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Baby Food of Morinaga, “Tomato cream fish and rice casserole of tuna and spinach”

I am pleased to introduce a baby food, “Tomato cream fish and rice casserole of  tuna and spinach” produced by Morinaga. Ready-to-eat pouch, from 9 month old baby.

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I ate this weaning food. This is a rice casserole with tomato cream flavor.They said that all the vegetables are made in Japan and you are free from worries about the safety of the foods. In addition, we babies can get much calcium and iron. It considers our nourishment and health.

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“Ingredients”, vegetables (carrot, potate), rice (Japan-made), tomato puree, tuna boiled in water, milk, cornstarch, cream, milk calcium, butter, salt, dry spinach, cabbage extract, chicken extract, yeast, pyrophosphoric acid iron.

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Fish and some vegetables have been simmered with rice in tomato cream source. The tomato cream saurce is delicious, and it is easy to eat. The carrot and potate are pleasant to the taste. However, I fined the appetizing ingredients inviting enough as seen on the package. The vegetables in the picture are look fresh and all ingredinets are big in size and volumous. But, real ingredients are small and the dried spinach in particular is bad in color.  The rice is too soft. In my opinion it did not taste as fantastic as expected by the pictures on the package.

“Net weight” 120gs, the quantity is larger than baby food of other brands. But It is not large enough quantity for me weighing approximately 11 kgs.

Where is a place of shopping center is suitable for a baby ?

One weekday, I went shopping with mom at a shopping center for the first time.
I usually sleep in a buggy the entire time during a walk, but today is different from usual. How fun! I was very excited to move around the big mall lined with many shops handling a variety of things such as clothes and miscellaneous goods.

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I began to be interested in sweet shops: ice cream, patisserie, cafe and so on.
“Mom, let’s enter this cafe with a good atmosphere.” I looked up at her in front of Saint-Marc Cafe.

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However, mom went to the noisy food court, saying, “Even if a baby cries, this place is all right.”

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I was disappointed with her assumption that a noisy place is suitable for a baby.

The Very Hungry baby: What’s the wonderful baby mop which always cleans my house?

“Mom, wake up! You sleep too much.” I wake up lazy mom every morning. Mom hates it, but I patiently tap her until she gets up. As my crawling is improving, I can enjoy moving around every day.
Therefore, I am always very hungry night and day. Mom gives baby wakodo snacks to me in the daytime.
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These are delicious cheese-flavored sticks; the snacks soften easily in a baby’s mouth.
They seem to be made carefully so that a baby does not get stuck in his or her throat.
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It is only when a visitor comes to our house that mom is not lazy; she gets up early and hurries to clean the house.
“You should always clean our house. I wonder why you don’t clean it regularly.” I crawl on the floor and clean it like a mop every time. Daddy says, “Yushi is a praiseworthy baby mop. The floor becomes clean after he crawls.”
I hope mom will learn from me!

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What Adults should Take care of Snack except Baby Snacks (Wakodo, etc) ?

Babies tend to want to eat what adults are eating when they see it. Even if it looks only a small amount for adults, that is a great amount for small babies. Salt and fat, spices and additives are a big burden to babies, who are immature in visceral functioning. To avoid this, don’t put snacks (except baby snacks, wakodo, etc) where babies can see or don’t eat them when in front of babies.

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 Care about Tooth Cavity due to Snacks Containing Much Sugar

Necessity of the Habit to Prevent Tooth Cavity

Choose snacks containing little sugar, the cause of tooth cavity. Use little sugar when snacks are made at home. Natural sweetness of fruit and potatoes is good for health. Choose what doesn’t stick to teeth when marketed snacks are bought.

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Even though a small amount, eating frequently causes tooth cavity. So fix the number of times and the time to give snacks. It is also important to get in the habit of washing out or cleaning the teeth, drinking water or barley tea.

Some snacks contain xylitol, which is said to prevent tooth cavity, as a sweetener but, be careful about tooth cavity when sugar or honey is included in ingredients.

Baby Snacks (Wakodo, etc) Should Be Given at the Fixed Time of the Day

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Eating too much snacks is bad for health because babies don’t feel hungry at mealtimes. When they don’t eat enough meal, they get hungry at wrong times and they want snacks again, which becomes a vicious circle. Taking in extra energy causes obesity.

For one or two-year-old children who have a habit of getting up early, are active and eat enough, it is all right to give snacks twice a day, for example at ten in the morning and at three in the afternoon.

For children who are quiet and inactive and don’t eat much, it is necessary to consider the amount and the contents to give depending on their personality.

Marketed Products Should Be Given Only a Little after One year

Compare marketed snacks and snacks for babies (for one-year-old babies). Note the difference of the amount babies are allowed to eat.

