Baby @ 4 months old

Today baby ZY is 4 months old (according to Chinese calender). There are still some Chinese practises the customary when the baby is 4 months old. My wife's family is one of them, and we have decided to follow.

My wife has started cooking the porridge using slow cooker the night before to make sure the porridge is as smooth as possible.


Early this morning, she went to market to look for the ingredient needed. She has bought the "tongue fish" (to be pan fried and the meat is to be smashed and mixed into the porridge). If can't find the tongue fish, it can be replaced by other type of fish.

This is how tongue fish looks like: -


She has also bought some "Taugeh" and "KuChai". These ingredient are to be cooked, and the KuChai is used to tie a bunch of taugeh together.


She has also turned a bunch of "Marrie biscuits" into a necklace using a red string ...


And, now the ceremony has begun...
1st: Put on the biscuit necklace to baby, and let him bite on it. (He seems to enjoy the biscuits, and had had a few small bites of the biscuits... )


2nd: Rub baby's gum with Taugeh+KuChai (They said this will cool the gum and baby will feel better during teething time ...)


3rd: Add the smashed fish meat into the porridge and feed baby with the porridge


4th: Had a hair cut (or bald him?) hahah... Baby is behaving well during the hair cut... I like the way he looks after the hair cut! Haha...


And we are done with the ceremony! :D