Shopping for a baby
Project Bumming #2 (ref no: PB 002)
A friend-accquaintance just gave birth to a baby girl so PL and I decided to chip in for a gift for the new mom. And since I'm free now, the task fell to me but I don't really mind since it involves shopping. =D
At first I thought of getting the baby some toys, cool gadgets or something like that...But PL said, are you sure the baby knows how to play with it now. I said, it's for use in the future.(start them young, right?) and that the baby would surely need something to play with. But she didn't seem enthusiastic and we kinda left that discussion open.
At the Anakku shop in The Curve (I think it's new since I've never seen it before and it's pretty big) there were so many choices of things to buy! I don't shop often for babies, of course. But the array of toys, teeny clothes, CDs of songs, baby toiletries really staggered me- rattles in weird shapes, feeding bottles of different sizes, toys I'm not sure how to play with myself.
After browsing happily but aimlessly for a bit, I decided I'd better settle for familiar ground ie, clothes!
I bought the baby a whole matching suit of clothes from a top in yellow with tiny ducks and matching bottom and also mittens for the feet and hands with teensy bows on them and a little cap. Since it was a baby girl, pink was the natural first choice for colour of clothes. Then I decided that it wasn't good to enforce gender stereotypes at such a tender age! Haha. So I settled for yellow which is a cheery, neutral colour. But do you think though, if the baby is all bundled up in the outfit, it'll look like a giant banana? Well, at least it'll be a cute one ...
I also threw in a pack of wet wipes because it's practical and I'm sure there will be some use for it. The lady gift wrapped items for me rather attractively for me and if was all free except for the wrapping paper. So if you ever need to shop for a baby and have no clue what to get, ask me for advice! I charge only nominal fees like a cuppa mocha at Starbucks or the like.*grin*
At first I thought of getting the baby some toys, cool gadgets or something like that...But PL said, are you sure the baby knows how to play with it now. I said, it's for use in the future.(start them young, right?) and that the baby would surely need something to play with. But she didn't seem enthusiastic and we kinda left that discussion open.
At the Anakku shop in The Curve (I think it's new since I've never seen it before and it's pretty big) there were so many choices of things to buy! I don't shop often for babies, of course. But the array of toys, teeny clothes, CDs of songs, baby toiletries really staggered me- rattles in weird shapes, feeding bottles of different sizes, toys I'm not sure how to play with myself.
After browsing happily but aimlessly for a bit, I decided I'd better settle for familiar ground ie, clothes!
I bought the baby a whole matching suit of clothes from a top in yellow with tiny ducks and matching bottom and also mittens for the feet and hands with teensy bows on them and a little cap. Since it was a baby girl, pink was the natural first choice for colour of clothes. Then I decided that it wasn't good to enforce gender stereotypes at such a tender age! Haha. So I settled for yellow which is a cheery, neutral colour. But do you think though, if the baby is all bundled up in the outfit, it'll look like a giant banana? Well, at least it'll be a cute one ...
I also threw in a pack of wet wipes because it's practical and I'm sure there will be some use for it. The lady gift wrapped items for me rather attractively for me and if was all free except for the wrapping paper. So if you ever need to shop for a baby and have no clue what to get, ask me for advice! I charge only nominal fees like a cuppa mocha at Starbucks or the like.*grin*
posted by N.J.A.P.F. @ 4:06 PM
1 Comments:
Oooo....Shopping for babies is great! There're so many cutesy stuffs out there for the wee ones.
Another good tip on getting post-natal gifts is actually buying things for the mum in addition to the baby. Many a times, focus is showered endlessly on the newborn child and not the mum. So it's always nice to include her in.
:)
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