<font color="0077aa"><font size="+1">Peachie</font></font>, no worries!
Anyway I'm all well again, just still on some med to clear off the last bit of flu. Aiya so pai seh I missed 2 chances to meet Lil Clarence
, wonder when it'll happen.. When are you taking leave again?! heh..
<font color="0077aa"><font size="+1">Doreen</font></font>, 'mmmm' is a universal command for pooing right?! heh.. I can't think of another intonation that can be used for that special moment! heh.. Your Damien so cute, can still smile at u when u do that ah? he must be thinking who's the one having constipation mann! heehee..
<font color="0077aa"><font size="+1">jRt</font></font>, I thought I was wrong too, especially I was quite 'high' on that flu/cough med when replying Peachie's post. But when I went to check on my references, apparently the 'H' in UHT can also be referred as 'Heat' or 'High', no right or wrong about that. In fact, if u google for the whole word 'Ultra Heat Temperature', you'll still get positive results explaining what 'UHT' means. So both is acceptable
. And yes, you're right about UHT treatment is different from 'Pasteurization'. Thanks for the correction!
Anyway wrt to this, <font color="ff0000">just to share with all and if you're uncomfy with giving your bb cow's milk based yoghurt, there's also SOY based yoghurt available. I briefly scanned through the shelves yesterday at Jelita's Cold Storage and saw this brand called 'SOYGURT'.</font> But I was too drowsy to scrutinise if they're organic or whole milk..
<font color="0077aa"><font size="+1">Alicia</font></font>, yes strawberry happens to rank 1 of the highest in the food allergy chart. If you're simply looking for yogurts that are gentle enough to feed our babies, you can also try searching at any organic stores, not necessary have to depend on Cold Storage for Horizon's or Muller's.. In fact the PLAIN ones are better as they contain more nutrients than flavored ones. And at Cold Storage, so far I only saw Horizon has the PLAIN one but its sodium content is high, compare to others. I suspect it's becos it's PLAIN, therefore the manufacturer adds in more salt to make it flavorful. So in this case, for me, I rather buy the banana/peach/vanilla flavored ones from BBYoplait as they contain less sodium, but they are not organic la and can be found at Fair Price and Cold Storage..
For plain ones, u can add whatever freshly cut fruits to serve. I sometimes mash banana or papaya or even avocado and add into the plain yogurt for my A. I'd say almost 100%, ok la 99% la guaranteed to cure constipation! heehee..
Oh almost forget, another alternative is GREEK YOGURT. Plain and Creamy..
<font color="0077aa"><font size="+1">Jerene</font></font>, just give u a few pointers see if can help:
- how do u exactly serve Alexis her meals? Is it porridge mixed with all the dishes? Why not try serve dish by dish? I don't mean like a 5-course dinner.. don't mix the dishes and porridge together, when u spoon, spoon only either the porridge or fish each time/spoon. So at least u can narrow down to what exactly she doesn't like.
- Could it be the consistency of the porridge? Maybe too dry or too lumpy?
- How about the temperature of her meal? My A likes piping hot food..
- If all tried and yet failed, try stewing. Put all your veg(rooties prefered) and your meat/poultry into a small claypot, cook over the tiniest fire for like 30-45 mins. Serves together with the 'gravy'.
- Sometimes can also be wrong combi of dishes. Like either too much of the leafy taste or too much of the rootie can also be very disturbing.
- Try to keep to 2 or 3 veg + 1 meat/poultry. Anything more will confuse her taste buds and too much of a different taste might not up to her liking.
- As for increasing intake of Milk, can intro yoghurt, fruits milkshake or use milk to mix into her cereal.
- Oh, maybe u also want to consider rescheduling her meal times.. it might help..
And I think it's kind of strange that you don't intend to feed Alexis pork just becos your helper doesn't eat it. She can prepare for A but don't eat it right? Shouldn't deprive your A of its nutrients mah..
These are just my thoughts la.. just keep trying, don't give up