Ben10 Calciyum

Lately, Juan Or has caught the Ben10 fever, most probably from the babysitter's son who is now in Standard 3. 

"Wanna see what my Mommy got for me?"

"I would  prefer to say that she has gotten me Ben10 cards although Mommy insisted she has actually bought Calciyum for me to eat, not the Ben10 cards."

"Actually, at one point of time not too long ago, I got fed up of eating Calciyum almost every night although I loved eating it since I was 1+ year old. But now that Calciyum has Ben10 picture on it, I love to eat it again!"

"There is something more to it than just the Ben10 cards. There's this scratch-and-win thing on the card. Scratch-scratch and if I see a Sony PSP icon, then that's what I'll win. All I have to do is to attach the winning card on the attached form and send it to them. But if it merely shows some Ben10 character power score, then too bad-lah!"

"One pack of Calciyum contains 3 packs of Ben10 cards. Each pack has 4 cards. I scratch and scratch and scratch, in the end also I don't see any Sony PSP icon. Hmmmph!"

"But hmmmm.......on second thoughts......off and on we have been seeing in the newspaper how many people got cheated by the scratch-and-win scheme and that those people who got cheated are adults. Whoa.....now we have the scratch-and-win at the kiddy level!!? But ok-lah, even if didn't get to win the Sony PSP, at least get to enjoy the Ben10 cards also good enough already, so as long as there are Ben10 pictures, right?"

"Anyway, the week after, Mommy told me she went to Tesco again to look for Ben10 Calciyum because Tesco is selling it cheap for RM6.49 per pack of 8. Turned out, there's nothing left on Tesco's chiller shelf. All has been grabbed already. I think that's because of the price itself and Ben10...."



Mommy's disclaimer: This blogpost is not meant to implicate/connect Calciyum with any of those scratch-and-win schemes. Mommy understands that the Ben10 Calciyum scratch-and-win thing is just for promotional purposes on Calciyum's part and 'fun-fun' only on end users' part. There is purely no malicious intention on Mommy's part. Mommy bought the Ben10 Calciyum purely on Mommy's own free will.

Feeding Ownself

Today's post is an outdated one and is also a very short one as Mommy is still overloaded with office work.

Mommy captured this video of Juan Or feeding himself with the spoon when we stopped over at his paternal grandparents' house after coming back from watching Toy Story 3 at Bukit Raja Jusco Klang (that was 9th July 2010). His doting grandparents gave him the Calciyum yogurt to eat in the car just before we set off home. This time, his grandparents allowed him to hold the spoon and feed himself - something which they and even Mommy have never attempted to try before because any clumsiness can be very messy to clean (and of course wastage of yogurt!). And much to Mommy's surprise, Juan Or is already able to scoop and aim the spoon with the yogurt into his mouth with no mess or spill! There was only one occasion when there was a small yogurt stain just outside his lips after scooping yogurt into his own mouth and he surprised everyone by using the spoon to scoop the stain and aimed it into his mouth!


Here's a video of Juan Or feeding himself Calciyum using the KFC's little spoon. As he ate, he mentioned his favourite Toy Story character - Buzz Lightyear the astronaut - excitedly to his Grandpa! Looks like he just can't have enough of Buzz Lightyear! ^ ^

Juan Or on Temperamental Fasting

Yesterday (on Sunday), Mommy had a really hard time trying to get Juan Or to eat his main meals or drink his usual milk feeds. Was Juan Or on temperamental fasting? Or was he on hunger strike? People say African children (in famine places) have no food to eat because they don't have a choice - food is not available in the first place. It is not like they choose to go hungry. But for Juan Or, he seemed to want to go hungry by choice! Funny, isnt it? This was what transpired:

4.30am: Juan Or woke up from sleep and started playing.

5.30am: Juan Or asked for Mommy's permission to eat "Baby Bites" snack. Permission granted.

6.00am: Grandma deep-fried tapioca fries for breakfast. Juan Or ate few sticks of the fries.

6.30am: Mommy tried rocking Juan Or to sleep, but eventually he refused to sleep.

7.00am: Juan Or started fretting, pointing towards the television. So Mommy switched on the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse DVD for him to watch.

8.00am: Grandma took Juan Or to babysitter's house for his morning milk feed. Juan Or refused to drink milk. So Grandma took him home again.

8.30am: Grandpa rocked Juan Or to sleep again and eventually he fell asleep.

11.30am: Juan Or woke up and Grandma took him to the babysitter's house for milk feeding again. Again, Juan Or refused to drink.

12.00pm: Papa went out to buy lunch. Papa bought 'mamak' food - rice with mutton rendang, squid and sting-ray curry. Very spicy and tasty. Meanwhile, Mommy bathed Juan Or.

12.30pm: Mommy started eating the food that Papa bought. Tried giving some white rice (Juan Or loves to eat white rice!) but he refused to eat. So Mommy tried giving some rice stained with the curry gravy (Juan Or loves spicy food!) and again he refused to eat.

1.00pm: Grandpa went out to buy porridge for his lunch. Once back home, Grandpa aliquot a small portion of it for Juan Or, tried feeding him and again he refused to eat! Grandma tried feeding him porridge too, still he refused to eat!

1.30pm: Mommy took out Calci-yum (children's yogurt with 2 times calcium of normal milk) from the refrigerator and offered it to Juan Or. Wah, he finished it within 5 minutes!

2.00pm: Grandpa rocked Juan Or to sleep again.

5.30pm: Juan Or woke up from sleep and Grandma took him to the babysitter's house for milk feed. This time, he gulped down his milk quickly and without fuss! Juan Or returned home and started playing and disturbing people.

7.30pm: Mommy ate dinner. Mommy also gave some white rice for Juan Or to eat. This time, he didn't reject eating, but neither did he eat a lot.

9.00pm: Grandpa took Juan Or to the babysitter's house for another milk feed. Same thing - Juan Or drank everything quickly and without fuss! Later, Papa gave him some cheese bread to which he ate only a little.

10.15pm: Mommy asked Juan Or whether he wanted to eat Calci-yum. Juan Or immediately nodded his head as he answered,"Ai! (Want!)." Same thing, he finished his Calci-yum within just 5 minutes!

10.30pm: Mommy changed Juan Or's diaper, brushed his teeth and finally rocked him to sleep!

End of the day for Juan Or and Mommy!

So what's the conclusion about Juan Or's eating habit? Looks like Calci-yum is the only food that appeals to him anytime, regardless of whether he is or is not choosy about his food for a particular day! Hehehe.....and thanks to mNhL for giving Mommy the idea to use Calci-yum as snack for Juan Or. Juan Or obviously loves this yogurt so much that he didn't once reject it although Mommy gave him to eat it everyday, but only once a day during the night.

Juan Or's favourite - Calci-yum!

Ah, here's Calci-yum coming!

Uummm......yummy!

By the way, Juan Or's favourite Calci-yum flavour is vanilla. As for price watch of Calci-yum, a pack of 8 units is sold for RM8.19 (per pack) at The Store, RM7.59 at Central Supermarket (near Old Klang Road), RM6.49 at Giant (promotion price) and RM6.39 at Carrefour (normal price). Thus, cheapest so far is from Carrefour. As for Tesco, Mommy does not know the price yet.