CDs for sale

prices inclusive postage. been clearing out the drawers for the arrival of #3 and um, somehow i don't see myself CD-ing. eep. been hanging on to them mainly because of the prints @_@ velcro still super strong.

microfibre inserts available too. get one each for rm8 + postage, take all three for rm27 postage inclusive =D.

drop me a comment if you're interested. all like-new condition since i rarely used them. thanks~!

tiny tapir again

me and Sarah went to Tiny Tapir again during lunch. we wanted to buy a couple more pads, and Sarah wanted to survey CDs. but in the end it's me who ended up spending (there goes my Clarks quota). lol.

Baiti was busy with another customer so we browsed through the collection of clothpads to our heart's content. ended up buying AIO Cyclez one each, a Saffa for me (i wanted a green pad to complete my color combo), and two CDs - Rumparooz and BG 3.0 AIO, the two CDs that were already on my wishlist. yay! i can officially close my CD shopping except for Thirsties Duo Wraps. wanted to get one but Size 1 seemed too small, Size 2 seemed too big. but if i didn't have a suitable cover size i wouldn't be able to use my fitteds. Dayana has already outgrown the only two diaper covers that i have. but i'm really reluctant to sell my fitteds, even though i'm slowly losing interest in them.

note the 'bluey greeny theme'

Sarah was undecided so decided to forgo CD shopping for today. she made one last appointment with me to go to Tiny Tapir again next year before i threw letter.

so now i am still waiting for Randum and Pleats to arrive. bila la ye? oh and two other things... =D. i need to put an order with Liz for a Snugg Clutch... December has always been a slow business month... post is slow... people respond slow... people go AWOL...

farewell to these

with a heavy heart i let go of these beauties. i wouldn't be doing them justice by keeping them in my drawers so these had to go. hope the mamas that would be receiving them will love them as much as i did =).


my MPB Flannel Fitted in Monkey Print! got this along with another velour fitted from MPB aeons ago when MPB was considered to be a great CD (i should think it still is!). unfortunately i got too many fitteds due to the yummy prints. i don't use fitteds much because they needed to be paired with covers (and i only have 2) and they take forever to dry, and since i don't have my own house to dry them wherever i please, so... this one has to go =(. i've been trying to convince myself that i don't need another fitted. oh how i wish BG came in more livelier patterns! =P


my Cushie Tushies AIO Couture in London Mod. i love the colors, i still do but i'm just not a fan of this CD. this CD is so soft and snuggly you can even use it as a mini pillow! (hahahahaha). i think it'll fit better onto older babies so the bulkiness will be less obvious maybe? i dunno. and i've only used it like a couple of times on my dot, and i had to convince myself that this had to go too by promising myself i'd try the Rumparooz G2 later (luckily they come in really nice prints).

now... who wanna give my wraps new homes? =P~~~

the spree

CDs!

- Blueberry Deluxe H&L in Pink on Choc,
- Baby Beehinds Minkee Magic-All AIO in Orchid,
- IB D'lish Minkee SIO in Strawberry Fields Polka Dots, and
- Chinnee's Mama Patch Fitted in Yellow.

arrived last Friday. have yet to try them on Dayana as she's with my mom this whole week and i've been busy prewashing them before putting them to the test. anyway, i'm running low this month due to my impulse clicking (and also because i was afraid if i had waited any longer everything would one day POOF dikebas orang, lol), so no more going crazy this month. i'll leave buying the toys to Dayana's daddy instead =P.

so i guess i have to pass on purchasing this this month:

L’oreal White Perfect Transparent Rosy Double Essence

if i'm not mistaken one of the pharmacies in Malaysia is having some sort of contest regarding the above mentioned item. does anyone know about it? googleing is hopeless. and i can't seem to get my hand on the brochures either.

toodles!

(p/s. a particular somebody is soOoOo gonna kill me. but i'd like to ask, why do you smoke? it's the same as when you ask me, why do you shop?, no?)

i want... (yes, i WANT)

i just started using my cloth diapers again. thinking about the small stash that i've built, rase macam sayang pulak to just let it rot in my CD museum drawer =P. and my Drybees are sized so pretty soon Dayana's gonna outgrow them. and she pooped in each one. boleh tak ini minah? chis.

the list below has been triggered by Sarah's sudden urge to borong all the lovely available Drybees print in L size. and... i caught the CD bug again. heehee~

but i'm broke. so they'll remain as wishlists for now. hoho.

i want...

