穿鞋子 Jiajia wearing shoes for the first time

最近天气很凉快，妈妈总想着是时候给佳佳穿上小鞋子了，以前叔叔阿姨给的还一双都没穿过呢。 怎么样，穿的似模似样的吧！ The weather is quite cooling nowadays, good chance to let jiajia wear her shoes for the first time. She is quite pro for a first timer, isn't she ! :)

病好了！ jiajia and mommy getting better now

佳佳和妈妈的感冒都好了。 上个星期五晚上去看了中医，医师是幼儿园老师的大姐。看上去很有文化修养和医术的样子。给妈妈把了脉，就看出了妈妈的一些问题， 如喉咙容易痛，气血不很足，消化吸收的问题等。听上去满准的。开的药针对目前的感冒以及日后的身体调理。 至于小佳吗，医师说小孩乃至阳之体， 从中医的角度讲不需要什么调理，只要吃的饱吃的有营养就行了。感冒嘛可以等其自然的好。不知是否有道理，不过这两天在坚持吃了感冒和咳嗽得药水后， 佳佳已经基本上痊愈了，胃口也好了，可以一口气喝5-6 oz 的奶呢！

要看中医吗？Need to see a chinese physician?

佳佳伤风，妈妈也是病的不轻， 昨天在家中睡了一下午，晚上也早早就寝。总算感觉好了一些。昨天傍晚去接小佳的时候，谢老师说她咳嗽时痰挺多的， 问我们敢不敢带她看中医。 同时妈妈可能也是身体虚弱， 需要调理一下， 索性一起去看看中医 - 正好谢老师的姐姐是中医师。听上去很有道理，好吧，今晚我们就去看看吧...
Mommy has been sick for the past few days, as usual, flu. Ms Alice chia from the infant care centre said why not see a chinese physician. For one, jia jia has a lot of phlegm when coughing and western medicine didn't seem to work; two, mommy seems quite weak and need nurishment after child birth. Sounds quite reasonable. Ok, let's go and see a chinese physician tonight! In fact Ms Chia's sisiter is operating an Chinese Physician & Therapy Centre near Kovan. here we come....

佳佳感冒了 Jia Jia's first flu

大概上个星期四开始吧，佳佳开始有伤风的症状，可能是被幼儿园的小朋友传染的。小鼻涕长长， 还有一些咳嗽。到了星期五还不见好，妈妈就带小佳佳去看医生了。 接下来的两三天，每天坚持吃药（用塑料针筒把液体状的药剂送入佳佳口中）。可是到了这个星期一，仍然没有显著的好转，怎么办， 还是今晚再去看另一家专门的儿科医生吧，小女生病，爸妈揪心啊... 佳佳这几天吃奶吃得很少, 只有粥和米糊还能吃进去, 再就是我们一直坚持喂她喝水. 估计又会影响她体重的增加了.
Jia jia's flu symptom started since last Thu. According to her infant care teacher, there is a girl who's already had fever.. so could be infected fr there. Friday, mom & dad decided to bring jia to see doc, after seeing poor jia still having runny nose and cough... For the next 2,3 days, jia has been taking the medicine faithfully, but there is still no remarkable improvement, seems we have to bring her to see another specialist pediatrician tonight. For the past few days, she didn't drink much milk, only around 1-2 oz each time. Before her flu started she can normally drink 5-6 oz. Mom & dad has to feed her water constantly and gave her porridge and cereal to provide for her energy - she is still quite an active girl even during flu time!

大杂烩 Mixed porridge

话说星期六，妈妈又象往常一样操办起佳佳的周末大餐。 最近读到小家伙可以吃豆腐碎， 于是妈妈就剁剁切切，磨磨煮煮，熬粥，煮西兰花，煮鸡蛋，炖豆腐，而后将材料一并筛细，搅匀， 做出了一碗爱心杂烩米粥 - 豆腐，蛋黄，西兰花，南瓜，肝酱。 小家伙很体谅妈妈的，中午晚上各一顿，把它吃了个干干净净！
另：煮粥的小沙锅为朋友所送， 浅浅而小巧适用
Saturdays, mummy usually spare no effort in making a nutritious meal for jia jia. No exception this time. New ingredient - Doufu. Mixed with congee, cauliflower, egg yolk, liver paste, pumpkin and all fined sieved through - voila! What do you call that? A hodgepodge maybe ...

