Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Confinement food...
If you are considering to cater confinement food...

Natal Essentials (also called Buffet Paradise)
- In microwave plastic containers
- S$1,588 for 28 days, exclude early bird disc of $128
(fern)
* portion big enough for 2 to share
* tend to be delivered early at around 11+am for lunch & 4+pm for dinner. Good for early eaters
(-) Tried for a week, veges don't feel fresh and kidney/fish stinks by instantoats @Dec08
(+) food's fine & portion a lot, soup is good by autumn82 @Feb09
(+) Soup is tasty, sizing large by candy_ian @Aug09
(+) yummy and not too oily, big portions by sugarcookie @Apr09
(-) taste only passable by snowbear @Apr09


New Baby (also called "Confinement Food Catering)
- In microwavable tupperwares, stored in transparent toyogo box
(-) oily by wawa @Jan09
(-) taste like normal economy rice by JazzJewel @Jan09, tried 1 trial meal
(-) soup diluted, food very little by Oppsgal @Mar09
(-) portion too little by mrswendykhoo @Jul09, tried 1 trial meal
(-) oily and fish not fresh by LynetteLoh @Aug09

i-Host
- In tingkats
(+) portion ok, remember to ask for less oil

Chili Padi
- In tingkats
- Tel: Stephanie 9238 3621; Patricia 9237 1718
- $1,568 for 28 days for lunch + dinner; trial @ $28

First Delight Catering
- Tel: 6348 2528



Sunday, December 27, 2009

Online Shopping

Littlethinkies (include normal postage)
- Destin Creamy/Original Diaper Rash Ointment 4 oz, $10
- Baby Blanket Faces Sunblock Lotion for Babies SPF 45+, 3oz/ 60ml $12.50
- Baby Blanket Sunblock Lotion for Babies SPF 50+, 6 oz/ 177 ml $16.00
- California Baby Calendula Cream 2oz/ 60g $18 (c 14)
- Earth's Best Toddler Toothpaste 1.6 oz with gum brush $9.8 (6 mths to 3 yr old)
- Orajet Toddler Training Toothpaste 1.5 oz, $8
- Spiffies Baby Toothwipes, 20pc $11
- Vicks BabyRub Soothing Comfort for Babies Ointment 50g, $9.5
- Blue Egg Standard Breastmilk Storage Bages 25pcs, $10

x Sugar Bubbles (free delivery for orders >= $30)

(fern)
* emailed and no response. colleague tried to order but no response as well
-
Fruit & Vege Wash 1210ml refill pack, $7.80 (bottle washer)

agapebabies
- Lansionah breaskmilk storage bags, 50 pieces S$19.70


Saturday, December 19, 2009

How much milk to drink?

formula to calculate sufficiency of baby's intake of milk when on an all-milk diet...hee...just realise that such information can be found on the milk formula containers :P

Lower limit = weight (kg) x 150ml
Upper limit = weight (kg) x 200ml

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Disposable Diapers...
Mamy Poko
* CK (the provision store...NOT tangs!) selling S$15.95 for NB52 i.e. 31 cents each
* NTUC promo (May10) selling S$19.95 for S72 (28 cents) & M66 (30 cents)
* good and comfortable looking. Tape is restickable and won't stick on clothes/baby. Cutting on the bigger end
(+) very good and can hold urine and poo well. chillychino @May10

PetPet
* looks comfy and leg gathers fits well, low price
* Cutting on the small side
(+) Good and cheap, value for $ but the tape is a bit strong and sticky. Chillychino @May10

Pampers
- Good absorbancy, thin and light, soft.
- Downside is that they're expensive. About $0.45 per piece

Nepia
- Has an indicator like Pampers but absorbancy is not as good

- The cut is bigger so if your baby is big, you can try this brand
- It's also sold in NTUC though can be bought from their online site and it was delivered to my doorstep. About $0.25 per piece if order online

(+) Similar to Pamper Stages, absorbs well, cottony soft & has blue indicator lines

Goon

Huggies Ultra
- Really prevents nappy rash
- Expensive
(+) Very good absorbency, thick and soft

(-) Too thick, afraid will be too warm

Huggies Dry Comfort
- Good absorbency
- Wait for promotion to buy. Usually promotion is at Cold Storage and Shop N Save where they sell 2 packs for $31+.
- If you need a bigger cutting, you can also try Huggies Pull-ups. Their cutting is slightly bigger and it's stretchable at the sides


Dryers
(fern)
* the sticky tape tend to stick on baby's legs, unlike MamyPoko which does not
* sticky tapes less re-usable, less convenient in checking if time to change nappies

Drypo
* attractive price of $9.95 for 64 pieces of S
* truly no frills, don't look as comfortable as MamyPoko
* need to adjust the diaper properly, otherwise urine always leaks
*
sticky tapes less re-usable, less convenient in checking if time to change nappies

Fitti
(-) sticky tape is difficult to use and material isn't soft

Pureen
* S66 for S$11.99 i.e. each 18.2 cents

(-) so so only, chillychino @May10

EQ Baby
* S40 for S$8.15 i.e. each 20.4 cents