Ayex – Page 43

2-in-1 potty trainer

Cliche as it may seem but time really flies so fast! Last Sunday, while we were unpacking the things we brought from our trip to Lusiana, Laguna, Ate Meriam announced that Ayex will be turning 1 year and 8 months this coming Sunday – September 7. Then I said, she’d be turning 20 months old (I’m more used to counting by months) already, just 4 more months to go and she’d be 2 years old!

That’s actually the second reason why I pushed Mon to buy this potty trainer when we spotted it for the second time. In no time, she’d no longer use diapers and will even tell anyone of us when it’s time to the thing. I know I’m a bit ambitious because it’s still early to potty train her but who knows, she might like it after all?

And the main reason why I pushed Mon to but it right then and there is because it might go out of stock again and we’ll never be able to buy it for Ayex! Hahahaha!

I first saw this design in SM Southmall. I was doing the grocery that time with my mom. We’re already considering of buying one for Ayex that time but somehow, there’s a part of me that is not yet convinced. So I let the nice potty trainer go. After some time, we don’t have anything else to buy for Ayex when we go to the mall. I remembered the potty trainer. Every time we go to the mall, I’d go to the baby section and look for it but anywhere we go, they kept saying it’s out of stock. That’s why when we finally saw it in Landmark, Trinoma, I told Mon that we must buy it already and stock it at home!

I loved it’s 2-in-1 purpose: a kiddie chair and a potty trainer. When it’s not being used as a potty trainer, Ayex can definitely use it whenever she wants to specially now that she started sitting like a nursery with a pen and paper! She haven’t used it yet but I’m sure it won’t be like her crib that she never really used!

Review: Snappy Pull-ups

When Ayex was born, we don’t really have any idea what diaper we should use for her. First she used Prokids NB diaper, which the hospital used (because we weren’t able to give them our own NB diaper). Since we all know that babies grow so fast, after a month, we had use the small size already! My brother, Xen , and his girlfriend Joy, gave us 2 packs of Skips by Mamy Poko diaper as a gift. Joy’s dad just came back home and they were in duty free. They said the diaper was on sale at $12.50 for the 2 packs. At first I thought it was expensive so I told them not to buy anymore but they still did. And I’m glad they did because Skips performed very well. I’ll talk about that in another blog. Moving forward, we were no longer able to buy Skips because it’s kinda expensive in the supermarkets or department stores. So we used EQ instead.

I’m very particular with the diapers that we use for Ayex in such a way that I want the diaper to have cloth-like cover. I don’t like plastic. Until Ayex grew up, we used EQ Dry. Until she learned how to remove the plastic tape that holds the diaper together. She would play with the straps and for all you know, she would be walking to and fro without her diaper on because she was able to removed it already! That’s when I had to look for something similar to a panty. We were able to use Huggies Pull-ups before but I didn’t want to settle with it because it’s expensive – PhP491 for a pack of 36! I browsed the internet and found our lifesaver – Snappy Pull-ups.

+ Various sizing: M-XL
+ Cute designs: dinosaurs, Baby Dragons and Tweetie
+ Cloth-like cover
+ Very absorbent that it can last for 12 hours
+ It becomes gel-like once full, it does not sag
+ It has wetness indicator
+ Very affordable
+ Fits very well
+ Easy to carry since it’s thin and it does not occupy a big space inside the baby bag
+ Easy to put on and remove
– Cannot be found at leading supermarkets, from unbranded diaper sellers only like US. 😉

Review: Sun Angel Malunggay Tea

When I was just home during my maternity leave, I didn’t have any problems with my milk supply, in fact the sometimes drip because I was blessed. But since I don’t live in a perfect world, I had to go back to my work after 2 months.

Working and still breastfeeding was tough in such a way that I have to include the time I should express milk in my routine. But you know how corporate life is: there will be time when you have to attend almost endless meetings and you have to meet various deadlines all at the same time. You’ll feel the stress of the corporate life. And for all you know, your milk supply starts to drop. This was the time I had to search for something effective yet fits my budget because I really want to keep giving Ayex breastmilk. Then I found Sun Angel Malunggay Tea.

True to its word: It really helps increase my breast milk.

+ Affordable @ 168 per box of 20
+ Each teabag can be used up to 3 times
+ Can be taken without adding sugar, honey, calamansi or other sweetener
+ Can be taken hot or cold – I prefer it hot
– Can be found at Mercury Drugstores and Online