Mui Jie came visit us last night, stayed until quite late, she again gave us a lot of tips and recipe on baby porridge which Noreen will be starting by next month.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Christmas Update
This is Noreen's first Christmas, lets update some of her naughty post
Noreen is so close to Lita
Ms Honey Bee (mee fen jie jie)
Her latest acrobatic stunt
Jacuzzi anyone?
Noreen's Potty training
Sunday, December 6, 2009
DHA Omega 3
DHA Omega 3 and EPA
There has been a dramatic surge in interest recently, amongst the public and health professionals alike, of the health effects of omega-3 fatty acids derived from fish/fish oils - consisting of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) plus eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). DHA is required in high levels in the brain and retina as a physiologically-essential nutrient to provide for optimal neuronal functioning (learning ability, mental development) and visual acuity, in young and old alike. DHA plus EPA are both considered to have beneficial effects in the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease plus associated risk factors as well as other chronic disorders. Whereas considerable amounts of the plant-derived omega-3 fatty acid known as a-linolenic acid (ALA) is consumed daily in North America (approximately 2 g/day), the physiologically-essential nutrient, DHA, is consumed at much smaller levels (approximately 80 mg/day) while EPA is consumed at the level of approximately 50 mg/day in a typical North American diet.
DHA plus EPA are absent from plant food sources rich in ALA (such as flax, canola oil, and walnuts). Since the metabolic conversion of ALA to DHA/EPA (combined) by metabolism is very limited in humans, the most direct way of providing DHA plus EPA for the body is via their direct consumption. Current intakes of DHA are approximately 20% of the target (300 mg/day) suggested by an expert scientific group during pregnancy and lactation. The extremely low intake of DHA in young children (e.g., approximately 19 mg DHA/day on average for 3-yr. olds in North America ) is also of particular concern. Current intakes of DHA/EPA (combined) of 130 mg/day are approximately 15% of the target (900 mg/day) officially recommended by the American Heart Association for those with coronary heart disease and 20% of the 650 mg/day advised by an expert scientific group for healthy individuals. In view of the widespread reluctance of the public to consume sufficient amounts of fish, functional foods containing DHA plus EPA will become increasingly important sources of these important nutrients in the coming years to support optimal brain/visual performance, for cardio care, and other health conditions for young and old alike.
I figure this is easy just take anmum maternal will do, and further study lead me to the source of the problem. Our ocean are tainted with industrial waste and one particular alarming toxic is mercury. Mercury are associate with autism and the heavy metal does a lot of bad things to your brain.
Pregnancy
The primary rationale for supplying sufficient intakes of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids for mothers is to support the optimal health of the baby during pregnancy (neonatal period), after birth (during infancy), and during the subsequent childhood period as well as providing for the health and physiological needs of the mother. DHA, with its unique structure, physico-chemical properties, and prevalence in neuronal cell membranes (brain, nerve), plays a key role as a physiologically-essential nutrient for optimal brain functioning of the infant (cognitive performance) and retinal performance (optimal visual acuity). A significant supply of DHA to the developing infant is generally considered advisable throughout pregnancy and particularly during the last trimester. Since ALA (found in certain plant foods such as flax, canola oil, walnuts) is very poorly converted via metabolism to DHA, the most direct and efficient means of supplying DHA to the mother for transfer to the developing baby during pregnancy is via DHA consumption. However, DHA as found predominantly in fish/seafood, is consumed only once or so every 10 days during pregnancy because of concerns with respect to contaminants (eg, methyl-mercury in a few fish which can increase the risk of impaired brain development in the infant), taste, convenience, etc.
DHA intakes average only 80 mg/day in pregnant women based on a Canadian study. The published paper(s) from the 1999 NIH Workshop in Bethesda advised that pregnant women should attempt to consume at least 300 mgs DHA/day. The Food and Drug Administration (U.S.) has recommended that women who are pregnant eliminate shark, swordfish, king mackerel, and golden snapper from their diets while limiting their consumption of other fish to 3 servings/week to minimize exposure to methyl mercury. A recent Canadian study indicated that the consumption of two-three servings weekly of farmed salmon, wild salmon, or rainbow trout, which would provide a daily averaged DHA intake of at least 300 mg/day during pregnancy, would not approach the tolerance levels for mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls, or dioxins and furans as set by Health Canada, the NRC (U.S.), or the World Health Organization. The absence or extremely low levels of environmental contaminants in the DHA-enriched ingredients being introduced into functional foods is another reason for their acceptance by expectant mothers.
