during lunch and dinner cos i think he wants to play. will that work?
 
Hi all,
i may nt be able to post as often as i have jsut started work today.. but it is a part time full day job.... only Mon, Wed and Fridays..

First day only i am missing bb badly.. my MIL very bad .. since elijah is sleeping she ask my maid to wash 4 toilets...

then my SIL elder girl is down with fever and my MIL 's maid is sick too.. hope that the lord protect elijah and the maid so they will not fall sick
 
rena
you putting your maid and elijah at your MIL's place?

actually the law says that your maid can only do work related to elijah..your MIL shouldn't ask your maid to wash the 4 toilets if it's her place...
 
hi Mamapanda

your pain treshhold must be quite high ... to think that you didn't know how hard Ariene is biting till u see the teethmarks. Any bleeding? Nope, Keith doesn't leave teethmarks. He likes to tease by biting down hard sometimes and I'll scold him. then he'll grin at me. My older one did bite me unconsciously till there's little bleeding... just have to tahan the pain and change position or feed the other side more. It should recover within a day or two. How I did wean off the day (now I remember) was distraction ... everytime he needs to drink for comfort, I'll distract with something. But it may work for different babies. My older one is very easy to bluff, but not Keith. maybe you want to up the solid food so that she does't rely on milk so much? Or introduce fresh milk if she's not keen on milk powder?

btw, thanks for introducing me to the cooking with unsalted butter... I'm doing that to a lot of his food now. really very nice smelling/tasting

.ky.
 
Poll on food to feed our darlings
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Formula Milk
Clarisse - Gain IQ (switched from Wyeth, now each day 3 milk feed)
Caleb - Mamil Gold (still on step 2...moving on to setp 3 once stocks are clear)
Clariss- Gain IQ (2 x 120ml per day + 60ml mix with cereal for breakfast, bf at night)
Celeste - GainIQ - 3 feeds a day
Kyra - Enfapro (moving to Step 3 when she hits 18 months)
yx - 5 grain oat milk (1 feed) + BM (1 feed)
Cephas - Gain IQ
Eshley - Gain IQ n Nan 3 :p
Caleb (Sept03)-Progress Gold-3 feeds a day
JH - Mamil Step 3 - 2 feeds a day
Megan - Enfagrow (4 times a day), sometimes substitute with Pedisure.
Tabby - gain IQ
Jamie - Friso Gold 3
Isaac - Mamil Step 3 (3 feeds of 180-200ml)
Xavier - GainIQ
Mel - Enfagrow (3 feeds a day)
Caeden - Isomil Advance 2 (4 feeds a day)
Charmaine - BM
Kaelyn - GainIQ (3 feeds/day. 2 Feed 240ml and 1 feed 160ml)
JW C GainIQ (2 to 3 feeds depending on whether he rejects his night feed)
Daren - Progress Gold/Enfagrow (3 sometimes 4, 210ml per feed)
Lucas - Enfagrow & Nan2 mixed (3 feeds + 1 middle of the night 'comfort' feed)
Joash - Breast milk 2x a day and Pediasure 2x a day
damien - Gain IQ (2 feed @ 150ml)going to change to Pedisure.
Ariene - Breast milk 3-4x a day. No formula milk yet.
Ethan - Gain IQ (3x210ml a day) but sometimes he wakes up at 3-4am for whatever reasons, I will give him another 4oz)

