Kindermusik- family time

Brendan loves music, that s why we signed up for kindermusik... and i also want my bz hub to spend time with his son doing quality stuff. Past 3 classes, Brendan stays awake for about 30mins and falls asleep after cos it's his nap time too!!

Hmmm.. wish he'll stay awake or be up for the family jam part cos he'll have so much fun!! banging on the instruments and all... sigh...

COOKIE MONSTER!!!

my little one LOVES to eat & after eating he loves to poo too!! he loves to eat COOKIES and would jus grab them from my hand and stuff it in his mouth!!

he loves to drink water from his sippy cup and no juice, little one doesnt like juice... wat a good boy!! and there we were worried about him having a sweet tooth!!

he would just sit there and stare at others when they are eating and jus drool... so i'll always have to give him a cookie to hold!!

well... little one is alreay 6.5kg and 66 cm!! still relatively small compared to others BUT we're happy cos he's been growing!!

Recipes-- 7 months

Recipes-- 7 months


Recipe 1: beef stock
Ingredients
1) wagyu/kobe beef
2) 1 red tomato
3) 1 onion
4) 1 carrot
5) water

Put all the ingredients into the pot, bring it to boil, then lower the heat and cover the pot and let it simmer for about 3 hours. Strain the stock into a bowl, seive it again and ensure no particles can be seen in the liquid. Cover it and leave it to cool.
Store in the fridge and use it within 24 hrs or freeze them into freezer cubes. Blend the beef and use it as beef puree.


Recipe 2: Broccoli puree
Ingredients
1) broccoli (florets only)
2) water

dice broccoli, steam or boil them in 50ml of water. Boil for about 15-20mins, not too soft or it gets mushy. then blend the florets in a blender with water from boiling it.


Recipe 3: Cauliflower puree
Ingredients
1) cauliflower (florets only)
2) water

dice cauliflower, steam or boil them in 50ml of water. Boil for about 15-20mins, not too soft or it gets mushy. then blend the florets in a blender with water from boiling it.


Recipe 4: Pumpkin soup

1) pumpkin
2) 30ml bm or fm
3) 30ml water

cut the whole pumpkin into pieces and remove the seeds and skin. bring to boil till soft. then blend it with milk and water.


Recipe 5: Broccoli Cheese
Ingredients
1) broccoli (florets only)
2) Meiji baby cheese

dice broccoli, steam or boil them in 50ml of water. Boil for about 15-20mins, not too soft or it gets mushy. then blend the florets in a blender with water from boiling it. Add the melted cheese on top of it and stir in.


Recipe 6: Papaya Milkshake
Ingredients
1) papaya
2) 20ml water
3) 50ml bm/fm

Peel and dice the papaya, remove the seeds. Dice into small pieces and put them in the blender, add in the water and milk. Blend... and there u have it... Taiwan's famous papaya milkshake!!


Recipe 7: Mango puree
Ingredients
1) mango
2) 10ml water

peel and cut the mango, removing the seed. put it in the blender and blend it with very little water, use the juice from the mango.


Recipe 8: Mango Chicken Delight
Ingredients:
1) mango
2) chicken breast
3) 20ml water

bring the chicken to boil, dice it into pieces, throw it in the blender together with your diced mango, add in water from boiling the chicken and blend. VOILA!! Yummy mango chicken delight!!


Recipe 9: Fish Stock
Ingredients
1) silver fish/ anchovy/ ikan bilis
2) water

bring the ikan bilis to boil with about 100ml of water, let it boil for about 1-2 hrs. Strain the stock into a bowl, seive it again and ensure no particles can be seen in the liquid. Cover it and leave it to cool.
Store in the fridge and use it within 24 hrs or freeze them into freezer cubes.


BEAR IN MIND THAT YOUR BABIES ARE ALREADY 7 MTHS AND U MIGHT WANNA PUREEE THE FOOD INTO LUMPIER TEXTURES.

Let the finger do the talking...(OMG!!)

Mmm.. mmm.. My thoughts exact... look at the "little finger"...a>

Recipes-- 6 months

Recipe 1: Sweet Potato & Rice
Ingredients
1) 1 sweet potato
2) 1 tablespoon of rice
3) 30ml of breast or formula milk
4) 30ml of drinking water

Dice the sweet potato then steam/boil the sweet potato till soft. Put them in the blender with the balance of the water from boiling the sweet potato and milk, blend.


