Started on solids - Part One

Baby is enjoying her food. Even the teachers told me that she is a food lover. 

Baby has tried the following:

1) Butternut squash puree
2) Sweet potato and broccoli puree
3) Sweet potato and carrot puree
4) Peach puree
5) Avocado puree
6) Applesauce from Gerber
7) Kiwi fruit mashed
8) and of course rice cereal - both white rice and brown rice

Next going to give her potato with broccoli puree, then pea puree before I slowly introduce her to meat/fish porridge. It's good to start on vegetables first :)

She has one tooth and the other one beside it is sprouting out too. No wonder she has been cranky for the past 2-3 weeks, waking up nearly every hour at night.

Everytime I want to take a photo of her teeth, she showed me her tongue instead ;p

Weaning talk by Wong Boi Boi

I attended Mrs Wong BB's class on weaning, together with the other OLL mommies at Thomson Parentcraft Center. The talk costs $20 and there are some samples for babies. These are the freebies received.

I let Baby tried one quarter teaspoon of papaya and apple sauce. She finds the taste too foreign and showed me the yuck face. Currently she loves rice cereal and will cry for more.

Baby's current milk schedule (and am thinking of introducing -->):

6 am - milk
9.30 am - milk (breakfast)
--->12 pm - lunch (cereal)
1.30 pm - milk (may skip this later)
5.30 pm - milk
---> 7.30 pm - porridge + water / puree + water
9.30-10 pm - milk

Infantcare

There were some issues with the Nanny and we have placed baby at infantcare for two days already. She is adapting well to the new environment. I am so glad that the transition was smooth for her and she is okay. No excessive crying. The teachers knew how to handle her well. They all say that she is very clever and loves conversation. The teachers say that my current feeding of 150ml every 4 hourly is not too good. They suggest either 120 ml every 3 hourly or 150 ml every 3.5 hourly.

She will be 6 months and will be starting her on solids soon - another milestone.

Out of topic - Baby is 5 months 2 weeks old now and she doesn't want to be swaddled anymore.