Below are some baby fairs schedule for 2011 which someone provides on forum.
1. Takashimaya Baby Fair 2011
Dates: 9 to 28 March 2011
Venue: Takashimaya Singapore
2. Mothercare Baby Fair
Dates: 3 to 13 March 2011
Venue: Harbour Front Centre Level 3
3. Baby Care Festival 2011
Dates: 18 to 20 March 2011
Time: 11a.m. to 8p.m.
Venue: Singapore Expo Hall 6B
4. Baby Expo
Dates: 22 to 24 Apr 2011
Time: (Fri & Sat) 11a.m. to 9p.m., (Sun)11a.m. to 8p.m.
Venue: Singapore Expo Hall 6A
5. Motherhood Fair Date : 2-5 June (TBC)
6. Baby Expo Date : 1-3 July 2011
Time : 11am – 9pm (Sunday: ends at 8pm)
Venue: Singapore Expo Hall 6B
7. Baby Expo Date : 21-23 October 2011
Time : 11am – 9pm (Sunday: ends at 8pm)
Venue: Singapore Expo Hall 5B
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Journey to Pregnancy
I am on my mid way through my first pregnancy , currently in my 23 weeks ! Woohoo !
It is really a facinating experience to be able to feel your little one so close with those butterfly feeling and kicks in my womb.My appetite has come back which is a good sign.But I still keep my diets to 3 meals per day.Is it too little ??! Some of my colleagues say they ate up to 6 meals in between each meal.Wow!Not as I am on diet ( I know I am not suppose to !! ), but just feel I got bloated stomache after every meal.Since now it is in my mid pregnancy, it also means I can start shopping for my little one asap. Actually I have not really get many baby stuffs yet. Right now , I only got a small paper bag of stuffs only. I admit I am a cautious buyer as I don't wish to get too many unnecessary items and eventually just cast it aside.
Baby items I have bought during Feb'11 Metro fair (20% discount):
1)2 milk bottles - 1 NUK and 1 Avent bottle for new born
2)1 milk powder container for outdoor
3)1 bottle brush
4)2 sets mittens and bootes
5)1 pack cotton bud
Yes , that's all !!! Maybe due to first time mum, I also not very sure of what really need to buy. I will also be saving up alot on big ticket items like stroller, car seat, breast milk pump, feeding chair etc as some will be pass down from friends and relatives.
I am also looking forward to bigger fair like Taka baby fair which going to take place on 9 - 27 Mar. Most likely I will go down on 13 Mar to get a list of things which I intend to get.
Things to get at Taka Baby fair 2011:
1)breast pads
2)playpen bed
3)teaks for NUK and Avent bottle
4)Cotton balls
5)maternity belt
6)cloth diapers
7)outdoor changing mat
8)nursing bra
10)receiving blanket
11)baby head cushion for car seat
12)sterilizer
And forgot to mention, I have went to mothercare fair 2011 held last week and quite disappointed, I don't really find the items are worth to get even further reduce to 50% discount. Eg , I am looking at diaper bag and they are really really expensive at normal price.After 50% discount, I still need to get it near to $100 for just a diaper bag. Some items worth to get are maybe sterilizer which I saw many moms are grabbing as if free.Even babycot are premium type which I still find expensive after discount.
In the end , I only bought 2 toys for infant.
It is really a facinating experience to be able to feel your little one so close with those butterfly feeling and kicks in my womb.My appetite has come back which is a good sign.But I still keep my diets to 3 meals per day.Is it too little ??! Some of my colleagues say they ate up to 6 meals in between each meal.Wow!Not as I am on diet ( I know I am not suppose to !! ), but just feel I got bloated stomache after every meal.Since now it is in my mid pregnancy, it also means I can start shopping for my little one asap. Actually I have not really get many baby stuffs yet. Right now , I only got a small paper bag of stuffs only. I admit I am a cautious buyer as I don't wish to get too many unnecessary items and eventually just cast it aside.
Baby items I have bought during Feb'11 Metro fair (20% discount):
1)2 milk bottles - 1 NUK and 1 Avent bottle for new born
2)1 milk powder container for outdoor
3)1 bottle brush
4)2 sets mittens and bootes
5)1 pack cotton bud
Yes , that's all !!! Maybe due to first time mum, I also not very sure of what really need to buy. I will also be saving up alot on big ticket items like stroller, car seat, breast milk pump, feeding chair etc as some will be pass down from friends and relatives.
