Healthy snacks for toddler

Just to get myself prepared if little Marc is on his "no mood to eat" again. Off and on he will refuse to eat.....so all I can do is to provide him some healthy treats that he won't resist. So wish I have a kitchen to cook other things for him. Oh well it won't be long until I have my own kitchen :).

Bought these 5grain nutrient bars at the BMS organic shop. No sign of chemicals in the ingredients printed on the packaging. The ingredients are Organic brown rice, quick oat, pearl barley, buckwheat, millet, red rice, wheat, corn, black bean, Soya bean, red bean, mung bean, green pea, pumpkin seeds, sunflower kernel, black sesame, white sesame, almond, walnut, pine nut, wheat germ, sea salt, glucose, grape seed oil.




Looking at the ingredients, I would say it’s the healthiest, more fiber, protein and it's not too salty. yummy! This is 100% better than the salty chips and cheezels that are on the market. As Dr. Gillian described in her book "You are what you eat" that these chips and cheezels are fake food. They fill your stomach, drain away your nutrients and put calories into your body. I'm not going to spoil my baby for it. So I have to be a “picky” mommy now when it comes to food choices for little Marc.



The Star newspaper just did a write up on an article last weekend about some teenage boys going for plastic surgery to remove their breasts....yeah they have women’s' breasts and teenage girls removing their hairs from other parts of their body. What are we having here? A mutated generation? I don't think the mutation is alarming yet but few years down the road we might have an X-men generation. Not so much of a human being with super powers but more to a human with four eyes, without legs, men with breasts, women with hairy legs, men able to get pregnant...what will we become?



The article goes on to say that the culprit of all the abnormalities stems from the diet and food that we are taking. It says that eating too much of meat with growth hormones and food with chemicals jumble up our hormone system. So shall we stop eating those food altogether? It's hard to do but I'll try.



Here is another treat that little Marc loves:

Yummy seaweed.....it's a great snack rich in iron, calcium, iodine, high protein, vitamin C, vitamin A, potassium, magnesium and riboflavin(B2). Sometimes I’ll add some into his porridge or rice for some flavor.




 
Tags: Health snacks, mutation, plastic surgery, X-Men, toddler refuse to eat

Showing signs of "The Terrible Two"

That is what I heard from my mom that once a child turns two, they turn to their extreme uncontrollable moods. I don't think my little Marc can wait anymore. He is showing signs already......staying at home with a child is really hard work especially when they throw tantrums. He has been rebellious ....maybe he is bored or he is experimenting his emotion, I really don't know what are the reasons. Some of the scenes can be terrible. Like yesterday, I told him "No" to not throw his toys so hard on the floor but he wouldn't listen. Then later in the evening during his dinner time, he will munch on his food and spit out onto the floor. The worst is he will step on the "half-processed" food which is already on the floor. If I don't wipe the mess right away, he will use his hands to wipe all over the floor. Then you will hear me screaming with my "not so much hair" on my head standing in alarmed.......argggh.... then I have to wash him up right away.....plonked him on his cot and finish cleaning the floor before attempt to feed him again or I will eat the leftover myself. He just can't sit still while he is feeding, he prefer to walk about and feed at the same time. Oh dear me, please give me more strength to deal with this toddler.

But I am not always at war with my son. Sometimes, he can be sweet, cute and obedient .....but other times.....ohhh I can't imagine....

Then I read something which is very useful online, this could help mothers to soothe their temperamental kiddos :

Twenty Alternatives to Punishment - http://www.awareparenting.com/twenty.htm

I can't imagine how all the "Ah mahs" do in the olden days when they don't have internet to seek for professional or experienced information.





Tags: obedient, discipline, toddler throwing tantrums, parenting

Playing piano without any arms

This 23 year old young chap really shows us that nothing is impossible. It's the mind that drives our freedom to do what we wanted to do. If we feel that we have some limitations, it's because we allow them to limit ourselves. Most of the time it's the fear of rejection and fear of others telling you what you can't do that limit your potential. If we can do away with our fears then we will become the person that we truly want to be.

I can't understand what the video is saying, so if you want to watch him play, go straight to 1.27 minutes.:)

Video courtesy from: leojia613

"The choice is entirely ours. The great thing is, we do have a choice, if we practice religiously to make our thoughts great then it is inevitable that we will become great..." - Geoff Thompson in his book "the elephant and the twig".
















Tags: Self-help, self-improvement, Liu Wei, armless pianist, will, positive thinking