Mothering Corner

Both my kids were very sensitive with food when they were babies. When I first supplemented my boy with formula milk at 9 months old, he was admitted to the hospital for cow milk intolerance, and it scared the h*ll of me as a first time mother. I was pregnant with my second baby, and my milk production subsided significantly. Besides that, I had low lying placenta and a few bleeding episodes and my gynae was against the idea of me breastfeeding during pregnancy. So, I had no choice but to wean him off.

But after that incidence, I was very careful with the food I introduced to my babies, especially my gal. Egg is definitely something I try to avoid, including seafood. She had very sensitive skin and mild eczema, and even her skin doctor took her skin photo (some kind of unidentified rash) as case study. LOL! Nonetheless, I’m very glad that they slowly grow out of “these problems” as they are older now. However, they are very picky with those “sensitive” food which I avoided when they were younger.

My gal only took hard boiled quail egg at first, that’s why you hardly see any chicken egg or fried egg in my bentos. But recently, she loves eggs! Any form of eggs! I’ve been trying to introduce eggs to them for a few months, and I’m so happy that both of them love eggs now.

The trick is…I let them prepare their eggs. My kids love to crack the egg and beat it up by themselves. They will request to mix some carrots or tomatoes or meat in their eggs, just like scrambled eggs, but some times, they will just take it alone. By getting them involved in food preparation, they are more keen to try new food now. But I still haven’t let them cook their eggs on their own yet.

Since both of them love having eggs, I have more food options for their bentos! Yippie! Not to mention, it’s easier to order food or eat out as eggs are pretty common at buffet breakfast. Mmm….one less worry about food when we are out on our trip to one of the south beach hotels next time.

I guess I will be fixing more egg sheets in their bentos, and there is so much we can do with egg sheets.

Fried rice covered with egg sheet, decorated as Pooh bear

Another egg sheet bento decorated as Pikachu.

 That’s what I prepared for their last weekend, with just a simple fried rice but decorated with egg sheets. Too bad the egg sheets were not nicely done, my “skill” must have gone rusty after a month of holiday. LOL!