I am also looking forward to bigger fair like Taka baby fair which going to take place on 9 - 27 Mar. Most likely I will go down on 13 Mar to get a list of things which I intend to get.
Things to get at Taka Baby fair 2011:
1)breast pads
2)playpen bed
3)teaks for NUK and Avent bottle
4)Cotton balls
5)maternity belt
6)cloth diapers
7)outdoor changing mat
8)nursing bra
10)receiving blanket
11)baby head cushion for car seat
12)sterilizer
And forgot to mention, I have went to mothercare fair 2011 held last week and quite disappointed, I don't really find the items are worth to get even further reduce to 50% discount. Eg , I am looking at diaper bag and they are really really expensive at normal price.After 50% discount, I still need to get it near to $100 for just a diaper bag. Some items worth to get are maybe sterilizer which I saw many moms are grabbing as if free.Even babycot are premium type which I still find expensive after discount.
In the end , I only bought 2 toys for infant.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
I have finished up sewing individual piececs of the black and white simulation cloth book on one side. The other side is the colour contrast . Inside each cloth, I have stuff in things like sponge, little bells, bean sprout husks, some plactic bag sheets. The main idea is to create attention for the babies and to train their hearing and feels as well.
Saw in some websites that from 0-3 mths, baby can only sees mostly black and white object.From 3-6 months they can see colours.These are some basic ideas which I got from other website and then modify them to be my very own crafts. Finally steps is to attach each piece side by side using hand sew .Might try to finish them
by this weekend. After looking at the whole craft,I simply have to agree that am not a sewing person at all. Some sewing pattern are slanted. Guess, I can still get at least 50 marks at least since this is the very first time I did a whole piece of craft using sewing ? Well, I guess if one day I have a baby of my own , I will be proud to give she or he this present from my heart. Some of you may say I am so kiasu .... busy for nothing at this moment. Sometimes I do have some doubts when I am doing the baby crafts thing. I started to suspect I am into depression after losing the baby. But I still diligently committed and continue it since I enjoy every moment of it. I am just like a baby , u know , trying to learn things, try to sew thing I have never done before and to do it right.
I have also do some reading on parenting materials from public library.Even bought books from page one,popular(English and chinese) materials .From what's need to know before pregnancy. What kind of food to be taken in preparation before conceiving.What are the things need to do for "胎 教"。 What I can say is that I found alot of shocking truth of why baby tends to deform during the 1st 3 months of pregnancy and the importance of "胎 教"。 This of which I did not have a single knowlege during my last pregnancy.
Recently , I manage to borrow the popular Glenn Doman book "How to teach baby math " from the public library. One thing that Glenn Doman mention is that "Be smart , Start ahead so that you can have ample time to prepare enough materials . "And also like start not for tomorrow but for the future . Finally, I did something RIGHT what Glenn doman mention .Another thing is to start ahead as not to be panic when the real thing come. Right now , I am also reading books on child development and also actively join in parents forum just to gain knowlege on early pregnancy and child program.Really there's so much things to learn ! I am indeed kiasu .
Saw in some websites that from 0-3 mths, baby can only sees mostly black and white object.From 3-6 months they can see colours.These are some basic ideas which I got from other website and then modify them to be my very own crafts. Finally steps is to attach each piece side by side using hand sew .Might try to finish them
by this weekend. After looking at the whole craft,I simply have to agree that am not a sewing person at all. Some sewing pattern are slanted. Guess, I can still get at least 50 marks at least since this is the very first time I did a whole piece of craft using sewing ? Well, I guess if one day I have a baby of my own , I will be proud to give she or he this present from my heart. Some of you may say I am so kiasu .... busy for nothing at this moment. Sometimes I do have some doubts when I am doing the baby crafts thing. I started to suspect I am into depression after losing the baby. But I still diligently committed and continue it since I enjoy every moment of it. I am just like a baby , u know , trying to learn things, try to sew thing I have never done before and to do it right.
