How to serve an Orange for my Josh

Orange = Vitamin C. It's identical (for me *smile*).

Here the fact and benefits of Oranges:

• Fall under Citrus Group
• Low in calories, contains no saturated fats or cholesterol and Rich in dietary fiber
• Excellent source of Vitamin C (60% Dietary reference Intake) where the Vitamin C is a powerful natural antioxidant.
• Contain good level of Vitamin A, Vitamin B-complex, mineral like Potassium and Calcium

Read more on: http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/orange-fruit.html

I serve to Josh what we called here in Indonesia - Jeruk Baby - Baby Orange.
Josh didn't like orange fresh juice, so here what I do:
I cut off the skin, the membrane and seed. So when he eat it, it's like splash and crush inside his mouth *grin*. He can finish 1 till 2 Orange at a time.

When I start to give this way -> around 9 Months old.

Good thing is we don't loose the fiber in great degree.
But I need to spend around 15minutes to peel off one orange and make it similar to above picture. Need to practice more.
May be after a year or two, I can master this skill, peel off orange in 1 minute and follow the chef challenge *hahaha*.

Chewing face ^^

How you usually serve it? Please share if you don't mind.

Josh 15 Months

Josh is 15 Months!! Times flies so fast.

Let me share about my little 15 months old josh.

• He don't like to kiss. He like to be kissed. Don't know why. We teach him several time to kiss mom and dad but not yet success.

• He has a lot of energy. According to www.babycenter.com, Josh can be categorized as Spirited child.

• He do something that I really don't like when I say "No" to him. Bite, hit, scratch, lick the floor (yes, with his tongue), and other else just to express his temper. Still have to work on this. *sigh*

• He can say hello, wave goodbye, playing peek a boo to everybody he meet in the street, mall, mrt. People think he so "kawaiii" when he give them his smile.

• He can eat rice now. What a wonderful day for mommy when eating time is coming. Feel a little break time for me, no need to blend it.

• He can do some little dance when I sing a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse song. When I sing Sunday School Song, He also follow by clapping his hand. And when I sing "Setingi-tingginya langit la la la", he try to Jump.

• He can stand on the bed without falling. He build up his stability to the max *grin* .

• His self belonging exist now. Not easily give his toys to somebody else. Anyway, depend on the mood, when he need a praise and we ask him to give a stuff to other, he will pass this on and clap his hand and we said that he is a clever boy.

• He has Ten teeth now, three more to come. No wonder why he can eat so fast and can eat rice, meat n etc. Oh he also like to eat peanut.

• None afraid of anything till now. Walk by him self to the garden. Walk in different texture. Except wake up and found nobody.

• His fav food: Salmon rice - used to be unfavorite one, but move to the top when he can eat rice. a steam Sweet Corn, Ham n egg with bread. The most favorite - is Nut (All kind).

We love you Josh!

Where to spend Saturday Morning - Jakarta - Monas (National Monument)

Last week I had a plan to visit Monas for the second time with Daddy and Josh for spending our Saturday Morning time.
To arrange the schedule with Yohana (College's friend), then we decide to go on this saturday 24Sept 2011.


Monas is one of the Icon - Famous Landmark of Jakarta city.
It's near to our house, only 7minutes by Car (Hmm no traffic jam please for sure!), and 30minutes by walking.


Here the description of Monas according to http://travel.yahoo.com:
Standing at 132 meters and topped with 35 kilograms of gold.
Construction started in 1961 under President Soekarno but was not completed until 1975, under President Soeharto. 
The monument houses a couple of museums. 
The Freedom Hall depicts Indonesia's struggle for independence through a series of dioramas, whereas the Hall of Contemplation displays the original Declaration of Independence document and a recording of the speech. 
An elevator takes one to the observation platform, which commands a bird's-eye view of the city scape. 
Admission is free.


Wow, the total current gold prices is around US$2million, Good it's hanging up there *grin*.


Many people spend time with family or group meeting or event a large event can be held there. 
Remember the National Easter Convocation Indonesia 2005 held open in the Monas.


Our first plan is seeing the fountain from near - there are two fountain near the street in front door of Monas - West side area.
One is an usual rounded fountain, while the other one is more interesting, there are horses and Kereta Kencana Arjuna Wiwaha which showering by water.


