A question of poo

At 35.5 weeks pregnant, I still feel completely unprepared for the arrival of our little monster.

The baby crib we bought in October has been delivered, but sits idle in the hall. My excuse is that it's waiting for a replacement part that will only arrive at the end of the month.The reality is that I just haven't sorted out the junk in my room to make space for it... Bad Mummy I am.

At the moment the one thing that I am preoccupied with, apart from worrying about if Mika is going to arrive early and my blood sugar levels,  is diapering. Hubby was dead set on disposables, while I am a little more idealistic and am considering using disposables for when we go out and cloth diapers at home.

After a lot of discussion, and as neither of us has ANY diapering experience, Hubby decided that we will start off with a starter pack of two cloth diapers with additional inserts and a small pack of disposables first. This, he claims, will enable us to assess the the benefits of both and make a more informed decision.

I hate to say this but the environment doesn't really factor into our decision. For us, the baby's comfort level is paramount, followed by convenience and cost. So if Mika is able to use both, then we will most definitely be using a mix. But Hubby says we may inadvertently find ourselves using disposables most of the time as they are just so convenient. I would love to say otherwise, but the thought of not having to worry about laundering a stack of dirty diapers  in addition to taking of Mika is strangely seducing.

He's also mentioned that while it's a given that we will save more on cloth diapering in the long run, it would be nice to see a simulation of how much that would work out to be in a year... Damn engineers and their numbers. But if I am going to win him over to the cloth diapering side (my own conviction is weak so I am not able to insist as strongly as I would normally do in other matters) I will need to spreadsheet it for him. Poo (sic).

So, once we decided that we would get at least 2 cloth diapers, Shopaholic Mama took to the internet to make her first cloth diaper purchase. I had already done rounds of surveying the market for cloth diapers, and am very taken by a local brand called Geboo (http://www.geboo.com.my/en/). Made from bamboo fibres and hemp, they are very soft and best of all, come with inserts that have wings to prevent leakage!!! So after a couple of clicks, I bought Mika a starter pack costing RM125 with free delivery, can't wait for it to arrive in the post =)

Mika's cloth diaper starte

My non-durian eating husband is slowly becoming a Daddy- Of air purifiers and durians

It's the end of the year and with it comes the usual cold and flu viruses.

My aunt who's staying with us for a bit and my Mum have both caught a bug of some sort, and so my husband decided that now is a good time as any to get an air purifier. He says because I am pregnant I can't afford to fall ill, as not only will I suffer, our Little Monster will suffer too. How Daddy like is that?

So yesterday we went air purifier shopping. Ended up getting one from Sharp, the KC-A50E. It's an air purifier with a humidifying function that "traps dust and other large air borne particles, decreases odours, reduces pollen and mold, freshens the air and stabilises room humidity."

The Sharp KC-A50E air purifier that fights demon durians. 

So, the premise is that it will be good for the Little Monster when she joins us as we have the air cond on all night and it is quite dusty in our area.

Today he managed to put the air purifier to the test. I went for durians with my aunts and grandma. Not being a fan of this lovely luscious fruit, my husband is quite opposed to its lovely bouquet. Just before dinner, we were in the room together when I did the inevitable when we have had durians... I burped.

He literally went green at the gills and punched the air cleaning function on; all the while asking me "What is that smell?" knowing full well what it was...

In any case his verdict is that his new toy works as well as he hoped as it cleared the room of the offensive smell in record time.

On a separate note, he has indicated that I smell of durians, burp or not. So, as I am sure I shall be burping throughout the night I have suggested that he sleep facing his new, very efficient toy tonight.

The King of fruits. One of the very few points of contention in my marriage.

Mika's Pram

We have just gotten back from our super short trip to Japan and have only just finished unpacking and doing the laundry.

We were only in Japan for a total of 3 days, excluding the day we left, and so hardly had time to do much shopping. We did however manage to get Mika's pram!

After loads of research on the internet and shaking prams at department stores here in KL we decided to get a Maclaren Quest. Our online endevours showed that Maclaren customised designs for various other brands. I had fallen in love with one made for Jill Stuart New York, but unfortunately (or fortunately if you think of my husband's wallet) they weren't on sale anymore. So we chose the next best design. A grey and and light blue pram with white and light blue checked seats made for Babies"R"Us. The colour is so mild that it can easily be used for both baby girls and baby boys.

Here are a couple of pictures of Little Miss Alien's mode of transport for the next few years.

The pram and the box it came in

Daddy's unfolded the pram and reading further instructions

Daddy checking the brakes on the pram

Daddy adjusting the seat of the pram

Chopper testing out the pram- he's actually meant to be lying down, but his head's so big he looks like he's being sat upright

Chopper again looking very relaxed

Chopper with the foot guards fastened