- Yogurt: Calciyum, (adult yogurt) Nestle, Marigold, Dutch Lady, soon to try Anlene.
- Yogurt drink: Calciyum, Marigold, Bliss.
- Milk: Dutch Lady- fresh/UHT, Tesco- fresh, F&N milk with oat , Magnolia- UHT. Plus those small bottled one. She has Milo (small boxes, or freshly mixed)
- Cheese
Oyher sources : chocolates, icecream, frozen togurt. Heck even though those are daddy's food, it has dairy in it. Life is supposed to be an a fun adventure *LOL.
Pumped twice yesterday..to yield just 1oz
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This was the time I had to start blogging because I kept making up new dishes to perk up Arianna's interest. She gets bored with the same food.
I started blogging in Vox (you can reach it by clicking ARCHIVES top right). The pictures and words are there. I only managed to import the text (without the pics) over to Blogspot.
These are her food, cooked to her tastebud:
When did I move over to Blogspot? It was in February I think, but I've moved all my posts with pictures January onwards. Since I've now compiled the list for easy clicking (for myself, for my readers, for my followers)... I think I should edit the links... ada gambar baru best kan?
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It was pretty simple till this period. I had a variety of carbohydrate, fruit and vegetable in my cooking list. Arianna would be contented with simple taste, the natural taste of the food.
Note that I started giving her cheese. She had shown allergic reaction to cow's milk, but cheese, yogurt etc are processed dairy products. The lactose are already broken down during the processing, thus easier on their digestive system. However, she vomited the cheese...so we waited for few weeks till we tried again.
Since I was having loads of sushi, it's only natural Arianna wanted some too. Daddy bought calrose rice, the one they used for sushi. Surprise, surprise (or not?) she loves it. We did not add vinegar, sugar, salt into it though (unlike the sushi).
I was slowly introducing more protein to her. She still loves fish over chicken/ beef/ lamb
9 months:
calrose/sushi rice
watermelon
pasta
10 months:
carrot noodle
onion
cheese
corn
goat cheese
rockmelon
olive oil
white bread
mango
wholegrain bread
chicken
tofu
tomato
lamb
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Busy 2 months for her, as she was becoming mobile. She started crawling, swimming with Daddy. Fine motor skills - banging cubes, pincer grasp, holding her sippy. She was very sociable, prior to separation/ stranger anxiety. She hated pooping in diaper, so she learned to potty.
I continued with the previous food. I used many combo, and only introduced:
7 months:
- prune
- sawi
- spaghetti
- spinach
- guava
- spelt rusk
- pear
- (vomited Nestum baby cereal, poor kid)
8 months:
- salmon
- cod
- cauliflower
- beef
We started giving finger food at 7 months, and discovered she loves spaghetti, and later on... most types of pasta.
By 8 months, we started protein. As per Hubby's rationale, he'd rather have her eat fish rather than chicken. She loves her fish, although in small quantities.
How do you know she eats enough (coz most ends up on the floor *nightmare to clean*)?
She passes normal stool, once or twice a day (or she may skip a day - as long as she's not fussy, her tummy's fine)
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When Arianna turned 6 months old (way back in June 2008), I started with these (in that particular order - every 3-4 days)
~white rice
~apple
~banana
~sweet potato
~'air zam zam' (usually it's cooled boiled water)
~'ciku'
~carrot
~broccoli
~barley
~papaya
~'kailan'
~brown rice
I did not cook the porridge, ie cook the rice real soft, and blend it like (I think) my mom used to do. Instead I milled the white rice, brown rice and barley into fine flour (imagine the Neslac in tin), and cook it: 2 tablespoon to 3/4 cups of water. I then dilute it with a little bit of EBM to give it a familiar taste.
I did not really puree (blend and sieve) the veggies. Instead I just used the blender/food processor till the food is real fine. Malas la guna sieve :) Plus you're gonna sieve out all the fibre bits.
For the fruits, the soft fruits like papaya, banana and 'ciku', we just mashed it up. I initially steamed the papaya, but it became too mushy and sweet.
