Sometimes cheap things are not bArgains

The portocot I bought from Target turned out to be a lemon.  It was really cheap ($59) and it was supposed to be so easy to set up and pack up - just snap up and snap down.  Except things wouldn't snap and it was SUCH a pain, that when visiting relatives for Xmas we just left it there, lol.  So now we need to find another portocot, so annoying!  I have no idea where to start looking for one and really cannot be bothered.  I guess we will venture out to baby stores and make sure we can set one up and pack it up before purchasing :-).

I also really really want the City Baby Jogger Versa pram.  The pram we bought for shopping is totally fine, a little annoying but G loves it, but the outside pram is crap - its hood does not protect G at all from the sun!  So I will continue to save my pretty pennies for this pram, everywhere is out of stock until Feb 13 anyway. I cant even find a cheap USA deal, like I did with the City Mini - they are $750 everywhere (noting that our last pram cost $300 and the City Mini  cost about $260 though we made $200 on that when we sold it).  At least I know the resale value will be good based on how much we got for our City Mini when we sold it on Gumtree. But like the post title implies, sometimes you just need to cough up the big bucks to get the right thing.

Sweet dreams

Right now we are in the Wonder Week 'Programs', it's just as hard as the last two WW! Argh. The worse thing is the sleep regression, driving me nuts. In the hope we can get G back to good sleeping, I have purchased two sleeping bags online from the Sleeping Store. One for daycare and one for home. I am hoping that putting her in the same sleeping bag every sleep will build a strong sleep association. Wish me luck...... Sleeping bags were on special for $38 each plus free shipping.

Parenting decisions

I have always hated kids watching DVDs in the car just to go to the shops. Now I am a parent I understand the value of peace and the price you are sometimes willing to pay for it. We do long car trips, we are travelers and we love it. G's tolerance for driving is 3 hours before all the tricks don't work anymore and she starts getting really irritated. So I we already had a DVD player for the car given to us, I went to the ABC shop and got two Playschool DVDs and an Elmo one. All on sale for $10 each. Definitely helps for those super long trips! I won't be using it for small trips to the shops.......yet!

Boring!

I had to stock up on boring cheap clothes for G for daycare. All from Kmart and Best and Less. The good news is, her new daycare should be fun since they get so messy! I also had to order more iron on labels which I got from Etsy for so cheap!

Minnie Mouse

Totally obsessing about cute disney stuff for G!  I am sure in a few years she will rebel and never let me dress her again or buy her kitschy things. Until then, I will continue to do what I want :-).  At Babies R Us, I bought her a hooded Minnie Mouse towel for Summer and a Minnie Mouse sippy cup.  We are having success with the Minnie Mouse sippy cup so I am hopeful that we will be able to wean her off bottles soon.  Considering she is drinking out of sippy cups well for water, yet I still dont try to swap her bottles for sippy cups I am not sure how quickly this is going to happen.  I just can't help it, I am clinging to my baby staying a baby.

Bits and pieces

I am still stocking up G's size one wardrobe. Her daddy insisted on more onsies so luckily I found some at Target on sale. So cute: Winnie the Pooh, Bambi and Minnie Mouse. Don't know what he is going to do when she goes up to size two and no more onsies lol. Cotton on kids had a sale so I picked up a cute top and shorts as well.

These shoes were made for walking.

G can finally wear shoes! Her feet have been chubba so could never fit into any shoes. Finally at 11mths I can squeeze her footsies into shoes. To celebrate I went out and bought her two pairs. So cute! We also met Santa and G did not like Santa! We got an okay pic, but barely due to G's massive distress about sitting on Santa's lap! If she was a couple of months younger we would of been fine, but stranger danger has kicked in.

Who's bag is this?

When G was born, I bought a personalised messenger baby bag  for her Daddy.  Now she is going to go to daycare properly I need to get her a daycare bag.  Of course it has to be personalised because I LOVE personalised baby stuff :-).  I found a very cute one on Etsy, unfortunately its from America so I will be waiting a while for it to turn up.  Her name will be at the bottom of the bag.