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.
Rajin betul u..I skrg dh jadi malas nak buat makanan Zuleyka because she's refusing all the bubur that I cook :(
ReplyDeleteYes it's so easy to mix something up from the tin/box when the baby taknak makan homecooked food..especially when there are other kids in the house that have different needs and kerena huu huu
Kena kumpul willpower & try lagi sekali ni..for the umpteenth time hee hee..
I've no choice initially, she was allergic to so many things. Nak beli pun, kena tgk ada milk powder tak.
ReplyDeleteI think it's healthier for me to cook for her, plus I had the excuse to get the cooking books (last2 jarang guna pun hehe).
Tapi anak I sorang je... cannot imagine 4 :) Wondered how my mom layan the 4 of us?
Ya lor..i pun tanya jugak my mom how did she ever handle us 4 girls when we were growing up..? She told me that we (i.e. me the No. 1 and my sis the No. 2) helped around a lot..ye la jarak umur pun beza jugak..no wonder most of the old pics of me was always holding my no. 3 and no. 4 sis :P
ReplyDeleteHehe I no 2, selalu tolong jaga no 3, no 4 :)
ReplyDeleteBut Hubby tak nak ramai2... so tak merasa la jaga anak 4 org like u :) Can only imagine how busy it can be.
Nim, my baby food owed to slow cooker, i just campur segala I meant rice, broccoli, carrot, potato & ikan bilis (already goreng tanpa minyak & blender jadi serbuk). But, bukan semua I campur, alternate between those & rice as the main.
ReplyDeleteSo around 11pm, on the slow cooker around 6 am masuk blender, siap! Watery but very thick like nestum coz I takut nak bagi yang just chop2 since my baby only got 2 teeth.
very interesting..i should try it :)
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