Finechi: Story of my stroller bag

A while back, I received my stroller bag from Finechi. One thing for sure, even before the baby comes, the life turns upside-down. Before I could even find proper time to take photos to do justice to my classy diaper bag, it was converted into a hospital bag because my gynae told me our little one could come anytime already. At that time, our stroller/infant seat came too but it was quickly checked and put aside because priorities had change, baby was coming.

Don't be fooled by Finechi's appearance, this bag is incredibly light-weight even after I fixed the sling straps that had a beautiful golden clasp finish. It had a lot of compartment at the side of the bag and it allows me to keep my content organised. To customise your bag, you can either get a fur charm (which comes in a variety of colours) or the acrylic keychains. As the bag is now used a as hospital bag, I am using my spidey acrylic keychain as it will be easier to clean when I am back home.

And yes, all these had been stuffed into my Finechi bag with lots of excess space. we will be bringing a second bag with the less essential items haha (cos photo props are important to this mama, some moments when missed are lost forever!) From left to right:

1. 1 Jacket (cos I felt it was so cold already during the hospital tour)
2. 1 room slipper
3. 1 Milestone card from tinys.co
4. Baby's first toy from Pebble Child
5. 2 Bottles of Brands Essence (there was enough space of 2)
6. 3 disposible underwear
7. 1 Curel facewash sample pack (Cos toiletries are basically provided except facewash and this was the most convenient facewash I could find...lol)
8. Kotex night pads (Am not entirely sure if this would work but some mothers suggested prepping your own just in case you aint used to the ones the hospital provided)
9. Huggies wet wipes and 1 bottle of Acquassimo to keep the place sterile
10. 1 Powerbank (will be stuffing my wires too!)
11. 1 Silverette Nursing Cups (really more for prevention, cos I heard boys can be quite rough with their mother's nipples)
12. 1 Amulet (haha)
13. Underpads from Guardian (Heard you can save some money if you don't use the hospital's)
14. Personal Documents 

Here is the update on hospital bag 2, which we call Daddy's bag. Basically, it is still Mummy and my stuff for when we leave the hospital. Daddy requested for a bagpack so we gave him a free camo one. Mummy's nice bags are in girl shades which Daddy refuse to carry for her. Mummy packed:

1. 1 set of nursing dress and bra from 9 Months Maternity
2. 1 newborn set from Oeteo
3. 1 romper from Little BB Love cos this boy is on the fat side. Scared he can't fit in newborn
4. Hegen Breast Pump
5. Sitz Bath Tub
6. Fav soft tissues from Dewysoft Tissues
7. Pretty nursing Cover from Hush Hush Baby

** Will update the conversion of my  Finechi bag into a diaper bag after I am done with the pushing :D 

Keeping babies stuff sterile with Acquassimo

I didn't used to be like this. But as an expecting mother, I have grown to be come quite a  germophobic. Covid definitely isn't helping. Previously, I did a post on blessings for babies. Although, I only take brand new items, most parents actually are okay with second-items from even strangers because apparently babies grow so fast and they get bored of their toys even faster.
* Note, I was recently chided for my doctor for investing in too much new items for my little one, sigh.

Now, my stand is...it is okay to use some second-hand items if a) it doesn't come into contact with the baby much and b) it is thoroughly washed. But from my experience, I notice some items just can't be washed. Nonetheless, they still have to be wiped down. So I came across the baby-friendly disinfectant. 

You may wonder why baby-friendly and what is the difference? The thing about babies they might lick the things they are exposed to. Alcohol wipes / Febreeze just isn't safe enough for them. Call me kiasu, but I needed something that can kill germs and yet is safe if consumed by baby. And here comes Acquassimo to rescue. We got the bigger bottle (for home) and the smaller spray bottle (to bring around) as it is lighter. Acquassimo is as safe as drinking water and doesn't have to be rinsed off. It can even be used on the baby's feeding equipment and used as a mouthwash!

So far, I am using Acquassimo on all the relative-blessed bulkier items that cannot be washed (this includes the pram and the baby cot). Similarly for the bulky new items, we also gave them a good spray because god knows what happened to them at the factory (i.e. stroller, safety seat). For those baby products that can't be washed, we also gave them a good spray (i.e. baby shoes, baby woven toys, husk pillow and baby nest).

My only grouse would be that this product isn't sold in cartons and there are no refill packs available (I have been growing kinda of green lately...lol). Other than that, I really love using this because I do have quite a bit of unwashable items. Sometimes, instead of spraying direct, we would spray on the wet wipe before cleaning the baby items so that the surface is thoroughly covered. (Learnt this from the Hubs). 

I have been sharing this product with some other germophobic mummies (yes it is great knowing I am not the only crazy woman out there!) And they were raising other concerns such as should we hang this by the side of the cot so that visitors can spray their hands before touching the baby (honestly, I didn't even think that far). So, I am a bit bummed that there are no carton options because if I were to bring one bottle to the hospital and hang another by baby's cot. I am presuming this is going to run out faster than I can imagine. 

Let me know what you think...do you think I am over-reacting or do you think we actually need carton options from Acquassimo?