Whole-Brain Training Class

Today, I brought Ian alone to the Little Neuro Tree trial class, which was opened up specially for babies in 08. There were only 3 other babies attending the class, and I had heard from the reception that they were Feb/Mar babies.

The first lesson was in Japanese, with a kawaii teacher conducting the class. It consisted of flashing of cards, memory training, and some activities for mommies to do. There was the ABC song in Japanese and other Japanese songs.

Ian enjoyed it at the beginning, but began to lose his concentration towards the end and started looking around the class. The activities were more for the mommies to help out with their babies, as the babes were all too young to DIY. And it was a little distracting that other babies were crying on and off.

Anyway, there are going to be a Chinese and an English class in the next 2 weeks.

Peas and Yoghurt

This morning, I decided to introduce garden peas (which we bought a while back) to Ian. I steamed the peas together with the organic carrot which we bought on Friday night. This combination of food is actually suitable for babies from 7 months onwards, but we simply have too many things to let him try, but too little time.

Blended peas and carrots

I mixed some of the puree into the cereal for Ian's lunch, and added the remaining into the slow cooker for his dinner.

Today, we finally bought the Baby Yoplait yoghurt for Ian. This is such a hard-to-find yoghurt and we searched many places before we finally found it. The PD we consulted at Sembawang actually recommended giving a baby version instead of the normal version, because the manufacturer has probably done something to make it more suitable for babies. And the box actually does mention that this is more digestible.

The yoghurt comes in only 2 flavours - vanilla and banana. I let Ian try out the vanilla version, mixed with some apple puree. He liked it at first, but did not manage to finish the whole bowl. In any case, the yoghurt does smell good, with a fresh vanilla fragrance.

Our New Slow Cooker

The brown rice grains are really hard to cook to the mashy texture like white rice. And, it was a chore to cook Ian's porridge over a stove fire. Hence, we took home the spare slow cooker from my Mom's place.



We tried cooking the brown rice in it for 3 hours, and to our disappointment, the consistency was not what we wanted. Within the 3 hours, we also added water a few times because the water dried up.

We tried cooking white rice in it for 3 hours, and the consistency was slightly more satisfying. I guess brown rice just has to be milled.

But with this new kitchen aid, cooking porridge is much easier.

Ian's First Xmas Pressie

Although it is still 3 more weeks to Christmas, I have gotten a present for Ian's first Christmas. This is the Playskool Busy Ball Popper that I have been eyeing on for quite some time. It has rave reviews in Amazon and is constantly one of the top-selling toys.

We went to Vivocity yesterday and happened to see this toy at Toyrus there. To my pleasant surprise (and my hubby's consternation), it was on sale for $42. It was a pretty good deal, and again, I succumbed to the BBB addiction.

Hubby also agreed that it seemed that I was buying the toy for myself rather than Ian, because Ian has never said that he wanted more toys.

We opened up the box to try out the toy. However, it does not keep Ian interested for long. Hopefully, he will grow to like it, like how he has grown to like certain toys that he did not like at first.

The New Gadget That Made Ian Laugh

Hubby was playing with his new gadget, and surprisingly, it entertained Ian so much that he was cracking up with laughters. We simply love the way he laughs... :)

Organic Baby Jar Food

I happened to see this brand of jar food at NTUC TPY and bought a bottle for Ian to try. Such jars come handy on evenings when I return home alone with Ian and need to feed him some fruits.

I have fed this jar food to Ian earlier this week. It smelt good, even after mixing into Frisocream. Ian loved it.