First Time at the Airport!

3rd Uncle's going to Canberra, Syndey to study for 3 whole years!

We sent him off with a bang, at a dinner at Whitebait and Kale, 7 July. The food was delicious, Mommy and Daddy suggested this place after a yummylicious Sunday Brunch here recently. At the dinner, Mummy and Daddy nearly swooned over the Bread and Butter pudding dessert, which Daddy usually don't like. Throughout dinner, I made a lot of noise and they had to take turns carrying me, Gong gong too. The Bellamy's toothy pegs didn't satisfy me, and after my steamed pear dessert I still kept making noise, wanting to get out of my chair. at 10pm, Daddy knew I was sleepy so we left early.



At Changi Airport, I had boundless energy after a 45mins nap in the Ergo. Its my FIRST TIME AT THE AIRPORT! I had my dinner at Delifrance bistro, then sent 3rd Uncle Ernest off to the departure gate, where we took a lot of photos.







We then went to the viewing gallery to watch his plane take off, but I was busy entertaining myself while being pushed around in the stroller by Mommy. My cousin Kieira was napping in her stroller, and Mommy kept shushing me when I screamed or babble to myself too loud.


We went to the cafeteria to have dinner, for the adults. Somehow Mommy managed to gobble dwn her steaming hot bowl of prawn noodle soup so she can entertain me. I spent my time standing up, sitting down, standing up, sitting down and babbling happily in the chair! Gong Gong commented my energy is boundless. Daddy said I am like the Energizer bunny. hehe!


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Me and Daddy in Pink!

Mommy bought a Polo Ralph Lauren pink shirt to match the one Daddy has, and she proudly put it on for me to go gai gai! Here's some photos! Me at Gymboree, at Whitebait and Kale for Sunday Brunch, and at Baby Bernice full month celebration!

2 New Dishes!

2 New Dishes!

Every weekday, Jovann will be having porridge for lunch and dinner if I am working. So I like to give him something new during weekends when I cook for him myself. :) This weekend is no exception, and I tried 2 yummy dishes for the first time!

Saturday Lunch. I made up this dish myself.
Baked Chicken breast with Organic Apples, Zuchinni and Carrots.
Why baked? coz I read that besides steaming, baking is the only method of cooking that preserves the most amount of nutrients during cooking process, even more than steaming.

Just to share what I did. First, preset the oven to about 180degrees.
1. Dice zuchinni, wash, and set aside with organic baby carrots
2. wash chicken breast and cut into 2 pieces
3. Only when about ready, cut and peel apple (I use about 3/4 of the whole apple, you can adjust the amount).


4. Heat up a tiny bit of unsalted butter in a pan, heat up the zuchinni and carrots, and sear the chicken fillet pieces until slightly brown outside. Remove from fire.
5. Arrange all ingredients in a small baking dish (mine is only about 10cm in diameter, just right for baby food!). Pour home made chicken stock over it (chicken stock was made with chicken bones, thighs, potatoes, onions, carrots, sweet potatoes, boiled and simmered for close to 3hours. Can also use plain water).


6. Cover with aluminium foil and bake in oven for 30mins.


7. Remove from oven, puree with the remaining chicken stock in the baking dish.


After puree-ing



Allow to cool slightly, and serve to hungry baby!


The taste of this dish is very light and refreshing, I love it! lucky, Jovann seems to feel the same way, though his first few mouths were a bit hesitant, he finish everything! Think I made too little. hehhee. One lesson learnt though, think I put too much chicken stock. After baking and when all ingredients are cooked, you need some stock to puree finely, but I still have a bit left so I drank it! hehehe.



Sunday Lunch.
This time, I used one of Gina Ford's recipe, but I replaced onions with organic leek bought from L'organic by my friend B :) ) Didn't like the idea of feeding Jovann onions. I also added some butternut squash for added colour.

Fish Lyonnaise.
Again, preheat oven to 190degrees celcius.
1. Slice a medium size potato into thin slices
2. Cube the threadfin, make sure there are no bones remaining and fish has been descaled and deskinned.
3. Cut the white part of the leek into fine slices (discard the leaves and greener part).
4. Thinly slice a small portion of butternut squash.


5. Arrange the ingredients in the small baking dish. One layer of potato, followed by cubed fish, followed by sliced leek (I drizzle it around) and squash, with a small bit of unsalted butter. Repeat this until you run out of ingredients or until dish is full hehehe, ending off with fish and a bit of butter.




