(2010/08) August 2010 MTB
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ducklingeshop,
is e mop reali gd to use? i'm considering in gettg 1
ahnah,
ur bb can feel ur wife's excitement when she's betting..win alot huh [IMG=http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/clipart/happy.gif] My bb movement also nt consistence, sm days cn feel more sm day lesser..shld b norm bah.
is e mop reali gd to use? i'm considering in gettg 1
ahnah,
ur bb can feel ur wife's excitement when she's betting..win alot huh [IMG=http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/clipart/happy.gif] My bb movement also nt consistence, sm days cn feel more sm day lesser..shld b norm bah.
winnie_gal
Active Member
i tink i will use the playpen 1st then decide wan to buy cot anot.. thanks mummy for the advice..
Jascmy: how much is the steam mop selling?
Sunflower: Thanks for sharing..another bb fair coming...
Jascmy: how much is the steam mop selling?
Sunflower: Thanks for sharing..another bb fair coming...
winnie_gal
Active Member
my hubby dun allow me to go genting, he say unless i dun go casino...argh... then we can go genting..
i was telling him dun go casino wat we can do there..
i was telling him dun go casino wat we can do there..
S
scooby2010
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Luckily i sneak in now else tonight i will have to read the day's posts past twelve again.
Thanks MVH, i copy and paste what you wrote out to print hehe... gotta to call the CL tonight again just to confirm her attendance and if possible talk about the stuff listed.
Aiya, thanks gals but I have bought the cot already. It is a 5 in 1 cot ... don't know what that means but the cot comes with 3 or 4 levels of adjustment, movable crib door and finally it can be converted into a toddler bed too when the kid is wise enough.
Actually I have given the baby bed a long thought. In the end, we decided on having a cot as a cot makes us feel like having a baby...complete with the baby experience we get to see in catalogues. Like what eeyore wrote, a cot can be decorated....
A friend dissuaded me from using a playpen cos a playpen can be rather hot due to the meshing. Another friend swears by it but a good playpen (those that come with a few levels adjustments, and good mattress) cost almost as much a a convertible .
I have also considered getting a moses cot, it can be carried everywhere ...and later when he grows further he can be tranfered into a single bed with safety side harnesses...and maybe kept in place by a mobile cot..
I have also thought of putting the newborn bb on a mattress on the floor but i think at that level if i am to kena a c-section, carrying the bb in a kneeling position will be a killer to the wound. Besides my floor is not exactly regularly clean, other than picking up respiratory problems he might also end up as a part time vacuum cleaner when he starts rolling.
I don't know whether there is any correlation between sleeping in a yaolan and back posture but I did sleep in a yaolan and i do have bad posture. I have mild scoliosis and it had caused my mother and me lots of inconvenience when i was younger. We had to make regular trips to the outram institute to have my backbone tested. A friend's backbone condition was in fact so bad that she had to have steel tubes inserted. Just imagine having to declare this condition to the immigration officers everytime she comes in and out of the country.
We are using a spin n go mop, looked pretty easy, no need to squeeze dry the mop just step on a stepper and its done but its current price tag is quite hefty though... think we got it at $79.90 from OG.
Thanks MVH, i copy and paste what you wrote out to print hehe... gotta to call the CL tonight again just to confirm her attendance and if possible talk about the stuff listed.
Aiya, thanks gals but I have bought the cot already. It is a 5 in 1 cot ... don't know what that means but the cot comes with 3 or 4 levels of adjustment, movable crib door and finally it can be converted into a toddler bed too when the kid is wise enough.
Actually I have given the baby bed a long thought. In the end, we decided on having a cot as a cot makes us feel like having a baby...complete with the baby experience we get to see in catalogues. Like what eeyore wrote, a cot can be decorated....
A friend dissuaded me from using a playpen cos a playpen can be rather hot due to the meshing. Another friend swears by it but a good playpen (those that come with a few levels adjustments, and good mattress) cost almost as much a a convertible .
