Usually when cooking porridge for HengBoi: 2 Meals (e.g. Lunch and Dinner), ¼ cup (equivalent to 4 tbsp) of rice is sufficient. For water/soup stock, i will use about 2 ¼ cup. 1 Meal (e.g. Weekday Dinner), Half of ¼ cup of rice (equivalent to 2 tbsp). For water/soup stock, i will use about 1 …
Visit to YuGuo TCM
HengBoi is 8 months old now. Being in IFC for 6 months already, I have closed both eyes and gotten used to the fact that his cough and runny nose are always going to come and go. Last week his cough and flu came back. We decided to visit a TCM recommended by a friend …
Common Ingredients for Starting Solids
I wasn’t prepared for the logistic nightmare of food preparation for the little one once he started eating solids. The idea I have is to prepare labor intensive ingredients (involved peeling chopping) in batches hence I decided to buy and prepare ingredients in bulk and freeze them. Meal Preparation means that I need to be …
Starting Solids
Finally, some other variety beside milk milk and milk! WHO supports exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months and mentioned that solids can be introduced between 4 and 6 months. I introduced solid to HengBoi when he was about 5 months after being advised by his PD after his weight slide from the 95th percentile …
Breakfast and tea break ideas
Banana French Toast Ingredients 1 ripe banana 20 ml milk 1 medium egg 3 slices of bread Steps: Add milk to egg Mash Banana with fork Add mashed banana to egg-milk mixture Dip sliced bread into mixture Heat olive oil in a frying pan and fry each side for 1 -2 minutes 2. Banana Pancake …
Soup Broth
Chicken / Pork Stock Note: Hengboi consume 1/4 cup of rice for lunch and dinner combined. This recipe yield broth to cook 4 servings x 1/4 rice (4 days worth of meals) Ingredients: 4-6 chicken breast bones / boneless chicken thigh or / and 500g Pork Soft Bone Chicken feet (collagen) 2 carrots roughly chopped 2 onions roughly chopped …
Baby Purees
Chicken, Apple and Sweet Potato Puree Ingredients 1/2 Chicken Breast Fillet 2 small sweet potato 1/2 small Apple Steps Wash and peel and cut Apple and sweet potato to 1cm cube Steam for 20 mins Blend 2. Banana and Avocado Purée Ingredients 1/2 medium avocado 1/2 medium banana 60ml baby milk Steps Combine all ingredients together …
Meals Ideas
Sweet Potato / Broccoli and Salmon Pasta Stars Ingredients: Heinz Baby Pasta Star (30g) ¼ salmon fillet, remove skin Sweet Potato Puree Cheese (2 tbsp) Steps: Boil the pasta and Drain Bake / Steam Salmon for 10 minutes and flake or mash salmon Alternatively, airfry salmon for 8 minutes at 200 degrees (preheat 8 mins …
Infant Care
I was lucky to be able to secure a place at the infant care at my house downstairs. Initially the plan was to send him to the IFC at my workplace (already paid a deposit when I gave birth to Baby Heng – Kan Chiong as IFC places are so in demand). However, when Baby …
My Birth Story
Being pregnant is tough (or so I thought before experiencing the sleepless nights after delivery). As I approached the last trimester, I was eager for the baby to arrive, believing that all the discomfort would end once he was born. However, my son had different plans and decided to stay put well past the 40-week …