Hi
fatmom! Oh dear, pls pls take the doc's advice ok? Relax, take some time out for yourself, enjoy life a bit. We forget how to enjoy life the moment bb comes along... always so stressed, so tired, lack of sleep. You must have been all drained out from Amelia's frequent diarrhoea etc. But now that you know for sure she's not allergic to stuff like cow's milk, at least you'll feel more confident about feeding her. Your 3wks HL, must go facial, mani/pedi, spa, shopping, take walks in the park etc, ya?
If wanna save money, then do diy beauty treatments for yourself lah! Hehe... and window shopping also can.
And no lor, not enjoying fri night out, since bb came along, my fri night drinks have become a thing of the past! Haha... Oh, about the HB oatmeal, it's nice ah? Tsk, I only ordered 1 tin, cos din dare to order more in case not nice. Sigh...
Annie, bb's 7.5mths now, born on the 3rd
poko1, ya, I know what you mean, chicken is quite fibrous. My aunt told me that polyclinic taught her to rake a fork crosswise on a piece of chicken, so that the "shreds" won't come out in long strands, but short short ones. I try to make it as fine as my hands will allow me, without using blender.
I read somewhere that babies don't use their teeth to bite, so whether they have 0 or 2 or 4 teeth in front, it doesn't make a difference. See, even we adults use our molars to bite, not the front teeth. For babies, their molars will grow only around 12-18mths. But before this, we are already supposed to intro coarser foods to them. This teaches them to use their gums to mash up the food in their mouth. Imagine, if bb only grows molars at 18mths, can't be we keep giving super fine puree all the way until then right?
Also, when they develop their pincer grasp, they'll be eating finger foods like puffs, or scrambled egg yolk, or biscuits crumbled into tiny pieces, no longer just puree. Anyway, this was the info I read, and I thought it made a lot of sense. Obviously we need to practise some common sense too lah, like if the porridge you cook is indeed very lumpy/hard, no harm giving it a couple of zaps in the blender. For the chicken, I observe Skyla eating it, and it appears that she doesn't have much problems with it. She looked confused by the texture in the beginning, but looks like she's slowly getting used to it. I see her trying to use her tongue to mash it against the roof of her mouth. When I intro the pasta stars, I plan to boil them till they're super soft of course. Hope she'll like them...