6. Cover with home-made chicken stock. Drizzle cheddar cheese on top.


7. Bake in oven, uncovered (coz got cheese) for 30mins.
8. Remove from oven and puree in blender. Allow to cool and serve to baby!




When it was baking in the oven and the cheese was bubbling, the scent coming from it was unbelievable. Even when pureeed, it tastes good! hehhe. This dish, contrary to the Baked apple and chicken, is hearty and wholesome taste. As Jovann loves potatoes, I was right in assuming he will like this dish. hehehe, he gobbled it all up!


Lesson learnt, I put in too much cheese. In my own opinion, it was a bit salty for babies if eaten regularly. Next time I will only blend in half the cheese, or perhaps try to find unsalted cheddar.

Very happy this weekend!!!

You are 9months 14days old

on 18 June, you are 9 months old. It was a memorable occasion for me, coz 9mths marks the 3/4 point of the journey towards the milestone of your 1st yr birthday! and guess what? Mommy is starting to plan for that 1st birthday bash already! heheee... but still cracking my head where to hold it. When you are older maybe you can help me with this. :P

@ 9months,

• You have a favourite toy. The Fisher Price Peekablocks train set, bought by Auntie Jenny and Uncle Ed. You figured out how to activate the train's music and enjoy holding your index finger on the button and feel the vibration when it rotates.

• You can kiss kiss ppl on the cheeks and is quite affectionate. Your kisses are quite wet though, you do it with open mouth hehe. Once, you did it on Daddy on his mouth! Funnily, you seldom kiss me. When I am holding you and asked you to kiss, you feign ignorance. When someone else is carrying you and I asked you to kiss me, you lean towards me with ur arms open and prefer me to carry instead.

• Crawling around and round, off and on the playmat, losing interest in things after 5 mins and always searching for something more interesting.

• You like to crawl around when holding some balls/cubes/blocks in each of your hand!

• Instead of your free style "crawling", and the rojak "right hand right leg, left hand right leg, dive bomb onto bed, right hand left leg left hand ..... (you get the gist) messy crawling style, you are now crawling properly and coordinated. :P
  

• You love being on the push tricycle but is starting to climb off and step on the pedal. Cannot be too far from you

• you love pulling yourself up onto sofas, chairs, activity table, high chair legs, then sit down, pull yourself up, then sit down. And you make this happy triumphant screech/squeal/shout/laugh whenever you stand up.

• you refuse to clap hands still, but when I put your hands together and say clap clap, you squeal with laughter

• you chased after stacking cups on the floor, hit them with your hands to make it bounce away, then chase after it again.

• Your bedtime routine has somewhat changed. You used to have a diaper change, wash up, light massage, changing to PJs, nurse and sleep. Now you have a diaper change (earlier timing), wash up, light massage with concentration on tummy, change to PJs, brush teeth with rubber "brush" and soft cloth, read a book by Mommy, nurse and sleep. :)

• You smile when I gently press your tummy during bedtime massage. When Mommy warming my palms with GAIA Baby organic baby lotion, you are anticipating the touch and starts to smile.

• After digging/cleaning one of your ears (during which your expression resembles that of someone high on drugs), you will turn your head the other side indicating that I can now start on the other ear.

• Mommy also noticed you tend to be more receptive to food now, having eaten semi solids for 3 mths now.

• You have just started on fish (threadfin, salmon, silverfish) and beef, as well as asparagus, Mullers natural Baby yogurt, biscuits (Gerber puffs, Healthy Times Maple Teether, Bellamy's Organic tooth pegs), oatmeal cereal, cheese, Eden organic vege alphabet pasta. Going to start you on peach, egg yolk, Nestle teething biscuits, Baby Yoplait soon.

• You drinking a lot of water recently, close to 200ml a day I think.

He loves his Stew...

Stew!

Kinda wierd to post about food following a post about bowel movements. But, I love this dish, so I must share with all of you hehee.

Today, Jovann had Oatmeal cereal with an organic new zealand apple for breakfast. and for LUNCH, he had Stewed Tenderloin Beef fillet with green Zuchinni and organic Carrots, with Steam Russets potatoes creamed with milk by the side. Sounds classy leh???

Share with you the recipe, which was suggested by a friend of mine. Thanks Brenda!

- Put a little water to the boil in a small claypot (just enough to cover ingredients). At the same time, steam a Russet potato in a steamer.

- Add zuchinni and carrots, bring to boil, and turn down flame to simmer for 15mins.

