Hi mummies...
Wow! I'm learning so much just by reading this thread alone! Thank you very much! I'll be relocating to Shanghai mid of next month with hubby n a 20-month girl. Will be a SAHM. Hope to meet some of you.
Need your inputs on the following:
1. Anything I need to prepare or bring esp for baby and esp for the approaching winter? Seems like many things we have here in Singapore are not found there.
2. Housing. We'll only be house-searching when we get there in mid nov. Hope to find a suitable one before it turns really cold. Any guidelines you ladies can give in regards to looking for an apartment? We heard it can get really cold in winter so anything in particular to look out for?
We'll be looking ard Xujiahui area cos hubby's office is there.
The last time we went up for a recee trip, we viewed houses and thought La Cite, Oriental Manhattan, Novel (yong xin) garden n Xu Hui garden are quite probable. Any comments on the above? Oriental Manhattan quite far from a supermart n metro station. Any mummies staying there that I can find out from with regards to supermart proximity?
3. As we r intending not to ship too many things there, we are going to be busy shopping for things in the first few weeks. Is there somewhere like a baby hypermart where I can get baby n children stuff? What about the best places to go to stock up on electrical appliances n kitchen ware?
4. Have you tried groceries delivery services? Saw some organic grocer's website... Seems quite common to order and have them delivered. Are they generally much more expensive than what you pay for in the supermarts?
I know I've asked a handful of questions... Hee... I've not been to China other than the recee trip n have not lived overseas before... So feeling quite insecure esp lugging a baby. Any advice or tips will be appreciated.