You have a 6-month-old now! Wait, what? (Cue record scratch.) While those sleepless nights often felt like an eternity, the months have flown by, which only means one thing: When the next six months fly by, you'll have a (gulp) 1-year-old. 
OK, now we're getting misty-eyed with nostalgia.   

What You're Thinking: "They grow up so fast. Sniff!" 

-Parents Connect-

Babies start the first four to six months of their lives nourishing themselves with a sucking-type motion with a breast or bottle. So learning to eat solids takes time. But first, a baby needs to be physically ready (able to hold his head up independently and has lost the tongue-thrust reflex). Once your pediatrician has given the okay, start with a small amount of rice cereal and a spoon.


Nia started her first solid a few days before she turned 6months. Wanted to wait a bit longer but I just had to proceed beforehand because I was planning to leave her for a week off at offshore (plan aborted btw bohoohooo). It was Heinz's farley rice cereal biscuit where I puree-d it by mixing some of the breastmilk. She loved it! At home we tried blended brown rice porridge & again, she loved it too =) By then I knew she's growing up. Sniff! So fast. Sniff! 


Then comes the question: do I make my own baby food or just buy those from the shelves? If you ask me, I'd prefer to make it on my own. Filled with love (haha kidding). It's healthier of course! Think about how many chemicals they've put in the processed baby food. Then they'll claim healthy baby food blablabla at the label, DHA whatever, oh come on. Are you buying those lies? Seriously? After all, why spend all that cash on the pre-packaged baby food when you can do it yourself? (Just think of all the onesies you can buy with the money you'll save. Or bags! You can buy bags! ;p)


So anyways back in KK, living alone with my baby ain't one easy thing. For starter, she's a bit clingy. Second, she wouldn't let me out of her sight even for a second. Third, she doesn't sobs, she screams! Combine that three & try to imagine me running here & there, getting things done. That does not even include home care; laundry, dinner, cleaning up. You have, no idea.


I then made up my mind to invest a little and bought Beaba Babycook. I was inspired by her of course. I made researches and apparently Babycook is one of the most popular top 3 baby food processors in the market today for the Babycook does three jobs in one. It can either defrost your baby's meals, cook them, or puree them! It's definitely one of the more expensive baby food accessories out there but the fact that it takes the place of several kitchen appliances makes it a little more economical than it first appears! The first time I used it, I fell in love with it instantly. Easy to use, cute & the texture of the puree is so smooth Nia's so loving it! (sebab before I use normal blender and texture is a bit rough & Nia makan 1-2 spoons lepas tu dia dah meragam tanak).






Btw apart from Babybook a more economical price-wise range is of course its closest competitor; Philips Avent Combined Babyfood Steamer & Blender. Another cool appliance I must say. Extremely easy to use. Serves more like Babycook except you have to terbalik kan it from steamer to blender. Never use it so I can't speak much about it but I heard the blender has few parts so it's easy to dismantle and clean. And people tend to compare the quantity of the results that these two gives. Obviously from the look of it this Avent can blend MORE. 


Anyways, alternatively for baby food processors other than these 2, the top 5 includes Baby Bullet and The First Years Babypro. Go google yourself. But Baby Bullet's kinda cool =)


Then of course; the containers. I was having such a hard time trying to find containers to store Nia's purees. I wanted to buy those cube-sized frozen pack but haven't got the time to buy yet. I almost buy these Tupperware sets online too! Colourful, I like! But Hubster was quite against it for he said tak BPA free.


Until I remembered I have Avent's breast milk storage given by my sister. I haven't used it for I stored Nia's milk in storage bags. This Avent's storage bottles can be used as bottles terus as reviewed here (quite cool haa?) but sadly I'm not using Avent system. So this is the perfect timing bebeh! I was so happy la of course I can finally utilize these cute babies. The size is just perfect pulak tu kan, tak colourful as Tupperware's though but who cares? It's Avent & it looks cool bebeh! (: Thanks Ina! So now I puree-d a few then I store those in the freezer. Yayy! One happy mummy.
By far, Nia has eaten apples, pears, persimmons, bananas, carrots, brown rice, kiwi, and sweet potatoes! Can't wait to buy more for her (it's hard to find organic fruits & veggies here in KK. Sad) Btw if you're solidify your baby too, don't forget the 4-days rule! :) 
and yes, I love my Babycook that's why I just had to review it =)