Last Thursday, we thronged Takashimaya for their cardmembers’ sale. Making a beeline for the baby’s department, we joined the crowd in the teeny corner. Seriously, if you didn’t know where it was, it was easy to miss. Very unlike the size of the baby fair they typically have in the atrium. The small space was made even worse by the crowd. And the type of crowd. Shoppers who flocked there fell into 3 categories:- mothers to be with their very swollen bellies, mothers with bulky strollers or sarong-slinged child or active toddler or some combination of the above and clueless mothers with experienced friend / mother / relative in tow. Navigating the tight space took some time…

And yielded some erhmm, unexpected things.

Like the Safety 1st Jack Potty. According to the reviews, perfect for toilet training your toddler. Or training your child in preparation of the IR’s opening. To us, it seriously begets the question of what the designers were thinking. We’d settle for a more ‘normal’ potty, thank you very much.

Fell in love with Kaloo and their amazing soft soft toys. I want! But I can’t afford nor justify spending so much on the soft toy. French designed but not made in France. At least according to the salesman.

Love this Teddy sleep wedge. Designed to help prevent wee ones from rolling over (and on their face) in their sleep, it is a cute and functional piece. We used a simple (read, clinical white wedge design) one on Jayden and went one down with Kathlene by strategically placing bolsters beside her. She has no need for them right now but this makes a really whimsical gift. For newborns that is.

We unexpectedly took the Baby Bjorn Synergy for a dry run and Kathlene loved it. However we are still unwilling to cough up $299 for it. We did explore the Beco since we did consider buying Bjorn but scraped that idea because Kathlene loves front facing… which the Beco is not designed for.

What we eventually left the mall with was… 2 tubes of Pigeon toothpaste for Jayden and a couple of Tommee Tippee bottles for Kathlene. Yes, we are boring consumers like that.

(Kathlene has rejected all previous bottles thus far. We’re trying our luck with these!)