Burpy_babe, I read from Babycubes website that babycubes are microwave safe and also can be sterilised.
http://www.babycubes.com/faq.html
Scubababe, I've the same 'complaint' as you regarding the LG/Parklon playmat - too big and cumbersome to lift and roll up whenever we want to vaccum or mop the floor. Otherwise, the initial cost should not be a deterrent for mummies esp since our babies are so active now, learning to crawl. Read from parenting books that it's not good to always carry babies, rather, allow them plenty of space to explore and creep around so their motor skills can develop faster. It's a very worthwhile investment. So much so that some mummies like Winter and Maro are buying 2nd mat
I actually wanted too but ran out of space already! Mine's the Parklon Yellow Bear with Alphabet at the back.
<font color="0000ff">RE: Baby's Semi-Solid Diet</font>
1. maro: frisocream, lunch only, 2tbs
2. Winter : HB Oatmeal + HT Barley, lunch and dinner, 5tsp
3. na_na: HT Brown Rice, lunch only, 2tbs
3. lynn _: HT Brown Rice and Barley, Happybellies Brown Rice and Oatmeal. Twice a day, 1.5 to 2 tbs, depending on cereal type.
4. calamari: HT Brown Rice/Barley/EYS Si Sen Brown Rice, lunch 2.5 tbsp. Fruit/veg puree, dinner 2 tbsp.
5. Littleprincesses - Cereal HT or HB for breakfast 2 teaspoon, porridge(puree) for dinner
6.Angel: Frisocream 2tbsp mixed with half babycube worth of Fruit Puree at Lunch only. The rest milk feeds as per normal.
Just did Purple Sweet Potato Puree on Sat. Dana likes it (maybe because it's mixed into Frisocrem and not HT Brown Rice)
My HT brown rice is untouched after 3 feeds cos Dana doesn't like its taste! I still have 1 brand new unopened box from Lynn's spree. Any mummy interested to take over?