There is evidence from published clinical trials that women with higher DHA intakes (via 4 fish servings/week) or by way of supplementation during pregnancy, ranging up to 1100 mg DHA (plus 800 mg EPA) daily, gave birth to infants with higher cognitive development scores and young children with higher IQ scores and mental processing scores up to 4 years of age. A quantitative positive relationship between increasing intakes of DHA (per 100 mg/day) during pregnancy and the child's IQ has been determined. There is also published evidence that mothers with higher intakes of DHA during pregnancy along with higher corresponding levels in their body give birth to infants with improved sleep patterns. Furthermore, fish oil (with DHA + EPA) supplementation during pregnancy may enhance infant immunity (better allergy protection) and reduce to risk of allergic disease. In addition, higher intakes of DHA + EPA during pregnancy (levels as low as 150 mg/day) have been implicated with increased birth weights, moderately prolonged gestation, and reduced risk of preterm delivery. Finally, a higher dietary intake of DHA during pregnancy to support brain development of the baby in the womb has been associated with a great availability to the mother herself and a lesser risk of postpartum depression.
http://dhaomega3.org/index.php?category=life-stages&title=Pregnancy
I called up Fontera Anmum, enquire about their source of DHA, they only can tell me its from sea food, I asked about the mercury problem and they just say its mercury free with no back up data whatsoever. I know for a fact other than pure organic product even our dairy product are tainted with growth hormone and pesticide, but they're so minute that they decide to call it zero which is not exactly true.
I then stumble on DHA supplement oil which are oil extract from cold water fish, this particular product claims to be good, they are pharmaceutical grade, the oil goes thru molecular distillation that completely remove all foreign substance and leaving only pure fish oil.
They use HOKI fish from the south pole and best part of it this product is not available in Malaysia, I really have no idea why, so have to ask my sister to get it for me in Thailand. So Lita has been taking the DHA supplement from Xtendlife since she is 6 months pregnant till now.
Dec update
This is how Noreen eat, a big messed that she made
We put her photo on our credit card, cool, you can do this with Alliance You.nigue Master card
Noreen DVD2 is out hehehe, available only to family.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
5th Month Vaccination
Noreen today is 7.63kgs, she had a bit of rashes on the side of her thighs, doc says is probably due to her diapers. She has a small blister on her hands and doc suspect that its due to mite. She had her last Hep vacine today.
Doc ask if we want the pneumococcal vaccine next month, so I guess she will have to continue her injection session.
says this would be quite expensive around RM300.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
November Milestone
On her UFO
First time piloting her UFO
Right after her evening bath
Relaxing on the sofa
November month Noreen had learn to chin up when in the prone position, while lying on her back her hands can touch her toes. She do try to suck on her toes but just not yet. She had her first solid, nestle stage 1 baby rice with DHA, we had a video of how she messed her whole face with the rice cereal. The reason we start her on solid food a month earlier is coz babies are born with enough iron supplement until the age of 4 month, thereafter we have to supplement her from other food source, since Noreen is 99% on breast milk we figure better we supplement her.
She can now pilot her UFO, usually going nowhere, still very poor in navigation. We bought her the baby can read DVD and Book. Since we dont know how to entertain her in the morning and she enjoy so much watching the TV so might as well let her watch some educational program.
This month she became a very unfriendly baby, she would cry when we go Jusco or Pasar Malam which she used to enjoy.
When we bath her, she will start slapping the water and splashing water everywhere, the first time she does this was when we still bath her in the room, water went everywhere. So now we've moved the bathing session to the bathroom, this way she can splash all she wants, this is what she enjoys, splashing water on mommy and daddy.
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