杂感

今天偶然看到别处一贴，很受触动.
http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/56e71628010005ql
很惭愧的，不知象我们这样的又能怎样尽一点力量呢 ..

肝酱 Liver Paste

前两天上网读到宝宝断奶后铁质的摄取与吸收会受到影响, 因而需适当的补充铁质, 其中又数动物性食品的吸收率较高. 由此趁着昨天放假在家, 赶快给小佳佳作了辅食一道如下:
红枣6枚, 猪肝(或鸡肝) 50克, 西红柿半只, 油盐各少量. 红枣水泡(或蒸煮熟)后去皮去核, 枣肉弄碎; 西红柿热水烫过后去皮剁泥; 猪肝剁碎/搅碎, 去筋皮; 搅拌以上材料后, 加少量水, 并以适当油盐调味, 蒸熟即可. [妈妈做法是把上述材料一起蒸熟后再用搅拌机搅碎] ** 西红柿所含有的维他命C 将更好得促使铁质的吸收。配以红枣可以使口味丰富酸甜， 同时红枣也富含铁质
After baby's weaning, she would be susceptible to iron deficiency as breastmilk used to provide all that important and easy-to-absorbe nutrient. Hence it is advisable to supplement with iron rich food stuff for baby. Among which, meat based food like liver is a good choice due to its high absorbancy, especially when mixed with vitamin C. Here is a recipe mommy tried at home while on Hari Raya holiday:--
Red dates 6 pieces; liver (pork or chicken) 50g; tomato half; oil and salt to taste. Peel and core the red dates after coaking or boiling; peel tomato and finely chop; remove skin off the liver and chop finely; add salt and oil sparingly to taste. Combine all ingredient and steam, then blend to a fine paste. Can mix with porridge or cereal to serve. Rich in taste due to the addition of tomato and dates. The latter is rich in iron as well.

4至6个月婴儿辅食配制方法 Baby food recipes

4-6 月: Diluted juices or mashed beancurd
6-8月: Introduce pureed oatmeal or cooked soft mashed fish
8-10月: Add scraped and cooked meat. Egg yolk also..
10-12月: Cut up cheese as finger food

http://bbs.yaolan.com/shequ/bbs/Articles/board26/5288951A.html
汤粥：大米2小匙，荤汤120毫升。把大米洗干净放在锅内泡30分钟，然后加汤（肉汤、菜汤、鸡架汤、鱼汤均可）煮，开锅后再用微火煮40～50分钟。

青菜粥：大米2小勺、水120毫升、切碎的青菜心（菠菜、油菜、白菜等的菜叶）1小勺。把米洗干净加适量水泡1～2小时，然后用微火煮40～50分钟，停火前加入碎菜，然后再煮10分钟左右。

蛋糊：过滤蛋黄1/2个，肉汤3大匙、淀粉少许。煮熟的鸡蛋黄1/2个，研碎后和肉汤一起放入锅内上火煮，然后把淀粉用水调匀后倒入锅内煮至粘稠状。

蛋黄奶：将鸡蛋煮老去壳，按需要量经细筛研入牛奶中，蛋黄富铁质、磷质等，适用于四、五个月的婴儿补充铁质。

红枣泥：红枣100克，白糖20克。将红枣洗净，放入锅内，加入清水煮15～20分钟，至烂熟。去掉红枣皮、核，加入白糖，调匀即可.