- add tenderloin beef fillet, continue simmering for another 15mins.


- Remove from fire, mash zuchinni and carrots with a fork. put aside.

- Blend beef with the nutrient rich broth at the bottom of the bowl.

- Heat up EBM and add to mashed cooked potatoes. (his classic favourite)

- Serve to hungry baby!


20mins later.


- Wash the empty bowls. hahahaa.. I left some of the beef behind coz it's his first try and didn't want him to eat so much beef yet.

YUMMY! he loves it! I am so glad.

now what should I serve him tomorrow?

Did he poo today?

Did he poo today?

I have been warned (by magazines and articles) that when I have my own baby, I may be worried sick about everything about him/her, whether he's breathing when sleeping during newborn days, when he falls sick, whether he's putting on enough weight etc... but nobody warned me that I will be so obsessed with his bowel movements, or lack of it. Nor that I will be so elated when he finally does a big one, when something eventually comes out of his ... ah hem.... anus.

Coz Jovann has constipation problems.

It all started when he started on solids around 6 mths old. (I kinda miss the nice smelling tao suan poo back when he's still only on breastmilk and no solids yet)

Now, 3 months down, things are the same. Aside from one blessful period of 2 weeks when he poos EVERY DAY (I suspect it was the huge amount of sweet potato I "accidentally" fed him), every other day was a question mark. Why am I worried? Actually breastfed babies SELDOM have constipation, and even babies who poo every 3-4 days are fine and well. However, Jovann's poo is so hard after 3 no-poo days that he tore his anus recently. 2 fine cracks that the PD pointed out to us after I found blood in his stools one night. We felt so heartpain, and when the PD palpates his tummy he found hard stools inside.

The next few days found me asking everyone around me for advice. I already know the wise advice of

- papaya (he eats lots, but PD advised not more than 3 times a week due to the high amount of beta carotene that turns skin yellow. When at my parents, J can take papaya all the 3 days)

- drink more water (he is already drinking water during meals, when he wakes up, and after he exercises. He likes water pretty much)

- fruit juice. I tried Gerber apple prune juice, I tried Heinz pear juice. Diluted, undiluted. He hates all.

- more fruits (problem is, besides papaya, he only likes PEAR. he HATES apples. so our fruit choices are limited isn't it? It's either papaya that cannot feed more than 3 times a week, or PEAR? Contrary to popular belief, bananas are NOT good for constipation coz it makes your poo hard. eeerrr....WHAT?! anyway, BUT BUT BUT, I finally found ONE TYPE of apples that my fussy eater likes! Bless the apple grower! Its Organic New Zealand apples that Originates from Japan. Huh? did you say New Zealand and Japan? Yep, beats me how it happens, but its there on the packaging.

None of this seem to work. he is still pooing every 3-4 days, and straining very hard when it happens. When he goes all quiet during mealtimes or play time, I will hasten to bring him to the changing table or potty, and go "ngggggggg..." with him, and cheering him on like a cheerleader sans the pom pom. When I see the hard stools stretching his anus so tight and him straining his face with the effort, my heart feels the pain.

3 mths have gone by through which it was not uncommon for my parents to call every day with their welcome line "Han Ming jing tian you mei you da bian? (Did Jovann poo today)". 3 mths have gone by with us shovelling any FRUIT or water down his throat, and me clapping with encouragement and relief when he does a big one.

I have even at times pronounced with the air of someone making a scientific statement "His poo is hard at the front part but soft at the end, I guess he pooed out everything", and my hubby will nod his head in solemn agreement. We will then cover our little hero with kisses.

Then recently, some friends shared more tips (not as common) with me! and behold, one of them works!!

- Make Jovann poos at a fixed time every day, to encourage his bowel movements to be regular

- Tummy massages, clockwise direction, with hand sweeping downwards on his left tummy coz thats where his intestines are. I knew this! But it didn't occur to me to do it! Frm that day on, I incorporated this routine into his nightly massages.

- YOGURT!!! this is a life saver! I tried Horizon baby yogurt (he made a face, I did too after tasting it). then a friend Grace told me about Mullers Little Stars. Thank you Grace! Jovann love it at first taste, and every day after I fed him that he will sure reward me with a poo! Of course, I only feed him with the 2 peach ones, as he cannot eat strawberries or raspberries yet (after 1 yr).

- Rotate each of his legs 10 times each in clockwise and anticlockwise movement every morning before bringing him out of bed.

