Of solid food

Some of the solids that i made for Irfan..
From top to bottom:

1. Sweet potato+carrot - we had our lunch at IOI City Mall, hence his was take away food fr home :)
2. Pumpkin
3. Combination of pumpkin+carrot and fuji apples

4. Chicken+carrot+potato porridge - blended

To regulate his bowel movement, i will ensure that he'll hv a combination of porridge and fruits/vege purees in a single day. Yang paling senang masak..bubur kurma+kismis..no chopping2 or thawing process involved! 

Irfan eats 3x a day. He'll hv his breakfast as early as 8am+ ..which means my day must starts early! 

Hepi 6mo my special baby!

Menu arini puree pear..obviously he loved pear more than carrot that i made yesterday. Suka mkn manis ye sayang..tiru sape la ni ek :p

Irfan tdo kt hotel mlm ni. Saja nk amik hati abg2 yg sangap x jln ke mana2 time raya ni. Abg2 bila tahu abah book hotel, masya Allah punyelah excited bukan main. Siap tanya knpe duk sehari je..knpe x duk lama sket? Rasanya dah dekat 7bln kami x bwk derang gi jln2...last tdo hotel before mama lahirkan irfan dulu. Hotel dekat je..15min dh sampai hehe. Tak berani nk bwk Irfan jln jauh2 lg..takut dia penat. Sekarang ni bila dia kalut sgt or excited, stridor bertambah kuat...dan of course byk tenaga digunakan utk breathing.

Hepi 6mo sayang mama. Moga sayang membesar dgn sihat. Moga dgn izin Allah  sayang akan sembuh sepenuhnya suatu hari nnt...amin.

Irfan's 1st solid food

I'll turn 6mo in 3 days time, and my very 1st solid food that mama fed me just now was mashed potato Texas Chicken! :)

Ampun sayang! Mama actually sgt excited n sgt nervous nk try solid nih, sbb majority LM babies normally will choke on solid. But u did it very well just now..alhamdulillah!

Esok and the days after insya Allah Irfan akan mkn home-cooked solid yer. Kita try bubur+carrot dulu esok :) Jgn x mkn tau!

Alhamdulillah berat Irfan naik 1kg within a mth after discharged dr hospital. Tadi timbang 5.635kg. Good job sayang. Minum dan mkn byk2 yer pasnih...mana tahu pasni berat awak bole plot on the chart..now mmg wayyyy off the chart huhu.

Irfan belum meniarap lg..actually penah berjaya 2x...malas nk cuba budak ni. Pusing separuh dh give up hehe. Tummy time pun bole kejap2 je..mesti nangis mcm kena dera :p

solid food baby

Ada rakan pernah bertanya..
"ehh boleh ke baby baru 6 bulan dah makan bubur?"

Lepas tu ada sahabat lain pula bertanya...
"eh tak lekat ke kalau awal-awal dah kasi makan bubur?" Saya kasi nestum je, halus senang baby nak telan....rasa pun sedap!

Uh uh...dengan gembiranya saya menjawab.....
"boleh makan bubur...kena blend sampai hancur la"...
bak kata omputih, blended to its finest texture! hehe

Tak susah nak buat home-made baby food ni sebenarnya. Pokoknya, kena rajin sedikitlah tu je ngeeeee.

Mula-mula, kasi plain porridge.
Lepas tu, bolehlah campur dengan carrot, bayam, brocolli, kentang, dan labu. Kemudian boleh upgrade kepada ayam, ikan, daging (daging ni lambat sikit yer takut baby susah nak telan).
Nak lagi kelas...bubuh ikan salmon (macam yg saya buat utk Idlan dulu hehe). Kalau tak nak bubuh sayur atau lauk, boleh campur dengan buah-buahan seperti epal, pir, dan tomato.

Kita kena blend sampai hancur yer, baru lah senang baby nak telan. Sebab baby takde gigi lagi, macam mana dia nak kunyah kan. Kot terlekat kat anak tekak tu ishh tak ke haru dibuatnya, boleh jadi kes emergency tau! Kalau lepas blend masih tak hancur (kes guna blender besar jadi masih ada sayur/lauk yg tak dimakan oleh gigi blender tu), kita kena tapis. Guna je penapis teh dekat dapur tu mama, selesai masalah :)

Takde masa? ish masa boleh dicari. Jika dulu saya bangun pukul 5.15 - 5.30am, sekarang ni saya kunci jam pukul 5.00am. Awal sedikit je la dari dulu but it does make a big difference tau! Sambil masak bubur, saya mandi, kemudian pam, kemudian kemas bag ke taska & cooler bag, dan macam sekarang, sempat lagi tu saya update blog kih kihhh :p Alaaa sementara tunggu Subuh masuk la. Kata orang putih lagi, utilize your time to the maximum.

So far, sejak zaman Idlan dan Firas lagi saya masak setiap pagi. Saja nak kasi anak-anak makan masakan yg fresh. Tapi kalau tak sempat, jangan risau. Mama boleh buat frozen food siap2. Masak banyak2 time weekend, dan frozen kan. Bila nak makan, just defrost dan heat up dlm microwave. Senang bukan?

