Rainbow Baby

As per my previous post, I am searching for organic UHT milk for our upcoming China trip.   Since I don't have much time to shop, let alone window shopping, I decided to pop into Village Grocer to find it. The one at Atria had True Organic brand, but not full cream, only the skim milk type.   And then at Jaya Grocer in Starling Mall, I found the Organic Valley, Organic Dairy Milk - Full Cream and immediately bought it so that my girl can try and see if she likes it. I am not sure what are the organic brands that carry full cream milk that is available in Malaysia.  Because I only saw the above.  Perhaps I need to visit other places too like Cold Storage or maybe should check out Aeon or some place like that. So, over the long weekend, I managed to visit Aeon and Cold Storage and found this milk in Cold Storage at Sunway Velocity. It didn't say it's organic but it's free range.  But I only manage to find this in Cold Storage at Sunwa...

As you know, I am in the midst of weaning baby.  Nowadays, she only latches at night and day time she drinks fresh milk.   She has been drinking Farm Fresh milk and she likes the taste.  I like how it comes in 200ml bottle as well that makes it so easy for her to hold and drink with the straw on her own. Since we are going to travel to China in October, I have been cracking my brains of what milk to bring for her since I can't bring this Farm Fresh milk with me as they will go bad very fast without refrigeration and I can't trust any of China's fresh milk.  So few questions came to mind: 1. Should I wean her to formula milk? 2. Should I bring UHT milk instead? 3. Goat's milk or cow's milk? 4. Organic or normal? I have to start fast because I am left with 1 month to prep her to get her use to the milk.  After some discussion with my friends and some research I did online, found that it is probably easier if I bring formula milk or UHT m...

I got the food chart from wholesomebabyfood.com .  Since baby falls in between the 4-6 months and 6-8 months category, I am gonna list those that is applicable to her, for now. Fruits Apples - I avoided this as it falls under BRAT, which causes constipation.  But I might try soon. Avocados - Get the Australian ones.  It's better quality. Apricots - It's difficult to get fresh ones in Malaysia.  I don't prefer the dried ones. Bananas - Also same as apples.  Haven't tested yet. Mango - I am not too sure why this falls under here.  My nephew is allergic to mangoes, so I am avoiding this one. Nectarines - Not easy to find. Peaches - The canned ones are easier to get, so go no for me. Pears - Baby absolutely love this as it is sweet. Plums - Not easy to find too and plums can be very sour. Prunes - Only the ones in the tub, but haven't tried that yet. Pumpkin - Yes, another food that is good together with porridge. Vegetables Beans (green) - I re...

I got the recipe from this blog .  I like baby to be adventurous in her food and not limit to western style purees or chinese style porridge.  And indian food and spices are very delicious and healthy too. I was torn between buying an indian pressure cooker or a chinese porridge cooker.  In the end, I bought the chinese porridge cooker, and now thinking of getting an indian pressure cooker as well. I have been thinking of how to cook khicddhi for baby.  It's a mixture of rice and dhal and cook together to eat.  I cooked it for myself last time and it was so delicious and healthy.  It's also one of the ayurvedic recommended food. In the absence of an indian pressure cooker, making cooking khiccdhi difficult, this blog suggest I made it into powder form and easier for cooking, which I have to agree immensely. Do click on the blog to find out more. To make it into powder form is quite tedious and lots of work.  But the results and end...

This is not baby's first puree and I read that we better not mix 2 fruits together when we first start solid food.   So far, baby has tried single food, avocado, pear, sweet potato, pumpkin and potato puree.  I don't dare to try banana and apple because it falls under the BRAT category that may cause constipation.  Though I just started homemade rice cereal with her.   I noticed that most of the websites that provide solid food recipes for babies are western, from US mostly.  So the fruits and vegetables that are easily found in their country may not be applicable for us here in Malaysia.  Besides, since these vegetables and fruits are export quality, it's usually more expensive.  What more if we get organic ones. For this puree, it's very easy to make and it's very delicious.  When it comes to 2 food mix, I would rather mix one not sweet and one sweet so that it's not overly sweet.  And preferably not to give baby too much s...

I was adamant to start solid food only when she reaches 6 months old, as recommended by the paed and also in some mommy group.  My sister was pestering me to start when she was 4 months old because that's when my nephew started.  I said no, stubbornly.  Insist to start only at 6 months. Then I read in Kelly's Mom about solid food, to look for signs if she is ready.   Signs that indicate baby is developmentally ready for solids include: Baby can sit up well  without  support. Baby has lost the tongue-thrust reflex and does not automatically push solids out of his mouth with his tongue. Baby is ready and willing to chew. Baby is developing a “pincer” grasp, where he picks up food or other objects between thumb and forefinger. Using the fingers and scraping the food into the palm of the hand (palmar grasp) does not substitute for pincer grasp development. Baby is eager to participate in mealtime and may try to grab food and put it in his mouth....