1. Jeng Jeng Jeng!

2. Baby Beehinds - Magic-All Pocket AIOs

3. Kissaluvs Fitted Diaper Size 1

4. Blueberry One Size Deluxe H&L Diapers

5. Limited Edition bitti d'lish Minkee Snap-In-One (because it's red)

6. Drybees M size!

candy stripes, mocha dots and jangle/retro print!

7. MEG Pink/Black Baby Changing Pad

tiny tapir swap meet

happy federal territory day! esok cuti!

i went for the Swap Meet at Tiny Tapir yesterday. i arrived quite late actually, the Baby Signs talk was just starting. since i barely knew anybody and i had no clue as to where Sarah was, i simply barged in and listened in on the talk. i brought my sling and mei tai along with me (Sarah wanted to check it out) but i didn't use them because i had no idea if i'm wearing them correctly or not (lagipun i shy shy lah... especially since there were many mommies and kiddos that i didn't know together in one place). it was just Dayana and me that day. Significant Other would be bored to death if i dragged him along and i didn't want to take care of excess baggage. luckily i came here before with Sarah so i knew the way and didn't manage to get lost on my way here.

Dayana as usual was OK at first, until she realized that there were too many strangers milling about so she started to get all fussy. even after a bottle she still was fussing about. i tried to sumbat her in my mei tai but since it was her first time in it i guess she wasn't feeling too comfy. i think she's creating a kinda distraction so that Mommy won't go crazy over the preloved items that were on sale there =P.

i met Pauline, the lady i wanted to get her preloved Jamtots from. but with Dayana literally screaming each time she makes eye contact with someone it was impossible for me to browse in peace *sigh*. sarah wanted to check out the mei tai, but in the end i dunno if she managed to convince herself whether a mei tai could support her almost 3 years old daughter safely or not. hihi. luckily i'm not that mad into carriers at the moment. they're lovely, but pretty costly. and i think Significant Other would chop my head off first. but snugg's mei tais are really cute. ieta ordered one. can't wait to see hers in action. haha. i saw someone selling Drybees Small in Candy Stripes. omg, the color looks more yummier in real life. hmmm. maybe i should hunt down the Mommy that was selling it yesterday =P.

i realized that my mei tai straps was a bit too short for my liking. i dunno if it was supposed to be that way but the maker is in UK now and is sorta unreachable at the moment to ask about it. if only Dayana was more cooperable, i would've tried out every single carrier there was that day, just for fun =D. anyway, i managed to ask Jess about my pouch, i only knew how to do cradle carry but at 5 months old, Dayana's sick of it already so i wanted to learn how to do hip carry and kangaroo carry. i tried to hip carry her one time at The Curve but she seemed to be swinging about, so when i talked to Jess she confirmed my suspicions that my pouch was still a bit too big for me, even at S size. haiz. i think Rayhana (?) helped me out as well with regards to the sizing(sorry ya, you left before i could catch your name and who you were =P).

anyway, Jess showed me how to wear Dayana kangaroo style, and when Dayana was snugly put into my pouch she seemed to be somewhat quieter. i think she loves it in there! and now i know how to lipat her feet nicely into the pouch. i always think that somehow she's being squished in the pouch so i'm kinda scared to simply sumbat her in. hehe. now i'm thinking of selling my littlepods sling. anyone interested? if i can manage to sell it off, then only i might get a custommade one from Jess =P.

i think i was one of the last ones to leave that day. apart from the Jamtots i bought from Pauline, i grabbed one Happy Tushies wetbag from Tiny Tapir. it had two separate compartments which made it more easier to handle your dirty diapers on the go. Sarah bought one too =P. there was this couple with a very cute baby, browsing through the Angelpacks i think, (to me they all look the same, haha) but had to come back another time because Tiny Tapir doesn't accept credit cards. hee~. oh yeah, i liked the nasi lemak too. i should've bought more. hahahahah.

here's us at the meet:

adiqsu and DD

little Dayana happily snugg in her pouch with not-so-little Husna =P

my purchases of the day:

Pink Jamtots Berry Plush in Pink from Pauline (thanks Pauline!)