And now, I will always stock some Mullers in my fridge, and left instructions with caregivers to try make him poo every morning. so far these 1-2 weeks, he's been pooing every 1-2 days, and thats enough for me for now! :)

Crawling Champ!

He won his 1st crawling contest!

Mommy brought you to the Young Parent Fiesta in Marina Sq and there's a baby crawling contest for babies between 5-10mths old. I registered you for it! At this point, I think I should let you guys know that silly me did not manage to take any photos NOR videos of him in action! Why? Coz I was there only with my mum (Jovann's Ah Ma) who do not know how to use a camera. I was busy catching his attention to make him crawl to realise I could have passed the cam to one of the MANY organisers/helpers behind me. DUH. It was your first crawling game and Mommy missed capturing it. I am so sorry Jovann. Let's recap with you here in words kae?

There were 5 babies in total, but split up into 3s (where Jovann is) and 2s (1 boy and 1 girl whom spent the longest time looking at each other before crawling, hehe). Green and yellow combi jig saw mats were laid on the entire stage for you babes to crawl from one edge of the stage to the other. Whilst waiting for these to be up, you were so hyper you were trying to climb up my body when I was carrying you. A lady commented you are one active boy. Ah Ma carried you up to the starting line. You were the first off! Coz you had caught sight of the black remote control Mommy brought along to entice you. Your eyes were focused on it, and you were leading for half of the stage length. Then you decided you needed a rest. You sat on your bum, and actually looked back at Ah Ma, the ever attractive remote control forgotten for that split second. I think you could be mentally measuring the distance back to Ah Ma and if it' ll be less work to go back that way. At this time, the other 2 babes caught up, and the little cute indian boy next to you drew level, then passed you! You then remembered me again, and decided to continue crawling, and you caught up with the little indian boy, at one time even veering a bit off course towards his toys (some teething rings and softtoys). When the 2 of you drew level with his mommy, he was actually still a bit ahead. But he has stopped. Knowing the finish line is where the last piece of combi jig saw is, I placed the remote there and you moved that crucial few paces and was crowned the winner! hahahaa... the organiser asked for your name again, and the Emcee announced.... "An the winner is.....Jovann!...wow! congrats!" hehehe. And we were given a big green combi bag, which seems to contain a lot of goodies....but.....you won't believe it if I tell you whats our price for all your efforts. A 800ml of Combi Bottle Cleansing Detergent and many Combi pamphlets!!! Goodness... hahahaa. Eerrrr....what's the difference betw the winner's prize and the participants' gifts? Their bottles are smaller. DUH.




Mommy was either too thrilled at you winning, or too worried that you are hungry, coz even at this point I forgot I can take photo of you on the crawling mat already! Well, we ended up going off from the stage, so there goes any photo memory of you on the crawling mat, brrrrr......

Well, later managed to ask one of the helper to take a photo of 2 of us at the Fiesta, here's it! hehee.


Before all this, while waiting for the crawling contest to start (they wanted 6 participants min), Mommy went to this French Cheese booth that sells several French brands of cheese, some of which are suitable for babies from 6mths. Mommy fed you a small piece of it and the love hate expression on your face was priceless. You look disgusted by the taste, but kept leaning towards me and opening your mouth for more! Think you are too hungry.
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There was also a Sony Young Parents Cover baby booth that I wanted to check out. An experience there made me see the ugly side of Singaporeans.

Due to some miscommunication and probably poor organising, there were 2 queues for the parents queueing to have their babies photos taken (we get to bring one home). If your baby happen to flash his/her brightest smile for the camera and charmed the persons behind the scenes, he or she may get to grace the cover of the next YP mag! cool....actually I was just there for the free photo...hahahahha! Anyway, the 2 queues caused some confusion and when I put Jovann on the table (with some nice white furry rug on it), there was a pair of grandparents at the front of the other queue quarrelling with the photographer. They claimed they queued very long already, their grandson is sleepy (a lot of babies are at this stage), and how can they let me go first. I was like, helo, I also queued as long as you, its not my fault you were in the other (wrong) queue. These thoughts were of course not voiced out. They kept arguing and I could see the photographer getting flustered. All this while, Jovann was smiling at everyone and happily grabbbing the furry mat and talking to himself. If photos were taken at this moment, they would have turned out great. BUT, guess what, the grandparents just deliberately plonked their grandson down directly beside Jovann, arm to arm. This ensured that no good photos could be taken. They have made their point. Just at that moment, the Crawling contest organiser called me and asked that I gather in front of the stage. So I told the photographer and relieved him off an awkward situation. I could see the gratitude in his eyes, hahahaa. I then shoke my head at the grandparents and left.