I have also do some reading on parenting materials from public library.Even bought books from page one,popular(English and chinese) materials .From what's need to know before pregnancy. What kind of food to be taken in preparation before conceiving.What are the things need to do for "胎 教"。 What I can say is that I found alot of shocking truth of why baby tends to deform during the 1st 3 months of pregnancy and the importance of "胎 教"。 This of which I did not have a single knowlege during my last pregnancy.
Recently , I manage to borrow the popular Glenn Doman book "How to teach baby math " from the public library. One thing that Glenn Doman mention is that "Be smart , Start ahead so that you can have ample time to prepare enough materials . "And also like start not for tomorrow but for the future . Finally, I did something RIGHT what Glenn doman mention .Another thing is to start ahead as not to be panic when the real thing come. Right now , I am also reading books on child development and also actively join in parents forum just to gain knowlege on early pregnancy and child program.Really there's so much things to learn ! I am indeed kiasu .
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Food for mini confinement
After my D/C in Mar'10. I have went through 20 days mini confinement .I guess the confinement thing applys to most asians only as we believe that mothers have gone through D/C or miscarraiges are very weak in bodies and the harm is more greater than normal full term delivery. For the duration of confinement that will depends on individual. Some prefer to have a full 1 month confinement , others 2 weeks. For myself, I do it for a period of 20 days.
So I will share here on what type of food I have eaten during my mini confinement period.
Basically regular meals are encourage.
Breakfast
1) Biscuits + Milo / Bread + Milo or chocolate drink ( Milo drinks are to be make with boiled water with red dates only )
Drinks
1) water boiled with chinese red dates
I was told not to drink plain water during confinement period. Drinks are to be consumed hot /luke warm with chinese red dates.
Confinement menu ( 1st day - 7th Day - during menses)
-Breakfast
Biscuits + Milo / Bread + Milo or chocolate drink ( Milo drinks are to be make with boiled water with red dates only )
-Lunch & dinner
1) Small gai lan fry with old ginger .Use sesame oil to cook instead of normal oil for all cooking
2) Shallow fried Cod fish with old ginger.
3) fried Pig liver with sesame oil
4) Steam egg with sesam oil with old ginger
5) fried 4 season beans with seasme oil with old ginger
6) pig's kidney fried with old ginger , add some sesame oil ( this believe to help strengthen
the kidney function )
Below are meals which you can try after menses are clear.Normally, you can include wine
into the dishes.
1) chinese red wine cook with lean meat
2) chicken drumstick ( recommended to use kampung female chicken ) steam with martell liquor. Just put the drumstick into a small container make of clay. Fill the martell till it just cover the whole drumstick. Steam till the drumstick is cooked. Drink the martell soup.
Note: Don't worry on you are not a good drinker. Alcohol substances are evaporated during cooking.
3) D.O.M every night before bedtime is recommended after menses are clear.D.O.M is a blood circulation health wine. So to prevent excessive of blood lose during menses, it is more advisable after menses .
4)After the 12th day ( menses should be clear by then ), need to buy fresh pig stomach .
Cleaning thoroughly is essentail to avoid any stink from the stomach. After cleaning, put the pig stomach into a bigger container for soup preparing. Use pepper ( those big ones ), and put into the cotainer and use water to boil tilled cooked.
5)Cook kampong chicken lean meat using chinese red wine.Add old ginger and 木耳( black chinese fungus ) into the dishes.
Note: Black chinese fungus is a very very good source of iron nourishment ( contain 97% iron out of all food !) . Surprisingly it is better than pig liver.
Due to different dialact group , there's many different ways of cooking confinement dishes . Above recommendations are just for your references only. Most important things are to take good care .Eat well and sleep well in order to nourish back the important nourishment loss.
So I will share here on what type of food I have eaten during my mini confinement period.
Basically regular meals are encourage.
Breakfast
1) Biscuits + Milo / Bread + Milo or chocolate drink ( Milo drinks are to be make with boiled water with red dates only )
Drinks
1) water boiled with chinese red dates
I was told not to drink plain water during confinement period. Drinks are to be consumed hot /luke warm with chinese red dates.