Happy Tushies wetbag

CD washing experience

i've finally washed all my CDs. not a fun experience, but not too bad either.

since i didn't have a wetbag, so in the bathroom after spraying off the poop i popped them into a pail of water to soak until wash day. i added a sprinkle of sodium bicarbonate for good measure (although i got no idea whether it did them diapers justice). Significant Other pulak paranoid pasal smell so he sprayed the whole toilet with perfume. haiz. pengsan.

so on wash day i emptied the water out and stuffed the soiled CDs and inserts into the washing machine. i put in my daughter's towel as well to add to the load (3 CDs, inserts and a diaper cover seemed seemed like a too-small load). i used a little bit of Pureen H.A.D. and had it go through one full spin. i realized after turning the machine on that i forgot to take out the inserts from the pockets. oh well. the very ganas washing machine managed to do that for me. when i opened the washing machine to inspect the CDs, some were already stain free, some still had light stains on it. and thanks to my lovely blue colored MPB fitted (which i had prewashed prior to usage) it managed to tinge the whole load with a slightly blue hue. with the feeling of tak puas hati, i ran all the diapers again through a second spin cycle, this time without any detergent. the outcome was my fitted MPB and GAD pocket was stain-free, but my BG 3.0 and its insert still had stains visible. and the GAD m/f insert was still looking a bit blue-ey. huwargh.

i took the BG 3.0, the BG insert and the GAD insert and soaked them again with very little Pureen detergent and did more than sprinkle a whallop of bicarb onto the stains. then i left them to soak overnight while i hung the rest out to dry under the fan. the next day i tonyoh the stains abit and soaked them again. finally the stains managed to disappear. it was hardest for the BG insert though. i think i had it endure more soakings and bicarb before it became stain-free again. haiz.

i'll be enduring my second round of CD-washing this weekend. wish me luck. lol.

tiny tapir visit

during lunch hour me and Sarah went off in search for Tiny Tapir. it was located somewhere in Ampang which was nearby to our office and we've been wanting to drop by for weeks but never had the time. i've read in forums that many mommies went nuts over the items in the store, so i wanted to experience it for myself. since i've been driving to work the past few weeks, i thought why not drop by? isetan starts its presales tomorrow so Sarah wouldn't be available to go with me, and i think by next week i'd probably be busy with NRTRDE, so today it is we went =D

i didn't know the way but luckily Sarah did. although she didn't really know the way 100%. we made it up to Lorong Damai 9 before we got lost. hahaha. we actually parked the car by the side of the main road and continued to search for it on foot. i felt like i was taking part in a motor hunt (which i miss. jom jom let's take part in one!!!). we found house # 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 15 (? actually i forgot what house numbers were there ok), but no 9. sarah noted that the Tiny Tapir building was orange in color, but the only orange building we could see was the Al-Maghreb Restaurant. i was ready to give up when i remembered last time i had bought some CDs from Tiny Tapir so i might still have Jamie's number stored in the Answered Call list... and luckily her number was still there. so i rang her up for directions. apparently the dead end that we thought was a dead end wasn't really a dead end after all =P. there was actually a little turning to the left and if you go further abit, you would find house # 9. tiny tapir =P. tiny sungguh!

the area was huge. at first when we arrived there seemed to be nobody around. jamie was in the kitchen area when we were busy jenguk2ing at the windows to look for signs of life; she greeted us at the door. the house was huge. and roomy. we were brought to the back room where they stored all the CDs and wetbags and all sorts of accessories stored neatly in many rows of large pullout drawers. CD heaven =D. best i tell you. luckily i didn't bring my money. else i might just sapu every cute available item that was in front of me. hahaha. jamie brought in a couple of chairs and left us so that we could browse in ease.

they carried Happy Heiny's in prints! omg. luckily they didn't have the new prints that i've been eyeing in onesize. i haven't tried the HH i bought yet so i was thinking i'd try it first before i decide to go nuts over this brand. they had Jamtots berryplush in black too. i heart! i might get this the next time i decide to visit.

jamtots berry plush in black

jamtots animal prints... oh myyy~

too bad they didn't have Drybees AIO. they even had a red thirsties cover in my daughter's size (i loooooove RED)! but i had just bought one in celery cover, and i think the two covers i own should be enough for now. i have more than enough fitteds to last me for a while (or until my daughter decide to go up a size, which is highly unlikely for it to be anytime soon) so i ended up not getting anything. i got to see and feel envirosax for the first time. i find it hard to believe that one envirosax could carry up to 20kg. i was thinking about getting one for quick trips to the supermarket. after seeing it with my own eyes, i think i'll put off getting one for now.

