Gabe + Food = Not a good Match

Next week, on the 24th Oct is Gabe's montly doc check up, so the frantic "i need to fatten him up" routine has started. This time, since Gabe has been surviving on jarred baby foods, i decided perhaps he was ready to eat some home cooked meals.

***Ok before that, in case some of you think i'm a lazy mother, i previously toiled in the kitchen during weekends to make like 3-4 different kinds of food for him. But His Majesty hated solids and refused, so in the end my hard work went down the drain, literally.

Anyways, i thought that since he's bigger now and a pro at chewing (thanks to Senbeis) perhaps he's had a change of heart and decided Mummy's cooking is healthier and yummier...So, being a slave to His Majesty, i boiled black bean soup for like 3 hours and made stir fried beef with mushrooms and garlic n wee bit of soya sauce for taste...hah!!! Fed it to him, he cried n cried, but ate like half. For dinner, i cooked noodles with pork dumplings and added them to the soup. His Majesty found that it wasn't to his liking and screamed his head off but did eat like 1-2 spoons coz he was starving.

***Another clarification: I do not believe that my cooking sucks. In fact i think the beef looked damned tasty n my soup had tons of pork so it was sweet. No salt for Gabe added. Terry says it serves me right coz i myself am picky n always say people's cooking not nice....

Clarification #3: Yes I am picky as in i do not eat beans especially and some others. So i choose not to eat coz I'm a grown up. And, there are some people's cooking that is seriously really bad and I choose not to eat also. He knows it too, so being in denial doesn't help. There is a difference between bad cooking that people won't eat, and tasty cooking but just that i do not like that particular dish.

Now, clarifications aside, I wanna smack His Majesty's cute ass. In the end, he ended up eating his pumpkin bread. I think perhaps it's not the food rather he seldom gets hungry and if he doesn't then, he just doesn't want to eat....but then again, say he doesn't get hungry till like 6 hours later, what am i supposed to do???? I cannot stand by and do nothing...and besides, we cannot allow a wee boy of 1.5yrs old dictate his routine yet....Too bad Gabe you've got a stubborn ass for a Mummy.

Today, being the loving wife I am, i cooked Terry lunch before he headed off to work. Eggs & stir friend pork strips with veg and tofu and soup...Gave Gabe rice in soup with runny egg yolk and tofu. Scream fest again, but he ate 3/4 with tears running down his face.

So, i'll just have to soldier on till i find the right combo. Till then, pls pray that Gabe & I do not bash each other up.

Some photos for y'all:

This is the beef dish which i blended of course for Gabe

The Pumpkin Tart at Starbucks which Gabe adored

Toast for breakfast: One half with Nutella and the other with Strawberry jam. Yes, tsk tsk, I'm a bad mummy for giving Gabe sugar overload

Happy face with Nutella Toast. See, sugar overload pays off

My boy waiting for therapy to start, he looks so grown up hor

P/S: Grandma is coming next week. And i think you can ask anyone, her cooking is one of the best. So let's see how Gabe responds to her food when she attempts to make some for him.....ahahahhah

P/P/S: Now that i recall, i think Gabe "inherited" this tiny bird like eating habit from Grandpa. Yes, Grandpa, is super picky too and eats like bird...So i guess the Grandson doesn't fall far from the Grandpa????