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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

play yard

After getting Joel a playmat, the next would be a fence - to make a real play yard - and also for a safer play area. I've found some here... Any suggestions from mommies or babies? I wanna get something that i wont regret lor coz this is kinda like buying a piece of furniture...so quite headache. I wanna get it tomorrow/next week (1 day for delivery).

Option 1
S$160 - that forms a square 1.7m x 1.7m (with 8 panels). I like that it's a "no frills" shape...but it will really occupy a lot of space in the living room. Cannot form a rectangle coz it's too narrow for play (about 80cm)...though i thought of an 'L-shape' to save some space. My playmat is 2m x 1.8m, so i can just cut away a bit of the extras to fit. The red door is "fake"...think the green panel can be folded downwards to let baby in/out.


or Option 2
S$90 - that forms a hexagon (6 panels) about 1.2m in length/breadth which is an ideal size for our small living room. The yellow door can be open/closed. I kinda prefer a more "regular shape".

* Price includes delivery. Plastic balls (shown inside) sold separately.

UPDATED:
We have decided to get the bigger fence coz the hexagon seems a bit too small for playing inside (esp with toys). Keke... This meant moving around more of our existing furniture for Joel's sake. ;p

1 comment:

astrid said...

Hi Jo,
We only rented the play yard for Noah's 1st bday. We didn't actually buy it. It's useful because you can put boundaries anywhere you want. You don't have to form a hexagon or square. You just use it as a gate. I've always wanted to buy that, but ivan said it's big, bulky and expensive!! And doesn't go well with his speakers. Haaaiiiz! Boys' toys!

Some of the play yards can also fit a small mattress inside. So if you're afraid of joel rolling over, you can always put him there. Baby cot is too dangerous for his age cos he can climb out of it.

Anyway, now we just have a small white gate to block the kitchen area. So Noah doesn't go in there. It's just like a small door that he can't open.