Sensory Play

You can use rice and pasta for a fun activity with your little one. You can pour rice or pasta in a large bowl. And you can put some little toys into the bowl and hide them into the rice or pasta. And while your little one trying to find the toys, they can develop their skills with this sensory plays. But while they are playing please make sure to watch them.

Bathtime Activity

You can use fun activities for developing your little ones motor skills. After 10 months we started giving our little ones hands plastic cups at her bathtimes. And we put in these cups clean water, so that she practiced drinking water. After a while later we saw that she started drinking water perfectly in the bathtub, so we started using plastic cups at her meals. And around 14 months we switched to shot glasses. Because they were perfectly fitting in our little girls hands. Now she is 18 months and she is enjoying drinking water by herself. But we are still watching her for sure.

Ice Pops

These ice pops are great for summer. And they are really easy to prepare. You just need a ice pop maker, fruit of your choice, yogurt and a blender. If you would like to you can prepare the ice pops with just only fruits. But I prefer to prepare them with yogurt. 

Ingredients

4 tablespoons of  homemade yogurt 

1 mango (You can use any fruit of your choise.)

Instructions

1. Puree mango using a blender. 
2. Combine the pureed mangoes and yogurt in a cup. 
3. Pour the mixture into the ice pop makers.
4. Refrigerate the ice pop makers. 
5. After 4-5 hour they are ready. Your little one will like them as mine :)

Age: 6m & up

Cranberry Ice Cream with Yogurt

Ingredients

1 cup homemade yogurt

2 tablespoons of cranberry jam (If you would like to you can add less or more jam for your taste.)

Instructions

1. Combine the jam with the yogurt in a cup with a lid. 
2. Close the lid of the cup and refrigerate it.
3. Every hour remove from the fridge and stir. 
4. Your ice cream will be ready in 4 hour.

Age: 6m & up

Cranberry Jam

I love the jams for making homemade ice creams. One of my favorite jam is cranberry jam.
Ingredients

2 lbs  cranberries
2 lbs sugar

1/2 cup of water
1 lemon juice (If you don't like the sour taste don't add the lemon juice.)

Instructions

1. After washing the cranberries, place them in a pan with 2 lbs sugar, 1 lemon juice and 1/2 cup of water and cook over a low heat, stir occasionally. 
2. Cook until thickened.
3. I like whole cranberry jam but if you would like to you can puree the cranberries using a blender. 
4. If you like to blend it up into puree, return the blended cranberries back to the stove and cook until thickened again.
5. Your jam is ready so you can jar it up.

Spinach Pancake for Picky Ones :)

Spinach pancakes? If your little one is picky, you will love this pancake recipe. They taste like regular pancakes. So be prapered for your little one to request them almost everyday. I am cooking them plain (no salt or sugar). So my little one can eat them with cheese or honey. But if you like to you can add sugar to the mixture.

Ingredients

1 lb  spinach

1/4 cup of water
1 tablespoon of flour
1 egg
1 tablespoon of milk
1 teaspoon olive oil 
If you want you can add 1 tablespoon of sugar

Instructions

1. After washing the spinach, place them in a small pan with 1/4 cup of water and cook over a low heat, stir occasionally, until the spinach is tender. 
2. After cooking the spinach squeeze and remove its water. 
3. Puree 1/4 cup of spinach using a blender. 
4. Combine the pureed spinach with the egg and milk in a bowl. 
5. Heat a large pan and grease with olive oil.
6. Pour about 1 tablespoon of the pancake mixture onto the pan, making as many pancakes as will fit and cook for 2 minutes.
7. Flip the pancakes and cook for one minute longer and serve.

Age: 1year & up

Baby Toys

Here are some of the toys that I designed and sewed for my little one.

Spinach Puree with Yogurt

Ingredients

1/2 lbs  spinach

1/4 cup of water
1 tablespoon plain yogurt 
1 teaspoon olive oil 

Instructions

1. After washing the spinach, place them in a small pan with 1/4 cup of water and cook over a low heat, stir occasionally, until the spinach is tender. 
2. Puree the spinach using a blender 
3. Combine the pureed spinach with the yogurt and olive oil in a bowl. If you would like to you can add more olive oil and yogurt.

Age: 6m & up

Carrot and Potato Puree

Ingredients

1 potato, peeled and sliced

2 carrots, peeled and sliced

1 cup of water

1 tablespoon olive oil

Instructions

1. Place the carrots and potatoes in a small pan with 1 cup of water and cook over a low heat, stir occasionally, until the carrots and potatoes are soft. 
2. Puree the carrots and potatoes using a blender 
3. Combine the pureed carrots and potatoes with olive oil in a bowl 

Age: 6m & up
Our little one love that recipe. You can see the picture below :)