Confinement menu ( 1st day - 7th Day - during menses)
-Breakfast
Biscuits + Milo / Bread + Milo or chocolate drink ( Milo drinks are to be make with boiled water with red dates only )
-Lunch & dinner
1) Small gai lan fry with old ginger .Use sesame oil to cook instead of normal oil for all cooking
2) Shallow fried Cod fish with old ginger.
3) fried Pig liver with sesame oil
4) Steam egg with sesam oil with old ginger
5) fried 4 season beans with seasme oil with old ginger
6) pig's kidney fried with old ginger , add some sesame oil ( this believe to help strengthen
the kidney function )
Below are meals which you can try after menses are clear.Normally, you can include wine
into the dishes.
1) chinese red wine cook with lean meat
2) chicken drumstick ( recommended to use kampung female chicken ) steam with martell liquor. Just put the drumstick into a small container make of clay. Fill the martell till it just cover the whole drumstick. Steam till the drumstick is cooked. Drink the martell soup.
Note: Don't worry on you are not a good drinker. Alcohol substances are evaporated during cooking.
3) D.O.M every night before bedtime is recommended after menses are clear.D.O.M is a blood circulation health wine. So to prevent excessive of blood lose during menses, it is more advisable after menses .
4)After the 12th day ( menses should be clear by then ), need to buy fresh pig stomach .
Cleaning thoroughly is essentail to avoid any stink from the stomach. After cleaning, put the pig stomach into a bigger container for soup preparing. Use pepper ( those big ones ), and put into the cotainer and use water to boil tilled cooked.
5)Cook kampong chicken lean meat using chinese red wine.Add old ginger and 木耳( black chinese fungus ) into the dishes.
Note: Black chinese fungus is a very very good source of iron nourishment ( contain 97% iron out of all food !) . Surprisingly it is better than pig liver.
Due to different dialact group , there's many different ways of cooking confinement dishes . Above recommendations are just for your references only. Most important things are to take good care .Eat well and sleep well in order to nourish back the important nourishment loss.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Black and white
Here's a set of black and white fabric which I intend to sew it together with the colour figures
which shown on my previous post.They are not that perfect though in terms of symmetrical .
Monday, July 12, 2010
Little crafts
These are little fabric book which I make myself.The picture shown are individual fabric pages are not sewn together yet. Where do I get the pictures ?Well, they can be search easily onlines . Some of it I have modify myself in terms on colours and fabric as well and some creativity. Some ideas I got from craft books which I bought from popular book stores and kinokuniya. I admit Im not a sewing person , yes, Im not using sewing machine...all fully HANDSEWN ...hahahah.... the strings sewn are not equally same length.And the back of the fabric books are fill up with untidy crawling strings ..like spider webs..my goodness ! Anyway!
Btw,the measurement of the figures are base on my estimation. They have no exact measurements . The size of the fabric I am working on is 15 Cm X 15 Cm. So The project is still on going .. I will publish here once they are completed : )
crouching tiger !
Btw,the measurement of the figures are base on my estimation. They have no exact measurements . The size of the fabric I am working on is 15 Cm X 15 Cm. So The project is still on going .. I will publish here once they are completed : )
mischevious monkey on
the tree
the tree
crouching tiger !
Dirty pinkish piglet
Penguine on ice !
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Chicken soup for the soul
This is one episode in my life which make me having some long thoughts on how lucky I am
and it did inspires me. A little chicken soup for the soul to share for those mothers who some how still grieving over their lost babies or whoever out there who are still trying to have a grip on their lifes.
I do own a little blogshop online selling beauty and accessories products like most of people out there , just to earn some extra cash and I do enjoy meeting up with customers as well. My business started since 2009 and it continues to grow during my 1st pregnancy. But unfortunately , I have to give up my baby and due to over grief, I have stop my online business for awhile.Till recently, I have decided to pick up my business again.
Customers are getting more this time round and I am over thrilled ! One day,there is this lady who has send me email to ask for a beauty product I am selling and ok, I do have immediate stocks for her.In her sms she is very excited by saying yippee, she want to get the items ASAP. So she decided to opt for meet up for the item and that was fine for me as well.
