We introduced him solid food only after he turned 6 month old. He stopped latching milk directly from me since 7 month old and my breast milk supply gradually drops since the demand reduced even though I pumped milk 3 times a day at 5:30am, 7pm, 10pm. He seemed to prefer thicker Formula Milk and milk flow is more than latching from me. He got sweat inside air-con room whenever he latched breast-milk from me. I think that's one of the reason he chose FM over BM.
He became a total formula-fed baby since 8 month old. He likes NAN Pro till 1 year old as the taste is very much similar to breast-milk. He drank 120ml (4oz) per feed, and 4 times per day (3 bottles from night to morning, 1 bottle during afternoon nap). And we put 60ml scoop of milk power in his all 5 meals. I tried Enfa and Similac but he refused them. His total milk intake was around 780ml per day till he was 1 yr old. After a year old, I switched to Gain IQ (Advanced Eye Plus) and he has been drinking more milk. He is drinking it till now (180-240ml during afternoon nap and 300-330ml during bed time and 180ml around 4am and 120ml around 7am).
For breakfast (from 9 to 10am depending on his wake-up timing),
Nestle cereal with mustard or banana
Friso Cream rice or wheat cereal mixed
Nestle oat meal with blended fruits.
Mashed potato, crushed Heinz baby biscuit
We mixed every meal with milk powder dissolved in warm water sometimes.
For Lunch (at 12am after a bath), and Dinner (at 7pm after evening bath),
From 6 month to 1 yr old, Gerber or Nestle brown or white rice cereal with chicken/small fish/fruits (can use chicken or pork soup instead of hot water to prepare). We strictly follow stages of baby cereal according to the recommended age group.
Use a blander to bland or chop veggie (like broccoli, celery, carrot) & meat or fish or prawn into small pieces and then steamed them slowly.
From 1 yr old up to 2 yrs old, lunch and dinner was rice porridge prepared with chicken or pork or fish or prawn, broccoli, celary, red beans (ပဲနီေလး), potato, carrot.
After each meal, my mum gives him Gripe-mixture & water for his digestion.
From 2 yrs old onwards, he's now having mee sua, noddles, vermicelli, rice with dishes & soup prepared specially for him. I specially thank to my Mum who patiently prepare food and feed him well since he is 6 month old.
Heinz puree, Crushed Heinz baby biscuit with milk powder dissolved in warm water are for afternoon snack and supper. He likes to have yogurt & ribena drinks after his afternoon nap since 18 month old. His all-time favourite fruit is Strawberries!
The feeding time never exceeds 15 minutes. Because we put him in high chair so that he can't move or walk around during meal time. We let him watch his favorite DVD. We do not have to chase and feed him.
