Tiong Bahru Market

Jo and I decided to brave our first wet market today. A wet market is an open market that sells fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, and fish. You can also find clothes, toys, personal and household necessities, and flowers for sale.



Tiong Bahru is the closest wet market to where we live, so we took a cab to this one.



I was a little nervous about going to the wet market. I worried that it would be dirty and the smell of meat and fish would get to me. However, I really enjoyed the wet market, and I found it quite nice. I thought that the fruit and vegetables looked good. The fish was quite smelly, but it didn't bother me. The fish and meat also looked very fresh. I wasn't brave enough to buy any meat at the wet market today but maybe another day. I did purchase some fruit and vegetables and some beautiful stems of orchids. The flowers were cheap. I got three stems of orchids for SGD$2 - less than $2 U.S. I love having fresh flowers at home!



After the wet market, we took a cab to Great World City to get a few more items at the Cold Storage grocery.



When we got home, Jo brought her blender up to our apartment. Since I am having a hard time getting Brandon to eat vegetables, I thought that I would make a fruit and vegetable puree. I'd prefer to not have to puree Brandon's food now, but I'll do it if it means he'll eat vegetables. I threw into the blender a banana, some blueberries, a large carrot, a handful of spinach, some strawberry yogurt, and some whole milk. I steamed the carrot and spinach first so that it would puree well in the blender.



When Brandon got up from his nap, I had my new concoction ready. Brandon ate a large cup full! Yay! I'll have to make some more creative fruit and veggie smoothies. Yum!


This afternoon, Brandon and I walked with Jo to pick the kids up from school. They were surprised when Brandon showed up at their school! Brandon was so happy to see them too!

This evening, we went down to Jo's and ordered pizza. I fed Brandon some chicken sausages beforehand, so he wouldn't only eat pizza for dinner. It was a very nice night and overall a good eating day for Brandon. This makes Mommy happy. I never thought that I would spend so much energy thinking and worrying about Brandon's sleeping and eating habits. Just want the very best for my baby!

Tonight Jake gave Brandon a small bite of pizza. Brandon took the bite and said "thank you". It was so cute. It even made me smile because I didn't tell Brandon to say it. He did it on his own. I hope my baby stays this sweet forever...