I have also considered getting a moses cot, it can be carried everywhere ...and later when he grows further he can be tranfered into a single bed with safety side harnesses...and maybe kept in place by a mobile cot..
I have also thought of putting the newborn bb on a mattress on the floor but i think at that level if i am to kena a c-section, carrying the bb in a kneeling position will be a killer to the wound. Besides my floor is not exactly regularly clean, other than picking up respiratory problems he might also end up as a part time vacuum cleaner when he starts rolling.
I don't know whether there is any correlation between sleeping in a yaolan and back posture but I did sleep in a yaolan and i do have bad posture. I have mild scoliosis and it had caused my mother and me lots of inconvenience when i was younger. We had to make regular trips to the outram institute to have my backbone tested. A friend's backbone condition was in fact so bad that she had to have steel tubes inserted. Just imagine having to declare this condition to the immigration officers everytime she comes in and out of the country.
We are using a spin n go mop, looked pretty easy, no need to squeeze dry the mop just step on a stepper and its done but its current price tag is quite hefty though... think we got it at $79.90 from OG.
i have a playpen for my #1.. Only use for a few months.. Coz it is too hot and stuffy.. I don't on the aircon and my gal cant sleep well even with the fan blowing towards her direction.. the meshing is too close thus wind cant really get in..
scooby, glad to hear fr u that it can convert to toddler bed... actually i was still lamenting whether to buy or not.. my #1 sleep wif me till she weans off breastmilk, ard 22 months.. now she sleeps on a mattress beside me... she still pesters me to let her sleep on my bed at times.. i wonder will she be jealous if her little sister gets to sleep wif us.. so thinking of buying a cot instead.. but my room got not much space left as well... sigh..
my gal also sleeps on yaolan from 4 - 8 months.. so far okay for her back.. but i heard my mum say cannot sleep too much on yaolan coz might have back problems.. dunno how true.. but after scooby said so, i began to believe might have some side effects.
suika, is the bag single zip or double zip? I find that double zip is better, doesnt leak and the milk bag can "stand". Easier for defrosting.. I normally use the brand called lansinoh from mothercare.. ex..25 bags for $18. If get during 20% discount sale, abt $14.40 for 25 bags.. Very good and easy to store..
scooby, glad to hear fr u that it can convert to toddler bed... actually i was still lamenting whether to buy or not.. my #1 sleep wif me till she weans off breastmilk, ard 22 months.. now she sleeps on a mattress beside me... she still pesters me to let her sleep on my bed at times.. i wonder will she be jealous if her little sister gets to sleep wif us.. so thinking of buying a cot instead.. but my room got not much space left as well... sigh..
my gal also sleeps on yaolan from 4 - 8 months.. so far okay for her back.. but i heard my mum say cannot sleep too much on yaolan coz might have back problems.. dunno how true.. but after scooby said so, i began to believe might have some side effects.
suika, is the bag single zip or double zip? I find that double zip is better, doesnt leak and the milk bag can "stand". Easier for defrosting.. I normally use the brand called lansinoh from mothercare.. ex..25 bags for $18. If get during 20% discount sale, abt $14.40 for 25 bags.. Very good and easy to store..
I slept in yaolan from baby till 5yrs old. My mum say I can only sleep in it and I want her to shake the yaolan until morning loh. She say she nvr sleep when I'm a baby.
Now my posture very bad. A bit band. Remembered during the wedding photoshot, the photographer have to keep asking me to stand straight. And my sis say she can see me from far when I'm in my NPCC squat last time in Sec sch cos I can't stand straight, so its me liao. Hahaa... maybe that is the side effect from sleeping in yaolan/sarong.