envirosax - Botanica series

i wanted to get Happy Tushies wet bag though. they had it in a really suitable size which had two separate compartments to separate the clean from the dirty. but it was a whopping rm70. whoa. i think i'll wait for a sale or something. Sarah on the other hand, bought something. she grabbed a thirsties AIO for rm55. quite reasonable for an AIO =D. we got back to the office quite late, because we got lost and took a long time browsing through the many many many CDs that Tiny Tapir has to offer.

while we were there, there were two cute fluffy cats roaming freely in the house. jamie mentioned that they were initially strays. i think they might just be the most loveliest stray cats i have ever seen. i heart! reminds me of one of munira's kitties i met the last time i went to her house, i forgot its name. hmmmm. i wonder if they kept a Tapir anywhere in the compound? =P

first CD review

this morning Dayana woke up really early and refused to go back to sleep... all because she wanted to poop. T_T so after cleaning her up and failing to get her back to dreamland i decided to jot down my review on my cloth diapers trial run, with her in my lap as i type this entry.

up until now i have tried 3 different brands of cloth diapers. and here's a basic conclusion of trying them for the first time:

Bum Genius 3.0 in Zinnia, Onesize
type: pocket; insert used: BG newborn

when i first received it in the mail, i thought it looked rather big to be put on my baby. i got two, one in Zinnia (Significant Other's choice of color), the other in Clementine (my choice!). after a late afternoon bath (i was busy waiting for post to arrive and i didn't want to miss the doorbell) i put Dayana in the Zinnia diaper stuffed with the BG newborn insert that came with the diaper. after securing the velcro tabs, i found the fitting to be quite good. it looked too cute for words on her that i sayang to hide the diaper underneath her clothes so i just put a blouse on for her (we were not going anywhere anyway). it lasted throughout her nap time, and i only had to change her when she pooped. no leaks for me.
verdict at first run: i wouldn't mind getting a few more of this brand of diaper. the fitting is just nice since my daughter is still really tiny for 4 months (i can understand when some mommies say BG might not be too comfy for chunky kids, despite being onesize). it comes in a limited number of solid colors though. i think if they start to have them in prints, i'd be the first one to got crazyyyy.

Green Acre Design in White PUL and Pink Microfleece, Small
type: pocket; insert used: GAD onesize


i'm glad i decided to get only one of this brand for first try. when i first received this little pocket in the mail, i found it to be really tinyyy. i wondered if it could even fit my daughter or not. i had added on the GAD onesize insert to my purchase, which i found it to be big and a bit difficult to stuff inside the small size diaper. i didn't have a clue about these inserts so i hentam saja when i chose the inserts. when i saw the actual size with my own eyes only i understoond, it was no wonder Grace laughed at me when i told her i bought them onesize inserts for my 4mo =P. konon if you buy onesize inserts it'll last you as your baby grows. for my daughter's size i think small microfibre inserts would best. i've already ordered some to try, they'll arrive Monday. anyway once i snapped it on my daughter, it seemed to fit just as Huggies Ultra did, fit and trim, which got me to worry about leaking problems (i never did like Huggies Ultra. i find it ultra susah for me). the diaper was at the last snap settings, with the rise below the belly, which i find it a bit too low for my liking. it also made me wonder if the sizing was correct. but with the big insert stuffed inside, it seemed a bit bulky on my daughter. and again, she pooped in this diaper *sigh*. as i expected, it leaked while she was busy making poopie faces (Significant Other was holding her at the time, hahahahahah).
verdict at first run: probably the too bulky stuffing made it leak? i dunno. at first try, i didn't really fancy the diaper that much. i think i'll try this one one again, but with a different type of insert to see if i'm able to change my mind. the only thing i like so far about this diaper is because they come in a variety of colors, which made me feel as if i wanted to get each and every one of them, lol. and for a snap diaper it's really easy to put on a baby, it makes the diaper look really nice and trim too.

