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Can't fool the kid, huh?


Then I tried to *test* him with words only, so had the idea of printing out the words and putting it in a photo album. ...Words only. And he turns that around too.

Ah, but that photo album is too flimsy. What other medium could I use....Hmm....

Bra Baby

Saw this at NTUC Fairprice supermarket this morning. Just great for washing your bras, and at a great price too!

Certainly great for keeping your Nursing Padded Bras in good condition!

One Million Campaign

NO MORE MILK SCANDALS
SUPPORT WOMEN TO BREASTFEED
Thousands of babies fell seriously ill in China because the milk they drank was contaminated with melamine. Some even died. These babies were not breastfed because
baby milk companies convinced parents that their products were better than breastmilk
women lacked adequate support to breastfeed their babies at the work place
women lacked correct information about infant feeding
Evidence points out how vital breastfeeding is to infant survival with health. Women are being forced to stop breastfeeding and give their babies infant milk powders because of lack of facilities and support to women to breastfeed and increasing commercial interference in infant feeding.

Potential disasters are waiting to happen across the world.

We’ll deliver our call to world leaders to implement the International Code for Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent relevant World Health Assembly Resolutions, ensure breastfeeding friendly workplaces for women at the World Health Assembly in May 2009.

RAISE YOUR VOICE TO SUPPORT WOMEN TO BREASTFEED.
Sign the petition now…
http://onemillioncampaign.org/en/Index.aspx

All OK

I delayed JR's Developmental Assessment bc of the Swine Flu, thinking it'd be too risky to our health and too troublesome, given the possibly long queues that would be at the NHG Polyclinics. But 2 weeks after orange alert was downgraded, we met with this long queue outside the Poly nevertheless. *sigh*. Not sick, so we were both given green stickers:

JR nearly failed his hearing test. He was more interested in the sounds of handphone ringtones and the queuebox buzzer OUTSIDE the assessment room than in the sounds coming from the little electronic box that the nurse was using as stimulus at different frequencies & sound levels! Thankfully, he "passed" in the end. *haha* I sure don't relish bringing him for a detailed testing - to "I don't know where".

Ha-Chooooooo

Ati-shoo!!!!! Flu? Thankfully No. Just a wave of dust, I guess?

With the recent swine flu pandemic scare, it's hearty to know that at least this alerts us to keeping clean at all times. It was surprising for me to read that more people die from the seasonal flu than what we are seeing from the unknown swine flu. 600 a year!!! in Singapore!

The best bet to keep up a baby's immunity is still...to breastfeed, breastfeed, and frequently. This is exactly what the CDC advises - initiation of total breastfeeding, continued breastfeeding if mother falls ill. And not to forget the 1st line of defence - clean hands. Now, how to stop people from touching baby when we are outside? Grrrrrrrrrrr.......

Pipa Rabbit

JR loves to read..and to be read to. This is one of his favourite books.


And...Mommy! Don't disturb - I'm reading!

BF lowers Heart Risks

Risk lowered by 10% if the mother breastfeeds beyond 1 year!

Article:
Breastfeeding lowers heart risks for mother: study
http://news.sg.msn.com/lifestyle/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3206941

Does this mean 10% for each year? Haha - can hope right? That means my risk could even be lowered by 50 to 60%!!!!

Grater

Ah...following from yesterday, I made more grated food.

Organic Pumpkin


Organic Zucchini


All in the 2oz containers and steamed in microwave for 90seconds - fast since they are already grated. So simple.

These tasters went with JR's porridge today, for him to have some separately for taste before we mix it together with the rest of the porridge.

All fresh - just enough for today. None of these will be frozen/stored since there's only that little.

Wasabi

A wasabi grater is super for quickly doing up a small amount of food for baby!

(from: Daiso)

Baby already had his bowl of pureed porridge for dinner ready, but as I had a Zucchini that I wanted to have for dinner, I thought to let baby try some. I used this to grate a small section of the zucchini, put it in this little container(tiny container with lid also from Daiso), and then put this tiny container in my small microwave steamer for about 1min only since the zuchini was all minced already.

Just only about 2 teaspoons for the baby to try. I let him have it before giving him the rest of his dinner - the porridge that I'd earlier done, lah!

Ah, if not for this grater, it would be so troublesome just to prepare a tiny bit of food for baby. Maybe I'll do the same with the pumpkin that I have for tomorrow's dinner. ;-)

I used to do big batches of baby food & mince to freeze in cube-sizes, but Baby JR doesn't like the taste of frozen foods somehow. ;( So it's freshly-prepared food always for him.

