NTV-7 Programme

I am a full - time mom ... so most of my time is at home taking care Ryan 24/7, it is a kinda of tiring and challenging job. Why do I say so??? As Ryan grows up, he is getting more active and wanna know alot of things happened around him. Everything that I did, he will see and then followed me here and there. He just stick to me like Super Glue. OMG ...... I can only have my breath when he is having his nap in the afternoon. I have to faster cook his dinner (will reheat again during dinner time), iron clothes, take a rest and doing my own stuffs like surfing net,watching TV,etc.
This is a life of SAHM (stay at home Mother). It does not mean that I am complaining about my life. I really enjoying my precious moments with Ryan all the time. I can play with him, read story book, watch TV together, etc....The best is to see Ryan smiles & laughs happily and grows healthier everyday. My tiredness is gone & his smile will brighten up my DAY.

Let's back to the topic that I am going to recommend to my blogger friends. I came across this programme called "My Smart Healthy Baby" from NTV7 3 weeks ago when I was surfing the TV channel. This programme is sponsored by Mead Johnson. So far, I only managed to watch 2 episodes. I have missed out some of it. I found that this programme is very useful to all mommies. It teach us how to cook best nutrition meal for our kids, how to taking care our kids and other useful tips from child's expert.

We can also watch it online from NTV7 website,provided we have registered as a member.Kindly log in to http://www.ntv7.com.my/Home.aspx for registration.

Catch up this programme @NTV-7 every Sat 2-2.30pm.
Let's check it out ://www.ntv7.com.my/Shows/Watch-Episodes.aspx?param=c9tJdC413vyzGaqGGcqUlSl9ix%2fMKp7%2bjeqbQsjC4yIYKu5cS91L4JqzbfPcVE8Kp6pjA8WJqiI%3dthis link :

My New Look

Before hair cut
After hair cut
Last Monday (3rd Nov'08), mommy brought me for a hair cut after my breakfast. Ryan sure will cry again...but lucky this time he is more cooperative with his grandma around (my MIL). Grandma is the one who hug him while he is having his hair cut. He just cried awhile and did not moved alot.
*****5 mins later, a new look is Up ( pretty short hair ), looks more tidy & fresher.******

My 21 months old

Last Sat (1st Nov'08) is Ryan's 21 months old ... time flies pretty fast, another 3 more months he is going to be 2 years old boy. Almost time to go school (that's mommy plan). Next year ,Ryan will celebrate his 2nd birthday in Medan-Indonesia(mommy's hometown) again.

Okie,...Let's talk about my development on my 21 months old :

1. Speech : some new words are coming - bear(teddy bear or any cute soft toys),batman (batman/superman),egg,be(bread),apple(pe),go go go.
2. Know where is his ear,nose,mouth,eyes,head(must say wear hat - then he will point his head), leg(must say put on shoes - then he will point his leg).
3. Know how to do smelly action esp after he did his big biz.
4. Like to listen to Mother Goose rhythms (from barney vcds) and Doraemon song.
5. Will kiss & hug mommy & daddy when we ask him to do so.
6. Show an interest to play/cycle his bicycle....most of the time still use his legs to push the bicycle around the living room.
7. Teeth : not able to count
8. Weight : around 13kgs
9. Height : long time never measured
10. Food : porridge (breakfast + lunch), rice with vege/fish,etc (dinner),meesuah soup, meehoon/kuetiau/mee soup, fried meehoon,kuetiau/mee. No spicy foods and does not really like to eat cake,but like to eat biscuits.
11. Fruit : apple,pear,plum,orange,grapes,rambutans(recently rambutan season...just let him eat abit). Does not like durians.
12. Like to help mommy's do houseworks...MY GOOD BOY, RYAN !!!

New Fruit - Plum

Another new fruit introduced to Ryan recently is PLUM. First time, he did not like it. The next day, I tried again and he seem enjoyed eating the plum bit by bit(showed in the above slideshow).
Plums are high in fiber, low in cholesterol, sodium free and rich in Vitamin A and Vitamin C.They are great aids in reducing the risks of cancer and heart attack and sustaining healthy cholesterol levels. As Plums are high in fiber and natural sugars, they help maintain bowel regularity. Plums are great to help with constipation.

New Dish - Tofu

Last Monday, I think of another way to cook tofu for Ryan's dinner. He seem does not like to eat tofu soup,I guess it is too plain for him although I did eat pork and thong chai into the soup. Therefore, I decided to cook the tofu in different way.I fried some of the tofus,cooked together with sliced pork(marinated with osyter sos+sesame oil),carrots,and brocoli. I never add MSG into Ryan's food. So my best seasoning is Osyter sos + mushroom powder.
This dishes turn out great and Ryan likes it. At least, my effort is paid off.**-**


For fruit, I introduced an ORANGE for Ryan. These oranges is pretty cheap, I got it during the promo...only RM0.20/pc. First, I peel off the orange skins, section the orange,peel off the membranes - that stringy stuff that covers the "meat" of the orange,then slices it into small pieces.
Oranges, like all citrus fruits, are acidic and more than likely to give babies younger than 12 months old rashes due to the acidity.Not just a great source of vitamin c, oranges have a myriad of vitamins and other nutrients that make them tops for a refreshing and healthy snack.
Ryan loves orange too!!

Good Cooking Websites

While I was browsing through some cooking recipes, I came across this website which introduced different kind of porridge recipes. I found that it is a very useful guidelines for all mommies to cook the best porridge for their kids and families.

I would like to share this good website with all my blogger friends here.
Pls check out :
http://www.homemade-chinese-soups.com/congee.html

Enjoy Cooking !!

