*edited details to update about days' meals after post was published. And I've also changed the layout of the post. Was trying out using Microsoft Word to publish to blog but didn't quite like how 'spacious' the whole post looked. hehe.
Monday
Rejected breakfast & mid-day snack
Lunch: Fried Rice (eggs/peas) – 2 tbsp
Tea:– 4-5 pcs
Rejected dinner
Night feed: Milk – 80mls
Tuesday
Breakfast: Milk – 100mls
Mid-day: Biscuits – 4-5 pcs
Lunch: Rice (meat/veg) – 4tbsp
Tea: Biscuit – 3pcs
Dinner: Rice (meat/veg) – 3tbsp
Night feed: Milk – 80mls
Wednesday
Rejected breakfast & mid-day snack
Lunch: ABC Pasta (pea/potato/carrot) – 5tbsp
Lunch pt 2: Spinach Noodles (MY food) – abt 3tbsp
Tea: Milk – 60mls
Dinner: Rice (peas) – abt 4tbsp
Supper: Chicken Strip – ½ strip
Thursday
Breakfast:Milk – 80mls
Rejected mid-day snack
Lunch: Rice (chicken/pea) – 5tbsp
Tea:Bread (w butter) – ½ slice
Dinner: Noodles (egg/spinach) – 5tbsp
Supper: Fried Chicken Wing – negligible
Friday
Breakfast: Milk – 90mls
Missed mid-day lunch
Lunch: Fried Rice (egg/peas) – 4tbsp
Tea: Biscuit (1 whole)
Dinner: Noodles - Half bowl!
Supper: Biscuit
Saturday
Breakfast: Milk - 100mls
Mid-day: Biscuit - 1/2 slice
Lunch: Noodles - 3tbsp
Tea: Milk - 80mls
Dinner: Plain rice - negligible
Night feed: Milk - 80mls
Sunday
Breakfast: Milk - 60mls
Skipped mid-day snack
Lunch: Baby food - 1/2 portion
Skipped tea
Dinner: Noodles - 5tbsp
Night feed: Milk - 30mls
Saturday, January 17, 2009
AN’s 5 day meal/snack records
Baileys & Maen had an arguement?
One is ignoring the other.
We went out earlier and when we came home, I realised both of them were like ... erm ... not on 'talking terms'.
While AN and I had lunch, Maen was chewing on her bone on their bed and Baileys was sleeping in the TOILET!
hmm...
I got him to come out and he walked warily, watching Maen's reaction the whole time as he took cautious steps towards me. Maen wasn't interested in him coz she was busy with her bone.
After we finished, I called for both of them to stay out of the kitchen with us and had intentions to shut the baby gate so that AN couldn't get in to play on their bed.
Maen REFUSED to budge even tho she was awake, lying on the bed, looking at me.
Baileys willingly followed, and then walked over to the other entrance of the kitchen (where it's been permanently gated), sitting there looking guiltily at the furprincess.
She was off the bed and lying on the floor by the time Baileys got to the other side.
He paced to and from the 'accessible' gate over the other entrance, Maen simply laid on the floor. And that gate was left open so that Maen could come out if she wanted, or Baileys to get in if he wished so..
Till now both are not 'talking'. Baileys is sitting at my feet, Maen lying sweetly on their bed.
What's wrong with them? Must have quarrelled in our absence..hmm...hehe
We went out earlier and when we came home, I realised both of them were like ... erm ... not on 'talking terms'.
While AN and I had lunch, Maen was chewing on her bone on their bed and Baileys was sleeping in the TOILET!
hmm...
I got him to come out and he walked warily, watching Maen's reaction the whole time as he took cautious steps towards me. Maen wasn't interested in him coz she was busy with her bone.
After we finished, I called for both of them to stay out of the kitchen with us and had intentions to shut the baby gate so that AN couldn't get in to play on their bed.
Maen REFUSED to budge even tho she was awake, lying on the bed, looking at me.
Baileys willingly followed, and then walked over to the other entrance of the kitchen (where it's been permanently gated), sitting there looking guiltily at the furprincess.
She was off the bed and lying on the floor by the time Baileys got to the other side.
He paced to and from the 'accessible' gate over the other entrance, Maen simply laid on the floor. And that gate was left open so that Maen could come out if she wanted, or Baileys to get in if he wished so..
Till now both are not 'talking'. Baileys is sitting at my feet, Maen lying sweetly on their bed.
What's wrong with them? Must have quarrelled in our absence..hmm...hehe
Friday, January 16, 2009
Ready to sleep alone?
