Bellamy's Organic Baby Rice Cereal

I bought this from KLCC Cold Storage, and this is suitable for Infant from age 4 months and above. The price should be +/- RM10.00. This Organic Baby Rice is cooked and dried into very small & fine flakes, it is an instant meal where I do not need to go through the process of cooking. Plus, the good thing about Instant Meal is that there is less wastage as compared to those raw one.

Ingredient:-

2tsp Bellamy's Organic Baby Rice

8tsp Water/Breastmilk

Steps:-

1. 2tsp of Bellamy's Organic Baby Rice mix with 8tsp Water

2. Stir to reach smooth texture.

3. Then, FEED!

Hahaha..It's so simple.

However, I tasted it and I didn't like it. My mum said this is Baby Food, all babies take this kinda taste. It has an artificial taste that I do not how to explain in words. Well, it is nutritious and it is ORGANIC.

Maybe I will try to add in Banana Puree or Apple Puree to make it taste better next time.

Carrot & Rice Puree

Ingredient :-
1/3 stick of Carrot
2 cup of water
1tbsp of Jasmine Rice

Steps :-
1. Peel the Carrot Skin and rinse the peeled carrot. Cut into small pieces.
3. Wash the Jasmine Rice and put in the Crockpot with the 2 cups of water.
4. Add in the Carrot pieces into the Crockpot.
5. Slowcook for 3 hours
5. Blend the Carrot Porridge using the Electric Blender to reach smooth texture.

I tasted it and it is actually quite nice. Baby Chloe managed to eat one tablespoon only, and Mama finished up the balance. OMG! I don't want to be the DBKL (Rubbish Collector)! No way!

Hm? But how to prepare such small amount of puree with no waste? Unfortunately, mum said I cannot reserve the remaining for the next day as it might cause gasy stomach if Baby Chloe consumed the leftover. So, better Mama be the DBKL la!

Baby Chloe is still learning to accept semi-solid food other than Milk. She's still not eating properly therefore it is not considered as ONE MEAL. At this time, it is still at trial period. I can't wait to introduce more and more food to Baby Chloe so that she can absorb different nutrients from all kinds of food.

Introduction to Semi Solid Meal - Porridge

Plain Porridge - Recipe
Ingredient :
- One small pinch of white rice
- One small pinch of short grain brown rice
- 8oz. of water

Steps :
1. Wash the white rice and brown rice together.
2. Put the mixed rice into the crockpot with 8oz. of water
3. Slow cook it for 3 hours
4. Blend the porridge using a electric blender until it is super fine.

I tried making rice cereal with the recipe found online. So I did as per advised. First, I grind the rice to powder form, then cook it for 10 mins. But I didn't feed Baby Chloe with this recipe given. After I finished cooking, I realise that I did not wash the rice. But think about it, if I wash the rice, I won't be able to grind the rice into powder form. Also, cook for 10 mins is not enough as I can still taste the uncooked rice which I didn't managed to powdered it totally. Perhaps this is the "guai lo" style. I still prefer the "cina" style. Slow cook the rice is better than cooking it the normal way. Slow cook will make the porridge smooth and minimize water loss during the cooking process.

I didn't mix any milk this time because I still not able to judge how much Baby Chloe can take in. The first time, I added in two tablespoon of breastmilk into the porridge but she didn't finish and became wasted. Since, this is considered as trial feeding, so I fed her about 5 - 6 teaspoon only. Like the last time, she cried before we managed to feed her all the remaining. Mama ended up rushing up to the nursery room to breastfeed baby. Notti Girl!!!!!

Baby Chloe is learning to eat porridge. She did a very good job even though she still doesn't really how to swallow it. Considering it as her second attempt, good job!

Introduction to Semi-Solid Food : Porridge

It is recommended for babies to start their first solid meal at the age of 6 months old, but most of them is capable to accept semi-solid meal at the age of 4 months old. Baby Chloe is 5 months old today and I have decided to introduce the first semi-solid meal to her today.

Ingredients :-
one small pinch of Jasmine Rice
2 1/2 cup of water
2 tbsp breastmilk
*** Wanted to use brown rice instead, but my mum said brown rice is unprocessed rice so it is courser than the processed rice and it is not so easy to digest. Does anyone know whether is it true? No time to google it yet as I always thought unprocessed food is better than processed?

Steps :-
1. Rinse half hands full of Jasmine Rice with the Crockpot.
2. Add in 2 1/2 cup of plain water.
3. Slow cook for 3 hours
4. Once the porridge is ready, scoop one full tablespoon into a bowl.
5. Mix 2 tbsp of breastmilk into the bowl of porridge.

Baby Chloe was curious at her very first spoon of porridge. First, Mama fed her with a spoon instead of a bottle. Second, the porridge texture is definitely thicker than the milk that she normally consumed. However, she didn't reject the porridge. Her curiosity makes her thrilled and she started to move her hands and legs to indicate to Mama that she wanted another spoon.

The second spoon of porridge to her; she was trying to figure out how to take in the porridge. The method of drinking milk with a bottle or breastfeeding is absolutely different from taking in semi-solid food. She uses lots of tongues action in order to maintain the milk flow from the bottle thus she doesn't know how to consume the porridge. ** Well, most of porridge was wasted!

She started to get very impatient after a few small spoons feed. Haha...First, she was not getting the food into her stomach since she doesn't know how to swallow it. Second, I was feeding her very slowly to make sure I scooped most of the liquid instead of the rice and also to make sure it is at the right temperature to consume.

Her impatience led to WU NGA WU NGA WU NGA. I used to think her WU NGA WU NGA was cute. *sigh* This is not the case anymore. Her WU NGA WU NGA WU NGA turned into YELLING more than a cry. She fiercefully cried to show her unhappiness to Mama. To be honest, the continuous of Baby crying non-stop and not knowing how to stop them from crying can make one crazy and frustrated! Mama ended up breastfeeding her to calm her down while I left my mum cleaned up the mess of porridge at the living room.

"Baby Chloe, I know you are getting more and more impatient. Let Mama tell you this, Mama is also not a patient Mama, so you better behave well. Don't make Mama angry, Otherwise I will be scarier than Uncle Hulk!!"