Fruits
Clarisse - Apple, Pear, Avocado, Banana, Grapes.
Caleb - Papaya, Apple, Banana
Clariss- Apple, Banana, grapes, pear
Celeste - apple/pear/dragonfruit/kiwi/papaya/banana/honeydew/watermelon
Kyra - Grapes, Banana, apple (but in puree form, homemade)
yx - papaya, apple, banana, dragon fruit, kiwi, peach, grapes, pear, avocado, plum (going to try mangosteen)
Cephas - Apple, Banana, Grapes, Kiwi, Longans, Pear, Strawberry, Watermelon, Durian (Occasionally)
Eshley - Apple, Pear, Banana, Papaya, Honeydew, Dragonfruit, Persimmon, Guava (those very soft ones), Kiwi (gold type coz sweeter)
Caleb (Sept03)-apple,pear, banana, papaya, durian, dragonfruit,grape,kiwi,avocado
Jh - apple, pear, banana, kiwi, strawberries, peach, nectarine
Megan - Apple, avacado, banana, (orange & Watermelon - Occasionally), papaya, durian
Tabby - peaches, oranges, apples, banana, avocado, watermelon, papaya, grapes, strawberries, pear, kiwi
Jamie - apple, banana, pear, grapes, durian
Isaac - grapes, oranges, watermelon, banana, kiwi
Xavier - apple, pear, nectarine, banana, papaya, kiwi, peace
Mel - apple, pear, banana, grapes, oranges, blueberrry, strawberry, kiwi, avocado
Caeden - apple, orange, banana, kiwi (A), grapes (A), strawberry (A), avocado, durian, longan, honeydew, honeymelon
Charmaine - apple, pear, banana (fav! - she can say "na"), watermelon, honeymelon, rambutan (sliced), strawberry (hates - think cos it's sour), grapes, papaya, peach(? - the fresh red apple-alike ones), dried apricot
Kaelyn-apple, pear, watermelon(seldom),papaya,kiwi(hate cos its sour), grapes,banana(long time never feed cos IL say will cause plemgh)
JW-apple, banana, kiwi, orange, papaya
Daren - apple, banana, pear, papaya, honeydew
Lucas - (most often)apple, papaya, banana (occassional)mango, nectarine, grapes, pear, honeymelon
Joash - chinese pears (the most often), papaya, watermelon, apples, bananas, peach, nectarines,
damien - organge, bananas, apples, mango, grapes..whatever that is available..even durian.
Ariene - packard pear, banana, apple, orange, strawberry, grape, persimmon, kiwi, avocado, watermelon, honeydew, rockmelon , papaya, durian (seldom), mango (seldom)
Ethan - Usual: apple, banana, pear. Occasional: Honeydew, rockmelon, avocado, grape, kiwi, mango, durian (he hates it!)

Breakfast
Clarisse - Plain bread, Wholemeal Bread, Pau Skin, Fruits.
Caleb - normally its milk. lunch and tunch is then solid food.
Clariss- Cereal with milk and one whole egg (she has been having the same breakfast for a few months)
Celeste - Mostly milk,twice a week-brown rice,occasionally scrambled egg
Kyra - first meal is usually milk. But she'll also have bread, pau skin, tau huay (without the sugar syrup)
yx - bread, a bit of goat milk, quarkers oat meal
Cephas - Steam egg, raisin bread, plain bread with cheese, cereals,
Eshley - Nestum cereal for wkdays (at mil house), wkends = Oats with eggs, or Nestum, or Scrambled egg, or bread with milk+milo
caleb (Sep03)- Brown rice cereal in milk, eggs, bread
JH - oatmeal in milk, weetbix in milk, bread, scrambled eggs
Megan - Bread, tau sau pau, cakes, kueh
Tabby - multigrain/ barley/ brown cereal with fruit, yoghurt, hot cakes happy meal
Jamie - normally milk, weekend=hotcake happy meal or cereal
Isaac - soft-boiled eggs / scrambled eggs with 1 pc bread, Heinz Apple Muesli, Weetbix in milk, Yoplait for kids
Xavier - cereal wif 150ml FM (the most boring BF)
Mel - cereal wif milk/fruits, french toast, scramble eggs (she doesn't really like). Will make pancake tom.
Caeden - Cheerios with FM, man tou, lian rong bao, pumpkin buns, tuna sandwich, bread with gerber fruit gel, chwee kueh, chee chong fun
Charmaine - porridge, cereal, chee chong fun, noodle, pau, pancake, bread, actually anything that my parents are eating for breakfast.
Kaelyn-Main meal still Milk,Chee chong fun(no sauce), Chiu Kweh(no caipo), pau, bread with cheese spread, whatever IL eat what will feed her
Daren - Quaker Oats (About 2 ikea bowls), sometimes toasted bread and scrambled eggs
Lucas - milk + plain bread/raisin bread & eggs every alternate days
Joash - Mainly breast milk and sometimes bread
damien - biscuit, bread or whatever the grandparents are having for breakfast
Ariene - cornflakes with EBM, Healthy Times teddy puff, Healthy times oatmeal with EBM, avocado, scrambled eggs, toast with cheese spread/ butter, white/wholemeal bread with butter/cheese spread, french/bombay toast (small pieces of skinned bread with beaten egg n EBM lightly pan fried)
Ethan - Usual: HT Cereals with fruits. Occasional weekends: tow huey, cheecheong fun (wout sauce), chweekuey (wout chyepok), bread with butter.

