Baby checklist

Here i dah kumpul and compile as many things that i can in 1 list, so anybody nak share or add anything, by all means do help me out...

Baby clothes

tops
pants
rompers
sleeping suits
mittens
booties/socks
hats + caps
binder
jacket/cardigan
recieving blankets
baby shoes
laundry basket

Feeding

bottles
teats/nipples
breast pumps
breast milk storage
bibs
bottle brush
detergent (bottle cleaner safe for infant)
food warmer/bottle warmer
steriliser
drying rack (to dry bottles)
teether
breast pads
nipple protector
nursing pillow

an oversized nursing pillow

bottle label
burp cloth/small towel
breast feeding cover

Bath & body care

Baby wipes
towels
bath tub
bath net/sponge (to supposrt baby in the tub)
body wash/shampoo
nail grooming set
minyak telon
lotion / organic virgin coconut oil (good alternative to lotion..less chemicals)
cotton bud
cotton/cotton balls (to clean baby)
cornstarch powder (safe to use for babies, unlike normal powder that has talc in it)

pureen so far is the only cornstarch powder that i know off

nappy
nappy liners
changing mat
clothes detergent (infant safe)
nasal spray / aspirator (incase baby has a nose block)
hair grooming set
baby box (something like a tool box to put all the body care -easy for travelling/better way to organise)

Bedding & nursery

Baby cot
playpen
changing table (good to avoid backache)
mattress
mattress protector
baby pillows
bed sheet
blanket
baby cupboard
night light
baby monitor

Travel system & misc. items

Diaper bag ( to put all baby stuff when i'm out and travelling)
stroller
stroller fan (suitable for our hot weather)
car seat
BUMBO (it has many great reviews from mums)

baby carrier/baby warp/baby sling (i fully recommend moby wrap)

moby wrap- suitable from newborn

car sun shade
head & neck support for stroller/car seat
cold pack ( for baby milk/baby food)
travelling changing mat
baby bouncers/baby swing

CORRECTION!!! (sticky post)

Please look at the photo above...the entry i did on wedding shoes to give away, i accidently typed salah email address..but alhamdulillah some of you did still send it to my sabsabby22@ gmail.com...

sadly i have annouched the winner, but if any of you did hantar to sabsabby@gmail.com, please res-send to sabsabby22@gmail.com...perhaps i will think if something else to give away, since it is my fault...

wassalam

6th month update...

since i'm in my 6th month alhamdulillah, I've decided to compile a hopefully complete list of things that is needed for the newborn baby base on a few list i went through online, and my sisters personal experience. Hopefully tak tinggal apa-apa...hehehe...hopefully i will update it in my next entry

Baby bump at 5 months, nanti hopefully i will update baby bump picture at 6 months pulak..hehe..inshaAllah....

Yes indeed, that is my bump at 5 months....ramai orang commented that is quite besar..but alhamdulillah baby is normal size, i guess it's my keturunan to have big tummmy, because my sister pun stomach big like me but baby keluar 2.8 kgs alhadmulillah.

weight pulak, i have gained so much...a few days ago i did my 6th month check up, i've gained about 11kgs total...but hari tu, masa 1st trimester i lost 5 kgs, so actually kalau ikut original weight i've only gained 6kgs. but still dalam 8 weeks to gain 6kgs is very fast..

ohh and guess what.....

The funny story is that, during my 4th month and 5th month check up, every time the doc check, the baby is in shy position, and somehow the Dr. could not see the "little birdie".  so he would say, ok, maybe you are having a girl, we will confirm again next month...but me being me, of course i dah tell my family all excited we are having a girl..hehhee....

but finally at our 6th month check up, ohh he was is a beautiful position where we saw the "little birdie" very clearly..hehehe...so the doc said, this time if wrong, doc will give me free labor/delivery...hehhee...but it was pretty clear though...so inshaAllah i hope we have a nice healthy and pleasant baby boy...

as for my pregnancy update...now slowly i cannot sit or stand too long, then my kaki will start bengkak sikit...if jalan-jalan the its ok.... but kalau duduk je lama2 mmg sakit...the other thing is now, cepat sgt i feel panas...its so funny sebab dulu i dont like aircond and sejuk-sejuk

also because my stomach is a bit besar, sleeping pun is getting a bit uncomfortable. i need pillows everywhere...kalau tak my skin feels so stretched and sakit...

i still have my nausea, esp when i drink something wrong. hari tu i wanted to start drinking soya bean, but somehow everytime i minum, i muntah, even after drinking Non-GMO organic soy bean also muntah. plain water pun somehow i still cannot drink. so now i'm just drinking zam zam..alhamdulillah nasib baik musim haji, so very easy to get zam zam...its a bit mahal to buy, but for my baby boy, inshaAllah its all worth it....