Just before the meet up, she send me a sms ..something like "hey , See you tonight at XXX Mrt control station.... btw when you see a short gal in a wheel chair , that's me ! "
The moment when I see that sms , alot of thoughts came into my mind .... I decided to waive off handling charges for her which I normally charge for others .The next moment , I sms her telling her that. After awhile she reply with sms with appreciation ( I can feel from the sms ).
Our meet up suppose to be 7pm . I was early that evening , reaching 15 mins before the actual time. The control station is over packed with commuters and passer bys. Well, Since I was abit
early, I try to look out for any person which is in wheel chair as she describe.
Unfortunately, she was not there . I keep looking at my time shown on my iphone when it shown 5 mins past 7pm. I started to be abit worried on her...Questions were flashing through my minds .Was she caught in a Jam or was there anything happening or she decided not to meet up last min ? I decided to sms her which I normally did for customers who are late.
Less than a min, I received a blinking message apologizing that she was a bit late ...asking me to wait for a little while. After seeing that, I feel more relieved making sure she was safe during the journey.And also abit remorsed,hey can't I just have some patient on people who are handicapped ?? While waiting, I walked throughout the control station area, making sure I did not missed her in any secs. Just when I thought, I saw a wheel chair coming out from the exit of the gate.Of course, she don't know I saw her as I did not describe of how my appearance is before. I quickly went up to her , passing through the crowds just to appear in front of her.
On the wheel chair is a young girl which looks like in her teens .Due to some deforms of her legs, she has covered up her legs with her bag laying on.
At that moment, I recall the sms . No wonder she says she is a short girl cos normally people can't see her legs and that's why .....
Her brightest smile I ever seen when I put her ordered items on her wheelchair.
She immediately forked out the exact amount to me. Actually, this is a shocking scene for me and I don't know how to handle .. I just simply say hey , where you stay ? You take good care ok ,bye! She still smiling with acknowlegment.
After that I leave the scene biding good bye to her.
Actually she was staying in woodlands, which is few stations from where we meet up. I felt very very regretted that since I already know she is handicapped, I should have suggested to her at least meet her at woodlands MRT. I went down the escalator and kept looking at the gate entrance whether she has entered and yes, I saw her going through the gate.
I felt very very bad at that moment and I feel I was insensitive by making inconvenience for her. My eyes were red all the way through the crowd. I asked myself how can god be so unfair to a teenage girl like her , how can it be ?? Just went I was out of the building , I got a deep breath and try to control myself , I received a text on my iphone.
It was her ! She sent me a message saying that she feel very thankful for the item and asked me to contact her if I have any new items .See if what can she help me to buy .
This text really broke me to tears. I can never imagine that what happen to her can make her more optimistics than normal people. She is saying what can she help me .....
I apologize to her saying, Im really really sorry to her and will meet up at woodlands for her if next time she is buying anything from me.This is what I can do for her at that moment.
Alot of soul searching for me the next few days . In the past, I always complain in life, why am I given this treatment, why I do not have a great job, why I have to go through break up with boyfriend, why this , why that.
Trust god, he has his own reason. Everyone is given a task to accomplish don't always feel that life owe you something. The paths that each and everyone of us are different , after walking through them , you will start to appreciate .Yes, sometimes life break us ,BUT it nurtures us to make us stronger also. This is what I got the answer from the little incident.
Mothers who have lost their little ones , like myself, Please pull ourselves together.
Don't bury ourselves in sollows for long, or else sun will never shine on our side.
Do things that inspires you: go for a movie, join fan club , Open a small blogshop to keep you busy for a little while , have a sharing moments with our husband , go for donation , read a self enrichment book, do handicrafts ( maybe for our future little ones ) and that's what I am doing it now : ) , eat well , sleep well ....You see, there's so many things we can do !Sooner later, I hope you will have a little joy of bundle yourself and became a better person.
and it did inspires me. A little chicken soup for the soul to share for those mothers who some how still grieving over their lost babies or whoever out there who are still trying to have a grip on their lifes.
I do own a little blogshop online selling beauty and accessories products like most of people out there , just to earn some extra cash and I do enjoy meeting up with customers as well. My business started since 2009 and it continues to grow during my 1st pregnancy. But unfortunately , I have to give up my baby and due to over grief, I have stop my online business for awhile.Till recently, I have decided to pick up my business again.
