Yu Ming has new toys arrived today... we bought these toys through online shop last Friday, but there is still 1 item pending for shipment because of out of stock.
Quite a big parcel...
BS assembled our little one's new toy, it is "Bright Starts Bounce Bounce Baby" play saucer or it often referred as exersaucers (Note: exersaucer is a brand name for Evenflo's play saucer).
Our 5 months old baby son in his new activity zone.
What is BPA? I found that more and more baby products nowadays are promoting themselves as BPA free product, but what BPA is about? I have made some searching through the web and made a summary below:
BPA (Bisphenol-A) is a type of industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastic, epoxy resins and other products. If our food container which is made from polycarbonate plastic, the rate of BPA leaching into our food and drink will be increased when: - Heating or pouring hot liquid on to containers
- Presence of acidic foods and beverages in the containers
- Repeated washing on the containers
BPA may lead to some negative health effects which includes prostate & breast cancer, obesity and neurological issue.
Useful or details information, you can get it from Wikipedia - Bisphenol A (BPA) or Bisphenol-A Website
Finally I've made up my mind to buy Baby Bjorn Potty Chair. I have made the order through online shopping and now waiting for the its arrival. I purchased the potty chair from LittleWhiz.com for the on sale price of RM134.10 (Normal price:RM149), hopefully to receive the item by next week.
We start to look into potty training for our little boy and there are variety designs and size available in the market. I have 2 favorites in my mind, both are chair type:
1. Baby Bjorn Potty Chair
- Variety of colors.
- Removable inner potty (easy to clean).
- High back support and comfortable arm rests.
- The best or overall winner for potty chairs from the reviews.
2. Fisher Price Stepstool Potty
- Royal blue color.
- Plays musical tunes as a rewards for the potty progress.
- Can be attached to a regular toilet seat.
- Can be converted to a step stool.
- Removable inner potty (easy to clean).
- Comes with shield.
22nd Sept 2010 which is also 15th day on the 8th month of Chinese Lunar Calendar is the 2010 Mid Autumn Festival day. To celebrate this festival, we bought a battery operated small dragonfly lantern for little Yu Ming. We bought the lantern from a fruits stall in Selasih, Kulim (near to our stay place) for only RM4. This would be the first lantern for our cute little boy although he yet to understand the meaning of the festival.
Yu Ming is trying to hold the lantern but he will put everything in his hand towards his mouth, therefore we need to be extra careful when he was holding his lantern. He seem like bored after sometimes mostly because he was too small to appreciate the lantern festival.
Mid Autumn Festival (in Chinese - 中秋节) also referred as moon cake festival or lantern festival in Malaysia, it held on every 15th day on the 8th month in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. For this year (2010), the mid autumn festival fall on 22nd September.
During this time, children will walk around the street with their colorful lanterns, sometimes there will be event organized by the school and even kinder-garden to celebrate this festival. Shopping mall and markets (in Malay - pasar) will start to sell variety sweet or savory fillings of mooncakes and also variety shape and pattern of colorful lanterns. Traditional lantern is made of paper and need candle to light up but nowadays more and more battery operated plastic lanterns are widely available.
We bought a battery operated small dragonfly shaped lantern for our 4th months boy as his first lantern although he yet to know how to play. 
Most people will start to buy moon cakes as a gift to their family or work peers as a appreciation to the celebration. Nowadays moon cakes had been packaged in beautiful boxes or special gift boxes to attract more customer and it has been a tough competition between the manufacturers every year.
Moon cakes in gift boxes for this year Mid Autumn Festival at our house.
BS assembled our little one's new toy, it is "Bright Starts Bounce Bounce Baby" play saucer or it often referred as exersaucers (Note: exersaucer is a brand name for Evenflo's play saucer).