Food beside the usual porridge for lunch and dinner
Clarisse - Mee Sua, Pasta, sometimes if we are outside will feed her heinz bottle food.
Caleb - potato macaroni cheese with half hard boiled egg, usual porridge(fish & veg), sweet potato, da rou bao( bao skin+egg), white bread, yoshinoya rice+boiled brocolli + cauliflower, japanese udon, noodle soup(outside store)
Clariss- Mee Sua, Pasta, udon mee, mee hoon
Celeste - meesua/ macaroni
Kyra - the usual base is cereal /oat porridge topped with pumpkin/sweet potato/egg yolk/ brocolli/fish/chicken/carrots. Pasta, pizza
yx - mee suah, pasta, dou chian (looks like dried kueh tiao)
Cephas - Baked potato, pasta, steam fish with pumpkin, potato/carrot soup, marcaroni, chicken soup, beef stew, mee tai mak with chix soup, pork balls with gravy. If outside, will usually order something he wld like.
Eshley- Meesua/ macaroni soup/ noodle soup (soup based used pork ribs, soya beans and corn to boil first) - So far, she hasn't eaten anything from outside store.
Caleb(sept03)-meesua, macaroni, bao, bread,
JH - now only eat porridge, cereal + fruits/babyfood
Megan - Porridge or rice that we are eating. But we add fish, veg and soup, basicallly the non oily, non saltish dishes only
Tabby - lentils/ quinoa/ millet stew with vege/ meat, pastas
Jamie - Bee hoon/Mee sua/Noodle/Kway Teow/macaroni/Udon, whatever outside food we eat..she will get to taste abit (Duck rice,Chicken rice,Spaghetti,Pizza,Sushi,Chawamushi..her favourite)
Isaac - beef stew or chicken stew with sweet potato & carrot mixed with ABC pasta, mee sua with ikan bilis stock + vege & meat, mushy rice mix with butternut squash & pan-fried salmon/cod, minced beef with mash potatoes & cheese
Xav - eh...only porridge with fish. Tried mee sua. Just bought ABC pasta, trying soon.
Mel - porridge for dinner, lunch - pasta or pre-cook puree mainly from Annabel Karmel's recipe.
Caeden - ABC pasta, rice with ABC soup, shepherd's pie, mashed potatoes with fish & vege, mee sua, bee hoon, baby back
Charmaine - mee sian, pasta, potatoes, shepherd's pie (she loves it! Thks again to Mamapanda for sharing the recipe), chicken, salmon, cod (fav!).
kaelyn-cereal+scramble eggs, pasta,
JW-Bread, beehoon, eggs and little bit of whatever daddy & mummy is having for breakfast
Daren - toasted bread, pasta with cheese, tang hoon, tried guo tiao but not receptive, mee sua, beef stew, herbal soups from the pot (depends whatever we're making that day but before any salt is added)
Lucas - macaroni, pasta, Heinz Mum's Recipe food jars (when out)
Joash - pasta, mee sua, bee hoon, cereal, cheese, thread fin, pork
damien - it depend wat my mum cook for dinner..just give him soup, rib meat and rice..eg ABC Soup
Ariene - pasta soup chicken, fried pasta with butter, garlic & small bits of beef/pork/chicken (something like aglio olio), tomato based pasta, millet/brown rice (something betw porridge & rice consistency) with meat & vege, plain millet/porridge with fried shitake mushrooms/asparagus/celery/carrots in garlic & butter, mashed potato/butternut squash/sweet potato with minced chicken/beef/pork, chawanmushi, plain soba, (thinking of adding fried rice in butter with garlic n mixed vege to the menu), ABC soup too
Ethan - most boring....always porridge. Sometimes will give him whatever suitable on dinner table when he is at grandparents' hse or outside.

