Happy 6-Month-Old Birthday!

Ethan is is 6-month old! He is on solid now! Last 2 weeks, we tried him with apple. First spoonful.... frown, confused face & lots of mouth moving. He doesn't seem to enjoy it! So I stop feeding him. Then later in the afternoon, we tried him with Nestle Brown Rice Cereal. Hey, he loves the cereal. We feed him 2 meals a day & the amount is increasing from 2 teaspoons to 6 teaspoons now. Hubby & I actually think that Susana has fed him too much because his tummy is getting bigger! Last 2 days, he experienced some bloating & gassiness. Haha! My poor little boy! BB has asked me to tell Susana to cut Ethan's cereal feeding to one meal . Last night, BB opened up the cereal and realized that they have almost finished up the tin of cereal in 1 week. He was so furious and told me to convey his message to Susana! Oops!

Besides, Dr. Gan has also reminded us not to introduce Ethan with too many food at a time. In case he has allergic reaction, then we are able to discover the food he is allergy to. Some might say we are skeptical and "kiasi" to expose our baby to difference type of food, but who care! We rather play safe than facing unnecessary consequences later!

Besides, we also unsatisfied with Susana's style of feeding. She will feed Ethan on lying down position. Frankly speaking, when Ethan was as young as 2 months old, they already fed him milk on this position. I dislike it because I worried he will be choked! Somehow, I have no choice but to accept it. Again, they are doing it when he is on solid! I totally can't accept it this time. So, I can only keep on reminding Susana to stop feeding Ethan in such position. Hope Daddy will buy him a high chair soon!

Basically, Ethan is fun, active and playful. He loves to play & he is not shy to laugh out loud! When he is unhappy, he cried out loud. Hmm... Guess that is the best part of being a baby! Kiss Kiss!

Glass Feeding Bottles

I remembered that my mum fed my younger brother with glass feeding bottles when he was a baby. In fact, most of the olden days mother practiced the same way too. In the 80's and 90's, the trend has switched to plastic feeding bottles again. The reasons are glass bottle is heavy & fragile. It may break during late night feeding. Moreover, you can never let you growing baby have the ease to learn to self-feed because the weight of the glass hinders him to prop the bottle up all by himself.

For quite sometime, nursing mothers have made plastic bottles their top choice because of the durability and practicability. However, due to certain health issues with plastic manufacture, glass baby bottles have made a big come back. For example, Biphenol A (BPA) was known to be hazardous to infants most especially causing health problems like cancer and hormone system change. I have posted few links below for your further reference.

1. Toxic Baby Bottles by Environment California Research & Policy Center


2. Baby Bottles, Breastfeeding & BPA by Minnesota Dept of Health


3. Canada Leads Way with Ban on Baby Bottles Containing BPA

As a new mother-to-be, I have known my priorities for my baby Ethan at the moment. Glass bottles will be my choice. It does not retain odor after soap wash & does not pose any health hazards to baby. When our baby starts to learn holding his bottle, then I'll switch it to BPA free feeding bottles. What do you think of this idea?