Finishing Touches

Hey!

2 weeks ago, i went for my first Baby Fair. Sadly, i only found out about it on the last day and rushed down to check it out just as they were packing up. I quickly rushed through the place and managed to get some necessities which i felt were the most important, BABY BOTTLES. Have you seen how ridiculous they are priced? I always thought that baby bottles were relatively cheap, but was shocked to find that a small bottle from NUK cost about $15. That's heaps in my opinion. (Maybe that is why we have a deteriorating amount of people who want to have kids here in Singapore. We're over-worked, underpaid, and baby stuff just does not come cheap)

I was told that bottle sterilizers work best with their own brand of bottles. So since i received the Pigeon Sterilizer from my power couple friend, Sha and Burrell, during my shower, i tried hunting down Pigeon bottles as well. Couldn't find any, there was the ever popular Avent, 'Jolly Something' and NUK. There were some others but i did not pay much attention. I have to admit, i was very drawn to NUK's products. I LOVE how the bottles come with patterns/drawings and are so colourful. They even have the Disney ones, Mickey & Minnie,  which has supposedly just launched and the older Winnie the Pooh collection. I double checked with the SA if the Pigeon sterilizer would work with their NUK bottles and needless to say, i came home with 5 brand new bottles as well as some other goodies like teethers, mini earbuds and a bottle scrub/brush. :)

I got the 2 normal sized bottles as well as 2 mini bottles for $32 ONLY! Thats just $8 for one! WHAT A STEAL! I can't remember how much is the Disney bottle though. The teethers were just $2.50 each, so decided to get 2 for when the Princess would need them. The spare bottle nipples i picked up today from Isetan as the 0-3mths one was sold out during the baby fair. This should be more than enough bottles for now, especially since i'll be breastfeeding, but decided to train her to take it from the bottle as well so she doesn't give problems when we need someone to babysit her. I also picked up some wet wipes from Huggies. I never knew they had wet wipes as well, so was excited to get it as well. (Yes, little things like that excites me) They were $6 for 2 so i grabbed 4 for now. Huggies has amazing reviews from all over the world, and hence why i trust them and only them alone.

That was all i managed to grab from the fair unfortunately. Should have gone earlier, but the next baby fair will be the MOTHERHOOD EXHIBITION, 2-5 JUNE, SINGAPORE EXPO HALL 6B and i'll sure to get my booty there to stock up on what ever i may need, only by then with the Princess in tow. :) So anyways, since the playpen arrived a couple of days ago, as promised, we headed down to Parkway Parade today to pick up some pillows and a mattress for the playpen as the inner piece is just way too flimsy and sunken as it has been folded for ages.

Thank god we went into Isetan first. They were having a sale for most of the items in the baby section and we found a mattress that comes with a pillow and 2 bolsters for just $29.90 (Originally $49.90) as well as a baby bathtub which was also $29.90 (Originally $49.90) and lastly, the ever important breast pads. It was hilarious explaining it to the better half as to why i NEED the breast pads. LOL

We then headed to Kiddy Palace which was right next door and picked up the dimple pillow, in case you didn't know, it is the pillows with the 'hole' in the middle, which is supposedly good in helping baby's head form properly and 'round'. We grabbed some hooded towels as well as 2 more receiving blankets as her first month at least, we'll be wrapping her like a little present. :D Then we headed to my favourite, MotherCare and picked up a 10-piece set which comes packed with 3 Sleepsuits, 2 bodysuits, 1 hat, 1 vest, 2 bibs and 1 pair of booties which costs $49. These are the last items we will be buying for a while to come as we've pretty much picked up everything important and besides, our little girl is starting to have wayyyy to much clothes. :p

Yes, we decided on blues this time round. Received just too many pink clothes, so time for some other colours. I've put in the new mattress and pillows into her playpen and i'm loving how it looks and feels amazingly cozy. Plus, with the zip clear bag in which the mattress and pillows came in, i stuffed all her toys into for storage until she is older to play with them and stored under her playpen. So smart right! :)

I'll leave you with the final look of her playpen. For now it's covered with the hoods so that dust and what have yous including the cat doesn't go into it. I'm so excited! Everything is set and ready, now to just wait for this little princess to arrive.

I'm currently 37 WEEKS & 4 DAYS PREGNANT!!! :) 17 MORE DAYS TO E.D.D!! YAY!

Thanks for reading! Have a great Sunday ahead! :)