Snack
Clarisse - Yoghurt, Gerber Stars.
Caleb - japanese biscuits, gerber stars
Clariss- Manna biscuits, baby bites, gerber stars, rasins, yoghurt
Celeste - Jap biscuits/gerber/babybites/potato wf cheese/bread/Heinz cheesesticks/manna biscuits/yoghurt
Kyra - yoghurt, cheese, manna biscuits, goat's milk sweet and many other baby biscuits. My baby's a snack queen, like her Mummy :p
yx - yoghurt, biscuit, breakfast cereal
Cephas - Cereals, biscuits, bread with cheese or just a slice of cheese on its own
Eshley - Jap biscuits/ baby bites, yoghurt, carrot & apple sticks...
Caleb (sept03)- Assorted biscuits, gerber stars, cheese, yogurt.
JH - yoghurt, biscuits,
Megan - Biscuits, cakes, gerber stars
Tabby - she seldom snacks... but sometimes she will take yoghurt or some baby bites or snack from our meals
Jamie - Gerber stars, cup cakes, manna biscuits, wang zai xiao man tou, babybites, her favorite 9-layer kueh
Isaac - Plain biscuits, cheese bread, gerber stars and his fav. small round ball biscuits (like wang zai xiaomantou except it's another Jap brand)
Xav - biscuits, all kinds of bread, cakes (steam cheese cake)
Mel - gerber stars, rasins, yogurt, Jap biscuits, cheese stick biscuit, bread, rasin, fruits
Caeden - gerber stars, cheerios, jap biscuits, tuna sandwich, bread, fruits
Charmaine - gerber stars, raisins, biscuits (all kinds-baby bites, jap biscuits), bread, fruits, yoghurt (fav!)
Kaelyn - Gerber stars, babybites, jap biscuit, Yoghurt(starting to accept), small egg cup cake.
JW-Gerber stars, bread, biscuits, taste of ice cream occassionally
Daren - jap biscuits, manna biscuits, toasted bread with cheese, pizza crusts (as breadsticks)
Lucas - Gerber stars (in car rides), Jap biscuits, yogurt, bread
Joash - Manna baby biscuits, baby chicken biscuits, jap biscuits, bread, yogurt, cheese, fruits
damien - cheese, biscuit, bread, yogurt..pizza,taste of wat we eating
Ariene - cut fruits, steamed vege sticks, teddy puff, gerber stars, toast, cheese wedges, yugurt, baby biscuits (heinz/pigeon/manna)
Ethan - plain bread, cakes, biscuits (Manna/Heinz/Pigeon/Angie's jap biscuits, Cheerios), gerber stars, teddy puffs, yoghurt
 
Mummies with recipes to share,
Mafan if u can kindly post again in yahoo group? I rember seeing Mamapanda's shepherd's pie, mamachan's beef stew but din copy it down. I hope to try out some new food for Ethan when my MS is gone. Now sometimes I can't even stand the smell of his porridge. His meals are so pathetically boring. Hb was hinting to me over weekends to add more variety to E's daily menu. Haahaa!
 
SY,
Any idea if the law allows us to ask the maid to clean the floor & the window grilles at the grandparents' hse? Cos E likes to sit on the floor & sometimes touch the window grilles to look at the dogs. So I asked the maid to clean but she complained to the agent she doesnt want to clean 2 hses. Argh! Anyway, I have sent the maid home for good cos her character is questionable. Now waiting for new maid to come. Hope this one will be better this time.
 
wenyl
strictly speaking, the law doesn't allow maid to clean 2 houses. but i read before that if it's related to the baby cos u put baby n maid at someone else's house, then it's seems a bit grey. what did the agent say when she complained?

i guess the main idea is that she is taking care of Ethan so must make sure he is ok and this includes making sure what he touches is clean right?
 
Wenyl - if i were u , i will send the maid off too... cos it goes to show how 'particular' and 'lazy' she is! my maid cleans my inlaws' hse on mon-fri since we are staying there and cleans my own hse ( fri evening to sun ). i do not tink im going agst the law nor abusing my maid cos if she dun need to clean my hse mon-fri, it shld be alrite for her to help me clean inlaws' hse isnt it? the oni 'siong' part is the fri evening cos aft the chores at inlaws', she gota do the chores at my own hse... but then,during weekends, i will give her rest time to nap when celeste is also napping and i shld say its rather free n easy for her back at my own hse.. the oni thing is my SIL/BIL oso stay wf my inlaws during weekdays ( yes! tats how crowded the house is ), so tat makes it more tiring for my maid wf more clothes/ more plates to wash... i do feel abit sorry for her too but i will tell her i oso got no choice and tat she gota help me wf it ( to show her i appreciate her effort ). so far, things have been very well wf tis 2nd maid... and i certainly hope she stays tis way.
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AquaDucks (trial confirmed)
Venue : Tower 2 / 4th floor, Suntec
Please arrive at least 15 mins earlier to change and get ready.
Date : 20 May 2007 (this Sunday)

In the event of cancellation due to rain or otherwise, Aquaducks will call me (there's no number to call them unfortunately), so pls pm me your mobile # for this. I'll pm all my mobile# in case you can't turn up last min.

I've split the group into 2 as follows as only AK has 4pm requirements.