介绍一种自制的燕麦粥。燕麦营养丰富，又易于消化吸收，很适合半岁至一岁的宝宝。选用纯燕麦片，将水烧开，加入适量麦片（可根据宝宝月龄由稀到稠），用筷子不停搅动。可以淋入事先打散的鸡蛋液，加入排骨汤、鸡汤，或加入碎菜末均可，最后可略加些盐和香油。此粥鲜香滑软，很可口且营养丰富，易消化。

<成人: 黑芝麻葡萄干麦片粥>

节选: 宝宝爬、爬、爬 Crawl crawl crawl

http://www.yaolan.com/huati/zhineng/app/article.asp?article=19063

推脚掌助宝宝一臂之力
让宝宝俯卧，妈妈在前面摆弄会响的玩具如小鸭子、小熊打鼓等，吸引宝宝的注意，并不停地说：“宝宝，小鸭子叫了（或小熊敲鼓了），快来拿啊！”爸爸则在身后用手推着宝宝的双脚掌，使其借助爸爸的力量向前移动身体拿到玩具，以后可以逐渐减少帮助，训练宝宝自己爬。

毛巾派上大用场
开始爬行时宝宝可能很费力，腹部无法离地，爸妈可用一条毛巾放在她的腹部，然后用毛巾提起宝宝腹部让她练习手膝爬行，渐渐地她会上下肢协调起来，可以用双手及双膝协调灵活地向前爬行了。

双手上阵助宝宝爬行
爸妈也可以用双手托住宝宝的胸腹部。一开始可能要完全托住胸腹部，让宝宝有机会活动她的双手双腿，但别让宝宝的手脚腾空哦；等宝宝懂得弯起膝盖，就可以略微放下宝宝的身体，让她自己用力向前爬；渐渐地，爸妈可以象征性地把双手托在宝宝腋下，她会感觉到爸妈手的存在而不会向后，只是奋力向前进了。

练习爬行时，在宝宝前方放置色彩鲜艳的玩具，这是必不可少的哦。练习爬行不但轮流锻炼了宝宝四肢的耐力，而且能增强小脑的平衡与反应联系，这种联系对宝宝日后学习言语和阅读也会有良好的影响。

６个月检查 6 mth checkup

今天去打防预针以及作６个月的常规检查．佳佳的成长情况如下：
身高：　６７．４cm　（７５％的水平）
体重：　７．８８kg　（７５％的水平）
头围：　４４cm　（９０％的水平）　
Jia Jia's vital statistics as follws:
height: ６７．４cm (75 percentile)
Weight: ７．８８kg (75 percentile)
Head circumference: ４４cm　 (90 percentile)

周末餐点 Saturday meal

１０月２１日，星期六。妈妈终于下定决心，煮了一粒鸡蛋，拿出半粒蛋黄，磨碎了拌在奶味麦糊中喂给佳佳吃。她似乎挺喜欢的，基本都吃完了。　隔日，妈妈切了几大块南瓜，用水略微煮熟，放在食物研磨器中　（见图）研磨好了，也给拌了一些在麦糊中。可能是口味较甜，佳佳并没有吃完。剩下的南瓜泥妈妈就放在小瓶子里，置于冰箱中冷藏。
Mama finally add hard-boiled egg york (about half) to Jia jia's cereal, and she really like it! Sunday, mommy cooked pumpkin in a batch and mashed them using the Munchkin baby food processor, then add two spoonful to her cereal - for its added calcium, iron, Potassium and beta carotene - but seems Jiajia is not too fond of it, maybe the cereal itself is too sweet? Mommy will blend it with plain porridge next time. The rest of the mashed pumpkin? Stored in a baby food bottle, into the fridge, for Jiajia's future consumption.

补铁 http://www.yaolan.com/huati/anquan/app/article.asp?article=21514

无影掌与无影脚 Scissor kicks and double slaps

大概始于10月中旬吧，小佳佳开始施展她的拳脚功夫了。 在摇篮里， 在大床上，只要一来劲， 就会把她那双小胖腿使劲的往下砸，敲得咚咚当当的， 且具有相当的杀伤力，爸妈如果不离得远点，就会尝到“无影脚”的历害。：P 再者，小家伙的一双小手掌也非等闲，在站着或躺着时均会发挥威力，左右交错，噼里啪啦的往下拍，一不留神就会被打得人仰马翻，粥飞奶溅。好家伙， 妈妈只能见招拆招， 拆不了就逃了 ：）
Jia Jia began to explore her super power these days, namely Scissor kicks and double slaps. Mommy and daddy have to be very careful in order to escape her powerful smacks. But for her, it may just be another way to express her joy and exictement, isn't she cute .. hehe