My Precious Baby by April velour fitted in Blue Aqua, Small
type: fitted; insert: soaker included with diaper
i bought this one because Farrah had been ranting on how nice this brand of fitted diaper was, and especially since they come in such lovely colors. and omg, i loove the material. so soft and niceeee it made me feel so sayang to let my daughter wear it. decided to try it for night time diapering. i paired it with a Bummis Super Brite in Pink diaper cover. i wasn't unsure how absorbent the fitted was and i didn't want to take any chances of leaking, despite reading that fitted could be worn on its own to allow the baby's bum to breathe. i was going to put her to bed anyway. chanced upon Tiny Tapir's collection and just had to grab one (or two) for me to try. it fit on my daughter nicely, and another too cute for words diaper =P. i got it in blue because i seemed to have my pink baby items. i wish to get another one of this but in rose pink, but during my impulsive buys, i had managed to own 5 fitted diapers *smacks forehead*. again, i had to change her at 6am because she pooped. when i removed the diaper, i was amazed to find that the whole body of the diaper was damp. and not icky smelling either (minus the poop la).
verdict at first run: i heart! MPB brand is absolutely lovely, what with the soft velour material and the lovely colors that they come in. sometimes the soaker that comes with it will have a really nice funky pattern (this one didn't). however, i don't really know how to coordinate extra inserts for this type of diaper. and you need to get a diaper cover in order for it to function properly. i can go crazy over MPB =D. (no pics of her wearing this because i didn't have the time to take one, as we had friends over at the time).

i just realized that Dayana has successfully managed to poop in all three of her cloth diapers. sheesh. i haven't gone through the washing process yet. i wanna wait until the end of today before chucking them into the washing machine. since i don't have a proper place to store them dirty CDs, i'm soaking them in a pail for now. the messy part of CDs is to handle them when they've been soiled and when you need to juggle the messy diaper and a wriggling baby (apparently my daughter's been generously giving me practice runs. haha). my mil says lampin should be much easier to clean than my CDs. we'll see.

that's my review for now =P. today i'm gonna try the BG in Clementine and Happy Heiny's Print Diaper today. i should probably try my Drybees as well. at first look, the sizing seems to be a bit big for my baby. but looks can be deceiving. and i have yet to try my Blueberry Minky. maybe next weekend. at this rate, i might just be CDing on weekends, lol.

updated: didn't have the chance to try the BG in Clementine and Happy Heiny's yet because we went to my parent's place early to celebrate my Mom's birthday as my sister needed to be back to Seremban before 7p.m. and from observations and such i came to a conclusion that both moms will not favor cloth diaper that much. so that means i have more than enough CDs to be a weekend CD-mom =D.

my impulsive splurge

top (L-R): MPB fitted, Bummis cover, GAD pocket

bottom: two Bum Genius 3.0 (sponsored by Significant Other)

this is what i'll be working with for my first trial run. couldn't help posting a photo of them, they look soooo nice and yummy, i feel like bringing it around everywhere with me =P. tak sampai hati to let my daughter soil them. will let you know how it goes later.

MPB fitted was purchased from Tiny Tapir.

Bummis cover and Bum Genius 3.0 was purchased from Mia Bambina.

GAD pocket was purchased from ezMotherhood.

i just looove receiving mail =D

cloth diapers

c.l.o.t.h.d.i.a.p.e.r.i.n.g.s.t.o.r.y

some CD images from the web:

Diaper Anatomy - Baby Beehinds

Kissaluvs Fitted Diaper

Itti Bitti D'lish AIO

Pocket Drybees

lately i've seen more Mommies preferring cloth diapers over disposables. i've never used them before. i first realized their existence when i read Farrah's blog (she's a crazy CD Mommy) but i didn't give it much thought because i knew i wasn't the type of person who loves getting down and dirty with soiled diapers (ewww, yucks, smelly, blablabla). but recently even my best friend has started to go nuts about them.

did you know that there's many different styles and designs of cloth diapers? fitted lah, aio lah, pocket lah... kepala pusing. i've been browsing through million of CD sites and so far i've gotten even more confused. haha. but i love how they had many stylish cloth diapers of different sizes and colors. and the designs that they come in, enough to make a CD mommy crazy! (which got me to wondering. why are those fitted diapers colorful if they need to be paired up with a diaper cover in the first place? =P). but they're sooo expensive to begin with, although they're cost saving in the long run.

since i'm new to this cloth diapering thing you'd be better off browsing someone else's blog for more information. i just wanted to publish here some of the CDs which had caught my eye. i have no idea what to start with as a newbie though. although i can't believe i have the potential (and i hope i never do) to go crazy over them. haha.