Lime Taxi the crap taxi

I don't normally complain about companies. Today I am. Last week I prebooked a taxi. On a Tuesday for Friday 7am pick up with a child seat. On Thursday being super organized I decided to call to confirm the booking. On calling the lady at the other end of the line had not recieved the prior booking so I made another. This is where I should of called it quits with Lime Taxi's. All the baby forums were recommending them. The lady insisted the taxi would be at our house at 7am with a baby seat. We should wait outside early.  So I went ahead.

Next day 6:50 we are all out the front waiting for the taxi. 7:05 no taxi. I decide to call because we can't afford to be late for the flight. Lime taxi tells me they have had trouble finding a taxi with a baby seat and that they are still trying to find one. He then tried to tell me that a child over one was not required to sit in a child seat.The lady the day before had said that a taxi would turn up with a child seat at 7am so I didn't think there would be a problem. The taxi company should of called to say that this was going to be an issue so I could arrange another company to transport us to the airport on time.

Second Hand Toys

 I know i'm a mum but its the times like waking up to find; babies finger stuck up your nose, a foot kicking you in the head or a head stuck in your arm pit that remind me.

There are too many toys in the world already. I only wanted cardboard boxes for baby to play with. Well I upgraded and decided only wood. This way we wouldnt have too many because they are expensive. Then somewhere along the way we ended up getting every toy under the sun. Sure he likes this one.... get it! then...

  I discovered e-bay selling this cube which would be good for baby to learn to stand up on and play. Only it wasnt possible to buy the toy new. It was not made anymore. So this led into the realm of second hand toys. Fisher Price is turning out to be a fantastic brand new and second hand. I found one covered in dust at Salvation army store. After about half an hour of cleaning and sterilizing (consisting of wiping  and getting rid of all dirt and dust with baby wet wipes) the toy was almost as good as new. 

At mothers group all the toys are second hand and baby loves them. So the more the merrier and when they are so cheap why bother getting anything else? I was concerned about germs from the second hand toys but at mothers group after every session the toys are wiped with the baby wipes.
These remove all the germs i'm told and so far baby has returned every week from three months old without a cold or any virus.  So as long as we clean the toys before we use them he should  stay healthy.

Babies

I'm finally getting decent sleep again. I feel like a human now my mother in law is cooking and takin care of the cleaning and everything else. I'm so thankful for the break. Somehow while breastfeeding I've managed to go from 72kg to 50kg. Probably not eating dairy helps. Baby ends up with blood in his nappy if I consume even the slightest bit of dairy...no chocolate... No oranges and only small bits of garlic at once...

I love it when my baby yawns. I love it when he wakes and stretches. I love to see him smile in the morning with his two tiny teeth.

It's been a year since I've posted and now I'm back visiting Dubai maybe it's time to.

Luca is six months old and growing fast. Life is so different with a child. All that free 

time no longer exists. Simple things like going to the bathroom at the shopping center... 

is completely crazy. Westfield, parents applaud you for your fantastic parents rooms. 

Singapore has also done a great job providing for babies needs while out and about. 

Well we left Dubai.. after eating ice cream for a week straight. Back now to Sydney. After a week of cleaning, gardening and unpacking it was time to start a new quilt. So I decided to try a recycled teeshirt quilt. My husband has about 200 tee shirts so after cleaning out the cuboard to fit my things also in there we found about 7 that could be given to the second hand store. I cut these up into 6inch squares and began to sew them into lines.
Here they are put together. I used some flannel material for the backing to make it extra warm. The edging still needs to be finished.

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