Last Friday the Sydney Baby and Toddler show arrived in Darling Harbour and I could not wait to get there and see all of the stalls! We had heard from friends about picking up some great bargains, so we went cashed up with our baby savings and arrived bright and early to get started.
At first is was completely overwhelming. Prams and babies taking up every inch of space, and so many new products we didn't know where to start.
My main goal for the day was to check out all of the cloth nappy stalls (thankfully there were many) and get as many pram demo's as we could. They also had a little pram test track for trying the prams out on grass, gravel and dirt as well as down stairs.
Four hours later we stumbled out of the doors and sat down to grab some lunch, arms loaded up with bags full of freebies and purchases and hand tired from entering every competition under the sun.
Here are just a few of my favourite purchases:
At first is was completely overwhelming. Prams and babies taking up every inch of space, and so many new products we didn't know where to start.
My main goal for the day was to check out all of the cloth nappy stalls (thankfully there were many) and get as many pram demo's as we could. They also had a little pram test track for trying the prams out on grass, gravel and dirt as well as down stairs.
Four hours later we stumbled out of the doors and sat down to grab some lunch, arms loaded up with bags full of freebies and purchases and hand tired from entering every competition under the sun.
Here are just a few of my favourite purchases:
The Blooming bath. I love this idea! Baby bath tubs seem big and ugly and in the way, plus you have to get down low to bath baby. I liked the idea of being able to bath baby in the sink, but worried about trying that with a slippery little newborn. These big flower sponges are a great solution! The fit into the sink, a bucket, the bath, anywhere you need and can be hung out to dry on the line. I can't wait to try it out!
Our next big purchase was our pram. After much research, several demonstrations and canvasing of parents with prams at the show, we settled on the lovely ICandy Peach in Sweet Pea. I couldn't take my eyes off the gorgeous bright colours in this pram, we saw some parents pushing around their babies and they just looked great. I was also wanting to steer away from having a black pram in the hot Perth sun. The pram has so many fantastic features and was great value for money. we also got a discount for buying at the show! Here it is:
I got the parasol as an extra because it was way too cute, and added sun protection of course. So far we just have have the main stroller shown in the first picture, and not the new born bassinet attachment for $300..hint hint haha
We left that day completely exhausted and laden down with baby things, but we had a fantastic day out. The only problem was that although I had tried out all of the cloth nappies, we didn't have enough arms to carry them! So that meant another trip to the show in the morning. This time we ended up with a load of Bambooty nappies and some glass bottles that I had had my eyes on. I will write a separate post on the cloth nappies later on.
Here are the bottles. We were able to get two large and two small with extra nipples and a carry bag for 50% off, plus I once again got to choose lovely colours :) We chose yellow and orange for the large and two shades of purple for the small. They are made by an Australian company called Cherub baby and the outer sleeves turn white if the milk inside is too hot for baby.
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