Warning: Long Post ahead I would say that it’s a love hate relationship with breastfeeding. During pregnancy, I read up a lot on breastfeeding, thinking that it will be a walk in the park. Just bring the baby to the breast and job done. But in reality, it’s not. My hubby used to comment – …
White Bee Hoon
Ingredients For the soup base Frozen soup stock Handful of Ikan Bilis or powder 5 Dried Scallop For the white bee hoon Soaked Bee Hoon Meat 1/2 Chicken fillet 1/2 Pork fillet or 60g minced pork 1/4 fish fillet 1 Shrimp 1 Egg Choy Sim / Broccoli Instructions Soak the dried scallop in warm water …
Homemade Baby Strawberry / Raspberry Chia Jam
Ingredients 2 cups raspberry or strawberry 2 tbsp water for fresh fruit, 1 tbsp water for frozen food 1 tbsp lemon juice 2 tbsp chia seeds Steps Combine fruit, water and lemon juice in a saucepan over medium heat and let it boil The fruit will start releasing liquid. Reduce the heat the simmer for 7 minutes. Use a …
Typical Schedule for 7 – 12 months old in IFC
I started to see more of a routine rather than on demand (sleep and feed) after HengBoi turned 6 months old. I noticed his milk intake reduces after he started taking more solids. He also dropped from 3 naps to 2 naps. This is his schedule in IFC Timing Activities 7am – 7.30 am Wake …
Minced Pork Congee
Ingredients For the Soup Base Handful of Ikan Bilis 5 Dried Scallop Three red dates, pitted For the porridge 1/4 Rice half Carrot For the Pork 70g of minced pork Seasoned with Lilo whitebait powder Instructions Soak the dried scallop in warm water for 30 minutes till soft (so that you can tear the scallops into …
Sweet Potato and Carrot Fries
Ingredients 1 Large Sweet Potato 4 Carrots 2 tbsp Olive Oil Instructions Preheat oven to 190 Degree Celsius Peel Sweet Potato and Carrots Cut Sweet Potato and Carrots into fries size Combine both ingredient into a mixing bowl and toss with olive oil Place on a baking tray Bake for 35 minutes, turn at half …
Congee for Baby
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 …