Colostrum - The Amazing First Milk

Janelle had been doing very well on Feb, But when it reaches March all her naughty naughty starts to come back again. From my observation, naughty will come back to her when she had a little sight cold/flu. so decided to give Janelle a try on supplement - colostrum - boosting immunities and helping her to ward off illness or recover more quickly. Started the first dose yesterday morning (3March), but naughty still come and visit her yesterday noon time. Will continue to try for another 2 weeks to see if there is any improvment.

I do did a little research:

"Colostrum is a rich milk that contains antibodies and good bacteria to protect your baby from illness. Colostrum is this incredible milk and is often referred to as "liquid gold" because of its tremendous health benefits to babies. Like breastmilk, colostrum provides numerous antibodies to the baby through its powerful white blood cells. These cells can attack harmful bacteria that may cause your baby to get sick during his first few days of life. For this reason, both colostrum and breastmilk are actually closer to human blood than they are to infant formula in their amazing ability to fight off disease and illness." -- and this is also one of the reason why i insist to breastfeed when janelle was new born. It had been always my regrets for not continue breastfeeding for Janelle. (She started having seizures when i stopped breastfeeding). So when i first got to know this supplement from my neighbour, an instinct that i must give it a try for janelle. of cos, before i commit, i read up online to ensure this will not do more harm for her. "No significant bovine colostrum side effects have yet been reported in the medical literature"

Little Janelle

Every morning, she is in good mood and have all cheeky facial expression that make me laugh . This is what made my day every morning and give me strength to move on.































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What's a Saturday

Last Saturday was a busy day for me.. Seldom we have such a full packs of events in a day. Feel so fulfilling, a day and done ao many things.

1. Bring Janelle out for Breakfast

2. Mr and Mrs Brian Lim Solemnization lunch -- had a very relaxing lunch with our uni friends.. There is only blessing and laughters in the air.











3. Ashlynn & Arial full month celebration
Oh gosh, these 2 sweeties really melted me. Especially Arial, just a month old baby, she will smile when we play with her. They played with each other when we place them together. They gave a urge to have another kid to accompany janelle..

4. Swimming at MBS, while janelle moon tanning as it's too cold for her to be in water.












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Classic

Saw a classic kitchen cabinet that remind me my young days




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Root Cause of Janelle

After reading so many articles, doing research of Janelle illness, i guess i have found the root cause. It's all because of that incident. My fear really happened.

When Janelle was almost 5 months in my tummy, i was traumatizes on an incident which i dont know why i started to cry and i cant stop crying. I guess the pregnancy has make me into a different person then, if without pregnancy, the most my tear will rolled down and I can get over it very fast. After 30 mins, i went into a breathless stage for about 15min which i tried my best to calm myself down and catch my breath for Janelle.. That's the only time i can feel fear in myself because of Janelle. Had been very worried till i went for the detailed scan next day when the doctor assured that baby is doing well. Yesterday i came across a FAQ on an epilepsy site which the doctor replied at any stage of the pregnancy having lack of oxygen from mummy, it may or maybe be the root cause.

Today Lunch!!

Recipe: Penang Char Hor Fun (炒河粉)Serves 3-4 people
Ingredients:
1/2 pack hor fun or flat rice noodles (32 oz pack)1/2 pack vermicelli (14 oz pack)3 tablespoons oil1 tablespoon soy sauce1 tablespoon kecap manis
Toppings:
12 shrimp (peeled and deveined)12 thin pieces of pork meat12 bay scallops12 thin pieces of fish cake1/2 can chicken broth (14 oz can)5 stalks chinese mustard green/choy sum (cut into 2-inch length)1 1/4 cup water3 cloves garlic (minced)
Starch:
2 tablespoons corn flour1/4 cup water
Seasoning:
2 tablespoons oyster sauce1/2 tablespoon soy sauce1/8 teaspoon fish sauce1/2 teaspoon sugar2 dashes white pepper powderSalt to taste

Method:
Soak the vermicelli in warm water for 15 minutes or until soft. Drain the water and set aside.
Break the flat rice noodles off by peeling the layers. Set aside.
Heat up a wok and add 1 1/2 tablespoon of cooking oil. Toss in the vermicelli and do a quick stir. Add 1/2 tablespoon of soy souce and 1/2 tablespoon of kecap manis and continue to stir the vermicelli until the soy sauce and kecap manis are well blended with the vermicelli. Continue to stir until the vermicelli are lightly burned or charred. Dish up and set aside.
Repeat the same for the flat rice noodles. Dish up and set aside.
Add some oil in a wok and stir-fry the minced garlic until fragrant.
Add in the pork, shrimp, bay scallops, fish cake and do a quick stir.
Add the chicken broth and 1 1/4 cup of water immediately.
Add in all the seasoning and bring it to boil.
Add in the starch mixture to thicken the gravy.
Add in the mustard green, do a quick stir and turn off the heat.
On a plate, place the fried vermicelli and flat rice noodles equally.
Pour the gravy and toppings on the noodles and vermicelli. Serve hot.

CNY Phtotoshoot

Brought Janelle for a photoshoot in CNY theme without my husband. He is either not willing to pay or always not free. So this time i do without him, just me and janelle. The result wasnt that good from this photoshoot, Janelle is not enjoying.. she didnt really smile and she is more difficult to control. haaa, she always want to walk around, pushing the chairs, she wants to do things that she wants to do and not what we tell her to do. haiz.

These are the photos that i choose and took back which i feel are still ok, the rest are either she is not looking in the camera or she is having an angry look, not pretty.. last year of photoshoot i took back like 70+ photos cos all are nice... but this time i only took back 7 photos which are ok only.