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Ju Ann Parenting

How To Choose A Baby Mattress – I Ask The Experts!

#ProjectNursery takes a break from the fancy and goes a little practical. In building Bean’s little nursery where he will spend many hours in, parents like me do have to consider the practical aspects of the nursery. The little details sometimes drive me crazy. What material of the baby mattress, what material should his little clothes be made of, what material should the baby cot be made of to prevent any poisoning if my baby chews on it, and the…

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Ju Ann Parenting

#ProjectNursery: BEFORE photos!

Here’s introducing… the Baby’s Room before we have our go at decorating it. Omg I hope it turns out nice. So I have one wall painted yellow previously with brownish curtains & flooring. This is the view of the opposite side of the yellow wall. I have a brown tall cupboard, brown doors and the rest of the walls are white. I started planning a nursery when I met with Denise Ang, the founder of Babysafe, a baby bedding specialist.…

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Pigeon Baby Steriliser

I asked a couple of friends what brands they use for sterilisers and there were quite different replies. One asked me to check out Philips Avent and the other strongly recommended Pigeon. And then again, as with stuff like that, mothers usually only use one brand and stick with it mostly. I was quite confused with Philips Avent’s sterliser because I wasn’t sure if it could fit all bottles and I really kept seeing Philips everywhere! Pigeon is a well…

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#ProjectNursery is getting a little more real

So we have made our VERY FIRST purchase for #ProjectNursery. I woke up early one day and got distracted by all the Qoo10 ads and starting online shopping. I came across this ultimately cute wall art pieces and bought a whole heap! They are all squares and sized 18cm by 18cm only! Perfect for a wall collage. Each piece is SG$4.45 each only! I bought all of the above 8 pieces. So cute right!! :) Big love for these. I…

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Ju Ann Pregnancy Journal

So your friend just announced her pregnancy, what should you say?!

So your friend just announced her pregnancy, what should you say?! Here are some suggestions on what to say to your pregnant friend to show the support that you truly want to show.

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Ju Ann Pregnancy Journal

3 Ways To Minimise Stretch Marks

One of the biggest woes of pregnancy, at least to me, is the possibility of having stretch marks. If stretch marks are inevitable, then can we minimise stretch marks? I’ve seen it on many mothers before and I don’t think I’ll enjoy having even more than what I already have on me. :/ When I found out I was pregnant and during the 1st Trimester, the only thing I bought was stretch mark cream. I am really someone who never…

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Ju Ann Parenting

Announcing Your Pregnancy…

… can be quite a daunting task, but one that needs to be done. Here are some pregnancy announcement ideas to share. Peter and I wanted to have it announced as subtly as possible with a nice photo… well otherwise, we could just update our Facebook Status and go “We’re pregnant”. Here are some photos the amateur in me took, edited and considered for posting on Facebook… but most didn’t quite make the cut except for one. Here are some pregnancy…

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Ju Ann Parenting

We Decided On Pognae Baby Carrier

Believe me. It was a pain starting out searching for Baby Carriers. We decided not to choose between Baby Carriers & Strollers but to just get both. I will share a review of the Pognae Baby Carrier that we eventually chose out of the 3 brands we shortlisted – Beco, Mandula and Pognae.

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