so i guess, mmg i'm just one of those mum-to-me yang nausea sambung throughout my pregnancy...my first sister stop at 7 months, and my 2nd sis pulak the whole 9 months pun still have nausea...but i can tell you all one thing, after 4 months the muntah is really not that bad, you just muntah after that can preceed and makan all over again... appetite mmg ada...not like in first trimester, muntah is so teruk that you just cannot eat or drink anything after that...

but other than all the typical small dugaan of pregnancy...i love my baby bump so much...everytime i will ask hubby did my tummy get bigger, i'm just so excited mashaAllah...i know i always pegang-pegang my stomach...hehehe...and my fav part is of course the baby kicking..now the baby kick so much (boys will be boys), I always put the remote control on my tummy, so my anak sedara can see the remote moving when the baby kicks..hehehe...they get so excited mashaAllah...

Emma k chocolates

One of the vendor that i belum mention regarding my wedding is Emma K.

we hired them to do our wedding favors for me and my sisters wedding reception..MashaAllah i can say i was very very happy with their service. Trust me girls, they were very professional. at first I went to their butique at Bangsar village 2 to inquire about the chocolates and quotation. and then they said come back 1 month before our wedding.

so 2 months(because i rasa 1 month last minute sgt) before the wedding, i went to bangsar village 2, tgk2 the kedai dah tutup...OMG we really panicked because i really didn't have plan B. we went home went straight to the website, and called them. and then the Kakak said, ohh we have moved to empire at subang jaya but their main office is still in damansara perdana. so we went to damansara perdana office, choose our design and within 10 mins they gave me a mock up design of the wrapper and the thank you tag that i wanted. yes, believe me when i say they are very professional mashaAllah. and balik showed my parents, they were happy, terus we paid booking fee. 

and true enough as they promised, 1 week before the wedding day, the chocolates dah siap.

now most of you must be worried about price right?? trust me it's not as mahal as everyone think it is.... they charge me RM 3.xx for one chocolate bar. Chocolate is by cadbury, + custom made thank you tag and emma k elegant wrapper design. 

sadly our photographer tak ambil the pictures of the wedding favors :( tsk tsk...and by 3pm all the chocolates dah habis, all the guests yang datang lambat semua tak dapat. we pun miscalculated, we expected 800 guests, but 1200 came (nasib baik the hotel had enough food), alhamdulillah.

The ones we ordered was something similar to this but it was in pink and pale gold ribbon

wassalam,

sabby

5 months

Alhamdulillah now dah 5 months already...

firstly i want to congratulate amy, hanie and nadiah...alhamdulillah semua dapat baby girl yang sihat and sgt comel....

ok pregnancy update....ramai orang advice for me to jot down somewhere, because after the baby is born, nanti lupa dah the preganancy experience...so hear goes...

muntah finally stop at 20 weeks...alhamdulillah so far since then tak muntah lagi..but last week i did muntah when i drank air kelapa...hmmm....so i've concluded that no matter what i still have to be carefull, because my body will reject certain things that i eat/drink....

well the best part of my pregnancy happened at week 17, alhamdulillah it was the first time i felt the baby kick...now dah macam everyday routine...when the baby kicks, i feel happy, then i know baby is ok...actually that is one part i miss about muntah2...because when i was nausea, i knew baby was ok..now doc says inshaAllah if the baby kicks then the baby is fine...when tak rasa fetal movement after a few days then i should be worried... InshaAllah i hope nothing will happen to the pregnancy, and May Allah swt gives all of us an easy and pleasant pregnancy.ameen...

also alhamdulillah because i'm feeling better, now can go holiday with hubby..in my first trimester hari tu we went holiday, i couldn't enjoy it because asyik muntah je...

The last 2 weeks, i went to penang 2 kali hehehe..the 2nd time, habibs aunty bawak us makan at teluk tempoyak...hmmm very very yummy...tapi because duduk dalam kereta lama sgt, i got my first edema attack...keluar kereta je, kaki terus bengkak..aiyohhh dah mula dah kaki bengkak2....inshaAllah if all goes well next week pergi langkawi pulak...


oh ya, today i went to fabulous mum, the clearence is ok, but the best part is they are selling BUMBO at a very cheap price RM 105, if with tray RM 125(original price around RM250) so girls anybody that is interested, please go tomorrow because that is the last day of the warehouse clearance.

also lastly now baby bump dah besar sikit dah...baju normal all dah tak boleh pakai, nasib baik i have very kind sisters alhamdulillah, yang gave me all their maternity clothes, so there is no need for me to buy alot...


p/s: after we all survey byk2 peg perego stroller, the cheapest is at "The first few years" at the curve...so surprising, its RM 200 lagi murah from all the online shop...bukan online shops should be cheaper because they don't have to pay rent ke???

wedding shoes to give away

salam all...

