You know you’re feeding your child too much chocolate

1. When her friends chorus: “CHOCOLATE AGAIN?” 2. And one of them informs her: “In this school, you cannot bring your own breakfast to eat. You have to eat the same breakfast as us.” 3. And yet another one of them dissuades her: “I told my mummy you eat chocolate for breakfast everyday. She said [...]

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2010 New Year Resolution (when you’re 3 years old)

School started on the 4th, but she rested for one more day, before returning on the 5th. She marked the new year, her recovery and her return to school by tearing off the cover page of the calendar (her very own calendar given to her by her grandfather!), turning it over and filling it with [...]

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If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gum drops

She’ll share them with her cousin and favourite playmate, RC. Because when the raindrops starting falling outside, Strawberry Milk Baby (aka Toffee) sat snug in her car seat and sang: “Rain rain Go way Toffee… RC… play!” PS. Ever since she turned 2, she’s been singing everyday. Her favourite English song is, “Happy day… you!” [...]

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Turning to Fluff

Both Mr Fluffy Hubby and Toffee, during mealtimes. Breakfast Mr Fluffy Hubby Mini chocolate éclairs + mini cream puffs. All of which he gives away to his colleague because it’s not diet food. So he buys a bun from Breadtalk and eats that instead of my lovingly prepared mini chocolate éclairs and mini cream puffs. [...]

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Still a baby?

Miss.Understood walked into the restaurant, stopped short and gawked at us. “Why are you feeding her with chopsticks?” she demanded. Chopsticks poised over my painstakingly prepared thermos food jar of homemade ginger and lemon fish, pork with onion and garlic, and carrots, served with white rice, all steamed till soft with Chinese spices, I answered [...]

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No more messy meal times

It’s Mommy Tip day again! When my baby was still learning to accept food, she would often end up wet and sticky after meal times. To minimize the mess, I experimented with various types of bibs. 100% cloth bibs were out right from the beginning because the liquid from her rejected food would soak right [...]

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What’s for breakfast & lunch & tea & dinner & dessert, Mama?

Feeding my baby used to be a nightmare. I woke up in the morning dreading her meal times and went to sleep at night far from relieved that I was done feeding her for the day, but fretting about tomorrow’s meals instead, and then woke up the next day still dreading her meal times. Up [...]

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