Transition to Solids

Wah i'm hungry! Feed me feed me! ~~

Ah, what's that?

YUK! I don't want to eat this funny looking thing!

The culprit? Mr BaNaNa ~~

Recently i've been really busy with baby charis. She's 6.5 months old now, but is quite on the small side, so the doctor told us we need to feed her cereal/baby food three times a day in addition to 4 or more feeds of milk.

This baby is quite special; she is not very excited when she sees food. Usually babies should be quite thrilled and sticking out their tongues and grabbing foods on the dining table. But this baby doesn't really like to eat. So it takes a lot of time, patience, love and energy just to ensure she finish her food at each meal.

My mummy sisters have given me very good tips to help baby transition better:
1. Try a variety of foods, such as sweet potato, potato, carrot, spinach, pumpkin, peas, banana, apple, pear. Steam or boil them until they can be mashed with breastmilk or formula and added to rice cereal to create a thick mixture. The foods will add taste to the cereal which will tantalize baby's taste buds.

2. When baby can handle cereal, you can try feeding porridge. Can throw in one small piece of lean pork/chicken to cook the porridge so it will have some sweetness. Then add in above foods to have a balanced diet. Can make the porridge into a finer texture by grinding it against a tightly meshed sieve.

It certainly is not easy to be on this track so hopefully baby takes well to solid foods soon! My main obsession in the coming months would be making baby eat and ensuring she puts on some weight!