remember this post i did on my wedding shoes??

http://sabsabby.blogspot.com/2010/04/wedding-shoes.html

well finally i'm uploading the picture here, just to share with readers on the shoes i wore masa my wedding

anyway i was thinking of giving the shoes away for absolutely free to a lucky reader...yes you got me right, absolutely free, as long as your kaki muat shoes size 5....and you larat wear 4 inch heels...

but before that i have to inform, i wore the shoes the whole day masa wedding, and we did outdoor photoshoot as well, so it's not completely in a brand new condition....but it still looks good....

for anybody who is interested all you have to do is e-mail to me and tell why u deserve the shoes less than 200 words k..hehehe nanti penat nak baca...the most touching story that captures my heart will get the shoe..inshaAllah... ...please email me the story to sabsabby@gmail.com by 30th NOV 2010.

wassalam

hmmm it's time to survey baby stuff....

oh i realise it's been soooo long since my last entry.....hehehe....

well first of all, Alhamdulillah i'm in my 2nd trimester now...

first trimester...hmm was very challenging, somehow I was one of those unlucky ones...my morning sickness was rather bad...actually i was feeling sick, vomiting and nausea all day long...at one time it became so bad, i was sooo dehydrated sampai kena admitt to the hospital for drip....I started muntah from week 6, and sambung sampai week 16...only the last 3 weeks muntah dah reda...so far once a week je muntah...only if i betul2 eat something wrong....

but no surpirse actaully....my whole family from my grandmother to my sisters semua pun went through bad morning sickness, so Alhamdulillah i had a lot of support from my family....

Alhamdulillah now i'm feeling a lot better....so yes, now of course it's time to start surveying for baby things....

the other thing that i want to be thankful for is actually, on baby stuff...i have mashaAllah generous sisters that are willing to share with me so many things, that i can cancel half of the things that i need to prepare for the new born baby nanti ...inshaAllah.....

ok first survey that i would like to share on is baby stroller...for myself, because i have experience taking care of my anak-anak sedara, so my survey is more on my personal experience...

1) the stroller has to be light weight ; yes it's ok if our husbands are around all the time to help us carry the stroller, but in reality of course that is not the case....hehee...my maximum limit is 10kgs..anything heavier that that is a no no....and the weight has to be balance jugak..i have to make sure, when i carry the baby out, the stroller cannot topple, if i have my diaper bag at the handles...yes girls, some stroller ringan sgt sampai it can topple when you carry the baby out , if ada beg sangkut dekat the handle...

2) is has to be able to accommodate from new born to 3/4 years old ; For me it is very important that the stroller boleh recline full sampai baring position...while many assumes that full recline is only for newborn, but i can tell you now even when they are 3 years old, the full recline is useful for when they want to sleep while you are busy shopping or makan..hehehe...a happy sleeping baby/toddler = happy parents to shop with peace of mind...

3) it has to fold, umbrella fold ; the folding is very important so you have a lot of boot space in the car....sometimes me and my sisters all go out together..believe it or not, we will bring 3 strollers with us...nasib baik all the stollers folds very well & slim, so we can fit them comfortably in the car boot....

4) i have to be able to fold the stroller with 1 hand ; this criteria is actually very very tricky......byk stroller umbrella fold, but not many yang can fold with 1 hand...the rest all kena baringkan the stroller on the floor first, then carry it up....while some people don't mind this, but to me this folding method is very very very important....sebab mashaAllah senangnya when it folds with one hand, so you dont have to bongkok your back so much to carry the stroller to masuk the car boot...

5) it has to be a 4 wheeler ; while i  know its a trend now to have a 3 wheeler, but for myself i'm very old school...hehe..i like 4 wheelers..sebab  they fold smaller, and the most important thing, because it has 4 wheels, the lebar of the stroller is smaller then the 3 wheelers...3 wheelers kena lebar, to keep balance to the stroller...u see if the stroller is lebar, it is very hard to maneuver around the shopping malls, and grocery store, wedding halls and esp restaurants..leceh nanti langgar sana-langgar sini, kesian k.......and the most important thing is that, 4 wheelers are cheaper than 3 wheelers....

hehehe...so far, those are my top criteria in buying a stroller...and of course having said all these..i only have 1 brand in mind...heheh...and the winner is

PEG PEREGO

During those years that i jaga babies full time...i manage to guna peg perego, Mclaren, bugaboo and maxi-cosy/quinny combo...my fav. is definitely the peg perego stroller....

here i've uploaded a youtube video, then you will know what i mean by 1 hand folding....




so yes inshaAllah this is the stroller that i want to get...but not now, i nak tunggu beli masa 6 months pregnant nanti inshaAllah sometime in December...hopefully there are some good year end sale so i can buy it with a good bargain....

till my next survey...hehehe....

wassalam,

sabby