Parrot on a PorchA Journey Toward the Little Mansion Dream

Guess who’s all set now for summer. Well, it’s never too early anyway here in our country especially that afternoons lately can be extremely hot and humid. I bet my little tot will be excited to wear the Rash Guard Set swimwear I bought him yesterday afternoon at SM Makati. I didn’t have actually plans of buying until I passed by the swimwear racks and saw varied designs for all toddler sizes. Best of all, it’s reasonably priced at just less than Php 400. I figured, they’ve just newly displayed these swimwear thus, the rack is still overflowing. Come March, I bet Moms will start to scour as they prepare for their summer swimming getaways.

I’ve posted about my good buy at FB and a friend asked what a rash guard is. It is actually a type of athletic shirt made of spandex and nylon or polyester. It is used as a protective clothing or for light coverage in warm to extreme summer temperatures for swimming and for several watersports like surfing and scuba diving. The one I bought is very similar to this one from Old Navy.

Guess who’s ecstatic at this moment when she found Ikea Saudi Arabia’s website? Listing down my shopping loots will be a lot easier. Mom and Dad, who are based in Saudi, won’t also be confused about the stuffs I’ll piggyback through them for our Little Mansion. As I blog, I’m not yet done browsing each catalog and my eyes are continuously feasting over a lot of stuffs. For now, I’m set to get those shoe and clothes organizers plus toy organizers for the little one.

One big toy chest, which he has now, is not enough so I need the more compact, stacked toy boxes such as the picture above for additional storage spaces. I also wish to organize his toys accordingly like grouping all matchboxes together, his toy Ferrari parts all together, and all other trinkets that he has. I like how the boxes come in different colors so organizing is made easier.

After a few weekends of malling, one bazaar visit, and tons of online shops that I browsed, we still don’t have a Christmas gift for my little tot. Arrgh! There surely is a lot of easy options like toys and clothes but I’m veering away from giving him toys because he has tons of them already and we barely don’t have space anymore in our room to stock or store them. Clothes, well, I’ve been showering him going out clothes and sleepwears every time there is an online sale at Old Navy and I have enough for this year. So I’m thinking whether to give him a nice pair of Florsheim shoes or probably this NFL Youth Uniform set I saw at kidsportsinc.com. Or perhaps those Sports Starter Baseball Equipment Set from the same online store since he’s into playing ball..hitting and catching the ball, actually. They’re not exactly toys as they are training equipment so it’s exempted to the guidelines I’ve set. Besides, it’s never too early to get them be involved in sports, right? Take a look at this site should you also be in the lookout for possible Christmas gifts for your kids.

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So now, what I need to do is discuss with the husband and come up with the “perfect” choice. The good thing though about this is that, we still have a couple of weeks before the Christmas deadline.

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One of LM’s three bedrooms is already reserved for Asher. We’ll let him sleep though in his own room come the time when he’s capable to do so perhaps in three years time or more. But as it is, the second room will be decorated and designed child-friendly.

Here are some guidelines for parents in making a childproof bedroom:

1. Use childproofing devices such as corner cushions, plug and outlet covers, cabinet slide locks, toddler gates and finger pinch guards to ensure safety.

2. Check all materials used in furnishing, painting, and decorating your child’s room for hazardous substances such as lead, splinters, etc .

3. Paint. Use eco-friendly paints. Be sure to get rid of awful odor of a newly painted wall before letting your child come in or stay inside the room The odor can irritate your child’s sense of smell.

4. Flooring. Carpeted, wood flooring, area rugs or rubber mats: it actually depends on the parents but do know that each has its pros and cons. Carpeted floors may cushion a child’s fall but may harbor bacteria that cause respiratory problems in kids like common colds.

5. Walls. Do not hang any decor in a baby or toddler’s bedroom because these may fall on him.

6. Window treatments. Allow natural light into your baby’s room. Blinds cords must use use cord shorteners. Curtain’s length must be kept short to keep your little one’s playful fingers from tugging at them. Be sure to change frequently cloth curtains as these can harbor dusts and other allergens.

Way back our childhood years, my sisters and I were fond of buying self-adhesive glow in the dark stars and other luminous objects. We would stick them onto our bedroom ceiling and come sleeping and lights off time, we would often glaze up and pretend that we were star gazing. Sometimes, even pretending to make a wish over a falling star. We had a lot of fun transforming our common bedroom into a glowing galaxy. The pack we bought has more than enough stars to make a bunch of constellations on the ceiling and even on our bedroom walls. These are easy to use and weren’t messy at all. Before retiring the night, we point out the names of the constellation.

I’ll let my son decorate his bedroom too in our future house with these glow in the dark stuffs. At 19 months, he loves staring at the moon at night so I’m sure he’d go gaga with these stuffs in his bedroom ceiling too.