Probably not but watching her get all excited over Baileys & Maen's new bed that day prompted me to consider fixing up her toddler bed so that she can sleep by herself.
But then again, she wakes up in the middle of the night so it doesn't help having her sleep on her own toddler bed too..
Nevermind then. The day will come ;p
But then again, she wakes up in the middle of the night so it doesn't help having her sleep on her own toddler bed too..
Nevermind then. The day will come ;p
Thursday, January 15, 2009
It's starting to work!
By not making a fuss over AN during her meals as recommended by the articles, I'm starting to see things taking a turn for the better!
Save for her reluctance this morning during breakfast and morning snack, she was alright through her lunch, showed interest in MY lunch, slept, woke up and had a wee bit of pre-mixed milk for afternoon snack (abt 60mls), and then fed herself during dinner just a while ago.
The articles say to get her involved in food preparation. She's too young but I carried her while I cook so she could see what I was preparing.
That got her REALLY interested and she couldn't wait to try the food before her eyes! I was elated of course, but did my best to contain my excitement. Told her to wait while I transferred the food from the wok to the plate before I gave her some to try.
Asked if she wanted dinner (thought of waiting till Mr Liow gets back before we all eat together) and she said yes (she HARDLY says yes to anything, even if she wanted it...wow!!)
So I put the food together in the bowl and peeped at her feed herself. hehe. I'm not allowed to make a fuss over her eating anything, remember? And it's one of my resolution for this year, not to stare my life over her eating, however rare or precious those times may be..
While she ate, I did the dishes. She looked at me once in a while and all I did was return her gaze with a smile. She was satisfied and carried on digging in.
I noted down the food she had each day since Monday and total intake wasn't a lot. Good enough to us tho, given that she had almost nothing during the weekend before that.
This may or may not be one off (hope she's finally getting into food again) but it IS encouraging to see things moving instead of me going through a cycle of cook-serve-baby reject-throw food away each day. Worse when I get all impatient and make things difficult for the baby who's only going through a phase in growing up.
Thanks for all your prayers too!
Looking forward to tomorrow but I'm not pinning my hopes too high since the books also said that they may eat a lot a day and eating practically nothing the next.
**Edited at 8.30pm: I was snacking on french fries for supper (yes, I'll be putting on winter weight...) and AN was interested. She took a fries, noticed a chicken strip inside the box and reached out for the chicken strip instead. Then she slowly, but steadily munched on the chicken before passing less than half of it back to me..
If she will eat like this, our trip next week to LA (again, to meet my family this time) will be much less of a worry than our last trip.
Save for her reluctance this morning during breakfast and morning snack, she was alright through her lunch, showed interest in MY lunch, slept, woke up and had a wee bit of pre-mixed milk for afternoon snack (abt 60mls), and then fed herself during dinner just a while ago.
The articles say to get her involved in food preparation. She's too young but I carried her while I cook so she could see what I was preparing.
That got her REALLY interested and she couldn't wait to try the food before her eyes! I was elated of course, but did my best to contain my excitement. Told her to wait while I transferred the food from the wok to the plate before I gave her some to try.
Asked if she wanted dinner (thought of waiting till Mr Liow gets back before we all eat together) and she said yes (she HARDLY says yes to anything, even if she wanted it...wow!!)
So I put the food together in the bowl and peeped at her feed herself. hehe. I'm not allowed to make a fuss over her eating anything, remember? And it's one of my resolution for this year, not to stare my life over her eating, however rare or precious those times may be..
While she ate, I did the dishes. She looked at me once in a while and all I did was return her gaze with a smile. She was satisfied and carried on digging in.
I noted down the food she had each day since Monday and total intake wasn't a lot. Good enough to us tho, given that she had almost nothing during the weekend before that.
This may or may not be one off (hope she's finally getting into food again) but it IS encouraging to see things moving instead of me going through a cycle of cook-serve-baby reject-throw food away each day. Worse when I get all impatient and make things difficult for the baby who's only going through a phase in growing up.
Thanks for all your prayers too!
Looking forward to tomorrow but I'm not pinning my hopes too high since the books also said that they may eat a lot a day and eating practically nothing the next.
**Edited at 8.30pm: I was snacking on french fries for supper (yes, I'll be putting on winter weight...) and AN was interested. She took a fries, noticed a chicken strip inside the box and reached out for the chicken strip instead. Then she slowly, but steadily munched on the chicken before passing less than half of it back to me..
If she will eat like this, our trip next week to LA (again, to meet my family this time) will be much less of a worry than our last trip.
