Happy 33 mths to baby Si and happy 11 mths to baby Skye!!!

Happy 33 mths to baby Si and happy 11 mths to baby Skye!!!

(previous month's post <~ if u missed it!

Here's our monthly family tradition of taking Polaroid pics.
Hopefully baby Si n baby skye pics will cheer up ur day!!!
It did cheer us up when snapping these pics... :)

Milestones reached:

.Baby Skye crawling everywhere like a Spider-Man

.Baby Skye finally able to sit up unsupported without being wobbly!

.Baby Skye cruising along the couch...

.Baby Skye standing for long periods of time

.Baby Skye weight=8.5kg

.Baby Skye started on porridge!!! Yeayyy no more purees...the blender has been kept away :)

.Just in the span of within this month, baby Skye graduated to porridge, and now he's onto REAL solid food...normal RICE!!! But just to be on a safe side, I'm still mixing it with his porridge (soft rice+normal rice)

.started brushing Baby Skye gums to promote tooth growth as adviced by the paeditrician...

(Although baby Skye is much slower compared to baby Si, but Am not worried that he hasn't sprout any teeth yet as the longer it takes the better it is...)

.baby Si finally finished her vaccinations...just in time to start school on January 5th!!!

This mummy has been delaying sending her to school (in denial of wanting to let go my baby!!!)

But now the TIME HAS COME :) she's starting on 5th January...can't wait or can I??? ***dilemma***

Yes, my baby is all grown up and ready to go to school...this mummy can't wait! Although it's just a 2hrs playgroup (wished it was a tad bit longer), coz this mummy can spend 2 hrs QUALITY time with baby Skye daily!!! Who am I kidding? More like spending quality time with cooking, running errands, grocery shopping, hse chores, etc...but with skyler in tow of course! 

So is it consider bonding time with skyler too? Hehehehe...

.Baby Si weight=11kg (been this constant ever since a year now I think)...she's growing vertically but shrinking horizontally??? thus the constant weight...

.Baby Si able to count backwards...5 to 0!

.Baby Si able to count instantaneously without starting from 1 or without pointing.

.Baby Si counting in Tamil 1-5

.Baby Si counting in mandarin from 1-20

.Baby Si scoot-ing on her scooter... Even from the start, she wasn't scared to try. By her 2nd attempt, she was already scoot-ing away and so confident!

Link of video here...

http://instagram.com/p/xTmpUmvD0j/

.Mr. Hubby just got Instagram!!!!!!!! Sorry if he's been insta-spamming you with pics...

Plz don't unfollow him...I promise the insta-fever won't last :p

#bestMileStoneReached

Throwback baby Si's 11mths!

Baby Si 11-16th solid food...

Now that baby Si is 8+ months, Mummy has the green light to feed baby Si with new foods (other than fruits n vegetables)!
--------------------------------------------------
11th solid food: beef + porridge (multigrain rice + all sorts of vegetables)
Her 1st meat ;)

So what does baby Si think of her gourmet meal???

THE RESULT?
Baby Si: yummy...but a lil bit watery! thus a bit messy :p
Mummy: No preference on which type of meat to start baby Si with! Actually gong gong was the one that chose beef as that was the meat in the freezer at that moment! Mind you, gong gong cooked baby Si's first porridge meal :)

--------------------------------------------------
12th solid food: fish + porridge (multigrain rice + all sorts of vegetables)
Her 2nd meat :)
--------------------------------------------------
13th solid food: chicken + porridge (multigrain rice + all sorts of vegetables)
Her 3rd meat :)
--------------------------------------------------
14th, 15th, 16th solid food: pork + egg YOLK (egg whites is a no no as it's one of the high risk allergy food) + CHEESE + porridge (multigrain rice + all sorts of vegetables)
Her 4th meat :)

So what does baby Si think of her gourmet meal???

THE RESULT?
Baby Si: gong gong porridge is getting tastier!!!

Mummy: happy as this mummy is on vacation n off from cooking ;)

Note: was looking forward to feeding baby Si cheese (as mummy n daddy r BIG fans of cheese) but baby Si didn't really like it!!! Maybe cause cheese (western) doesn't go with porridge (Asian)... Will try some western combination next time (mash potato wt cheese perhaps?)

--------------------------------------------------
What new food should I intro next?
Stay tune to find out ;)

Note to my western readers: porridge aka congee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congee
Is famous in this part of the world especially famous to the Chinese...babies eat it, adults eat it when u r feeling sick, toothache, fed it to mr hubby when he had braces on for the first week, occasionally when having cravings for it (when u need a break from the normal rice, noodles, bread, pratha, etc...)
U guys should try it especially during those cold winter days!!! Just add in all sorts of meat n vegs! One wholesome meal in a pot ;) easy peasy meal...mind u, u can eat it for days...

Note: I'm amazed to find out that the word congee originated from Tamil!!! But funnily, mr.Hubby tasted his first porridge from his wifey... Maybe Indians prepare it differently? I'm up to try it!!! Who can cook Indian porridge???