Snacks for babies: 5.5 pieces (wakodo)

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Marketed cookies: 2 pieces

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When biscuits for babies are given, they contain only a little sugar, salt and fat and satisfy babies because they can eat much more.

 Harm of Marketed Snacks

Snacks containing much fat cause anorexic due to too much calorie intake. Babies won’t eat mild lightly-seasoned snacks for babies after they have known strong-tasting market products.

Be careful while giving marketed snacks to babies before one even though they look soft and possible to eat. Especially, chocolate and gummy candies, gum and candies, which can cause the choke, should be avoided.

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What Type of Snacks (Wakodo, etc) Are Good?

Moms are very busy making weaning food, housework and child rearing. Baby food snacks are convenient as they save time and trouble.

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In the snacks (wakodo and so on)for babies and infants with consideration for nutrients, iron and calcium are increased and carbohydrate to supplement calorie and seaweeds and vegetables, nutrients which tend to be insufficient, are added.There are a variety of foods such as Senbei, cookies, crackers, steamed bread, etc.

Respective manufactures supply many products made of safe ingredients considering calorie, salt and fat contents also.  These days they pay attention to snacks for infants one year old and over who completed weaning food.

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Not Snacks but Weaning Food Itself Is Important

As nutrients, snacks are not very essential until the baby is one year old. The function of snacks changes once the baby is one year old and stops taking weaning food.

The body of one-year-old babies, who begin to take in most of nutrients from solid food, needs plenty of energy. So, eating only three meals is not sufficient. Besides they cannot eat much since their digestion absorption ability is not yet fully developed.

Therefore, “snacks” play an important role to supplement the nutrients that three meals can’t provide.

Necessary Amount for One Day 

Standard amount of snacks is said to be 10 percent of necessary calories for one day.  100kcal is the standard amount necessary for twelve month old babies.  Snacks for babies should be checked for calorie every time.

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Strong Points and Weak Points of Baby Snacks (Wakodo, etc) We should Know

Babies start eating weaning food at around five months old. After one year, slowly the food is changed from milk (breast feeding) to solid food.There are a lot of snacks (wakodo and so on )for babies from around five months old such as Senbei (rice crackers) and egg bolos (small round cookies).

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However, the recommended period for eating snacks is when the baby is nine or ten months old and starts chewing and eats three meals a day in the morning, at noon and in the evening. Initially, the basic amount is some drinks like juice plus two pieces of Senbei(wakodo, etc)as supplement. The amount should be to the extent till the baby enjoys.

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The Purpose of Snacks for Babies Is to Grow Mind and Body

Snacks have various functions necessary for the growth including supply of nutrients and give a great opportunity to teach children that eating is enjoyable. Hence, their forms are designed so that the babies feel interested and eat the snacks more easily than meals. They also arouse the motivation and the curiosity for food and prompt the development of physical capabilities for carrying things to the mouth by grasping and picking up.

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Moomin is used for many confections, don’t break the image of my lovely Moomin!

It is a pancake of overweight Moomin.
Besides, this pancake is eaten up! Poor Moomin!
I am very sorry for all Moomins who become pancakes.

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Moomin’s characters are used for many confections.

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My mom and I(Yushi) like Moomin. Mom drew a picture of Moomin to please me and daddy. Here is a Moomin entrance nameplate drawn by mom.

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But, the atmosphere of Moomin whom mom draws is different from that of the original drawing.  Don’t you think so?
The Moomin world which mom draws, has neither pink sky nor fat birds.
I believe the Moomin’s actual world is more mysterious and elegant than mom’s drawing.
Mom’s Moomin is quite different from my favorite Moomin.
I hate seeing this nameplate every day, but fortunately mom doesn’t notice it.

The characters of Moomin look intellectual, so they are used for the wallpaper of the laboratory Institute of Physical and Chemical Research.

The laboratory where the STAP cell scandal happened & Wall paper of Moomin

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Reference akb48matomemory.com/archives/1000640436.html

What became of the laboratory of this Moomin wall paper now?  I’m curious.
The woman on the photo was highly praised at the beginning, but now her reputation is bad.
The Moomin wallpaper became famous together with her on TV. What bad luck!  Everybody, Don’t break the image of my lovely Moomin!

The cute egg sponge cakes confection which are most suitable for communication

Ashiya City, a mecca for confections, has predominantly many western cake shops.
And there is a delicious Japanese confections shop which I like. It doesn’t attract attention, but it is a really nice shop. The small egg sponge cakes of this shop are additive-free and oven-fresh because they are baked every day. They smell so good when I open a bag!