New Dish - Lotus Root

Yesterday, I cooked Lotus Root soup for Ryan's dinner. This is the 3rd time I cook this soup for him and he likes it.
Lotus root is full of fiber and various vitamins and other nutrients. In Asia it’s believed to have various medicinal qualities, but in macro-nutrient terms it’s best to think of it as a starchy vegetable, like potato. Visually of course, it’s very appealing with all those little holes.A nice fresh one is a light orangey-brown. The older the root the browner and darker it is.

After peeling off the skins, I cut into thin slices, add some pork ribs,red dates and khi chee. Cooked for about 2 hours...the longer you cook, the softer the Lotus Root and the soup taste is yummier.
Here are another 2 recipes on how to cook lotus root for sharing :
1. served as a salad
2. stir fried with sesame +green onions.
http://www.justhungry.com/how-cook-lotus-root-renkon

**Happy Cooking**

New Dish - Brocoli

Brocoli is today menu for Ryan's dinner.Broccoli is very high in Vitamin C and is a great source of soluble fiber, it makes broccoli wonderful to add to baby food recipes.
I cooked the brocoli with Japanese tofu and add some sliced pork. First I cut the brocoli into small pieces,then soak in salt water to get rid of any dirty stuffs stucked inside the vege for about 1 hour (tips from my sis).Then I boiled the brocoli in hot water,so that they will become soft and can maintain the greenish look. It is best not to stir fried the brocoli very long after you have boiled it, coz its colour will become yellowish and does not looks fresh. Brocoli is Ryan's favo vegetable,normally I will cook it with porridge as well.

***Happy Tuesday ***

New Dish - Potato

Potatoes is one of Ryan's favo vegetable. The nutritional value of Potatoes is really not all that high. While potatoes have respectable amounts of Vitamin A and Vitamin C, as well as potassium, their starch component is high.
This time, I cooked the potatoes with chicken. I marinated the chicken with Hoisin + Osyter sauce for 1 hour before cooking them with potatoes. Added some garlics and gingers too.
The taste is just nice and Ryan likes this combination. Tonight,Ryan can finish up full bowl of rice with HOISIN CHICKEN POTATOES(cooked by me) + Steam Egg(cooked by MIL).

Oh....Oh......Where am I ???

(1) & (2)
Every night, I will play around with this laundry basket .. push push push here & there, from living room to dining room and then back to the living room. I just feel happy playing with it. There is a night while both me & hubby were watching TV in the living room....Ryan came to us with the laundry basket and demanded his daddy to put him in to the laundry basket. Ok.....so he was in and followed us happily watching tv too. Not to miss the chance, I faster went upstair grab the camera and snapped few pictures of it as a memories.
Showed on pic (1) & (2)



(3)
After standing inside the laundry for about 5mins, Ryan started to make noises.....He seem getting bored already...wanna to come out. He tried to lift up his leg to climb out from the basket...of course, he could not do it.So Daddy helped to carry him out from the basket. Wouh....at last I'm released, a 'free man' , can run here and there in the living room.
Showed on pic(3)

New Dish - EggPlant

I believe everybody see EggPlant before. This is Ryan's new dish for tonight. I have been wanting to let him try out this vege, but just worry he does not like it. Last weekend, I decided to buy some eggplants to let him try. But then another problem raised up...how to cook the eggplant? Normally my mum will cook with chilly,etc...in spicy style. But for Ryan, of course, I can't put any chillies.
I decided to add some carrots & marinated chicken breast meats to the eggplants...it smells nice and Ryan can sapu whole bowl of rice + eggplants finish during his dinner. I feel happy that my efforts did not wasted, Ryan like to eat eggplant.

As for his breakfast & lunch , I cooked cucumber porridge(with chicken meat) for today. He can finish up the whole bowl too.Good boy!!

Tomorrow is another new day....I will cook : corn porridge(breakfast+lunch),celery tofu(dinner).

*Happy Wednesday*

My Day of Cauliflower

Can't see the cauliflower in above pic as I cut into very very small pieces.

Yesterday morning, I cooked Cauliflower porridge for Ryan as his breakfast + lunch.
For his dinner, I used cauliflower with Japanese Tofu' & 'tomatoes' & 'fishballs'. Actually, I wanna added some carrots, too bad my fridge is out of stock for carrot, therefore I replaced with tomatoes. Ryan like to eat tomatoes alot.
As usual, I used marinated chicken breast meat for the sweetness.In order for Ryan to chew the cauliflower easily, I cut them into small pieces.
No MSG on Ryan's food, just add bit of salt & mushroom seasonings powder.
I am so happy that Ryan can finish up his dinner in 15 mins time.....pretty fast for him.

I have thought for tomorrow menu :
meesuah soup(breakfast),king mee soup(lunch) & lotus root soup(dinner).

Another weekend for Ryan ... hope he will like to menu arrangement I have made for him.

"Rose & Butterfly Awards"

*Butterfly Award*

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*Rose Award*

Big Thanks to my blogger friends for sending me Rose & Butterfly Awards. So sorie that only now I have time to upload this awards to my blog.
ThankSS for remembering me...!!

AnyOne who view my blog are free to grab these Awards too !!
*-* *-*All my bloggers friends have a wonderful blogs *-* *-*

Thank You Gift

BiG ThankSS to my MP Buddy Yee Ling for sending 'Thank you' gift for Ryan. Nice pressie...

Smart Words Set from MJ

I decided to grab 1 tin of Enfagrow just for the SMART WORDS SET, it's a new toy for Ryan.
Each pack contains : 1 smart word tray with 4 letters cubes, 1 Smart Word Card and 12 pcs perforated picture cards.

Hope Mead Johnson will have some free gifts for their consumers.