Conversations with my son...

~ Posted on Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 9:03 AM ~

Okay, maybe Ben is not able to talk much yet (he's 19 months but quite a quiet and reserved person like his mummy) but he does understand what we all said and told him to do. So anyway, the following conversations took place few days back...

Conversation # 1:
Me  : Ben, you want to eat banana or not?
Ben : (Shakes his head)
Me  : Ben, you want to eat oats or not?
Ben :
(Shakes his head)
Me  : Ben, you want to eat ice cream or not?
Ben : (Paused... nod head frantically)
Me  : -_-

Conversation # 2:
Me  : Ben, you want to eat banana or not?
Ben :
(Shakes his head)
Me  : Ben, you want to eat oats or not?
Ben :
(Shakes his head)
Me  : Ben, you want to eat mummy or not?
Ben : (Paused... look up at me with the cheekiest grin)
Me  : -_-

Conversation # 3:
Me  : Ben, you want to eat banana or not?
Ben :
(Shakes his head)
Me  : Ben, you want to eat oats or not?
Ben :
(Shakes his head)
Me  : Ben, you want mummy to eat you or not?
Ben : (Paused... ) NO, NO.
Me  : ;)


A recent photo of my cheeky 19 months old boy...

Sexy Ben?

~ Posted on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 9:27 AM ~

14 months old Ben covering up his modesty while bathing...

Product Review & Giveaway - Bummas

~ Posted on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at 12:01 AM ~

You have no idea the amount of trouble and time (FYI, almost HALF A YEAR) taken for both the company sponsor and I to be able to do a review for this cool product:

Before I begin my review, I'd like to give a note of thanks to Casey from Bummas, for all the trouble taken to get this product to reach me safely. It took a total of THREE attempts just to get this cool product safely into our hands (I hope the earlier two falls into the hands of someone who makes good use of it, I totally dread the thought of someone stealing my parcel!)

Now in my experience of doing products and book reviews, I personally have not encountered anyone as helpful as Casey in trying and trying and trying and not give up hope in this. Well, what can I say, this company is such an awesome one to work with!

Bummas come in 5 varieties of colors and they are:

Bummas-The Wild Ones

The Wild Ones

Bummas-The Girls

The Girls

Bummas-The Boys

The Boys

Bummas-The Calm Ones

The Calm Ones

Bummas-The Tropical Ones

The Tropical Ones

Product information taken from the Bummas website:

* Eliminates the use of talcum powder.
* 100% Cotton - Woven Velour Terry Cloth milled in the USA. 
* Variety of color combinations for nursery themes.
* Handy 5” x 7” size. Won’t pill, shrink, or fade.
* Durable. Just throw them in the wash and use again.
* They will last until your little one is out of diapers and beyond!    
* Made in the USA

I received "The Wild Ones" for my review and it is definitely a good choice!

I love the vibrant colors!

Beautiful right? Like a cute little bouquet of roses, only that it's actually baby cloth wipes instead of roses. Took me a while to finally willing to take out the cloths... they look so pretty and comfy and nicely cocooned up together that I hate to break open the band holding them together. Sigh, alas, for the sake of doing a product reviews and bringing you guys my honest feedback on this, I had to do it.

I love the soft feel of the cloth wipes. It's even softer than the handkerchiefs we're using for Ben.

Ben showing mummy how he wipes his hand

Look at how happy Ben is holding the Bummas set!

One thing I don't quite like is the size of it. We've been accustomed to using handkerchiefs which are like at least 6 by 6 inches and I have to admit I still very much prefer if Bummas are a bit bigger in size. My MIL actually offered to sew up 2 of them to make into 1 bigger piece. Arghhhh! I had to nag her not to touch my products which are meant for reviews then only she relented.

My feedback in general:

* Touch - Love the soft cottony feel, comfortable on Ben's skin
* Colors - Vibrant colors which are easy for the eyes and easy for me to locate! Though I do wonder why some are in solid colors.
* Size - Should be bigger a bit
* Durability - Good, have been using for a month on now and no shrinking or fading yet

 

You can purchase your own set of Bummas from their own website at http://www.bummas.com/buy-bummas.html or for those around my country area, you can get it from the Singapore distributor at Heart @ Mind website.

But wait...!!!

Casey has offered to give a set of Bummas (your own choice of ONE set) and delivers it FREE OF CHARGE to one of my lucky blog reader/visitor!

Yipeee!!

Do the following steps:

1. Become Bumma's fan on their Facebook page (you can also find them on my Facebook page)

2, Leave a comment on Bumma's Facebook page saying "@I'm a full-time mummy sent me over!"

3. Leave me a comment in this very post telling me which set you like (choose wisely, it will be the one you're going to get if you win)

That's all! Three easy-peasy steps to enter this awesome worldwide giveaway!

No need to be my blog follower (although that would be a sweet gesture) or Tweet this and that. Just make sure your email address is valid else if I can't contact you, I'm choosing the next lucky winner! I will accept comments from now until 12th November 2010 and the winner will be selected via Random.org.

Oh, just to be clear, this giveaway is OPEN WORLDWIDE!

So come on, what are you waiting for?!

I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with a free product by Bummas in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine.