Baby Fair this Weekend

It's that time of the year once again.

A dizzying weekend at the babyfair.

We're having dizzying bargains too!

We're going with a one-price special for nursing wear. S$25 each for all styles displayed - yeah, nursing tops & even our stylo classy nursing dresses which are really a steal at that price! Another super-great bargain are our bras which will go at a 2-price-point special: S$10 & S$25, which means that even the very popular multiway padded bra and the MG bras will all be at no more than S$25.

And on top of those really unbeatable prices, there's a further whooping 20% discount if your purchases total S$100 or more!

Come & Grab!

Singapore Expo Hall 6B
Booth E05 & E06
11am to 9pm (Fri & Sat)
11am to 7pm (Sun)

Winter:Breastfeeding

With the year-end holidays coming up, many of us might be heading to the northern hemispheres and into colder weather. Some may just be going a little up north, where a jacket alone would suffice, while some may be going even further up north where a couple more layers may be needed, and possibly even thermal scarves and a thick winter coat as you head towards subzero snowy regions. How can we handle a breastfeeding baby without freezing our bellies off? The trick is to layer. The very basic is as shown in this photo:

1. Wear a Bra that can be easily pulled down to nurse. Any of the leisure bras would probably be suitable.

2. Wear a nursing tank top, such as:
- Jean Tank
- Stappy Bra Tank
- Heidi Cross-wrap Tank
- Sandie Tank

3. Layer a long-sleeve nursing top over:
- Cindy Long-Sleeve
- Deana Scrunch Long-Sleeve

4. If the weather is going to be very cold, you can also layer another sweater or a fleece high-neck top before having a jacket on. The sweater or fleece-top would be fairly stretchable so that you can easily lift it up and access your layered nursing tops for breastfeeding, as shown in the photo above. It'd be good to have high-necked top as you might find it tough to have to handle dangling scarves with a baby to manage as well.

Oh, and for me, I usually sling my baby first, before I wear my jacket. Here's some photos of one of our breastfeeding mothers and her baby in wintery Scandinavia.

Baby's in there!

Elephant

JR came face-to-face with the fishes & the pygmy hippo today. Super-delighted especially with this big puffy fish, the name I failed to catch on any of the signs. It was a really cute fish, but active just like JR, hence the blurry pix. *haha*

We also saw the White Tigers on the way out. I also had quite a fright from a snake that slithered across my path(!!!).

Our main aim in making the trip to the zoo was to once again see the Elephant Bathing/Feeding session which is at 9.15am. And I printed out a very simple book just about that.


Next trip, l should work on a different animal theme. ;-)

Your Faves

YOUR FAVOURITE NURSING STYLES
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Along the way as nursing moms, we'll find some styles suit our style of nursing and our lifestyle the best. For this baby, I've grown to love the empire-waistline style the best.

Many of you saw me wearing the neat Anna Cross-Wrap top at the last Saturday Showroom Opening. It's sleek and colours are fresh, and just keeps me looking great. Needless to say, that top sure sold that day. Get yourself one too!

Anna Top:
[http://www.momsinmind.com.sg/annatrim.html]

My other everyday favourites are the Liana Short-sleeves and the Selina, apart from the Cindy. And my most recent favourite is the Sharon Top. I reach for these over & over again every morning as I prepare to get dressed for my full day of dashing in/out with our 4 children. It is a busy day, and I do need a get-up that keeps me looking well put-together!

My faves:
[http://www.momsinmind.com.sg/liana-SS-Top.html]
[http://www.momsinmind.com.sg/sharon.html]
[http://www.momsinmind.com.sg/selina.html]

Which are your favourites?

Saying it Loud

This is one of the few words he can verbalise for certain right now.

He can only do words that sound like "Ba" or "Ma", so Butterfly would end up like "Ba ba bye" & even Umbrella will still sound like "Ba"! The only word that he can say nicely with 2 syllables is "Ma-my". *hehe*.

And I will find him taking books to "study" too. Our eldest was the same way. The older 2 boys never did this.

Raw

Hai, with the more frequent night nursing bc of the extra wakefulness due to the chickenpox, my nipples & the skin around are quite raw with JR's teeth scrapping frequently on it. *sigh*

My skin must've grown much thinner over the years with age!!! Must step up intake of vitamin C to aid healing. In the meantime, I am trying what I did years ago.

Express a little milk to clean skin and then wipe dry, put Lansinoh, and cover with the Hydrogel disc bc these help to keep the lansinoh cream neatly on without dirtying my bra and further promotes the moist-wound healing process.

Pox Party

Big boy had chickenpox 2 weeks ago, and now everyone else in the family is down with it! Our very own pox party! LOL!

Baby too was affected and he looks quite bad for it too...so many huge spots. No fever though. Whew! Itchy now the scabs have formed and giving me sleepless nights, so started giving him long oatmeal baths & shampoo, and applying numbing anti-itch antiseptic plus Desitin cream after that to help reduce redness.
He happily continues to play though!

The good thing is that this seems like quite an outbreak for him so maybe he will have lifetime immunity now!

Flip Books

Since JR has finished going through the Wink-to-Learn English & Chinese DVD Flashcard programmes, I thought to make some books like the "short stories" in Level 6.

This one is on the title "Picnics are Fun" or "我们去野餐".

It's A5 in size (half A4 size), printed on 160g paper and bound.

I also made a book on a short trip to the zoo

Just some ideas on how to reinforce the child's learning using vocabulary & events that is familiar to him.

The BUSiness Times

JR was digging through his dad's bag and found copies of said Times, and starting pointing and saying "Ba", "Ba", which is how he refers to "Bus". How interesting ...

He managed to isolate a small word from a longer word...hmm..

Grind Rice

For those who prefer to give baby brown rice as one of the starter foods, you'll realise that even after boiling for awhile, the "nutty" brown rice is still not as soft as white rice porridge. It's best to have it broken up abit before cooking.


You'll find that a normal chopper will not do. Instead, a blender with a grinder attachment is better. The grinder can handle dry items and churn out powdered stuff. I prefer the porridge not to be too powdery, so would just run it in the grinder for 5 to 8 seconds. You can experiment with it. And I liked to buy organic short-grain brown rice.