Now my posture very bad. A bit band. Remembered during the wedding photoshot, the photographer have to keep asking me to stand straight. And my sis say she can see me from far when I'm in my NPCC squat last time in Sec sch cos I can't stand straight, so its me liao. Hahaa... maybe that is the side effect from sleeping in yaolan/sarong.
winnie_gal
Active Member
sian lolz.. can't go casino can't go theme park.. then no point go there..
suika: izzit a must to buy? can we use bottle to store the milk? am a bit blur liao~
suika: izzit a must to buy? can we use bottle to store the milk? am a bit blur liao~
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scooby2010
Guest
Is the purpose of a milk bag to save space... as compared to using milk bottles? This is my first so I don't really know what is the use of a milk bag.
Yay another bb expo, tks sunflower! I would love to go but i think i will probably hv to give this a missed as my hubby will be having his exams then..haiz.
Erh...actually I don look like 'hunchback of notredame'... at least for now..heheh... don't know whether the condition will exacerbate as i age. As of now, frankly nobody can tell i can scoliosis unless i tell them. A test for scoliosis is to keep your feet straight and legs close together with your knees touching the sides of one another and then bend your body forward and rest your hands straight onto both knees (as in a stiff panting posture). Both sides of the back must be straight and symmetrical. Mine is slightly off... in fact if you look carefully one side of the back is thicker than the other.
Scary right? but there again my disclaimer.. "don't know whether there is any correlation or not in that department or not". But there again there is one benefit of "yaolan", my head is much rounder than that of my brother (he sleeps in a metal cot... yes metal in those days) and hairstylists use to remind me about that ...
Yay another bb expo, tks sunflower! I would love to go but i think i will probably hv to give this a missed as my hubby will be having his exams then..haiz.
Erh...actually I don look like 'hunchback of notredame'... at least for now..heheh... don't know whether the condition will exacerbate as i age. As of now, frankly nobody can tell i can scoliosis unless i tell them. A test for scoliosis is to keep your feet straight and legs close together with your knees touching the sides of one another and then bend your body forward and rest your hands straight onto both knees (as in a stiff panting posture). Both sides of the back must be straight and symmetrical. Mine is slightly off... in fact if you look carefully one side of the back is thicker than the other.
Scary right? but there again my disclaimer.. "don't know whether there is any correlation or not in that department or not". But there again there is one benefit of "yaolan", my head is much rounder than that of my brother (he sleeps in a metal cot... yes metal in those days) and hairstylists use to remind me about that ...
Cot/Playpen/Yaolan
I was v fortunate to have hand-me-downs from frens. We had 2 cots, 2 playpens and a stroller from 1st born. I later gave away a cot and returned a playpen.
I find the cot to be very useful for me in the inital months as I had a CS; so I cant bend too low coz it hurts. If you use bumpers around the cot; the baby wont kena bumps lah! My DS started to climb outside of the cot even at the loowest level; that is when i got nervous. I think the one i use cannot be changed to bed.
Playpen is a good option esp when they r slightly older coz baby can play inside and u feel safe he/she is not crawling or climbing all over the place. If you are getting a playpen, make sure the sides are ventilated; meaning they are covered by mesh rather than a solid sheet.
Now DS uses a mattress to sleep; it is a no-no for him to sleep with us. You have to "RESIST" this temptation from the very beginning. First for your own sanity! and ahem... privacy
The 3rd reason is for baby's safety. There are cases where the parent suffocate the baby unwittingly when they roll over and the baby is too small/weak to push you back. I even read of a case recently which a mummy breastfeeding the kid on a plane; feel alseep and ended up smothering her baby; sad but true story.
I am not an advocate of yaolan; in fact i stopped my bro from buying me an electric one as a gift. For reasons same as those mentioned by jascmy, scooby and MVH: back problems and also over reliant on the caregiver. Sure there are electric ones but they r not as 'natural' as manual ones. I know of someone whose baby cannot sleep unless in a moving yaolan and i dun intend to be a slave to the baby, haha!