Kalau puree buah, memang saya buat stock frozen untuk seminggu.
Tapi hari ni, kes tak sempat, saya belasah campur epal dalam bubur nasi dan masak sekaligus...opss kira main short-cut habis la ni hehe

Faedah home-made baby food:
uishhh banyak tau!
Jimat duit, masakan segar, tiada perisa tambahan (gula/garam/pengawet), air tangan ibu, ...hmm tak sempat fikir dah....Subuh dah masuk tu saya nak solat dulu!

Bekalan Ammar pagi ni - fresh EBM+ 2 container solid food (porridge+apple). Lagi 1 container simpan petang utk mama suap lepas balik ofis :)

Fruitful yet a tiring weekend

1. My lil Ammar turns 6m this weekend. He starts solid on Saturday, in which i made for him a plain porridge (no salt, no nothing, only rice hehe), blended to its finest texture. He doesnt seems to like it, probably due to its plain n dull taste (hoho!), but overall i think he kinds of enjoying this first experience. The next day i made some apple puree and mix it with the porridge and walllahhh, he enjoyed every bits of it :p Ini budak suke mkn manis2 nampaknye! (ke mana tumpahnya kuah kalau tidak ke nasi hihi).

I am one big boy already! Sudah meniarap dan angkat2 badan...dan suke sgt menjerit!!

2. Baked this plain cheesecake with ganache...one for Tini, another one for us of course wink wink* Dapatlah kasi jiran depan rumah sket...kira settle hutang dgn Tini dan jiran :p. I woke up at 2.30am to prepare the cake, and slept right after subuh. While waiting the cakes in the oven, i managed to fold 2 big baskets of clothes, and do some ironing...gigih seh!!

i like the pineapple shape most...:)

3. We started to potty train Firas this weekend. Overall summary, accident 3x atas pelapik kaki, seluar tukar 3-4x, ulang-alik ke toilet for so many times i lost count already (dia sgt suke pegi toilet sbb nak main air sama), but in conclusion i think he's doing great so far. Dia suke 'pee' sikit2...jadi kerap la pegi toilet. There was a time when i was upstair trying to put Ammar into sleep, and guess what...Firas buang air besar dan si Abang yg tolong basuh!!! hehe bagusnya abang Idlan ni yg mama bangga nih :) Anyway abah tiada di rumah semasa kejadian sebab pegi ofis.

4. Our pond-refurbishment project almost 90% completed. Abah sudah 'shelek' balik kayu tu, cuci kolam, dan susun batu.

Berkilat balik...nampak cam baru kan? credits to abah!!!

my eldest 2 yg bz tolong abah sama :)

Batu kecil cuma letak atas air pancut tu, batu dalam kolam dikeluarkan balik...senang sket time nak basuh dan tukar air kolam tu nanti. Abah kata nanti nak beli fish letak dlm tu.

railway station dan 6 pcs of stepping stones. Later abah akan arrange batu2 kecil putih dan kelabu utk buat border di keliling pond ni...so that's the remaining 10% of the incomplete works :p

Fruitful and tiring am i right?

See i only have the chance to update this blog at 3am++ in the morning.

Update tetap update!! :p

solid food

Ammar is entering his 6-mth phase this coming weekend, how time flies!!
Which means extra work for mama since i need to start preparing his solid wink wink*
It's been a long time since i last cooked porridge, blend it to its finest texture, prepare apple and various fruit purees, and many more.

For a start here goes Ammar's going-to-be food checklist:

1. apple puree - wish a bit dash of cinnamon powder, wallah sure sedap!
2. carrot puree
3. potato puree
4. brocolli puree
..........
and of course, blended porridge.

uh uh takleh pk dah.

Jom sarap dulu lah :)

bumbo seat

I desperately need a bumbo seat for Firas!
Willing to let go yours? plizz msg me appreciate that :)

He detest to be seated in rocker while i feed him.
Prefer to seat or have ppl to stand him up all the time.
I got only two hands available, one to hold the spoon, another to standby
and grab his hands as he eats and sucks fingers concurrently.
He, in fact loves his fingers big time...more than anything else we could offer :p

solid food

Firas officially had his first taste of solid food today!

Initially i planned to wait till he reaches exactly 6 m-o.

But anyway it's just 2-3 days ahead...so sementara tgh cuti ni why not i try and see how it goes.

Plus i think he's more than ready into it. Asyik hisap jari, saliva meleleh2 tak igt...concentrate tgk org lain makan...well i guess that's justified already :)

Today's menu is rice+dates.

He seems can't get enough of it...a gud beginning sign okeh :)

Tapi in the middle of eating tu dukla sibuk hisap jari dia.

Jari lagi sedap kots?

and mama pon sempatla mengupdate blog and chat ngan auntie semah hehe

bubur kurma

hisap jari sambil makan

@ An Nur time warded ari tuh