Baby Fair at MidValley 26-28 Nov

OOoh, my first baby fair! Well, it is about time to buy stuff since we're like 8 months along! :) How time flies right?

The night of the 26th (Friday) I checked out reviews of the fair just to see what it's like and found some very very unfriendly comments about it like too many credit card sales booths there and that there wasn't a very all-encompassing merchant mix unlike some other fairs.....But since we had already planned to go on Sat morning with MIL for guidance and advice and the nanny for brute strength! hahahahha - we were going to go anyway - we had to already anyway since we didn't have anything for the baby yet except for clothes. Also, going with managed expectations is always a goood thing!

So we were there 'bright and early' (my fault and even so, I didn't get to eat breakfast!!!!) about 10.45am, I told Ju Han to park at Car Park G so it's closer to the convention centre, we had the nanny and the trolley bag and off we went!

There was a lot of people there and (strange) there was another 'fair' being held next to the baby fair - a fair for Gents! Hahahahha - yeah, the entrance said 'Gents'! A Gentleman's fair what with stuff like cars and girls and all that I think....didn't really pay attention. We had to line up for the Goodie Bag - we took 4 since we had 4 people....and it was full of stuff like Appeton and some milk/cereal food for baby.....

Then off we went into Hall 1 of 2. Ju Han decided to take off like 5 minutes into our foray....to scope out quickly all the merchants that were there. The first thing we bought was MamyPoko S sized diapers - 2 boxes for RM20 each - a good deal right? I am going to use lampins (prefolds) and cloth diapers but never hurts to have disposables as well eh, and they were cheap.....but ok, we bought 2 boxes and had to line up for it for some time and they didn't fit into the trolley bag - made me kinda think, ummmm....did I do the wrong thing bringing a trolley bag? But of course not - we made full use of it later! Hahhahha.....

Then cos the line for that was quite long, Ju Han called and said he was alreayd in Hall 2 and there wasn't much in Hall 1....So MIL and I and the nanny didn't really meander around Hall 1. We arrived next at Autumz and I bought some nursing bras. Yikes - so many people and 1 trying room....not very good....also I wanted to buy a black colour bra but she asked me to come back again cos they were too busy to dig my size out....Hmmmmm....first time I've ever heard that - of course I didn't go back again - well, I did, to buy a Cloth Diaper to get 50% on BabyOrganix but then too lazy to ask them about my black bra size.....So, I bought like 3 nursing bras and 2 sleep bras (Bamboo) - would have liked the padded bra in black but...well....that cost me a fair bit though of course it was below the pricing on the Net and all that....Like RM100 over....

Then walked down that row -saw Avent...but Ju Han said more stuff in Hall 2 so we met up in Hall 2....I did see Credit Card Sales People but they didn't bother me too much - maybe cos I've got the 'hand and face - No Thank You' look down pat. Hahahhaha. Firm but polite.

So next thing we did buy some Bebe Disposable Breast Pads and Lampin with Free Pins - the wet wipes were fragranced - lots of people telling me 'all also got fragrance one' and I was like yeah, of course you say that, yours has it and you KNOW that's not a selling point! hahahahahhaha Anyway, I saw later in Jusco that Pureen Giraffe is fragrance and alcohol free......So, on with the fair, I bought some more mittens and booties - the mittens and booties were like really no discount at all RM4.90 each set...Then yeay, we went to Sweet Cherry and bought the Play Pen! Yeay! RM249 - seems like a good deal cos it looked nice and felt sturdy - the dismantling of it seems rather complicated but this other woman said it seems more hardy and stable compared to some other ones which she saw were easier to construct/deconstruct......later I found out she bought one unit too.....So we bought the play pen in brown (the one on display was black - cool looking- but I guess we take brown for baby boylah right?) and it came with a free foam mattress, a changing station and I guess (oh my god I don't know!!!) different stages for sleep/play......

We also looked at the strollers but didn't like any and also saw some Combi strollers but I hated the silly woman who was working there! Ju Han was very excited to show me the 4.3kg unit cos I can't really lift like 8kgs on my own.......and I asked the lady there where were these Combis made, she said it's a Japanese brand and I said, yeah but where were these MADE??? She hissed 'CHINA' at me with a look of pure irritation and hatred, and I immediately got turned off! If you can't be proud of your product, you wanna screw me into buying it? BITCH!

Then Ju Han and I had an argument about it cos I walked away and he wanted me to look at the other strollers and I was already so turned off by the woman......

