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Food Diary Day 3 – Still Brown Rice Cereal?!

Food Diary Day 3 – Still Brown Rice Cereal?!

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Yums! Today 小小宝贝 has graduated from having one meal (breakfast) of solid food to 2 meals (and dinner).

The ultimate aim is to serve him solid food for all 3 meals, while cutting down on his milk, which will eventually not be able to fulfill his needs. He’s currently still taking all milk feeds on top of his meals.

Today is the 3rd day of his first food – brown rice cereal. 3 teaspoons of cereal for breakfast and lunch. He’s been eating up the cereal in record time. He’s probably a food lover just like his elder sis!

Tomorrow he will be trying another low allergenic food for the first time.

Food Diary Summary…

Food Diary Day 2 – More Brown Rice Cereal

Food Diary Day 2 – More Brown Rice Cereal

Still Brown rice cereal?! Of course! The 3 days food test. For all new food introduced to the baby, the proper way is to feed him with the same food for 3 consecutive days. In this way, if the baby develops a reaction, I can easily pinpoint the root of it and even trace it back to the previous food.

With my first child having a history of food allergies (luckily I did the 3 day food test with her), it pays to be super duper kiasu. The allergies come and go. Initially she was allergic to formula milk and berries.

Today I gave him more brown rice cereal as compared to day 1.

2 teaspoons of brown rice cereal
4 teaspoons of freshly prepared breastmilk (gosh! I sound like a cow.)

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There he is. Sitting up, prim and proper, armed with his bib, eagerly waiting for his food.

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Today I managed to take photos…

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Kind of blurry because…. I took them with my feet….

Hahahaha. Of course not! I was trying to balance my phone with my left hand and trying to feed him at the same time, making sure that I didn’t thrust the spoon into his nose while taking photos. =.=”

He has learnt how to suck the cereal off the spoon today. Great learning curve. He must have got a kick out of it because he finished everything in a jiffy and whined for more…

I prepared one more teaspoon of cereal for him while he threw a tantrum during the short wait. Men are so impatient when it comes to food… Even 5.5 months old ones. Sigh. So typical.

He guzzled it down too. But with some hesitation near the end. Looks like 3 teaspoons is the right amount, for now.

Stay tuned for yet more brown rice cereal feeding. 🙂

Food Diary Summary…

Food Diary Day 1 – Brown Rice Cereal

Food Diary Day 1 – Brown Rice Cereal

This marks a milestone in 小小宝贝’s life, the beginning of a whole new world of food, apart from Mommy’s yummy ultra nutritious breastmilk.

I started with the least allergenic food – Brown rice cereal with fortified minerals (he needs iron. According to the pd, he looks pale. Since I’ve paid him handsomely, I just have to trust his professional judgement. Although I’ve adamantly defied his orders to supplement 小小宝贝’s milk feeds with formula milk. He kind of gave up ordering me after 2 visits. Well, he did try.)

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Healthy times brown rice cereal. Prepared in anticipation of this all important day.

I started him off with just 1 teaspoon of cereal mixed with 2 teaspoons of freshly pumped breastmilk.

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He wasn’t used to being fed with a spoon. His little tongue kept thrusting at the spoon and cereal dribbled out of the corners of his pouty mouth. Of course, the precious freshly pumped fresh milk mustn’t be wasted. I scooped up the leftovers from the sides of his face and returned them back up his mouth. No wastage starts from day 1!!

I wanted to take a photo of his first feed to commemorate this memorable day. But with one hand holding him back against his bumbo (he was more intent on transferring his mouth fluids to his bumbo seat by licking it vigorously), the other hand holding the spoon, busily scooping up the cereal, there’s no way I could snap a photo. Unless I grew 2 more hands or my feet can handle the phone. Hmm… Maybe I can train my feet to take photos like how Daniel Day Lewis painted with his feet… Now, THAT’s a thought!!! Think of the numerous things I can do with my feet.

Sorry… I digressed….

At the end of the feed, he was able to eat the cereal beautifully without dribbling and even protested with a little whine when I showed him the empty bowl.

A promising start.

Food Diary Summary…