Customers are getting more this time round and I am over thrilled ! One day,there is this lady who has send me email to ask for a beauty product I am selling and ok, I do have immediate stocks for her.In her sms she is very excited by saying yippee, she want to get the items ASAP. So she decided to opt for meet up for the item and that was fine for me as well.
Just before the meet up, she send me a sms ..something like "hey , See you tonight at XXX Mrt control station.... btw when you see a short gal in a wheel chair , that's me ! "
The moment when I see that sms , alot of thoughts came into my mind .... I decided to waive off handling charges for her which I normally charge for others .The next moment , I sms her telling her that. After awhile she reply with sms with appreciation ( I can feel from the sms ).
Our meet up suppose to be 7pm . I was early that evening , reaching 15 mins before the actual time. The control station is over packed with commuters and passer bys. Well, Since I was abit
early, I try to look out for any person which is in wheel chair as she describe.
Unfortunately, she was not there . I keep looking at my time shown on my iphone when it shown 5 mins past 7pm. I started to be abit worried on her...Questions were flashing through my minds .Was she caught in a Jam or was there anything happening or she decided not to meet up last min ? I decided to sms her which I normally did for customers who are late.
Less than a min, I received a blinking message apologizing that she was a bit late ...asking me to wait for a little while. After seeing that, I feel more relieved making sure she was safe during the journey.And also abit remorsed,hey can't I just have some patient on people who are handicapped ?? While waiting, I walked throughout the control station area, making sure I did not missed her in any secs. Just when I thought, I saw a wheel chair coming out from the exit of the gate.Of course, she don't know I saw her as I did not describe of how my appearance is before. I quickly went up to her , passing through the crowds just to appear in front of her.
On the wheel chair is a young girl which looks like in her teens .Due to some deforms of her legs, she has covered up her legs with her bag laying on.
At that moment, I recall the sms . No wonder she says she is a short girl cos normally people can't see her legs and that's why .....
Her brightest smile I ever seen when I put her ordered items on her wheelchair.
She immediately forked out the exact amount to me. Actually, this is a shocking scene for me and I don't know how to handle .. I just simply say hey , where you stay ? You take good care ok ,bye! She still smiling with acknowlegment.
After that I leave the scene biding good bye to her.
Actually she was staying in woodlands, which is few stations from where we meet up. I felt very very regretted that since I already know she is handicapped, I should have suggested to her at least meet her at woodlands MRT. I went down the escalator and kept looking at the gate entrance whether she has entered and yes, I saw her going through the gate.
I felt very very bad at that moment and I feel I was insensitive by making inconvenience for her. My eyes were red all the way through the crowd. I asked myself how can god be so unfair to a teenage girl like her , how can it be ?? Just went I was out of the building , I got a deep breath and try to control myself , I received a text on my iphone.
It was her ! She sent me a message saying that she feel very thankful for the item and asked me to contact her if I have any new items .See if what can she help me to buy .
This text really broke me to tears. I can never imagine that what happen to her can make her more optimistics than normal people. She is saying what can she help me .....
I apologize to her saying, Im really really sorry to her and will meet up at woodlands for her if next time she is buying anything from me.This is what I can do for her at that moment.
Alot of soul searching for me the next few days . In the past, I always complain in life, why am I given this treatment, why I do not have a great job, why I have to go through break up with boyfriend, why this , why that.
Trust god, he has his own reason. Everyone is given a task to accomplish don't always feel that life owe you something. The paths that each and everyone of us are different , after walking through them , you will start to appreciate .Yes, sometimes life break us ,BUT it nurtures us to make us stronger also. This is what I got the answer from the little incident.
Mothers who have lost their little ones , like myself, Please pull ourselves together.
Don't bury ourselves in sollows for long, or else sun will never shine on our side.
Do things that inspires you: go for a movie, join fan club , Open a small blogshop to keep you busy for a little while , have a sharing moments with our husband , go for donation , read a self enrichment book, do handicrafts ( maybe for our future little ones ) and that's what I am doing it now : ) , eat well , sleep well ....You see, there's so many things we can do !Sooner later, I hope you will have a little joy of bundle yourself and became a better person.
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