Shopaholic? Me?

I must confess that I still haven’t sent the nappy to Huggies…. it is going to end up being a smelly one!! Ah well!!

I have been using Huggies Pull Ups and have been dissappointed. They have this picture that is meant to dissappear once the nappy gets wet. However when I started using them, I found that in the girl nappy, that it does not always dissappear when wet. This makes them no better than ordinary nappy pants and because of the price it makes me hesitate to recommend them.

I will be writting to Huggies and sending them a sample. If I get any feedback… I will let you guys know!

My cousin is having a baby. This seems to be the season of good news. She had some really unique baby shower invitations made. Almost makes me wish that I was having another baby… well maybe not… I am still in recovery from the twins. Mind you, I must say I love the fact that I get twice the joy from everything they do like their cuddling me and their smiling at me.

I guess I should not refer to it as the babies room any more as I have just ordered 2 junior pine beds for their room. In a way I am excited but in another it means they are fast becoming kids and not babies any longer. I will also have to remove the single bed that I have in their room which is used in emergencies like this week when they were sick. But it will free up space in their room and they really could do with all the space they can get. I cannot wait for the beds to arrive.

I finally completed my Boots order. It does not contain anything fancy like acne scar removal creams just nappies and baby stuff. But it took 2 days to complete the order which is ridiculous. And delivery is in a week! Feels like forever in todays face pace. Feels particularly long because I actually paid extra for named delivery. Let me just say overall I am not pleased in the least. At least the savings compensate for their incompetence.

I cannot believe how the tinies sliver of light wakes the kids especially during holidays. I need to get a VeloBind or thermal curtain or blackout liner or whatever they are called just to ensure their room stays black till the curtains are opened and it’s time to wake up. The kids waking up before 7 and our taking them to our bed is getting a tad “tiresome”. So tired.

Prenate dha Rx contains the maximum amount of Folic Acid and an abundance of DHA, which is a high quality ingredient that helps with fetal brain and retinal development. Do not be misled. This is hardly the highest quality prenatal vitamin. Prenate DHA still has a lot of room to improve. Prenate vitamins with DHA could contain a few more high quality ingredients like CoQ10 and some probiotics. They also contain some unecessary additives but then that is to complex for me to go into.

So if you are pregnant or planning to get pregnant, go for basic folic acid and perhaps some CoQ10. Also get your health visitor / doctor / midwife’s advice. Oh and Congrats!

I think society has just gone a step too far. In the past, when a baby was born, the dad gave out montecristo cigars to everyone he came across. It was a way of celebration and letting everyone know of the latest addition. Now, its obsolete. What do we do? Er I think we sent out emails and mms with a picture of our babies. Admittedly everyone all over the world saw our kids within minutes of their being born but the cigars we bought… they went stale!

Pampers have come out with a new update to their active fit nappy. I only realised after actually returning a pack.

I bought a pack and found that the padding in the nappy ends 2/3rd up and not all the way to the top. I assumed it was a flaw in the nappy but the whole bag was like that, so I returned them to the store for an exchange. They exchanged them but this pack was faulty (or so I thought too) but I was desperately short of nappies and as I had the next size up too, I opened that thinking that maybe they just had a faulty batch. And it also was the same. So it set me thinking and I called customer service. Great customer service. They said that mums (not me) wanted thinner nappies (I like the cushioning as when they fall on their bottoms, they hurt less) and they came up with a new nappy. They suggested I tried it and suggested I moved down a size. A smaller size actually was useful. My twins are 9 kilos and the smaller nappy up to 9 kilos was a better fit. And they really hold – I left them a whole day in a nappy and it took it. I was impressed. What I don’t like is that it all gathers at the base of the nappy. But it does actually work.

I would say it is highly recommended for absorbency but it gets very heavy quite quickly. I would score it 7/10.

I think I just might get myself some disability insurance, because recently I have had such lack of sleep that I guess it is only a matter of time before I end up in a serious accident, as I cannot afford to not be able to have someone take over. As every mum knows, you have to keep going no matter what. I am surprised how many mums seem to do it with such style, whereas I feel like I cannot keep up. I seriously don’t feel like a yummy mummy but more like a slummy mummy!

As a shopaholic, it is a huge disgrace… but there you have it – the plain honest exhausted truth!