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.

Chubby Cheek Cafe

3.5 ★★★ for the ambiance and the service
3.5 ★★★ for the food
$30 and below
since our baby is still small, there aren't many restaurant that are BABY friendly.  this place just opened recently and i am urged to try it!  since it's newly opened, the place is clean and spacious, but mostly are booth and only suitable for 4 people which is understandable b/c it's good for single family. But we came with friends and they don't have many seating for large group.  we asked the waiters if they can arrange 2 booths into a large table and they give us a face.  The waiter definitely need more training.  but the owner was nice enough to help us out. the owner is very thoughtful and know how to treat his customers! Thumbs up!  i do not expect their food to be good since we are not here to eat. so i ordered the waffle and it was edible. better than i expected.  i would probably come here again when our baby is old enough to play at the playground. but they do charge $10 per kid.

長牙囉

he grow 2 tooth at bottom when he is 6 months old.  i need to give him more nutrition/solid food so he can grow bigger~~

1st solid food 紅蘿菠泥(過敏)

my baby's rash is much better after i switched it to similac alimentum. i started feeding my baby rice cereal when he is 5 months old. i brought Gerber, but after eating it 4 days, his face started to have rashes again. so i started cooking my own rice cereal and he was doing fine.
At 5 month and 3 wks, i made carrot and blended it together with rice. i only fed him a little bit for 3 days and his face looks ok. so i continue to give him more.  His face started to have rash really bad on the 4th day. so i am pretty sure he is allergic to carrot.  After searching online, people said although most doctors recommend carrot as a 1st solid food, it's also a very commend food that baby will be allergic to.   Now i believe a lot of baby rash has to do with food.

加濕器 Humidifier

Crane UltraSonic Humidifier  $50
after reading reviews online, i decided to buy this one.  There are many pros and cons, but i still like it b/c the design is very cute.  I was excited to try it on the 1st night and thought i got a defective one b/c i can't see the mist after turning it on and our gauge did not change a bit.  Finally after 30 min. i can see mist coming out of it and i can feel the difference in room. it works great, but took a while to get the job done... i guess you get what you paid for. other than that, i am still happy with it b/c i love the design.

Honeywell Humidifier
we got it during clearance for like $20 bucks. it does the job, very easy to clean, just very noisy. there are 2 fan power you can switch to. The bigger fan is very noisy and the small fan doesn't seem to humid the room much.. there's a filler inside need to change every couple months which is no big deal.  after using it for 4 month, it's still in good condition, but we decided to change it b/c it's just too noisy.

Iron man 3

finally have some time to watch the movie after the baby. i like #3 better than 2.  i really don't think the enemy in #2 is worth fighting.  the character is not strong enough and not good looking~ lol~ don't know if Iron man is going to have #4 or not.

異位性皮膚炎 Eczema

i never thought my baby would have eczema before since me and my husband don't have it in the family.  My baby's face rash started when he was 2 months old. It was only a little bit on the face, and got worse on cheek, forehead, ears, chin, back, and arms.  his entire face is covered with redness and dryness. i've searched and used many products and none of them seems working.  Doctor also prescribed hydrocortisone 0.5% for the face rash. but after putting it on for weeks, it didn't go worse, but it didn't gets better either. Everybody knows steroid has side-affect, so i wouldn't want to use it for long period of time.  i bath my baby w/ 茶葉水 according to doctor's suggestion. It helps recovering the open wound, but his skin felt more dry afterward. Moisture is the most important part to prevent eczema, but since my baby's face as a lot open wound, we could not put lotion on him as it sting his face. 
Here are the products i've used so far.
1) AD 小護士
Product from Japan. A lot taiwnese moms are talking about it and said it keeps the itchiness down and keep the skin moist.  it's the 1st item we try for my baby's face, and it seems working, so we continued for 3~4 weeks.  but it couldn't hold his eczema down and we discover it actually itches his face.  so we stopped it.
2)  at 3 months, his rash started to grow, so we have to use hydrocortisone. it was on and off, and never completely recover. We also tried to changed our milk to hypoallergenic formula enfamil  nutramigen.  but our baby doesn't like the taste and doesn't sleep well with the new formula.  after 1 week with no improvement, we go back to the old routine. [5/20~5/24]
3)  Avenoo baby
it was recommended by our doctor. It looked good the 1st time we put it on, but my baby's face started to react the next day. his eczema got worse, breakouts and watery.  i tried twice, and each time is the same thing. looked good at the beginning and got worse the next day. i would not recommend it and would not try it again.[5/25~5/26]
4) Cetephil
i researched online and gave it a try.  i brought lotion designed for eczema, and safe to use on baby as young as 3 months. i put it on after bath on his face, arms and legs. it helps soften his skin a little bit, but he still has face rashes. when he scratched his face, the lotion wouldn't work on open wound as it sting his face. [6/1~6/2]
5)  at 4 months, he started to have rashes on eyes and nose. it seems more like milk allergy to me then the outcome such as weather or detergent.  We started trying hypoallergenic formula again with similac alimentum.  also moved on to a new cream Vanicream, recommend by our friend.  will see what happen. [6/3~6/16]