Well, you know the rest of what happened during the crawling. Thing is, after winning, we went back to the photography booth, Jovann was by this time so hungry that he was munching on the remote. When I put him down and remove the remote, he started crying! nothing I can do (returning the remote) can cheer him up. Nope, not good photoshoot time. So off we go to feed him first. After that, we returned to finally have our photos taken. Again, by this time, its about 15mins before his nap time, and Jovann is staaaaarting to get sleepy I think, though he was still smiling when I carry him. Once I put him down, he cried again! It took a balloon and some screechy balloon noises to stop his tears. But of course the photos didn't turn out as nice as I expected. Well, Daddy takes nicer pics. :) Here's the one they gave us. The frame can be folded to become a photo stand.

Serving my little Prince

Serving my Little Gourmet Prince

You are now 3 days before you are officially 9mths old. Looking back, its been quite a long way since the first day you tried your first taste of semi-solids. It was on CNY reunion dinner at Ah Ma/Ah Gong's place, on the 16 Feb 2006 (pls refer to earlier blog entry). It was Healthy Times Organic Brown Rice cereal. You gave me such a face when you were tasting the cereal, will never forget that look. That feed was just for reunion dinner sake, not a proper meal for u. :)

On exactly your 6mth birthday, you have already progressed to eating 3TBS of HT cereal for lunch. So that day was the first time you were introduced to FRUITs. and mommy chose avocado, mashed with a bit of breastmilk. And to my amazement, you love it on first taste!! I was amazed coz Mommy never like it, but Daddy does...

However, this early "success" can be misleading. As the weeks wore on, and I enthusaistically prepared fresh fruits/veges for you, I realised i have a fussy little eater on hand. Why did I say that? For one, you ONLY take fresh expressed breast milk, or those chilled for less than 36hours (Mommy discard chilled milk after 36-48hrs). YOU Flatly refused any milk that has been FROZEN. you will make a face, push the bottle away, and vomit it out. Mommy had to give those spare bags away. And secondly, you only like FRESH steamed potatoes. And certain foods with creamy textures. For spinach, you like Puay Leng (the one with more pesticides) and don't like Heng cai (chinese spinach which has more nutrients). You don't necessarily like sweet stuff, and can enjoy something one day but refused to eat it the next time. Mommy is sweating with anxiety everytime I try new things on you. And after literally sweating and slaving over the stove for 1/2 cooking something for you and you flatly refused to take or stop after a few spoons, it can be such a severe dissappointment. Fortunately, after some time, Mommy can more or less tell what kinda food you like.

Example, potatoes with spinach... :)



As I read that root vegetables are the safest first foods, by the time you were 7mths old, you have already tried Pumpkin, butternut squash, avocadoes, carrots, potato, sweet potatoes, apples, pears. How do I keep them nice and ready to feed during days I am at work? Food cubes! its a life saver for working moms who refused to compromise the nutritious value of homecooked foods even though they may not be the ones to feed their babies during the day. Mommy steam the vegetables (I never boil it coz you lose more nutrients that way), and puree it using a blender. The first blender was a huge philips one, which made me so fustrated coz more food is being splashed across the container then being worked by the blade. Then Mommy discovered a multifunction compact and verstaile blender U-Like, and realised I have a similar one in the storeroom bought many yrs back. Talk about being far sighted! hahahaa.

So, thanks to knowledge mommy gained from reading, internet and friends, you have a fresh supply of pureed safe vegetables for acompanying your cereal every lunch. I will bring 1-2 cubes of different kinds of vege to either Ah Ma (Wed-Fri) or Ma Ma's (Mon,Tue) place, they will heat it up by steaming, then feeding you with cereal. Sometimes you eat fresh avocadoes and pears with cereal instead. I made sure you don't eat the same thing for 2 consecutive days.

Spinach and squash




Food cubes in the freezer next to Mommy's FBM.


