My first taste of semi-solid food

Mummy started to introduce me to semi-solid food when I turned 5 months 1 day old on 18 July 2009.

Mummy has been preparing for this day since a month ago by reading up and buying all the necessary bowls, spoons, storage cubes, hand-held blender, Healthy Times brown rice cereal etc.

She found these two books really come in handy. They contain easy to prepare recipes for purees and porridge from 4 months and up. "Top 100 Baby Purees" by Annabel Karmel and a local published book, "First Food" by Anna Jacob & other co-authors.

To date, I have eaten brown rice cereal, apples, pears, bananas, carrots, pumpkin, spinach and sweet potatoes. They are all so yummy! Mummy and po po both agree that I like semi-solid food more than milk.

Here's me having my very first taste of semi-solid food on 18 July 2009.




See my love-hate relationship with the apple from my facial expression. Mummmy thinks I look extremely cute here.



Mummy will steam the ingredients and then make them into purees. She will then transfer them to small storage cube to have them frozen.

I am 5 months old

I turned 5 months old on 17 July 2009. Mummy has been waiting eagerly for the day to arrive as she wants me to have my first taste of semi-solid food. More about the introduction of solid food will be posted up separately.

Mummy DIY-ed by weighing and measuring my length at home as I will not be going for my vaccination this month. I weighed approximately 7.2kg and measured 67cm long at 5 months 2 days old.

About me..
I place everything I can get hold of inside my mouth.

I roll to my side in my sleep and even manage to flip in my space-constrained cot.

I chuckle whenever I am tickled.

I laugh and squeal whenever I play.

I cry and scream louder as my lungs get stronger.

I make noises when I am bored.

Daddy says I 'buay tiam buay teo' (a description in hokkien). Meaning I have a pointy butt and cannot sit still and therefore need to be entertained at all times.

See, I am so determined to pull daddy's finger


Got it! I won! I am stronger than daddy to overcome his resistance

Random pictures to share

Ever since mummy started working, she has lesser time to blog for me. She treasures the time with me after knocking off during the weekdays and weekends are also spent almost entirely playing, teaching and bonding with me. She is starting to get worried as the pile of marking gets higher and higher..

Colourful and bright Ferris wheel at Downtown East

Another family shot

Examining the straps and ignoring mummy

Looking at the pictures

Don't you find the caterpillar cute too?

My Sophie

Mummy bought this Sophie la Girafe for me. It was love at first sight as I could not stop staring at it when mummy showed it to me. Then, once I grabbed it, it went straight to my mouth.

All things that come to my hands will go into my mouth


More information - http://www.sophielagirafe.co.uk/
Me and my other combi teether

I will also lick and suck my toy

First flip (yes! it is confirmed)

I finally managed to flip from my back to my tummy after much struggling on 16/6/2009 at 8.10am. This occurred just one day before I turned 4 months old.

Let my share with you briefly how I achieved my first flip.
1. I have been rising my legs very high while lying down for the last week or so
2. I started to turn to my left side very often a few days later
3. Then I decided to turn my buttock and my body downwards from my side and I succeeded after a few tries whilst screaming as I still do not know how to take my left hand out from being trapped under my body

Mummy thinks that I am a determined little boy who tries so hard to flip by myself despite a few unsuccessful attempts.

Now, ever since that day, I have been flipping and in the process, getting a good workout. Mummy is so encouraging and cheers me on all the time. She assures me that I will be able to flip without struggling soon as my muscles get stronger day by day.

Finally after trying to capture me in action for a long, a decent video of me flipping.

Tummy time

Everyday, I will hear mummy announces in her cheerful voice, "It's tummy time!"
Mummy says the more I pursue this activity, the more I will be able to achieve lifting my head higher and pushing up on the arms. This muscle development will later help in the sitting and standing functions.

I can hold my head rather high now.




However I will wail for 'help' when I am tired.

First flip or not??

Mummy will always help me to flip from my back to my front for tummy time as I have not yet mastered the technique for flipping. Suddenly, on 7 June 2009, she saw me rolling my head and flipped back to my back again. She was taken by surprise! Mummy wondered whether I have finally known how to flip by myself and thus placed me on my front again. However, I did not perform the stunt for mummy again. Mummy thought this should not be my genuine first flip but rather an incidental one. Keep a lookout for mummy to update about my real flip soon (hopefully).