Can't believe it's already been 30 days since our baby girl was born. Today we had a little 30 day celebration with family. Cake, red eggs and you fan. Yum yum.
30 days, the Taiwanese way
A blog about the food of zuo yuezi, postpartum, the Taiwanese way.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Day 23 april 13
We are kind of just eating balanced meals now. Doesn't seem anything related to zuo yuezi so much.
Breakfast - Korean pancake, tangelo, grapes
Lunch - fried rice, fish, zucchini
Dinner - Fried rice, tofu and pork, Swiss chard, soup with beef and yamaimo
Breakfast - Korean pancake, tangelo, grapes
Lunch - fried rice, fish, zucchini
Dinner - Fried rice, tofu and pork, Swiss chard, soup with beef and yamaimo
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Photo shoot - Melody is 25 days old! Apr 9
We had baby's first photo shoot today. The photographer requested that we turn the heat to 80'degrees in our home so that we could shoot the baby au naturale. Hearing the clucks and mutterings of disapproval are nothing new - Alice never finishes her food, fails to drink The Tea, doesn't eat on time and always has bizarre requests for the baby (don't wipe her face it gives her pimples). But this time the combined heat and duration were getting to the nanny. Usually photos take 30 minutes! In her 22 years as a nanny, she had never seen a photographer shoot for so long, in so many positions, using so many props. But in the end she was sure that these pictures would turn out beautiful, and she would like one for her collection of children she's helped rear.
I have to hand it to the photographer, there were baskets and blankets, backdrops and pillows, all schlepped from the car to the baby's room (now semi pro studio). but she was good with the baby. Holding a naked newborn she got peed on and pooed on several times and endured it all with a good attitude all the while saying "this always happens". Even the nanny warmed up to her because she was taiwanese and spoke to the nanny in Chinese.
Baby melody is probably tired from her photo shoot but no less so than her parents. Can't wait to see the pics.
I have to hand it to the photographer, there were baskets and blankets, backdrops and pillows, all schlepped from the car to the baby's room (now semi pro studio). but she was good with the baby. Holding a naked newborn she got peed on and pooed on several times and endured it all with a good attitude all the while saying "this always happens". Even the nanny warmed up to her because she was taiwanese and spoke to the nanny in Chinese.
Baby melody is probably tired from her photo shoot but no less so than her parents. Can't wait to see the pics.
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Saturday, April 6, 2013
dish soap
the nanny uses an entire bottle of dish soap per week. she's now on the third.
Along with boxes of tissues and butt paste and Saran wrap and paper towels.
Alice asked her to make less rice and she responded everyone eats rice!, rice is cheap. Fruitless attempt.
Along with boxes of tissues and butt paste and Saran wrap and paper towels.
Alice asked her to make less rice and she responded everyone eats rice!, rice is cheap. Fruitless attempt.
Friday, April 5, 2013
Day 15
Breakfast - sesame ball and avocado
Lunch - chicken soup, dumplings, fried taro ball with vegetables and crispy taro chip outside
Dinner - some leftovers, chicken tomato carrot soup; egg and tomato and green onion; tofu stuffed with ground meat
Lunch - chicken soup, dumplings, fried taro ball with vegetables and crispy taro chip outside
Dinner - some leftovers, chicken tomato carrot soup; egg and tomato and green onion; tofu stuffed with ground meat
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Day 14
Breakfast - papaya, avocado, red bean soup
Lunch - chicken noodle soup with vegetables, Indonesian style egg roll not fried
Dinner - black chicken soup with some black herb, lotus root and chicken and carrot, chicken wings, leftover Mabo tofu and seaweed
Lunch - chicken noodle soup with vegetables, Indonesian style egg roll not fried
Dinner - black chicken soup with some black herb, lotus root and chicken and carrot, chicken wings, leftover Mabo tofu and seaweed
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