Recipe 2: AB Puree
Ingredients
1) 1 red apple
2) 1 ripe yellow banana
3) water

Boil the entire apple till soft. Decore and peel the skin of it, cut into pieces. Peel & cut the banana. Put them all in the blender, mix them with water from boiling the apple, blend.


Recipe 3: PoCar Puree
Ingredients
1) 1 potato
2) 1 carrot
3) 15ml water
4) 20ml milk
or 30 ml of chicken stock

Boil the carrot & potato (with jacket on) till soft. Dice them when cool and put all into the blender, mix in the chicken stock or milk & water and blend.


Recipe 4: Veggie Trio
Ingredients
1) 1 potato
2) 1 carrot
3) peas
4) 30ml of chicken stock

Boil the carrot, peas & potato (with jacket on) till soft. Dice them when cool and put all into the blender, mix in the chicken stock and blend.


Recipe 5: AvoBan Shake
Ingredients
1) 1/2 avocado
2) 1 banana
3) 40ml of milk

Spoon the avocado out, cut the banana into 5 pieces, put them all in the blender, mix in the milk & blend.


Recipe 6: Carrot Puree
Ingredients
1) 1 carrot
2) water

Dice the carrot and throw them into the pot & boil till soft. Put them in the blender, mix in the water from boiling the carrots and blend.


Recipe 7: Chicken Stock
Ingredients
1) Chicken Breast (cut away the fats)
2) 1 carrot
3) 1 onion
4) water

Put all the ingredients into the pot, bring it to boil, then lower the heat and cover the pot and let it simmer for about 3 hours. Strain the stock into a bowl, seive it again and ensure no particles can be seen in the liquid. Cover it and leave it to cool.
Store in the fridge and use it within 24 hrs or freeze them into freezer cubes.

1st foods... 6 months

My hub suggested to me, since u have nothing better to do at home, why don't u come up with some recipes for Brendan since u like cooking so much...'nothing better to do'!!! well... i resent that!! i have heaps to do: sleeping, playing with my cats, playing with Brendan, combing my cats' hair, taking baths for them... HEAPS!!

well.. i did come up with some.. but i guess they may be the same as other recipe books afterall, what else can babies eat?

i have about 10 recipes for 6 months, have tried out 3. To start making your own puree, you'll need to get a couple of gears:

1) a reliable food processor ( i got Braun 300W)
2) feeding bowls/spoons
3) brand new pot (just for the baby)

Pooh Wonderland

Thanks Marilene & Eugene... We finally have our Pooh Wonderland bumper mat from ssw!!! :-) a little disapointed with the size of it, i expected it to be bigger... well, good thing i got this instead of the world mat, can't imagine how small that will be!!

And this mat has ABCs at the back fo it... so it's dual side, talk about value for money!!! Larry thought it was cheap... well, $289SGD... kinda ok for such a pretty mat.

Look at the 3rd pciture, Brendan seems to like his mat!!

My Playroom!!! :-)

Have decided to convert our guest room cum study into Brendan's playroom cos he's growing up and would need a place to crawl and play. Hmmm... how should it be done? COLORS!! I shall make the room colorful, colors to brighten up the day. What color shall we paint the room? Yellow? Blue? Orange?

We've decided to paint the room yellow, Larry got one of the painters over and painted it yellow... ok... now for the decor... THINKING CAP...

where can i find nursery decor in TW?

found some bath toys at Eslite bookstore, Hsinyi.. hmmm... not a bad idea... shall use them to stick on the walls of his playroom. I bought the alphabets, had to buy 2 sets cos the the 2 'Ns' in his name & Space... they're out of the beach theme...

need a bumper mat/crawling mat BUT i dun want those ABC mats... i really want the ssw bumper mat!! can someone pls sourier one over to tw...

Is this what he does to books!!!

Look Ma... I'm reading!! NOT... hmm.. look at what our future little scholar is doing to his book!! ripping it apart! it's a good thing it isn't made of paper!!