the Funky Logic of C++: 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: