When I had ET, I looked around, read a lot of reviews on baby products, and one of the brand that kept popping up was Innobaby.

About 2 years ago, I found out the mother company of Innobaby actually has a brand rep program.

This time with Sher, I applied to be on the program, and YAY! We are approved, and now part of the brand rep program!!!!

There were a list of products that we can purchase for a deep discount price, and here's our first package and review.

The stainless meal time set has 7 pieces: Bus platter with sectional lid, a cup with handle, a bowl with two handles, fork and spoon set with travel case.

Right now, we can't really use the bus platter since Sher is too young, and ET is eating way too much for the platter can hold.

However, I've been using the cup to mix cereal for Sher.

I could use the bowl, yet it is not as tall as the cup, which is tall enough to avoid those moving hands to dip in!

Overall quality of the stainless is great, they seem very durable yet light-weighted.

Another product I picked, Innobaby Keepin' Fresh Stainless Divided Bento Snack Box. The stainless insert can be removed which is easy to clean, and the size is great for packing snack for ET.

Never enough teether, and Sher has been teething nonstop, and all those drooling!!

The Ez Grip Teether is a hit in the Asia mom group, almost all bloggers have at least one in the house, and we finally got ours~

The other two items I chose were bandannas, from first child experience, never had enough bibs and bandannas!

One pattern is melina alvin and the other one is confetti flower. Melina Alvin is super cute penguins, and the color! I love that yellow, so bright and unisex.

The confetti flower is more girly, but when I order, I really love the pattern and color, thus, went ahead and ordered one. Don't think the little guy can say NO yet! XDDD

I have to say, JoliMoli did a great job at packaging. I like simple, minimal style, and they totally hit me with that.

Per their website, these bandannas are 100% cotton one side, and 100% organic cotton another side. Sher's drooling test shows the fabric is quick dry, lolz.

There's one little issue I have, which the bandanna is a bit oversize on Sher, and completely covered his chest. If he is wearing a cute bodysuit, I probably won't let him wear these as will cover up the patterns. It's a personal choice!

Overall, I am happy with all the products I tried with JoliMoli, and can't wait to try more in the future!

The idea of taking 8 months old ET on a long haul flight to Hong Kong was almost a complete shoot down from everyone, including the grandparents.

Although my in-laws live in Hong Kong, as much as they wanted to see ET, they thought we were losing our minds.

It was 90th birthday party for my grandmother from mom's side in China, I wanted to go, and I wanted to take ET to see his great grandmother the very first time.

We decided to go, no matter what others said.

I started to get anxiety attack 2 weeks prior to the trip: Did I pack everything? Should I take water? What if... x1000000

All the anxiety attack syndromes were gone once I boarded the plane!

Here's my packing list for the carry on:

1) One extra set clothes for ET and us, that's 3 sets!
2) Powdered formula, I had a dispenser that can carry 3 meals (about 7oz per meal). And I used breast milk storage bags to pack a few more, just in case. Since I stopped breast feeding a month prior to our trip, this is a bit hard to calculate how much formula I had to packed, thus, I packed a lot more than I should.
3) 2 jars of baby food, although airline has prepared for us, I prefer certain brand.
4) 2 clean bottles
5) 6 diapers
6) wipes, travel size, like 25 pieces or so.
7) Vaseline, travel size
8) Feeding spoon
9) 2 bibs for feeding, and 2 for teething
10) aden and anais blanket to keep warm, I don't want to use airline provided
11) security blanket
12) Thermal bottle, since we need hot water for formula, it's easier to have some hot water in hand
13) strawcup for water
13) a bunch of toys

We had a diaper bag plus a small carry on, and stroller!



We took Cathay Pacific, they have direct flight to HK, and flight time is about 15 hours 30 minutes. Since we booked red eye, it worked out perfectly with ET's sleeping schedule.

However, drawback of booking with Cathay is, we are not grantee with bulk seating. In fact, we were lucky to have someone switched with us on the way to HK, and the person refused to switch seat with us on the way back to NY.

JFK terminal 7's security was easy on us, who process were very smooth. We folded the stroller and put on the x-ray, and I picked up ET to walk thru the metal detector door without any issue.



