The Misis Chronicles

Baby stuff are so expensive, right? I’m quite surprised that even the smallest baby spoon can cost an arm and a leg. But as parents, we’d like to give the best and the safest for our child. Well, some companies are banking on these baby stuff, you know, because they know parents will buy anything cute for their baby. They will label it as baby/diaper bag and priced it at a higher price and voila, you’ve fallen to one of their marketing ploys (including me!). I still can’t figure out the difference between the diaper bag and an ordinary bag, though.

Another baby stuff that I saw while browsing is a diaper caddy, it’s supposed to store all the baby essentials from diapers, baby bath essentials, baby wipes, etc. It’s like a day bag that you can carry and put in your living room so that you don’t have to go back and forth to baby’s room for his/her needs. Diaper caddies cost starts at $20 and up.

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Time flies so fast! My friend, Jehan, who is also on the family way posted on my Facebook wall that it’s 12 weeks to go before I give birth, more or less. I suddenly panicked because we still have no baby preparations yet… I have a couple of newborn clothes bought already but I haven’t washed them. Relatives promised their hand-me-downs such as cribs, strollers, clothes, etc… but I’m not sure how many are those and their condition. I am seriously in a panic mode…

Some snippets:

• As I’ve mentioned before, I already had gender determination and OGCT (Oral Glucose Challenge Test). I passed the OGCT and, IT’S A GIRL! Well, Jeff’s still in denial and he’s still hoping that it will be a boy once we’ll have our 4D.
• My monthly check-up will become a 2-week interval. I feel okay with this so that the doctor can monitor the baby frequently.
• Baby’s kicks and movements are starting to become stronger and stronger each day, there are times that it woke me up in the wee hours of the morning, the result, grumpy and sleepless mommy during the day.
• My OB advised me to have Biophysical Profile Scoring and urinalysis. I don’t have a problem when nature calls, in fact I frequent the comfort room but doctor said it’s just a precautionary measure.
• And speaking of 4D, I’m confused on where to have it done, In My Womb or Face to Face, both in SM The Block.

These are some thoughts running on my mind, God is good with me throughout my pregnancy. I hope that I will survive labor in a breeze, go normal!

Now, back to baby bottle research and other baby stuff, parents can’t seem to skimp when it comes to baby stuff, right?

Mommy’s checklist, or an expectant mother’s checklist, I didn’t know that this thing exists until I read this from parenting sites. Until now, the checklists that exist in my life is a travel checklist and a grocery checklist. Who knows what checklist may sprout once the baby is born. Reading parenting sites and learning from other experiences of fellow mommies is a therapeutic way for me to ease out my fear of taking care of my baby. And to start off my journey to motherhood, a Mommy’s checklist is needed.

18 weeks and I haven’t started buying stuff for the baby, though I already set my mind that I will only provide the best things for my baby such as BPA-free bottles, baby-friendly toys and clothes, etc… Together with providing the best, I also want to be practical on buying baby stuff especially clothes since I know that babies grow rapidly and buying expensive clothings is not reasonable for the baby can only wear it for a short time. Perhaps, another reason why we still can’t shop for baby things is because we still don’t know the baby’s gender yet, I’m really really excited at the same time still hoping for a boy.

Last week, we decided to have a preview on baby things to buy by visiting SM’s Infant section. I frowned at how they jacked up the prices of Avent and Playtex brands here, almost 50% compared to their prices in Amazon, *sigh* I asked if they have a mommy checklist and they provided me with a list, the list below is exactly the one handed to me. You can print it or just copy the things you need:

Mommy checklist

This may seem a lot, I, too, was overwhelmed but I’ll be coming up with my own checklist in the coming days. Other mommy checklist I found is in the Enfant website and here.

Mommies, please share the things to buy for a first-time mom. Your inputs are greatly appreciated.