Halloween @ Bass Pro

Free event at the shop. it's our baby's 1st Halloween and i found out that bass pro offers free halloween picture, so we stopped by for picture time. i always pass by the shop on the freeway, but never had a chance to visit inside. this place is huge and a lot of things to see. they also have free carousel ride. a fun place for kid!

長牙囉

i can see little it of white teeth on the top.

JCP Portrait experience

Got an amazing deal online for only $20 for 16"x 16" gallery warp including session fees. we went on sunday afternoon and it wasn't too crowded. since we had an appointment, we only waited 5-10min. for our photo taken. they have 3 people in the studio and i feel well accompanied through out the photo session. our photographer took about 20 shots with many poses on 2 different backgrounds.  photographer is nice and entertained our baby during the shooting. the picture turned out great, but of course they were trying to sell us the digital CD image for $90 bucks and $7 a sheet!  i don't blame them and wish i could buy it too, but $90 is just insane.  We finished within1.5 hour and overall experience is good.  i would definitely recommend JCP for family picture, but maybe when i have another deal! 

7th Solid Food: Gerber Pear

He is doing fine with prepacked solid food and his rash is much better compare to before. He is still on #1.  

6th Solid Food: Organic Carrot

i gave him carrot again. this time i brought from Gerber.  i only tried few spoons and he looks ok. he is being active recently and gets hungry fast. but  i don't wanna give him too much since i afraid he will have allergy.  he cried when he saw i put it away and want it more. haha~ so cute. so far, he is doing pretty good with solid and willing to eat whatever i gave him.

5th Solid food: Organic Apple

i tried to give him fresh apple and scraped with spoon. but it's kinda sour and he doesn't seem to like it.  the scrapping didn't really work b/c the apple pieces still too big and he split it out afterword. so i tried Gerber apple baby food.  he is doing much better.  i guess maybe fresh food is too raw for him, so his tummy can't tolerate it?

4th solid food: Organic Yam 地瓜泥 (過敏)

i want to give my baby as much as he need for solid food. i stick with organic food and got organic yam from Sprouts. i steamed it with rich cooker and blended it with rice. but his started to have rash around his mouth after eating it the 1st day. just like lettuce.  he should be old enough to eat solid food, but perhaps his tummy is just not yet ready for it?

Gerber Rice Cereal (過敏)

when my baby is 5 month old, i gave him rice cereal and he had rash. so i thought maybe he is allergic to rice cereal.  but doctor suggested us to give him rice cereal since baby needs a lot more iron than before. so i tried again when he is 7 months and his rash came back. so maybe i'll try organic oatmeal latter.

3rd solid food: Organic Cabbage

i found out Nijiya market sells organic vegetables and they have cabbage. Great news! i brought it for my baby and blended it with rice. i fed him 2 days and his face was ok. i can see a little bit of redness, but the rash didn't come out. I don't want to give him too much like carrot last time. overall, i think cabbage is the best one so far. :) 甘草水 did not work for my baby~  he had rash after 3rd day from drinking it... then i tried soy formula~ didn't work either.

2nd solid food: Organic Lettuce(過敏)

at 6 month and 2 wks, I got the organic lettuce from Trader Joe and hoped his tummy can tolerant it. since my baby is sensitive, i make sure not to give him to much solid food and only one at a time. but his lips and chin start to have rash again after i fed him the 1st day. so i stopped feeding him the 2nd day, but the rash continued for 1 week. The Chinese doctor suggest us to give him some 甘草水去胎火. so we will give it a try and see if it'll get better.