We pushed the stroller all the way to the gate, and flight attendant at the gate helped us to cover the stroller with huge plastic bag.

This was our seat with the fall off board, which the flight attendant would come and install the bassinet once we were in air.



According to Cathay Pacific's website, bassinets are free for baby under 12kg in weight, and 6 months.

ET was about 11kg, but he's always tall, the bassinet was too small, it wasn't very comfortable for him to sleep in. As you can see, he couldn't straighten his feet.



Also, another problem with bassinet, whenever the buckle up light was on, we were asked to take him out, and then buckle him on me with safety belt extension!!! It was hard, and would wake him up easily. He was really tired, didn't care too much, and kept sleeping.

The first round, he probably slept like 9 hours!



Got up, ate and play, then nap another 2 hours.

It was a smooth ride, even other passengers and attendants would come up and looked at him in the bassinet said, he's such a good baby!

We were also very lucky that he didn't have issue with the air pressure, didn't seem to be bothered at all on the take off and landing :)

This was gift from the airline: 2 diapers and two diaper cream.


Anyway, on the way back, from HK to New York, it was an upside down story.

We took the 9am flight, and of course, ET was done with jetlag, and was fully charged in the morning.

The person who sat next to the bulk seat refused to exchange seat with hubby. BTW, the seat we had on both flight, were aisle side, same row.

This gentleman had to take out his laptop and worked at times, and it was not a fun ride for him since ET kept moving around, reached over, and grabbed his stuff. There was so much a mom can do in this situation, and ET was a strong baby...

He was napped 2 hours and play another 2 hours, all the way for 16 hours flight.

Hubby had to take him and walk to the back of the plane at times. The flight attendants liked ET so much, they were willing to hold him and played with him!

Even after we landed, and saw the attendants again in luggage pick up, the ladies would come by and say bye bye.

Over all, it was a good experience. If I had to change one thing, I would probably book the return flight at a later time, instead of morning.

Flying with 8 months old was not that hard for us, the best advise I'll say is to book around their sleeping schedule as close as possible.

Good luck travelling!

I've been wanting to keep up with blogging, and life always go out of our way in different directions.

And to this, let me introduce you to our new family addition, Sher!

He's now 7 months, and was scheduled to born on boxing day of 2017.

Didn't quiet go as original plan, he arrived 10 days early, and I almost didn't make it to the hospital because he was rushing to the world.

I have to admit, I am a lazy mom, and want to spend less money and time possible on anything.

When ET starts to go crazy about stickers, I am scared.

I love stickers when I was young but never found a good place to put them.

Now I have my own kid, I tried to find a better way to let him have fun, yet not seeing stickers on my furnitures, or places that they don't belong to.

I've done some online research, and amazing moms on internet came up with DIY ideas to make sticker books, I followed.

I tried to find one that has less work, and using materials that I already have.

I know I have these at home:
1. Construction paper
2. 3-ring binder
3. Plastic sheet protectors
4. Cleat tape
5. Cutter (optional)

All I had to do was cutting the construction papers to fit in sheet protector, and using different colors making it more fun/colorful, then tape the sheet protector's opening to prevent falling.

Tada, that's it!

I can bring this book on the road or on the plane. Great for keeping kids busy during travel.

There are more fancy ways to do it, like using wax paper, or laminaters. Do your research and find the best one fitting your needs.

Happy sticking!!!

Hi all, I am Peggy, a full time working graphic designer with a 28-months son, ET.

We are currently living on Long Island, New York, a family of four, including the furry-four-leg, SamSam.

ET and SamSam shares the same birthday, ET was born in 2014, and SamSam was born in 2008.

I've been blogging in Chinese for the past 7 years, and ever since I became a mom, I wanted to blog and share my personal experience for raising ET.

Because I am a full time working mom, I also wanted to create this blog to share some idea about how to raise a kid on a budget.

Although I am a graphic designer, I suck at DIY and crafting.

There are still ways to work with a budget, and spend the wonderful times with children.

Finally, I am moving on and starting one!

For the coming few weeks, I will try to convert my Chinese blog into English and have some flash backs!