See, Josh enjoy the fountain without notice to the camera *smile* 

 







2nd plan, meeting Yohana, then sitting near the stone area intended for Foot Massage and  let's Josh walking around.
When you walk to the foot massage area, you can find a Deer. Not many, but interesting for kid to see the animal from near.
Last year, when Josh is 4months old, I remember not many people selling food inside the park area, but today is a lot. They not selling like snack or dried food, but they sell rice and the veggie and put on the floor. 
Josh is starring at the food. I don't know whether he is hungry or wondering why food is place on the floor or other *smile*, but he can stand there around 5 minutes.

  You can try the foot massage made by the massage stone place on the ground. I'm not allowing Josh to open the shoes, for the safety reason - don't know if there are a broken stone etc. But his shoes is quite tick, so he can feel the different texture also.
Josh is really enjoy walking around.

                     

After a long walking, Josh feel thirsty and sleepy.

So here is our way to spend Saturday morning - Cheap and Fun. You shall try one day.


Tips:
1. Early morning is better - you can breathe a fresh air. Many people still smoke in the open area, try to avoid it.
2. Bring water and food with you. You can still buy the water but the price will much more expensive. You can't count on the food, afraid you might have stomach ache if your usual food is too clean *hehehe*. 
3. If you bring car, Just park on the parking area. Many places there, don't park on the side street area. 
You can also going there by Taxi, by Busway - stop at the Monas station or by Bus (depend on where you came from) or even you can go by Train - stop at Gambir station.

First Mayo for Josh

As mommy, after reading I decided that 1 year old Josh can start to try a lot of food.
One of them is Mayonnaise.


Here what I do:
1 Egg
1/4 cup of frozen pea
1/4 cup of potato
1/4 cup of carrot
(all is boil)
75 gram of Dory Fish - cut it square and fried it
Then add the mayonnaise mix with 1/4tsp lemon juice and little bit chili sauce.


I separate the mayonnaise in other bowl, in case Josh didn't like it, I can do some change to the food.

Plus Minus that I feel:
+ He like to bite to shooting his teeth, so this texture of food really suit him.
+ He can eat the yellow egg with mayo, usually he only eat the white one.


- Take a long of time to finish 1 bowl - can be around 1 hour *sigh*
   His eating time is max 30 minutes where he can sit. But more than that, he walk and play around.




Be caution - unless our kids is already familiar with the texture, better postpone it.
Kids might hard to chew and swallow it, then we might get frustrated.
So be sure to feed in a fun way and of course we have prepare the extra energy for doing this.

Mom try to Be creative with the Baby Walker

Today morning - 26Sept11, I just get an Idea for changing a little bit function of baby walker.
We borrow it from Josh cousin for a while and till now haven't return yet.
Josh never really used the baby walker. I had tried for 2 days, but in the end didn't give a good result. He tend to be lazy learning to walk by holding at the wall. Nevertheless, I decided to keep the baby walker.

Right now, we haven't buy a children bicycle yet.
Then I change the baby walker into baby manual boom-boom car.
I put his unused baby bath seat under his feet so his feet can hanging there and not touching the floor.
I make a rope and tight into left and right side of the baby walker.
Here it is. Mom or Dad do the boom-boom for him. Josh enjoy it.

 

Tips: Bring your Toddler to Wedding Party Celebration

According to Chinese calender, this Month - September is the 8th month of the year. 8 Means Great Luck.
No wonder every week, Saturday and Sunday, there will be a Wedding Invitation.

As I take care of Josh and always bring him everywhere I go (Suddenly I hope my mom going home soon *grin*) also when attending the Wedding Party, so I shall do something to enjoy the party.

Let's me assume first, cause not every situation is same.
- Remember In Indonesia only! *smile*
- It's Wedding Party Celebration - Not ceremony.
- Toddler means 1 years old and up and below 18 Months - Josh is  only15 months.

Here is what I do and I count it as Tips:

1.Feed before Go.
I find a lot easier to bring 1 year old kid to the Party - they can eat similar with us. I feed half of usual portion to Josh, so he can survive till the next round *hehehe*.

