lil boy's appetite is getting bigger these days, he drinks 180ml if milk 4 times a day ( one time in the morning, usually 7am, then one time in the afternoon usually 2-3pm, one time in the evening 7pm -730pm, and one time in the wee hour usually 3-4am)
he will eat his porridge/solid twice a day, onece in the morning, 10 to 11am, another time in the late afternoon 4to 5pm.
the interval between solid/milk usually of 3 hours span.
so, mum and i been cooking porridge for didi and we have since added egg yolk( as adviced by doc to start egg yolk at 9 month-old, then egg white after one) this is to prapare him for MMR jab which contains egg yolk. and monitor for any allergy. so far, we have given didi half of the kampung egg's yolk in the beginning, then added bit by bit to now one egg yolk. he loves it and so far no rashes or allergy. Good.
It is recommended to introduce only one type of new food to our bb at a time. so that we can see how the body react to the food source, if any allergy and stuff. so far my girl no history of allergy and LGG & i boht don't have allergies too. So, unlikely didi will have. but just be careful since he is still below one.
Some guidelines on how to prepare baby food safely
How to prepare baby food safely Some recipees that we prepared for didi.
1. pureed pumpkin/ mashed potatoes/mashed sweet potatoes i will just take one potato, remove the skin, wash, then cut into wedges, Steam it (8-10 mins)and then mash it and add a one teaspoon of bb's formula milk and add some warm water. stir the mixture into a smooth mash. Likely for pumpkin, but usually, i did not add formula milk, just mash it after steaming. and bb will eat it like that as pumpkin is sweet and nice. sometimes if i want them to be complete smooth, i just put them into blender and pureer it till it's smooth, no chunks. but i feel little bit of chunky feeling will be nice, as the potatoes are steamed, they already soft, and bb can feel the texture this way.
Nutrients value: pumpkin has high vitamin A & beta-carotene; Sweet potatoes are an excellent source of vitamin A, vitamin C, fibers, beta-carotene, potassium, and calcium, phosphorous and proteins 2. fish/chicken/pork porridge Im using organic brown rice for didi's porridge. we will use the yellow beans/big bones stock cooked before hand to cook the porridge, slow fire until the porridge turn very mushy.. can use slow cooker too if no time, let it slowly cook, then add in vegetables (vegetables will be boiled first in another pot, after it's soft, we wil take it out, pureed it in blender then add the water to boiled the vegetables as well as the pureed vegetables into the porridge, let them slowly cooked)
Usually, i will add in the fish (we have added threadfin now besides salmon & cod), or pork (the lean pork) or chicken breast meat after the rice started to break into porridge.. and before i add in vegetables. so that the porridge will cooked together with all the nutrients from the meat and soften it. for fish, i will shred it to ensure no bones, i bought from wet market and ask for the boneless portion, and for chicken and pork, i will blender it before i feed didi, cos it's harder for him , who only has 6 teeth to chew on the meat.
so far, we have added carrot, broccoli, wongbak, corn, huaiSan, xiao Bai cai, spinach, mushroom(latest, the big white button mushrooms, i used the fresh mushrooms to boil the soup, then add few slices of the mushrooms and pureed it and add into the porridge, it smells great, didi finishes the whole bowl..)
3. hard boiled egg yolk just hard boil it and let bb eat the yolk only. as it's not advisebale to feed bb below one egg white, high chances of allergy reaction.
4. fruits- 1/2 apple we feed fruits to didi now. he had 1/2 an apple daily, we just grind it on the baby food grinder and feed him the juice as well as pulp. he also eat grapes, papaya.
we can also steam pear/apple for baby for change of cooking method according to books, but i feel eat it fresh is much better.
5. plain water we give didi plain water throughot the day to make sure he is well hydrated. It's a good habit to drink lots of water too. We did that for missy and now she drinks lots of water daily. althoug that does not prevent her from falling sick, but things will be worst if she does not drink lots of water right ? that's what i thought.
so far, i never give didi any ready-made rice cereal like nestle, only tried the rice ceral during his hospital stay, but he din like it. and i feel eventhought the packaging said no preservative blah blah blah.. it will surely have some preservative/colouring/salt..Last time i bough teething biscuit for missy but i find it so sweet. so this round, id did not buy for didi.
and we have stop using the ikan bilis stock cos i read from a baby food book, it contain high sodium, so if possible don't give that much to infant.
lil didi poo twice a day usually, which means his food intake is good. but his weight gain is not much, from 6 months tol 9 months, he is still below 9kg and he does not have thunder thigh. he only remain his sugar-caned arms.. hee..
shall add more variety in time to come..