Daddy's girl
AN wanted to play with the magnets on the fridge that came in shapes of our family (minus the furkids tho) so I took it down and passed it to her while I did some cleaning up.
Short while later, she came and took me by the hand and tell me "papa, work", pointing to the magnets. If I am to interpret her intentions, she probably set the 'papa' magnet further to indicate that he went to work. hehe.
She woke up at abt 6.30am just as Mr Liow pulled the bedroom door shut and started bawling. Mr Liow was going to work and this daddy's girl couldn't bear to let him go.
Oh no...let's hope she can handle the truth (that papa NEEDS to go to work.)
Short while later, she came and took me by the hand and tell me "papa, work", pointing to the magnets. If I am to interpret her intentions, she probably set the 'papa' magnet further to indicate that he went to work. hehe.
She woke up at abt 6.30am just as Mr Liow pulled the bedroom door shut and started bawling. Mr Liow was going to work and this daddy's girl couldn't bear to let him go.
Oh no...let's hope she can handle the truth (that papa NEEDS to go to work.)
Keeping cool...
Now I've information on hand what I could do with a finicky eater and understands the psychology of one better but it still takes lots of nonchalance and persistence to ignore her non-eating at meals and present food in front of her 5 times a day, knowing that out of all 5 times, she may not even put food into her mouth at all.
Ignore in this case, means no praise even if she eats, no comments if she doesn't.
She's had very little food yesterday, better some than none.
She's up to her fasting self again today.
Refused breakfast and before-nap snack.
Couldn't help but ignore her totally coz I'm upset now, not because I'm working out what I'm supposed to be doing.
She's crying for attention now and must be wondering why I'm angry with her. I didn't expressed displeasure over her rejecting food tho. Didn't want her to associate meal times with 'angry mummy'.
I'll be going back to her after this post.
Am glad that there's Baileys and Maen around tho.
While I'm typing all these and while she was sobbing sadly minutes back, she went to in search of Baileys for comfort and Baileys, being Century's Nice Guy, licked tears off her face and made her smile a little.
And being the little baby that she is, she forgets Baileys once her tears have been licked dry by Baileys boy, and comes running to me demanding attention again.
Please pray for this mummy in me ya? I need all the wisdom and patience, as much as possible...
Ignore in this case, means no praise even if she eats, no comments if she doesn't.
She's had very little food yesterday, better some than none.
She's up to her fasting self again today.
Refused breakfast and before-nap snack.
Couldn't help but ignore her totally coz I'm upset now, not because I'm working out what I'm supposed to be doing.
She's crying for attention now and must be wondering why I'm angry with her. I didn't expressed displeasure over her rejecting food tho. Didn't want her to associate meal times with 'angry mummy'.
I'll be going back to her after this post.
Am glad that there's Baileys and Maen around tho.
While I'm typing all these and while she was sobbing sadly minutes back, she went to in search of Baileys for comfort and Baileys, being Century's Nice Guy, licked tears off her face and made her smile a little.
And being the little baby that she is, she forgets Baileys once her tears have been licked dry by Baileys boy, and comes running to me demanding attention again.
Please pray for this mummy in me ya? I need all the wisdom and patience, as much as possible...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Books on parenting, again
Once upon a time, I needed books on infantcare and breastfeeding.
Now I need books on feeding a toddler and how to raise a happy and well behaved one.
I do enjoy reading but it's been a long time since I had time to sit down, undisturbed, to read anything. Anything except baby books, but even reading to baby gets disturbed by the easily distracted toddler.
I'm not complaining about that. It's cute that she looks interested in EVERY book around her during each read-a-book session (more like read-a-sentence). She wants to read all the books at a time, everytime. hehe.
Have attached pictures of my latest reads, in addition to re-reading my bible (in the toilet when I can afford to stay undisturbed when Mr Liow's home). I'm stuck at Leviticus again. hehe.
Will slot in reading these new manuals during AN's nap times while she nurses (I can't do anything else anyway.)
Now I need books on feeding a toddler and how to raise a happy and well behaved one.
I do enjoy reading but it's been a long time since I had time to sit down, undisturbed, to read anything. Anything except baby books, but even reading to baby gets disturbed by the easily distracted toddler.
I'm not complaining about that. It's cute that she looks interested in EVERY book around her during each read-a-book session (more like read-a-sentence). She wants to read all the books at a time, everytime. hehe.
Have attached pictures of my latest reads, in addition to re-reading my bible (in the toilet when I can afford to stay undisturbed when Mr Liow's home). I'm stuck at Leviticus again. hehe.
Will slot in reading these new manuals during AN's nap times while she nurses (I can't do anything else anyway.)
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