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The soft sponge cake with sweet fragrant is very delicious. Yummy, yummy!
Please look.
Those sponge cakes are small alphabet shaped. How fun!
Those alphabets of the sponge cakes bring lively communication.
“Hungry!” I want to eat something right now!

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“OK”  Let’s play

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“Busy!”

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When I arrange sponge cake letters, not only can I eat them but I can also appeal myself happily in this way.
The cake letters are enjoyable and edible, so they are the most suitable confections for parents while I’m playing with them.

Tips for growing a tree which makes us rich, and okashi confectionery in the shape of an oval gold coin.

My house has a small houseplant called “a tree on which money grows.”
Mom got this tree from my grandfather.
Really amazing! Guess what! If this tree grows in your house, you become a rich person.
This leaf is shaped like an oval gold coin. The old money of Japan was an oval gold coin.
It is a okashi confectionery in the shape of an oval gold coin.

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Long ago, merchants hid money under the confectionery and sent to government officials.
It is a cake for bribes.
A politician is sometimes arrested for bribe now.
There are many people loving such sweets with money. This is a big problem!

Because this “Money tree” is a very lucky plant, I wish our money tree would grow big.
If the tree dies, my family may become poor. Mom and Dad can’t buy a toy for me!
But mom often forgets to water such an important tree. I can’t believe that!
The tree almost starved to death many times, but our tree bravely overcame this crisis and survives under adverse conditions.

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This never-give-up tree exactly looks like me. We should be proud of ourselves!
This sense of impending crisis is the reason why both the tree and I are growing up strong.

Not overprotecting is tips for making a baby and a tree strong.
The money tree and I will do our best with a smile!

“Cake with premium sense”, Ashiya is one of the famous confections battlegrounds

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As today is a holiday, I stroll with Daddy and Mommy. I’m happy and excited!
Ta-dah! This is my private buggy.

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I’m ready. Let’s go! Pleasant promenade,
This town Ashiya is one of the famous confections battlegrounds, and there are so many patisseries. The cakes of this shop are so popular that they are sold out in the morning.
The cakes are beautifully decorated with plenty of fresh fruits.

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Mom passionately waited in line for the cake from morning, and finally she got it.
I have no idea why she waits in line for a long time to buy the cake.
Maybe “waiting in line for something” brings premium sense. I guess Mom proudly feels she got a valuable one.
Daddy and I were kept waiting for a long time, so I learned patience by the morning stroll.

Chestnut pie cake of Sasayama City where good-quality Tanba black soybeans are produced

Recently, mom has eaten sweets 3 times a day: in the morning, in the afternoon and after dinner.
Today’s morning snack is a pie cake with a whole chestnut inside, made by “Kinmata”; its main store is located in Sasayama City where good-quality Tanba black soybeans are produced.

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The piecrust is thinly coated with honey, and it looks delicious.

Afternoon snack is “Kinmata cookies”; soybean flour is dusted on the surface.
You can enjoy nice fragrance of the soybean flour and crunchy texture of the cookies which are not too sweet.
Mom continues to eat sweets at night. I guess she completely forgets her diet.

Because recently my crawling has improved, I can move freely.
Every day, I patrol our living room and check everything within arm’s reach by putting it in my mouth.
I reached my arm to pick mom’s sweets, but she took away the sweets from me, saying “No!”
“Only you eat delicious sweets. Mom, it’s not fair!”
I never give up and keep aiming at mom’s sweets.
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Muji’s snack reflects natural simplicity, lists each carefully selected ingredient and is small enough for one bite

Muji is a popular shop, known around the world, that offers simple and natural furniture and miscellaneous goods.  Muji has many customers from Japan, particularly those in their 20s to 40s, as they like simple colors, such as white and natural.

The packaging of Muji’s sweets reflects natural simplicity, and lists each carefully selected ingredient. Each sweet is small enough for one bite, and making them suitable for children as well. Muji also offers sweet treats, made with domestic wheat, millet, and beet sugar.

Fresh tip(52g): unripened sweet potato tips, vacuumed sealed at a low temperature to preserve the fresh flavor.

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Egg yolk bolo(56g): a smoothly melted bolo, kneaded with an egg yolk. The snack is additive-free and , so you can eat it without any risk.

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Doll sponge cake(130g): a not-too-sweet sponge cake, made with wheat flour from Hokkaido, and shaped like a doll.

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Two of my favorite sweets are the soybean milk doughnut(56g) and the bell-shaped sponge cake(95g) made with soybean milk and nutritious bean curd.

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Reference www.muji.net/store/cmdty/section/S3005016

 Notes.  A doughnut and a cake are basic sweets of the children, Muji is too common !

Wrapped up by Yushi

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