Feed the Mommy——肉丁土豆饭

肉丁土豆饭

在家照顾孩子，一天三餐的要诀就是快又方便。当然，不是吃方便面。方便面不可以天天吃，我们家里已经好久好久都没有方便面。（怀孕的时候有天突然想吃方便面，男人控制得很紧，后来偷偷和朋友在香港茶餐厅吃了，呵呵！）

网上总是有很多食谱，天天打开面书，都有很多人在分享食谱。最有用的，就是这种我妈妈称为“一锅熟”的，全部东西丢进饭锅，半小时后吃饭，方便且有营养。

材料：

1. 五花肉，切成丁
2. 半个土豆，切丁
3. 2－3瓣蒜头，剁碎
4. 一汤匙酱青
5. 少许胡椒
6. 米饭

（材料要用多少，因人而异，喜欢吃多少就用多少）

做法：

1. 切丁的五花肉用酱青和胡椒腌制，至少20分钟。
2. 热锅，爆炒蒜头（用麻油效果更好），再加入五花肉，然后再加土豆，爆炒几分钟。
3. 把米倒入锅，一起翻炒一分钟。把所有材料倒入饭锅。
4. 加水。如果平时煮饭的米和水比例是一对一，煮一锅熟的水要多一格。

就这样，半小时候就是香喷喷的一餐。想加入蔬菜，可以在煮饭的最后五分钟，在饭锅上蒸一碟小菜。

我都是趁孩子早上还没醒就把所有食材切好，放进冰箱。中午才下锅。

以前很坚持一餐一餐煮，后来发现真的太难了。过了傍晚，儿子偶尔有点怪脾气，一定要有人陪伴。因此，现在都是一次煮两餐，晚餐弄热就可享用。

我六个月了

慢慢的，我六个月了！

看到两颗小牙齿吗？

我成长得不是很快，自从五个月学会翻身以后，我对周边事物还是没有很多兴趣。玩具感觉上很幼稚，摸一摸也就算了。还是比较喜欢摸摸爸爸妈妈的脸颊，抓一抓妈妈和外婆的长发，比玩具有意思。

我五个月半就开始长牙，下排的两颗小小的牙齿，大家都说好快！可是长牙实在辛苦，有一个晚上我完全睡不着，老是起身老是觉得痛。还好牙齿露出来以后，就不疼了。

妈妈昨天第一次让我吃cereal，我不是很会吞，大概吃了一半。今天我好像捉到了窍门，把大部分都吃进去了。明天好想再吃。

第一次吃cereal的模样，很像老阿伯

Feed the Mommy——Teriyaki Chicken捞面

又回到自己下厨做饭，自生自灭的日子。

在家里度过了很快乐的新年，之后从爸爸那里把妈妈借过来小住两周。我猪了足足一个月，但是终究得把把妈妈还回去，自生自灭的生活再度重新开始。

上回做的slow cooker teriyaki chicken，因为略咸，这一次想再做，而且，不再配饭吃了，觉得捞面挺适合的。也不把酱thicken，直接把它捞进soba里，挺好吃。

Teriyaki Soba

这样的一顿饭，几乎不用下功夫。

我买了两只鸡腿，把鸡腿、蒜头、teriyaki酱、蜜糖、水一起加入slow cooker，煮四个小时。午餐时间到，把小白菜切成小丁，把水滚开，soba面下锅煮4分钟，把小白菜倒入再煮1分钟。取出鸡腿，把鸡肉撕开，再把酱捞上，就是一顿丰富的午餐＋晚餐。

而且，这样吃也很经济，午餐＋晚餐还不到$5，多好啊 :)

I Just Don't Fancy a Jab

Please, let this be over

The first six months of a baby's life is full of vaccinations. For everything you can name and you can't name.

And those things, can be a family's nightmare.

Baby doesn't like his jab (who likes it anyway), bringing him to one is kind of torture for all parties. And the worst part is always the after math. Sometimes, he develop fever after the jab and refuse to eat for several days. That was so much pain in the ass (for his case, it's the thigh) for us.

I'm glad it's all over now for the first 6 months. The next major one will be another 6 months away. Phewww...

Besides, we're finally back to Singapore again. This time, without my mom. Time for a disciplined life.

Fly Me To The Moon

Sources of animated cloud and animated moon

Warning: Please do not zoom in.

Crappy photoshop skills resulted zillions of flaws in the picture.
Zoom in at your own risk.
Zoom in if you think you look pale and need to pink up your face, go ahead, zoom in and face palm.

I've Been Lazy

I do not want to say things that sound so cliche as time flies but time really does fly...

After the hectic Valentine's Day celebration, we were busy packing and off we went home for Chinese New Year celebration. The same gatherings and feasting never bored me. In fact, I've always been as happy as a school girl on holidays every time I go home for CNY.

The only difference this year, was I brought an excited baby home too. And having another being that was almost constantly more excited than you, was extremely tiring.

Baby turned five months before the end of CNY. And shortly after that, he discovered the fun of rolling over. And he kept doing it even at 12am. I could only sigh and watch him, and kept looking at the clock, asking myself... When is he going to stop?

I'm five months old!

He developed serious rashes on his cheeks during CNY and we've received a lot of concerns from friends and relatives. Everybody, even strangers from the street offered us remedies on how to get rid of them. We've tried some of them but seriously nothing worked. Until we saw a doctor after CNY.

Thank you for all the concerns, baby is now getting his smooth and silky skin back =)

Development of a baby brings joy and headaches at the same time. Now that he's rolling, he must be on watched 24/7. He fell off the 4" mattress we placed in the living room for his nap time and activity time three times in two weeks.

The first time, I heard a soft thump. I quickly went to rescue but he clearly had no idea what had happened. He lied on the cold, hard floor, and still smiling at me. He had ZERO idea that he fell. That made mom and I laughed so hard.

The second time, his lower body was on the floor while the head remained on the mattress. For several minutes before we noticed and came to rescue, he tried very hard to hang in there. And try to kick himself back up.

The third time however, he's not so lucky. He fell hard and cried hard too. Good thing, it's just a 4" mattress.

More often, we caught him stuck halfway because of soft toys and bolsters. Help help, I need to complete my roll over.

I've not been cooking or taking any photos of him (with my DSLR) for a long time. My mom came back with me and I fell back into my non disciplined life. And I could always blame it to the baby that I have no time and energy because I'm taking care of him full time. (Seriously, it's tired and time consuming taking care of a baby)

I think, I shall pick my camera up again!

Alright, tomorrow.