4 pm slot
---------
1) SY
2) Clare
3) Cheng
4) Chicken Little
5) ky - I will be swimmnig with Keith
6) Ak - I will be swimming with Ryan

4.30 pm slot
------------
1) Mashybrainz
2) Esh Mummy
3) Flo
4) Cookie - HB to swim w bb
5) Aileen
6) tabbiesus

Denmy, unfortunaltely, I've arranged the date to be on 20 May before your response ... and already got 2 groups of 6. Let's see if any other mummies are keen to join u in Jun? anyone else?

.ky.
 
From KY:

AquaDucks (trial confirmed)
Venue : Tower 2 / 4th floor, Suntec
Please arrive at least 15 mins earlier to change and get ready.
Date : 20 May 2007 (this Sunday)

In the event of cancellation due to rain or otherwise, Aquaducks will call me (there's no number to call them unfortunately), so pls pm me your mobile # for this. I'll pm all my mobile# in case you can't turn up last min.

I've split the group into 2 as follows as only AK has 4pm requirements.

4 pm slot
---------
1) SY
2) Clare - HB will swim w BB
3) Cheng
4) Chicken Little
5) ky - I will be swimmnig with Keith
6) Ak - I will be swimming with Ryan

4.30 pm slot
------------
1) Mashybrainz
2) Esh Mummy
3) Flo
4) Cookie - HB to swim w bb
5) Aileen
6) tabbiesus
 
Re : Window Grilles

I got a contatc from Rachel.. in fact Rach gave me 2 contacts out of which tis one is rather cheap! i had them to replace 2 bi-fold doors and do the grilles for the whole house ( except kitchen ), oni charging me $1120!!! and tis quote actuali incldes the doors and grilles for 4 rooms ( 1 room has got 2 walls wf windows ) and the living room... he is jason HP 9177 4404, can call him for a quote...

Rach - THANKS! the lobang u recommend very gd lei heehee
 
Hi mummies!

Mamapanda,
I have problems weaning charmaine off too. : (

re: period
Have to ask mummies here - are your periods regular after it has come back? Mine came in Mar even though I am still bfing. It used to be quite regular but I didn't get any after that. Is it going to be irregular initially?
 
May
Hmm 3-5pm is also Ariene's nap time so I'll give it a miss. If she's not sleeping, then maybe I'll just pop by to say Hi but will not be eating anything so no need prepare for me.

SY
I think it all boils down to whether the maid is agreeable to doing the work or not. They have every right to refuse cleaning up the other house but, so far, my maid has been doing it voluntarily even though I did not ask to do anything. Eventually, if they're not willing to do it and lodges a complain with MOM, we're in trouble.

baby recipes
I'll try to post something when I have some free time. Now abit busy developing my database and file parser.
 
Mamapanda,
Thanks for the recipe!

May,
Sigh, 3-5pm is also Janelle's nap time so looks like i've gotta give it a miss! Would look forward to joining you all next time round though
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sl,
Contrary to what most other mummies here experienced, my periods were pretty regular & normal when they first came back leh. But then again, i only had 3 periods before i conceived again so perhaps it's not enough to say whether it's regular or not! But since u're still breastfeeding, perhaps that could interfere with the regularity? Should not be much of a problem. If it bothers you, then check it out with your gynae
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Or another possibility is that you're pregnant that's why it hasn't come back??
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re maids
yeah i think it all boils down to the maid. some maids very smart one. they will know how to complain to agent etc so must be careful.

sl
my period has been regular since it came back after i stop bf.

ky
JH just recovered from stomach virus. is it ok to swim? dun wan him to spread virus to other kids
 


Hi KY
I have PM you my mobile no as requested :> Cheng

From KY:

AquaDucks (trial confirmed)
Venue : Tower 2 / 4th floor, Suntec
Please arrive at least 15 mins earlier to change and get ready.
Date : 20 May 2007 (this Sunday)

In the event of cancellation due to rain or otherwise, Aquaducks will call me (there's no number to call them unfortunately), so pls pm me your mobile # for this. I'll pm all my mobile# in case you can't turn up last min.

I've split the group into 2 as follows as only AK has 4pm requirements.

4 pm slot
---------
1) SY
2) Clare - HB will swim w BB
3) Cheng - HB will swim w Aidan
4) Chicken Little
5) ky - I will be swimmnig with Keith
6) Ak - I will be swimming with Ryan

4.30 pm slot
------------
1) Mashybrainz
2) Esh Mummy
3) Flo
4) Cookie - HB to swim w bb
5) Aileen
6) tabbiesus
 

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