JR also prefers his foods as natural as it comes! Like this:

He'll eat the banana if it come straight from its jacket, but will not touch it if I mash it up in a bowl for him, or mix it with his oatmeal.

He also likes eating sweet potato, freshly scooped from the potato itself!

English Flashcards

JR started this programme with the Chinese DVDs. This shows him with the new English Set

www.winktolearn.com

Pouch:Hip-Carry

He's 7months now. Super happy & excited when out. His favourite is for me to take walking routes along the side of the road so he can all the different types of vehicles: buses, taxis, trucks.

A little too large to sit with his legs inside the pouch now. So I slip the pouch under his knees and easy-peasy, he's in the hip-carry position! Notice how I've roughly aligned the seam of the baby pouch down the center of his back(this photo below).

(the seam)

Teether

Finally had time to get myself a new handbag. Not 100% to my satisfaction, but....it'll have to do for the timebeing - my trusty handbag had been chewed up by the baby!

JR loves zeroing on my handbag handles!!! Over time, the poor handles have all peeled & frayed. So embarassing to carry around. *sigh* But I still did so until I finally had time to get an alternative.

High Chair

Out for dinner. Was so happy that he sat on the high chair for awhile so I could eat dinner without holding him. Phew!

The fish-head curry was sooooo yummy! And I can almost swear that it's good for milk supply! *haha* My theory though, is that, babies LOVE varied tastes. Whatever we eat would flavour our breastmilk too. And so far, I've noticed that our babies just love it when I've had a strongly flavoured meal, like curry for instance. And well, demand=supply. So...you get the picture!

Step Up

Baby LOVES the water. Oh - I've mentioned that before? *hehe*

On days that we're not swimming, we still let him splash some. Oh well, we do get *splashed on* too, incovenient though that may be.

Expresso

I'd used the Ameda Pump with my older kids --- many years ago. LOL.

This time around, since I didn't anticipate pumping frequently, I didn't turn to this first. I wanted a really small handy pump. I decided to try out several pumps.

First I used the Avent Isis manual. It worked, but somehow, if I didn't angle the funnels properly, the suction would not be good. *sigh*. And the Avent UNO electric pump? Too noisy - so scary. I then got the Medela Swing, a really handy pump, since I have had good experiences with the Medela Mini-Electric and the Medela PIS. What I found lacking with the Medela Swing though, was that it didn't have any option to vary the speed. And when I increased the suction power, the pump motor just got noisier & noisier, like it was very *strained* to work at that higher level.

Finally, I resorted to the Ameda once again. I use it with batteries only, not the electric outlet plug. Nevertheless, even with the lower power strength of batteries, it worked as I remember it - wonderfully!

For the price, the Ameda is really superb for it's efficiency!

Sling: Hip Carry

The Hip Carry is generally for older babies of at least 5mths or older, when they have better upper body/neck control. We do have pictorial instructions that you can study:
. Step-by-Step Hip-Carry Pictorial Instructions

Do note that the bottom edge of the sling is to be brought all the way over the baby down to behind their knees. The baby would *sit down* over this bottom edge. The upper edge of the sling is wrapped up the baby's upper back. For older babies(as in above pix of the 7month-old baby), this sling edge can be up to the armpits.

And for the shoulder portion - do make sure it is well-spread over the shoulder so that weight is distributed well. Do not have it edged into the crook of your neck for instance. Or have the ring around the neck either. That would be super-painful and tiring!

For Younger babies(as in pix below), the upper edge of the sling should be wrapped all the way over their shoulders.


Babies, or even the Big Ones, will always be happy to be close to you, and at the level where they can talk & communicate more easily with you.

Cami-Bras Bonanza!

Super-Duper Simple bras at Super-Duper Easy Price! Just for this week!

Click on this Link for the Details of the Special Offer!

These are bras a just comfy and easy to use. Just pull down and up. That's all !

3 styles - spaghetti-strap, strappy cross-over, and strappy sports-cami.
Take your pick! But don't take toooooo long! Offer ends 18 Mar.

Mail Boy

JR concentrating very hard at the task of slotting that envelope into the postbox. Yes - for real ! *haha*

But it's not everyday that you'd have the honour of having your mails from MomsinMind.com being personally sent out by the baby; complete with it being christianed with slobber by JR. ;)

Here he is on the way to the postbox.

New Tastes

Sucking on the pineapple. And he's lucky it's those honey pineapple!

Storytime II

The excitement - oh my! He loves being read to.