Photos from Weaning Workshop 26.9.12

Thanks to all the mommies and babies who attended today's workshop!

See you next week for more spices, recipes and cooking!

Chillis anyones?

Now back to the topic of chillis and babies. I touched on this topic last year and wanted to talk about it again. To recap, my daughter, now 3 years old was uptil last year (so it's been an entire year) was eating 1-1.5 chillis in her food. And then she got a nasty cough and cold, and became hypersensitive to any amount of chilli. Of course, this bummed both my husband and I out as we were finally all on one page eating the same amount of heat in the family meal. To be honest, my hubby tolerates alot more but for the sake of the kids we were all eating the same amount. So then it was back to eating spicy chutney with dinner and in my case hot lime pickle did the trick! All this for a whole year! Yes it has taken that long to slowly increase the chillis in her food. We are back on track! Yipeee! My son on the other hand has never had a problem with chilli, though I must admit drowning food in yoghurt is the way I approach it. Tough love!

So what did I do to get her to shift from zero to shall we call it second gear? It was all through social activities, watching others around her eating foods that looked fun and had chillis in them. So for example, crisps with paprika, or corn on the cob with lemon and red chilli and so on. She loves snacking so it started like this, if she wanted a bite she would have to learn to tolerate the heat. She didnt want to feel left out either, so joining in with everyone else especially the grown ups made her feel like a 'big girl'. And she is finally there, phew. Its taken alot of complaining from her father but we are finally there.

Hope it lasts this time!