Started Darling on her first sweet potato coz she shows all signs of readiness..
The Goodness of Sweet Potatoes for Baby:
The nutritional value of yams/sweet potatoes cannot be ignored! They are high in Vitamin A and beta carotene as well as potassium. They also contain a good amount of Vitamin E, calcium and folate! "The Nutrition Action Health Letter rated 58 vegetables by adding up the percentages of USRDA for six nutrients (Vitamins A and C, folate, iron, copper, and calcium), plus fiber. Sweet Potatoes topped the list with a whopping 582 points; its nearest competitor, a raw carrot came in at 434."˚
1. Wash and poke holes in sweet potato with fork under running water (the water that seep into the sweet potato will help get it cooked) then wrap sweet potatoes in aluminum foil with the skin on. 2. Place in a 410 degree oven and bake for 30-60 minutes or until soft 3. Remove skins by slitting the sweet potato lengthwise when cooled then scoop out the "meat". 4. Mash/ Puree it using a fork or a machine. Put it in ice trays and freeze until ready to use. 5. Use a liquid from your preferred source to puree or thin the sweet potatoes. (I used breastmilk to help Darrielle get used to the taste better, and of coz, adding in the goodness of breastmilk)
My haolian worm who tried to sit up by herself whenever we place her in semi-recline position.. LOL
I saw Daw's blog on Niya with the baby swimming thingy, I'm so tempted to get one for Darling too.. But i'm not sure if she would enjoy it or not.. hmmm...
.Big Girl -> Amulet
.18 Oct
.Likes. Reading, Cooking,Movies, Singing & Arts
.Munch. Salmon sashimi, Chinese Raw Fish, 可爱鸡
Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter.
In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition;
but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express.
-- Joseph Addison
.Little Girl -> Darrielle
.25 Mar
.Birth Weight. 3.51KGs
.Total Breastfed for 14months
.Partial Breastfed till 22months
.Likes. Book Reading with Mommy, Play, Swimming, Singing, Dancing
.Munch. Cold stuffs, Salmon sashimi, Tibits
What I wanted most for my daughter was that she be able to soar confidently in her own sky, whatever that may be.
-- Helen Claes
Pregnancy
.June 2007 - Mar 2008
.OB. Lawrence Ang
.Very mild morning sickness
.Always sleepy
.Colostrum at 23 weeks
.Fell down at 29 weeks
.My Birth Story .Special thanks to Shirley and my mum who tried to accompany me to all ante-natal checkups, especially Shirley who stayed overnight in TMC to keep my mum and me accompanied.
.Matured milk comes in on Day5
.Faced Nipple Confusion on Day4 - Day5
.Nipples bruised and sore from Day3 - Day5
.Nipples cracked and bled from Day5 - Day10
.Taught to apply fresh BM and nipple cream after each feedings
.Nipples start to heal from Day 11 onwards
.Fed every 2hrly at night for 1st month
.Fed every 3hrly at night for 2nd & 3rd month
.Fed every 4hrly at night from 4th month onwards
"When we trust the makers of baby formula more than we do our own ability to nourish our babies, we lose a chance to claim an aspect of our power as women. Thinking that baby formula is as good as breast milk is believing that thirty years of technology is superior to three million years of nature's evolution. Countless women have regained trust in their bodies through nursing their children, even if they weren't sure at first that they could do it. It is an act of female power, and I think of it as feminism in its purest form."
----- Christine Northrup M.D.
If a multinational company developed a product that was a nutritionally balanced and delicious food, a wonder drug that both prevented and treated disease, cost almost nothing to produce and could be delivered in quantities controlled by the consumers' needs, the very announcement of their find would send their shares rocketing to the top of the stock market. The scientists who developed the product would win prizes and the wealth and influence of everyone involved would increase dramatically. Women have been producing such a miraculous substance, breastmilk, since the beginning of human existence. ----- Gabrielle Palmer