Spinach. Looks yucky isn't it? But its packed with iron and vitamin C okie!?


pumpkin and butternut squash and carrots - you don't have any extreme reaction to this, just wariness at the new taste.

apples - you HATE IT. you gave me the look "Mommy, are you trying to kill me with food?" kinda look. and you gagged. We tried all kinds, China, Fuji, Gala, South African....... no more apples for some time.

sweet potato - you didn't seem to like it. Probably coz it was too sweet. Yes, too sweet. that dispells the myth that babies usually love sweet things hahaha. Perhaps its coz the first time I cooked it, I used the japanese sweet potatoes which are purple skin and yellow flesh. I remembered feeling curious why the flesh is not orange. To my shock, after i steamed and mash it through the sieve, it turned green and the consistency of kaya!!! A frantic call to a friend for help revealed that it could have just oxidised, still safe to eat. Whew. I also learnt that jap sweet potatoes, being yellow, does not contain as much beta carotene and thus anti oxidants and nutrients as their orange (not as sweet) cousins, so from then onwards, Mommy bought more of the orange ones.

Pear - you didn't quite like it initially, though reaction not as extreme as with apples. But gradually, it became your favourite food.

Potatoes - you love these! BUT, you only likes FRESHLY steamed ones. Once Mommy transfer to the food cubes and freeze, you didn't like the taste! But Mommy had to freeze some, else how does Ah Ma and Ma Ma feed you vege/fruits with cereal. I have no intention to feed you jarred baby food if I can help it.


HT organic brown rice cereal - you started turning up your nose at it after a while. turns out you were only tolerating it. Mommy then tried Heinz baby 1st cereal (4-6mths), you seem okie with it then started to show signs of dislike. Mommy had to search very carefully for cereal to feed you. Though there were a lot on the market, but being total breastfed means you must take only those that doesn't contain milk. So Friso, Dumex and many kinds of Nestle is out. Many Heinz cereal contains wheat, oat or honey. And some HT ones contains Wheat, Oat and Barley, which are all gluten and thats a no-no for me till you are 9mths old. So it was Heinz organic rice cereal. And you love it at first taste! WOW! jackpot. Only thing is, this cereal is super hard to find. When you were 8mths old, we combed 3-4 cold storages and it was all out of stock! Once we find any place that have, we grabbed all left on the shelf. We don't wanna run the risk of you rejecting lunch just coz you cannot have your favourite cereal.

Just to make lunch time more sane for Mommy, I bought a tray especially to serve you in. Here is how your typical lunch looks like. :) there are toys at the side to entertain you. and a basin of water with hanky to clean up your spills, which is a lot for someone so small. Water to feed you with throughout the meal, and the bottle of breastmilk is warming in the metal container.


I am bibbed and throned. Give me my FEAST!


When you turned 7mths, there was spinach, papaya, brocoli, zuchinni (yummy italian cucumber), parsnip (I learn the existence of vegetables I didn't even know existed!), peas. And you tried poultry and pork. And started on porridge. Yummy!

For porridge, Mommy always use the fresh ingredients to cook it with on weekends. So every night, Mommy will pack the ingredients for porridge into a nice box to be brought over to Ah Ma or Ma Ma's place for them to cook porridge for you on weekdays. fortunately, you seem to love porridge. You can finish one chinese bowl of it without much fuss. Really an asian baby are you? :)

After 8months, you tried tofu (love it, you like to "chi dou fu", you notti boy!), yogurt (hate it), and Mommy plucked up courage to feed you apple again, and you were more receptive.

Some yummy combinations -
stewed chicken, potatos, carrots (you hated it)
steamed pork, garden peas and potato (you love this)
steam chicken breast with broccoli and sweet potato (you are fine with this)
avocadoes and papaya (you love this).

And now...FINALLY! you are hitting 9months soon, and vast possibilities of cuisine choices open up before me! Now, you can finally try asparagus, gluten meaning wheat (meaning many kinds of baby biscuits) or oat which means oatmeal cereal for breakfast, FISH (brain food!), egg YOLK (not egg white). The possibilies are endless! I am rubbing my hands in glee for the coming exciting cooking this weekend.

Babies SHREK!!!!!

Many of us have not watched Shrek yet, not to mention Shrek 3. But we already have a bunch of cute Shrek BABIES!!! Watch us grrrrooooovveeeee....

Pole Dancing

Jovann Pole Dancing?? Not!!.....hahahaa.
He's just messing around with the "pole", aka the vertical support structure of his toy mobile.

Months ago, newborn, all he does is lie there in his cot, staring at his mobile....

@2 months old
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Then, @ around 3-4mths, still lying there, he starts to grab either the elephant, giraffe or zebra, and screams hysterically when he got one of them, shaking it madly in his hand.

Now, @ 8.5mths, this is what he does to it.
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Going down....


Going ....


Going....


DOWN! *the end of my cot mobile*