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Ingredients:
1 big potato
1 slice of cheddar cheese
3 oz mixed vegetables
2 oz minced chicken
basil
Method:
Boil the potato and cut into cubes
Cook the chicken and mixed vegetables
Add in the cheese and basil to taste
Combine in the potato and coat it well
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Ingredients:
3 oz cooked rice
3 oz vegetable for soup (tried Emborg - has onion, leeks etc)
2 oz sole fish
1 slice cheddar cheese
Method:Cook the fish with the vegetables
Add in the cheese till melted
Mix in the rice
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....transformed into yet another AIO dish (all in one, borrowed term from CD community)
I added black pepper to her dish. Definitely no salt into her dishes at home, but I'm venturing into herbs and spices
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Ingredients:2 oz spanish mackerel / tenggiri fillet
1 oz red pepper
1 oz broccoli
2 oz carrot
1 tomato
2 cloves of garlic
olive oil
Method:Saute the garlic
Cook the red pepper and tomato till soft
Add the carrot and broccoli
Lastly add the fish
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Ingredients:3 cloves of garlic
3 oz mixed vegetables
4 oz rice - cooked
1 medium egg
olive oil
sesame oil
Method:
Sautee the garlic with a little olive oil
Cook the veg till soft
Add in the egg and scramble it
Mix in the rice
Add a dash of sesame oil
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Ingredients:4 oz spaghetti - cooked al dente
2 oz peas
2 oz broccoli
2 oz groupper / ikan kerapu
basil
Method:Cook the peas and broccoli till soft
Add in the fish
Add basil to taste
Toss in the spaghetti
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Ingredients:4 oz spiral pasta - cooked al dente
3 oz mixed vegetables
1 oz red pepper - cubed
1 tomato
2 oz red snapper
basil
Method:Cook the tomato and red pepper till soft
Add the mixed vegetables, once soft, add the fish
Flake the fish, then add in the pasta
Add basil to taste
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Red Pepper Ikan Kerapu
Ingredients:
1 oz red pepper - cubed
2 oz broccoli
1 tomato
3 oz ikan kerapu
Method:Cook tomato and red pepper till soft
Add in the broccoli
Lastly add the fish
Different variety using ikan merah @ red snapper
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Can't remember what I cooked, but the main thing was the steamed fish wasn't well received (versus grilled)
So I made it into omelette instead.
- 1 medium egg
- 2 oz french beans - steamed till soft
- 2 oz sole fish - steamed and flaked
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Ingredients:3 oz potato - cubed
2.5 oz red snapper
4 oz broccoli
Method:Cook the cubed potato
Add in the broccoli
Add in the fish last (cooked too long, it'll turn rubbery)
~ LO was gassy with sweet potato/ yam, so I've excluded potato for a long time
~ We're okay with bread, pasta and rice. Potato is another common carbo (thinking about Ikea)
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Since she has turned one, we thought it's time to reintroduce stuff she was allegic to previously
so she had:
cheese scrambled egg
2/3 slice cheddar cheese
1 medium egg
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Ingredients:2 oz french beans - sliced thinly
2 oz broccoli - small florets
1 medium egg - beaten
Method:Cook the vegs till soft in a flat non stick pan
Push aside, put a little olive oil
Pour in the egg
~ mine crumbled when turned, too much veg, too little egg
~ inpromptu coz ran out of veggie dish for lunch that day
~ but she fell asleep when I was back carrying her in mei tai while cooking. Had it for afternoon snack instead
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Tofu with MeatIngredients:2 oz tofu
2 oz meat
2 oz broccoli
3 oz mixed vegetables
3 oz rice - cooked
1 clove of garlic
olive oil
Method:
Heat a little bit of oil and fry the garlic
Add the meat, tofu, veggies
Once all fully cooked, mix in the rice
~ of course had to be an easy meal, was late for work. Cooked at around 6.30 am, while eating breakfast
Tofu with Cod Ingredients:2 oz tofu
2.5 oz cod
2 oz broccoli
2 oz french beans
3 oz of rice - cooked
Method:
Cook the cod and tofu with just enough water
Steam the broccoli and french beans (or just cook it together with fish and tofu)
When everything is cooked, vegies are tender, just mix with the rice
~ it's so easy to just mix everything together, rather than serving it separately
~ why? coz PIL already has to quickly feed her during lunchtime. LO is too busy to waste much time at the dining table - so many places to go, so many things to touch and feel! Different when parents are home though.
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rice, mixed veggies, shallot, tomato, red snapper
rice, mixed veggies, garlic, chicken
rice, mixed veggies, cod
rice, french beans, tomato, tofu, red snapper
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Tomato codIngredients:2 oz cod3 oz mixed vegetables
4 oz rice - cooked
1 tomato - diced
Method:Cook tomato till soft
Then cook cod and mixed vegetablesMix in rice
~ I used local organic tomato, the skin was pretty chewy. I prefer momotaro tomatoes.
Spaghetti with minced chickenIngredients:
2 oz chicken - minced
3 oz broccoli
4 oz spaghetti
1 tomato
1 shallot
olive oil
Method:
Lightly fry shallot with olive oil
Add in minced chicken, tomato and broccoli
Once all cooked, mix in spaghetti
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