My very first haul for baby A

As promised, I am sharing what I have bought for Baby A so far. Currently I am considered full term, just awaiting for baby's arrival even though my due date is on 25 June 2014. As it is my fourth pregnancy, Prof Biswas predicted that baby might come out earlier. The very first thing that I bought after I found out the gender of the baby. I went to Mothercare to take a look at baby items. My hubbie and me were really looking through all the items. We look at the cost and whether it is feasible for the baby and how long it can lasts. We don't want to make the mistake of excessive buying (which we actually end up doing). We did the same for Nadya ( I will talk about my other children in my upcoming post ). We went around testing the different type of prams and strollers. However, the hubbie was interested in the 4moms "the origami". We tried it and damn it was heavy. From our previous experience with tandem stroller, we thought it will be alright. But then the hubbie brought up the point about me travelling alone with the four children or even travelling with the mom. The stroller is considered the BMW of all strollers but the weight is definitely not mom friendly. We love the futuristic self folding aspect of the stroller but then nope. We walked quite abit and looked around and we came across the mamaRoo. I have actually googled most of the baby items that I bought. I weigh the pros and cons.

This is how the mamaroo looks like. I realise I didn't have any unboxing pictures. The mamaroo is actually part bouncer and part swing. It is not foldable like the bouncer but has a smaller base compared to the baby swing. The mamaroo costs around $500 which entitled you to home delivery from Mothercare. As it was OOS, we have to order and wait for two weeks for the item to arrive. I was so excited to see the item and kept counting down. Maklum la dulu mana ada nie benda smua. The mamaroo comes in 6 colours. Even though Baby A is a boy, we decided to be more gender neutral in the things we buy. So we chose this colour which I fell in love with as soon as the hubbie set it up. Let's go through the features of the MamaRoo.

• The mamaroo has 5 motion patterns; kangaroo, car ride, tree swing, rock a bye and ocean wave. So it depends on your baby. There is also different level of speed for each motion. However, mommies you don't have to worry about it being too fast. I find that the motion is quite gentle.
• There are also 5 nature sounds from running water, crickets, ocean waves or two different white noise settings. However you can also plug in your MP3 player to the mamaroo. There is a small groove for you to park your player. So your baby can listen to whatever lullabies that you want them to hear to.
• The mamaroo reclines to any position along the curve. so baby is also able to sit upright.
• The mamaroo is also powered by a power plug.

I find that the mamaroo is a modern take on the "buai". Instead of having a bulky sarong and spring in the middle of the living room or in your room, you can have this beautiful futuristic swing/bouncer flat on the ground. I have yet to use it. However, since my nephew Irfan came earlier than baby A, we actually allowed him to "test drive" the machine. As Irfan is breastfed, there was one day where his mom had to attend to something really important, he was left in our care. He was crying non stop most probably from being hungry and also missing his mum. We were at our wits end. I remembered seeing at Ellen's show that showed a baby screaming her heads and when Ellen placed the baby on the mamaroo, she stopped.So i decided to test this theory out. I asked the hubbie to set up the mamaroo and placed Irfan in it. He really stopped crying and fell asleep. However, we had to try the different motions through.

My take on the mamaroo:It's good to have if u have extra cash to spend or u just want something different. I really love it and how it works for my nephew. So i am crossing my finger for baby A. So once he's out, I will give a proper review.