Travel Aids: I survived CNY with an infant

 I think too many people forget to give thanks to the travel aids that make travelling possible with a young child. Particuarly during CNY, the amount of travel increases by a few fold (our little one has been a homebody most of the time because of Covid and only travel to his grandparents house.) So here's a post to thank our top 3. Hehe. 

1. Wet Bags ($10)

Wet bags are an absolute must-haves. Usually, I use them to store baby's clothes changes neccessities. This includes some diapers, a small packet of baby wipes, spare hankies, a jacket (for cold weather) and a separate set of clothes. Within the wet bag, I would store another wet bag to store the soiled clothes and hankies. Apart from segregating items, it also prevents contamination by the soiled items on other items in the diaper bag. 

The pink rabbit wet bag from Reveriebelle is the smallest in my collection. I used it for CNY because of the festive pink colour and also because it was small enough (16.5cm x 17.5cm only) to slip into the oranges bag. Honestly, wet bags are things you can splurge on a few, haha. After baby grows up, it can also be used for swim classes or Mummy's own gym workouts. :P

2. Taf Toys Musical Mini Moon ($24.90)

This was an absolute life-saver because my baby hasn't really been taking public transport much. To be honest, because of Covid, we haven't been stepping out of the house much. My little one love cars and buses figurines. But when a car zoomed pass him at the bus stop, he panicked and broke into tears. On the bus, he was also quite nervous. 

We attached the musical moon to the stroller (quite easy) cos it is clip-on. And he has been clinging onto it ever since we go on bus rides. He has been a lot calmer and is now comfortable to look at the scenery around him. The musical moon sings 3 happy tunes and 1 shushing sound and comes with a light. It acts as an effective hands-free distraction and at quiet places such as lifts, baby would be seen staring at it.Quite a must-have for sanity's sake!

3. Stroller Cards for the car seat ($20)

As baby was taking quite a bit of car rides during CNY, we also used the stroller cards to distract him. The stroller cards were attached to the car seat carrier and was dangled on top during car rides. When not in use, we slip it by the side. At the relatives' house, if the chats get too long and boring, we would also take the cards out and use it as a book :D #dualuse

Personally, I really love this set (from Reveriebelle as well) because it is so cheery and colourful. I also like how it has prompts for the user to engage the child. Now, my baby can't really talk yet so he would just mouth/ try to imitate our mouth what we tell him and smile when we ask him questions. But as he grows older and out of his car seat, I think this would still remain quite useful as a strap book instead. :)

Let us know if you have any in your list. ** We will be having a giveaway from Reveriebelle, so stay tune~!~

LOTD: I survived CNY with an infant

I have no idea why people can be so excited about "recouping" during CNY when newly weds finally have a baby. Honestly, it was so exhausting. Baby was over-stimulated and his sleep pattern was very affected. It was really tough even though I had a very smilely baby. Initially, I was very excited about dressing him up. 

But it grew really tiring for both me and baby lol because i) his grandparents (on both sides) were overzealous to show him off, ii) relatives were extremely eager to have a photo with him as though he is the CNY mascot LOL! and iii) it was hard for me to keep him in pristine condition throughout. 

I have to admit I am quite proud of the looks I have dressed him in. This was his look for Chu 1. The theme was food. So check out his pineapple top in teal from Anak & I ($25) as well as his mini cloth ice-kachang shoes ($16.50) from Reveriebelle. His shoes in particular received a lot of "oohs" and "ahhs" from our relatives. The mama here was bursting with so much joy that all effort made to dress him up was worth it, haha!

One of the biggest life saver was his bunnies bandana bib ($10) from Reveriebelle. Baby has reached the drooling stage and I have to admit it would have been so difficult to keep him dry if it wasn't for the bib. The bunnies bandana bib came with minky dots at the back. To preserve his clothes, we pretty much handwash his clothes. For his shoes, I wipe them after each and every use. Tip: Go for 1 size up so that you can use for a longer period.

Chu 2, I went for an unicorn theme hehe. For the photoshoot, we all wore the same designed masks because I reckon it would only be during Covid season that face masks can be taken as a statement piece. Hehe. The little one was wearing the Aden Unicorn Bamboo Onesie ($16), matched with unicorn 3D socks.

On Chu 3, baby messed up his clothes. He gave his father a "nice slab of gold" and we had to change him. My Mum washed the Unicorn Onesie and it prtty much dried overnight cos the material was so soft and light. :D We paired it once again with the ice-kachang shoes and he looked dapper too! No one knew someone had a bit of a wardrobe malfunction moment. :P Will be sharing more about our travelling aids.

** We will be having a giveaway from Reveriebelle, so stay tune~!~