We also stopped by Putto Peter Rabbit which sells premium (and they are very happy to admit this) diapers, baby bath, lotion and wash products from Korea. We bought the Clothes Wash set which came with bottle of Softener and free pack of Wet Wipes for RM39.90. We liked the Baby Bath and all that too but it was just tooooo expensive! Then I got to participate in a Lucky Draw - sachets of cream, some with Gold Dust meaning you win a RM39 pack of 2 Baby Bath/Shampoo and Lotion. And me, not having ever won any Lucky Draw in my life - with no big expectaions, with no quick prayer to God, purely by the luck of Baby Boy, drew the one with Gold Dust! YEAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

After that we went for lunchlah since we could only collect our play pen at 2-3pm.....So we had some Sushi King - aiyo, one food preparer just coughing coughing away in the middle of the entire restaurant. So when my Soft Shell Crab handroll came prepared by him, Ju Han ate it - we decided it wasn't a good idea for me to even try to eat it! hahahhhaha - He was wearing 2 layers of face mask though and all this, the day after I hear on the radio that H1N1 is back! But really though, nothing like this would happen in a First World Country right? And customers wouldn't stand for it too! But we all just sat there eating....One thing is the food at Sushi King just is uninspiring lah....So much food on the belt and in the menu but somehow......We only went there cos the Food Court was overwhelming.....

Following luch, a quick round again in the baby fair, we picked up some cloth diapers from Luntatots - I think these people are getting a bit big for their boots - their CDs were like RM40 bucks on average - Autumnz ones are only RM28! But I didn't like the Autumnz ones designs so much - I then meandered over to BabyOrganix and was going to buy their Head to Toe Cleanser and Bottle Wash cos Buy 1 Free 1.....Then I saw a sign that said 50% off with purchase of Autumnz CD - so I hurried on back to buy 1 lah since only RM28 and I needed them anyway.....when I came back, I found out there was a miscommunication! IT was only 50% off on the Clothes Wash! I had already bought the other Clothes Wash from Peter Rabbit so was quite upset cos the sales girl very excitedly concurred with me about the 50% but didn't mention (or I didn't hear) that it was a limited offer....Luckily the boss was there and she tried to make things better by giving me 50% on whatever items I bought....so we bought a big bottle of Bottle Wash and a big bottle of Body Wash.....Ju Han is a bit concerned that it's made in Malaysia even though the proprieter claims the ingredients are from Germany....so we'll use first and seelah....I am glad she made the effort to give me the discount though.....which is what ALL people should note when they try to do sales! Don't upset the customer! Cos you never know when she's going to blog about it! Hahahhahahaha

Oh yeah, we also bought a Little Bean baby monitor - RM249.90 instead of RM299.90 and we got 2 pieces of Cold Gel Packs for free....hmmmmm.....Tested out the baby monitor today, seems quite ok - clear sound, good melodies though when the parent unit plays melodies, you can't hear anything from the kid unit anymore....Also, the little night light is a bit ummmm....little....The units are very small.....hope they work well!

After all that, we went down to Jusco and bought some more stuff like talcum powder, bathtub etc......hahahah - ironic! Baby fair didn't have these things and we had to buy from downstairs!

Then on Sunday we went over to Babies Kingdom in Kota Damansara and bought a cot with bedding and latex mattres 3 inches and latex pillow small for RM859 - good deal I think.....free delivery but no assembly.

So all in all, we bought quite a lot of stuff- spent 2.2k buying play pen, cot and bedding, cloth diapers, the pink/blue waterproof mat for the cot (the one with the puffed up little squares remember???), lampin, disposable nappy liners, disposable bra pads, baby monitor (which plays 3 melodies for baby so cool!!!), pampers, nursing bras, bath tub, powder, clothes wash, baby wash, bottle wash, wet wipes, nappy rash wet wipes, 2 swaddle blankets.....so the baby stuff is being washed, my nursing bras too....mum bought me 4 sarongs for the cot....


We still need to buy breast pump, stroller (which can wait), nappy rash cream, nipple cream, milk storage bags, baby's dresser and sofa bed from Ikea.....so my plans are all on the way.....I have called in the Recycle guys to collect some of the rubbish from the baby room coming tomorrow (Tuesday) and I will call the cupboard maker to come do final measurements at the house cos we need to build a new cupboard in the hall to function as the new 'storeroom' and then Wed we will go to Ikea and get the rest of the stuff. I also bought my final 2 pairs of pajamas from Giant! hehahahahha so it's easier to breasfeed and keep me warmer with the long pants.....so now I have 4 pairs should be able to recycle throughout the week.....ummm...let's see, I also bought cotton wool squares (facial squares) for the cleaning of baby bum......heeeeehheheee - operation baby buys is well on its way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!