A health freak mom's thoughts on health and all things healthy
We do not. My parents do up until today and their wedding rings of over 40 years have never left their ring fingers. For us, that’s because of compelling situations that we are unable to wear our wedding bands all the time. I have tried wearing the wedding band but I ended up having peeling…
When I was about 12 years old, one of my permanent teeth was almost yanked out. Thankfully my mum knew of a very good dentist who managed to do a very tedious but successful job to salvage that tooth. I was so happy and grateful to this dentist and vowed to get myself some Dental…
Tired of cooking the same old dishes for my girls, I whipped up something different. As I had some fresh button mushrooms in the fridge and some chicken, I braised the chicken with fresh button mushrooms. Fresh mushrooms can be pretty costly. A punnet costs over RM10. If you want, you can substitute it with…
Ever since my parents were here since last weekend, we have been having very lavish and delish dishes for dinner every night, all cooked by my dad. I have also been helping myself to durians for breakfast for the past 1 week. In a couple of weeks’ time, my mil will be back from NZ,…
There is this lady which sells organic veggie and fruits at the park near where I stay. She only goes there twice a week. Each time she comes, housewives and grandmas will flock her small stall at the pavement. Sometimes she will sell packets of mulberries. Sometimes she will blend the organic mulberries with sugar…
When she was down with Infantile Roseola, my very sick Cassandra only ate a few sticks of Rocky biscuits, a few bites of mildly salted Nori sheets, a mouthful or two of organic rice crackers, sips of water and Nutrifresh for the entire day. Each time she ate the Rocky sticks, she could only stomach…
Baby had a bout of high fever last week. The high fever appeared after a day of power disruption at our condo unit. With no fan and coincidentally, that particular was unusually hot and humid, Baby immediately developed a fever that evening. The next day, she had high fever, was very listless (which was pretty…
Nutritionists and paeds will often tell parents to include protein in each of their child’s meal. A child needs protein to grow and without sufficient protein, your child’s growth may be stunted. To ensure that my pint-size Baby gets enough protein, I give her an egg a day for breakfast. At times, I replace the…