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    what formula do infant drink

    maybe you can try to find meiji milk at meidi-ya? or other japanese supermarkets? i am currently in indonesia and we have a local distributor here. in a way yes, i trust meiji because of its origin hahaha.. other concerns are the taste and the vitamins. no point giving milk that my baby won't...
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    Training Cup-please advise

    yes you can steam all parts of it except the lid with clear top
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    Training Cup-please advise

    mommies.. do you have any good tips how to switch to sippy or straw cup? My boy is 11 months and until now he only can take the mag mag spout. I bought him tommee tippee explora but he kinda had a hard time sucking the water from it. it is leak proof btw. do you think i should get him...
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    super short attention span

    hi mommies, just want to hear some opinions from you if your baby has a very short attention span. how do you cope with it? can you share any tips to cope with it or teach your kid to have longer attention span? my 11 month old boy gets easily bored with everything. from his normal baby toys to...
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    buy breastpump online from uk sites?

    just a thought, personally i wouldnt buy breastpump online.. because after a while the pump may need servicing. if you buy it overseas, the local service centre may not accept the warranty...
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    Bringing Baby Out, What Age and Where?

    we went out with baby for the first time when he was 1 month old. It was only a short lunch at a cafe. Since then we have been going out everyweek or so.. My baby loves staying outdoor, even at home he is more calm when he is outside, at the porch or at the front yard. Thank god he has always...
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    Bringing Baby Out, What Age and Where?

    we went out with baby for the first time when he was 1 mth old. It was only a short lunch at a cafe. Since then we have been going out everyweek or so.. My baby loves staying outdoor, even at home he is more calm when he is outside, at the porch or at the front yard. Thank god he has always...
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    Need advice - Sticky baby

    I am in the same boat as you!! My 11-month-old boy is also super sticky to me. Even after he falls asleep and I am lying next to him I have to lie still, he knows when I move my body a little bit. He would grab my cloth or my hand or my hair - whatever he can get, then whines. I can only move...
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    Delayed motor skills

    my son is 11 months old and he doesn't want to crawl -yet. He rolled over one way at 7 months after 2 weeks of massage therapy. when he started the therapy at 6.5 months, the nurse told me his ability of lifting his head was like a 4 month old skill. he doesnt like tummy time actually and he is...
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    Formula Milk only can keep 1mth after open??

    i am bfing too and supplementing with formula once a day. same problem, cant finish the big tin in a month.. Then i found out that this japanese brand formula - meiji, that comes in sachets. I think it's a very good solution! though its more expensive, but at least we dont have to feel guilty...
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    Baby Porridge in Microwave

    personally I wouldn't do microwave for baby food. You can try oatmeal porridge, it's healthier than rice and it's so quick to cook. Use rolled oats but grind it first, then you only spend 5-10 mins cooking. if you don't grind it, you'll spend a good half an hour cooking it. Another way if you...
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    Weight for 6 mths baby

    is he teething? around that age, there was a period of around 2 weeks that my boy took his milk on and off - like 3 days he went on strike, the next day he ate like a hungry monster... then the next day he only had lunch, next only wanted milk.. and the cycle repeated. i even thot he could stash...
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    Weight for 6 mths baby

    i think he is quite a big eater, but a super fussy one as he gets older haha.. but well, since birth he has been drinking a lot of milk, when he was 2 days old the nurse at the hospital told me he gulped down 80ml of formula. then at 1 week old, he could drink as much as 120ml when my milk...
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    Weight for 6 mths baby

    my baby had around the same weight as yours when he was 6 months old. he started solid when he was 5.5 months, at 6 months he had 2 meals a day. as for milk intake, usually he took about 150ml each time, about 6 times a day (5 bottles of EBM plus a bottle of formula at night). sometimes he had...
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    Red dyed eggs for full month

    i tried making red dyed eggs some time ago for my friend. here are the steps, hope this helps :) 1. select the eggs with light colour - this will make the colour look smoother 2. boil the eggs for about 15 mins. 3. while boiling the eggs, prepare water and the red dye (using food colouring agent...
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    Bird's Nest

    i have been eating it regularly during pregnancy.. like once or twice a week. my cousin told me her friend has been eating bird's nest once a week since baby and when he was a teenager he didn't have any pimples. i sort of believe it was the bird's nest's effect. maybe it's true.. my baby...
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    help..baby rejecting milk, porridge, cereal .. :(

    try not to force him... i think it's not a really good idea to force babies to eat. they may get traumatised... well, my baby has been doing the same thing since 7+ months until today... one day he ate fine, the next day he refused milk, the other day he refused both... the other day he acted up...
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    Flu Jab

    hi there, i posted the same thread about flu jab some time ago, but my concern is not the fever but the sensitivity issue after the jab like when you get a flu, you won't get it that often but once you catch the virus, it's really really bad.. like what my friend experienced. well i dunno if...
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    epidural or oxyen gas...

    i had induced labour, my dilation was slow, i waited 7 hours and i was 5cm dilated and it stopped there. when i couldn't stand the pain i asked for epidural but doctors didn't allow it, they said it's too late. i am just curious, at how many cm dilated can you have epidural actually? isn't it...
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    sacred tea curiosities

    i have only tried black sesame seeds and fenugreek. fenugreek works like wonder to me! like yesterday i was not feeling well, my milk supply was so low, i decided to take 2 caps of fenugreek and boom.. i got 150ml for the late night pumping session. before taking the magic pills i only managed...
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