Milk Bag
Scooby, they can be stacked and compressed so uses much lesser space than glass bottles. You will be amazed by how much milk we can produce. For DS, my record was more than 100 pcks at my own freezer and my in laws.
Suika,
I used to use this brand as well, and yes i rem the price was much gentler on the pocket[IMG=http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/clipart/sad.gif] My fav is stl Lansinoh which i buy during sprees.
I have another lobang to share: Nanny milkbags $8.50 for 25pcs and Pigeon Jumbo Pack breastpads 60 pcs at $11. The usu is 42 pieces for $8.50 or $9.50 i think. The link is below: http://www.***********.com/Promotions.html
I was v fortunate to have hand-me-downs from frens. We had 2 cots, 2 playpens and a stroller from 1st born. I later gave away a cot and returned a playpen.
I find the cot to be very useful for me in the inital months as I had a CS; so I cant bend too low coz it hurts. If you use bumpers around the cot; the baby wont kena bumps lah! My DS started to climb outside of the cot even at the loowest level; that is when i got nervous. I think the one i use cannot be changed to bed.
Playpen is a good option esp when they r slightly older coz baby can play inside and u feel safe he/she is not crawling or climbing all over the place. If you are getting a playpen, make sure the sides are ventilated; meaning they are covered by mesh rather than a solid sheet.
Now DS uses a mattress to sleep; it is a no-no for him to sleep with us. You have to "RESIST" this temptation from the very beginning. First for your own sanity! and ahem... privacy
The 3rd reason is for baby's safety. There are cases where the parent suffocate the baby unwittingly when they roll over and the baby is too small/weak to push you back. I even read of a case recently which a mummy breastfeeding the kid on a plane; feel alseep and ended up smothering her baby; sad but true story.
I am not an advocate of yaolan; in fact i stopped my bro from buying me an electric one as a gift. For reasons same as those mentioned by jascmy, scooby and MVH: back problems and also over reliant on the caregiver. Sure there are electric ones but they r not as 'natural' as manual ones. I know of someone whose baby cannot sleep unless in a moving yaolan and i dun intend to be a slave to the baby, haha!
Milk Bag
Scooby, they can be stacked and compressed so uses much lesser space than glass bottles. You will be amazed by how much milk we can produce. For DS, my record was more than 100 pcks at my own freezer and my in laws.
Suika,
I used to use this brand as well, and yes i rem the price was much gentler on the pocket[IMG=http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/clipart/sad.gif] My fav is stl Lansinoh which i buy during sprees.
I have another lobang to share: Nanny milkbags $8.50 for 25pcs and Pigeon Jumbo Pack breastpads 60 pcs at $11. The usu is 42 pieces for $8.50 or $9.50 i think. The link is below: http://www.***********.com/Promotions.html
Travel
If you feel well and your spouse is for it; go and have a short trip!
It will be a while before you can travel again. We did a road trip to Malaysia during my last trimester.
I rem it was Christmas period, so tat will be 2 months before I was due.
Naturally our folks were quite unhappy but we had a fantastic time bonding just 2 of us.
On hindsight however i think it is safer to go now during our 2nd trimester and not last trimester [IMG=http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/clipart/happy.gif]
If you feel well and your spouse is for it; go and have a short trip!
It will be a while before you can travel again. We did a road trip to Malaysia during my last trimester.
I rem it was Christmas period, so tat will be 2 months before I was due.
Naturally our folks were quite unhappy but we had a fantastic time bonding just 2 of us.
On hindsight however i think it is safer to go now during our 2nd trimester and not last trimester [IMG=http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/clipart/happy.gif]
eeyore_03, its true leh. My mum told me b4. She say my sis c cup then end up 1st bb no milk at all. 2nd birth, very little milk. Then my Mum will be very proud saying she only A cup and we drink till we don have time to swallow the milk and almost got choke cos the milk flow too fast liao. Then the other side is spraying milk while we latch on one side.