2. Bring the water bottle, Wet tissue, and Camera *smile* and ohh a spare of diapers.
Yeah, that what I always put in bag. You might wonder what fashion party bag which can fill that stuff.
The answer: None! as I know.
So, instead of bring fashion party bag, I bring the food bag. No style? That's ok-lah, I have married! *hahaha*

3.Que on the Middle serving table.
Then I Queuing on the middle serving table, which I feel quicker (not many people grab this first) and most of the food can be eated by Josh.
Josh like the Nasi Goreng, Fish, and Prawn. (No spicy please).
I can say I'm moderate mother who like to giving a food for Josh to try. As this party and only happen sometimes, so I will give him a try if I feel the food it's not too sweet or too salty or spicy.

4.Stay away from Loudspeaker.
Even you can handle the big voice come out, but not your kid. I can say my ear has been contaminated for 28years, while Josh is only one year old and his ear just been cleaned by doctor.

5.Take turn on taking care
During the days, I always take care of Josh, but during the party, I might ask Daddy to take turn.
As I'm not bringing pram with me, so it's heavy to hold Josh (around 10kg now) with one hand while the other hand holding the spoon to feed him.

6.Find a big space, so you can let your toddler down for walk.
For Josh, if you just let him down and walk, in a minute he will disappear. Better to find a spacious area and let him play. He shall enjoy the party also.

Ups if you have read this all and you pay attention to it, you will ask, when you give a congratulation to the bride and groom. Yeah, of course we queuing on the line. But we usually did it very first or in the middle and it's more comfortable cause you don't need to que for along time. Hey do remember, toddler won't be quiet.

Ok that's all. If you make your toddler happy, then you will happy also. ^^/

Last: Here is the picture result if Daddy want to take a picture of us, but Josh refuse it.

P.s. Avoid the Stairs also, otherwise, you will end up following him up and down. ^^

How to Teach your Kids saying Papa Mama in Fun Way

I have create a Song (if you can called it a song, cause it's so short) for teaching Josh saying Papa and Mama since he was about 1 Month old and I keep singing it all the time.
And now it's seem all pay off.


The title: Papa Mama Song
Pa pa pa pa pa ah
Ma ma ma ma ma ah
Josh - Josh  Josh - Josh disayang (Josh-josh are being loved)
Disayang Papa Mama (being loved by Papa and Mama)


Here the movie showing Josh also following me sing the song. Enjoy!

Josh's Favorite Fruit - Manggo

One of Josh's favorite fruit is Manggo - ripe one of course. He can finished 3/4 from 1 whole big Manggo.
We are also surprise that he like manggo a lot, may be of the sweetness make him can't reject it.


Several fact about Manggo:

• Manggo was known as the King of Fruits

Hmm, I have search the reason why manggo, why not durian *grin* as king of fruit. But hey, the answer is you should read more about Manggo then you will conclude why it's called as King of Fruit *smile*

• Manggo are an excellent source of Vitamins A and C, source of Potassium

Vitamin A help to build body defense and prevent from partial or full blindness

Vitamin C help body to absorb iron on food that we eat

Potassium is a great nutrient that help to balance the sodium we get from eating salty foods.

• Manggo are high in fiber, but low in calories (approx. 110 per average sized mango), fat (only 1 gram) and sodium

No wonder, after eating the Manggo, Josh can have his pup till 3 Times a day (according to Josh's doctor, still normal if you have pup after four hours since you take your meal.)
but be Careful if our child is on diarrhea.

• Manggo is a comfort food, which contain a lot of tryptophan,  the trigger of the "happiness-hormone" serotonin.

Hmm I see Josh feel better after eating manggo, he feel like want the manggo over and over again, carving for this food is not mistaken ^^



Uhmm, so many fact that I found about manggo, you can read it in below source. 

source: 

http://www.freshforkids.com.au/fruit_pages/mango/mango.html

http://www.freshmangos.com/aboutmangos/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mango#Nutrients_and_phytochemicals

http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/mangoes.shtml#ixzz1YlcjQPjl

Below is the picture showing Josh curious about the Manggo. See his face.

People said one apple a day is good for your health, Now you can say also half manggo of a day is OKlah *grin*