Peanut's feedings

I have been making Peanut's food since she turned 6 months. So for the past one month, i've been chopping, peeling, peeling, pureeing. But i'm taking short cuts, cos I don't have that much free time everyday lor!

Every evening, after i come home from work, i'll make her porridge. With my slow cooker. So now my slow cooker is my new best friend!! What i'll do is, i'll put

- a small cup of rice (equivalent to a small jar of Heniz baby food)
- two mini scoops of millet,
- a couple cubes of frozen pumpkin,(or sweet potatos / carrots or all!)
- ikan bilis stock ( boil some ikan bilis and just use the water)

Frozen pumpkins, carrot, and sweet potato on the right.

and throw everything into the slow cooker! This will usually make two servings for lunch and dinner. And she'll finish everything lor!! Godzilla Good appetite definitely but i think she really likes it cos she always opens up her mouth for more.

I'll usually cut up all the vegies and freeze it during the weekend. Quite sien right if i have to do it everyday. I will turn on the slow cooker at 9pm, and let it do its job till the next morning. So by 6am, i'll have this:

Half portion eaten by Peanut de..

By early morning, after being in the slow cooker the whole night, the porridge will have become quite smooth already . No need to puree anymore. I'm gonna try spinach next, and probably fish when she turned 8 months.

To complement her porridge, i have also started making apple purees. So i'll give this to her as and when i want to.

Steamed apples

Apple puree is extremely easy to make. You just need to peel, and chop it into pieces, and steam it for around 15 to 20 mins. By then it should be quite soft and will have quite a bit of water in that bowl of apples. So pour everything into the blender together with the water and blend!!

Pureed apples in ice tray

At first i damn semangat and pour the pureed apple into these ikea ice trays. Which will then be put into the freezer. But then i realised, each cube is pretty small and i need lots of cubes to make one small jar.

So i bought some BPA free plastic containers, and pour it into these instead.

7 apples makes these.

So much easier lor really. Just take out the container that you want and leave it at the lower fridge the night before, and by next morning, it'll have soften already.

Peanut pretending to read

still pretending

you got it dude!!

And there you have it. My "guide" to making solids!

First this and that

still no hair

Eeek Peanut is almost 7 months old. And in about a month's time, I'm gonna balik kampung with BigB and lil' Peanut. I'm a bit scared as this is gonna be my first flight with Peanut; I just hope she's gonna be a good baby and won't scream or cry too much; cos pai seh right. You know how some passengers will roll their eyes and throws up their hands in the air when they see a baby sitting with them cos..

baby = crying = not gonna have a good flight.

*prays fervently*
God please let us have a good journey to and fro our Kampung and may all things run smoothly. Amen.

In other news, Peanut has now learned how to sit. She can sit for quite a bit before she falls to one side. And all of us will rush to her side. Quite like humpty dumpty except she's not sitting on a wall.

In her jammies on her new hello kitty playmat. The other option is spongebob so the choice is pretty clear.

She can sit like this for quite a bit.

The other day we brought her to BigB's relative's house, and each time she sees BigB's uncle, she will cry very loudly. Not sure whether she's tired or not or maybe because he looks fierce, but we were wondering if she's begining to recognise strangers, and might not be too comfy around them. And that night, she kept waking up and crying , and refused to stop even after i tried rocking her. So.......in order to familiarise herself with strangers, we've been bringing her out.. To not so crowded shopping malls i.e. Subang Parade and Bangsar Village. Don't want her to become suakoo right? hehe and so far it's been good. We're getting the hang of it too. :)

In her new car seat. Sleepy face cause she just woke up.

Our snacks at Dlish. Okie only la, the coffee is so-so. *gloom*


Bought this to add into Peanut's porridge.

Bought this purple cauliflower only to come home and discover online that cauliflower is best for babies 8 months up. Cos it will caused the babies to be gassy or something like that.

Peanut's very, very first meals. I wanted something organic and basic that she can digest properly as her very first meal.

Been giving her the rice cereal above as one of her first few meals, and she really likes it. I tasted it and it's pretty yummy and she always finishes it. I've now ventured into a more "complex" territory and has started making rice porridge with various vegies and purees each night. I feel like an auntie matured *ahem* each time i start chopping up the vegies and washing the rice. And i'm enjoying it! Serious. I'll leave this for another post though. But so far, her appettite has been very very good. I think she loves food, just like me.