I have not been into buying baby stuff (why would I need to after all these years) and most of the time I would go to Mothercare at Suria KLCC to buy Aliah's clothes or baby gifts for friends. The last time I was pregnant I didn't need to buy a lot of things since there were still hand-me-downs from the first two and sisters. I was indeed amazed at the demand for baby equipment particularly and they are not cheap! Those days when I had my first baby I couldn't afford a lot of things but these days, young pregnant mothers can afford paying close to RM2,000.00 for stroller and carrier?
I did feel as though I was the elder primate there since most of the pregnant mothers or mothers with babies were young and the one Caucasian couple who looked older than us had toddlers that are Asian, so they must have adopted.
The choices were many.....In strollers, MrM primary consideration was utility (but of course!) and how compact the stroller frame would be once collapsed. The ones with the big wheels are sporty looking but when collapsed the frame is big (even with the one we bought MrM is considering buying the fridge box Alphard).
After demonstration of a few strollers/carrier cots, we decided on buying a packaged deal consisting of :
- Peg-Perego Viaggio Tri-Fix
- Peg-Perego Stroller
- PegPerego Melodia Rocker
- Peg-Perego Pappa Diner (High Chair)
- Luciole Baby Cot (plus bedding sheets)
- Safe and Sound Latex Mattress
- Teraillon Bottle Sterilizer
- BathTub
- And something else I can't remember from Teraillon (this one reminds me that I have to check what the duck I bought)
Paid a a hefty sum for all that since Peg-Perego baby stuff are all from Italy. After all that spending, not to mention paying for the Cherating vacation, bulan ni duduk diam-diam.....
3 comments:
How are u planning to ammortize the cost Dila? Or is it going to be a sunk-cost?
hehe.. i've heard of a lot of nouns that come after "what" and "the", but this is the first time i've heard of "what the duck".. =)
btw, u sure ure not going to consider maximising your ROI on the 6k? ;-P
Dear Anonymous,
The cost is to be amortised over the next 4 years at least, which makes the monthly amortization to be about RM42.00. I figured we don't get pregnant at 42 every day and post delivery, Dr will straight away perform that tubal ligation.
Unless Anonymous, you decide to get pregnant next year then I could amortize the stuff to you....hu hu hu! Get on with it baby!
Dear Fifa,
I am not your age Fifah, and please laa....one thing at a time, ok...what the duck was just a more polite way of saying wtf or wth. Learned it from someone else's blog. And f_ck is that a noun or a verb? Bcoz this pregnancy was based on the verb, ha ha ha!
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