28 March 2010
Buy. Buy. Buy.
It kinda felt like making preparations for our home two years ago. You know, when you start reading magazines, surfing the net, looking for sales to go to, going all over Singapore to find the best deals (and conveniently ignoring the additional costs incurred in going to the place).
I am talking about buying stuff for the baby.
Thanks to advice from friends who are parents, we are introduced to the must-go events/locations in Singapore for baby stuff, namely the Expo baby sales (March), Taka baby sales (March and August), Baby Kingdom and Baby Hypermart in Kaki Bukit etc. Additional tips include looking out for good deals during the Great Singapore Sales at Robinsons.
So, all of a sudden, we become familiar with brands such as Pigeon, Medela, Tollyjoy, Avent, Combi, Graco, Aprica, Peg Perago, Fisherprice and the list goes on. Our eyes will inevitably scan the streets when we go out, to see what other parents are using and thinking whether we should get this or that. I can feel my paternal instincts (and her even stronger maternal instincts) starting to shape our behaviour and thinking. Which I guess can’t be a bad thing since it will probably mean myBeanie will be getting whatever he/she needs when born.
As it was, we went to the baby sales fairs, and even made a trip to Malaysia’s City Square and Pelangi Square to check out the baby stuff there (some of the brands and the maternity wear at F.O.S were indeed cheaper there, but you will have to buy quite a fair bit to make the trip worthwhile). The prices differs from place to place, and we ended up buying baby stuff from all over the place. Big tickets items were purchased just yesterday, at the Taka fair.
Oh, talking about the big tickets items, we got these:
Picking a stroller was really like selecting a car, as a recent article in the Straits Time also mentioned. Initially, we were undecided between lightweight but slightly flimsy strollers (like Combi and Aprica) and sturdier but more cumbersome ones (like Peg Perago). In the end, (perceived) durability won out and we got ourselves the Peg Perago Pliko P3. Hopefully it is as sturdy as it looks, as we want to use it for more than one kid. For the cot, we got a good deal from Rocio, which comes with a baby mobile and full bedding set.
With the stroller and cot out of the way, its time to to look at other stuff, namely the essentials like bottles, toys, bathing stuff and electronics like the steriliser. Guess we still have lotsa shopping to go 
