♥Baby Daniel's Daily BLOG♥: May 2013

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Very First Tooth!

Daniel got his very first tooth and we discovered it today!

It's so tiny and soooooo cute!

Lately, he has been sucking his tumb a lot often and drooling lil more than usual. Yes, it was a sign that his tooth was growing and was about to pop up! Haha! :)

I can't believe Daniel already has a tooth and it's amazing how fast he's growing. It's an amazing feeling to go through every little step he takes to grow everyday, together as a family! It's truly amazing!

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I tried to open his mouth to take a picture of his tooth but he wouldn't let me! :(

Bummer..

Smiling as usual.

I'm so thankful that he didn't have to go through any hardship (fever, toothache, etc).

It feels like yesterday when he was born and I was holding him in my arms for the first time... but look! He is growing so fast and going through fun new stuff everyday.

A true blessing.

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Monday, May 13, 2013

Making Homemade Baby Food (Korean Style Rice Cereal)

Daniel started on eating solid foods few days ago. I gave him rice cereal (packaged one from Whole Foods) mixed with breast milk since few weeks ago. He seems fine (eats well, poops good, no allergic reaction) with it, so I decided to start on making homemade solid foods two days ago.

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Here's a recipe for making baby's very first introducing food "이유식" (a.k.a. homemade rice cereal in Korean style).

Side note:

It is well known that rice is very low risk allergy food. They say you can always use rice for your baby in Korea.

For a VERY first food, you need:

1 spoonful of white rice

1 cup of water

1. Wash 1 spoon of white rice until water becomes clear. Soak the rice in the water for +20 minutes (I did this for overnight).

2. Use food blender or mill to grind the rice with 1/4 cup of water until it is grinded VERY fine.

3. Add 3/4 of water + grinded rice into pot.

4. Once it starts to boil, reduce heat to low and stir it for about 7 minutes.

5. Drain it through fine strainer.

6. All done! Time to enjoy! :)

Side note:

It can be stored in refrigerator for 2 days. It also can be freezed about 1~2 weeks. I used ice cube to make the job easier. Next time I make it, I only have to take out one cube of already grinded rice (step 1~2) and add it with 1 cup of water and boil (step 4~5). Makes the job easier! :)

Once baby seem to be fine with the rice cereal, you can mix veggies with it and serve. You can also start mixing meat with it when baby is 6 months old to supplement iron need.

Bonus!

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