六个月大了 I am six months old！

转眼间，我已经六个月大了。 至今，我已经吃过了麦糊，白米糊，糙米糊，BabyBites 牙饼，白粥加胡萝卜以及江鱼仔粉; 白粥加南瓜及豆糊; 水果如草莓，西梅，李子，桃子（罐头的），香蕉，以及以前尝过的苹果，梨汁和西瓜汁。不过我已经开始告别妈妈的乳汁了，因为妈妈怕性急的我吃不够， 所以就开始完全转换为配方奶了。 我一次可以吃150 到180毫升呢！
18 Oct, today seeing me turning 6mths old. I have tried so many food stuff like rice (white & brown)cereal, wheat cereal, porridge mix with carrot, ikan billis powder, pumpkin, bean paste, BabyBites biscuit; fruits such as strawberry, plum, prune, peach (canned), banana and previously apple, pear and water melon! Frankly, I do miss mommy's breast milk but I am such a quick eater, mommy has since switched to total fomula feeding so that I can eat fast and enough. I can finish 150-180 ml milk within 10 minutes now. See me grow chubbier and chubbier over time ... hehe :)

佳佳星期天的午餐 Jia Jia's nutritious meal on Sunday

佳佳上个星期天中午丰盛的午餐：
香浓的白粥 + 与粥一起煮熟并碾碎的南瓜 + 事先煮好并搅拌碎了的豆糊（黄豆，黑豆，雪山大豆）+ 奶味麦糊 （妈妈尝过，口味香甜呢，不过小佳似乎还需要多适应一下， 呵呵）

What a delicious lunch for jia jia last Sunday: here goes the menu ...
Freshly cooked congee + Boiled and smashed golden pumpkin + Boiled, blended and frozen bean paste (made from soya bean, black bean and snow bean) + Nestle wheat cereal [Sweet and tasty, mommy guarantees! Though little jia only sampled a few spoons]

半岁的照片 Jia Jia coming to be half a year old!

昨天下午，Jovin 和 Huey Jing 阿姨专门跑来Hougang 看望即将满半岁的小佳佳， 以下是照片节选。 佳佳还收到了一个蓝色的柔软小枕头，上书 Sweet Dream (甜美梦乡）
15, Oct 06 - Mommy's good friends Jovin & Huey Jing came all the way from Pasir Ris to see Jia jia on Sunday afternooon. Jia jia is very cooperative and smiled quite a lot, maybe she liked the sweet mumbling and gentle cuddling of aunties :P Hougang Mall 2nd floor is a nice place to hang out also - brightcolored, newly renovated, and with nice dessert shops like Mei Heong Yuen Dessert ... as sweet as Jia jia's smiles :)

Time before sleep 亲亲小佳睡觉喽...zz

Getting some TLC from mummy before bedtime...

睡觉前，妈妈一定要亲亲我 ：）

For sure I'm going to have sweet dream after this!

小佳， 祝你有个甜甜的梦！

早餐时光 Morning breakfast

Mummy, what is the menu for today?

妈咪 今天早上给我准备了什么呀?














Seriously, this one for the camera!
让我坐端正，好让爸爸拍照！

我和妈咪 Mummy & I

Hi, this is a picture of me and my mummy.

I love my mummy very much......

这是我和妈咪的合照。 我非常非常爱我的妈咪......

更多我的写真 More pictures of me

Hi,

This is me, lying on my favourite spot in the living room.
I can see outside the house from here through the windows in the living room.

I could see trees, and sometimes see birds chirping on the trees.

嗨， 是我佳佳躺在客厅中我的专属角落。从这里我可以看到窗外的风景，婆娑的绿树，还有小鸟在上面吱喳啁啾...令人神往.

This is me again, trying to get attention from daddy.

还是我了 ：）爸爸爸爸看看我！

佳佳与电脑 Jia Jia and Computer

jia jia getting a headstart on using computer...

Always a good idea to start early .. (remember Tiger Woods?)

佳佳很认真很严肃地盯住电脑荧光屏... 嗯，好一个讯息化的世界，我会好好学习掌握的...