Saturday, October 28, 2006

Overwhelmed in the Formula Isle

Last night I think we took on too many tasks at once. We thought we would go and buy all of our formula, rice cereal and diapers for the trip. Not knowing much about our daughter...this was not an easy task for us first time parents. While Daniel was off looking at Pots & Pans (he loves to cook)...I stood in the baby formula isle....for 20 minutes...the security guy (you know the guy that pretends he's shopping...but he's really watching to see if your shoplifting), passed by a few times checking to see what I was doing. I had no idea what I was doing, so then I walked away and thought I would try shopping for a baby bottle...there are alot of bottles to choose from, I did not find this easy either. So as I was giving up and walking away...Daniel shows up and asked what was taking so long. I told him to look at the formula, I'll go get some diapers...surely I can do that! Nope, there are many different kinds of diapers in all different sizes, not knowing Mei Lin's size for sure, I was scared to get the wrong ones, and wanted to get the ones that would pack the best in our suitcase!....so I gave up on that and went back to the formula isle to see how Daniel was getting along...he was crouched down reading all the labels...we had no idea what we were doing...we finally decided on some soy based, lactose free stuff...god I hope it's the right stuff! Then we moved onto bottles...after 15 minutes of looking at them all and trying to pick "just the right ones"...I pretty much closed my eyes, grabbed one and threw it into the cart! At this point I didn't want to move onto diapers, I was tired! But we forged on, and finally after another 15 or 20 minutes picked out some lovely size 3 pampers! We then went immediately to the checkout and got the heck out of there!!! And we're not looking back!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have stood in those isles doing the same thing staring and staring. They need instruction manuals...........
Maybe if you can ask someone who recently went over what worked best for them.

Kennedy and Jaida's mom said...

I had a very similar experience the other night. I was at zellers looking at bottles, soothers, clothes, etc. I came home with a package of baby spoons! Figured I couldn't mess that up! Oh, the fun.

Anonymous said...

Hi Natalie,
What a funny post. I know it's exhausting but you'll get used to it. Just a note...Alyssa was 18 pounds when we got her (she was 15 months) and she only wore size 3 diapers up until this summer when she potty-trained. You made a good choice on the diaper size. Chinese babies have tiny bums and your daughter sounds as if she's quite thin. As for formula...don't worry about it too much. You will be able to buy the exact kind she uses while you are in China. Your guides, etc... will take you to the grocery store for you to stock up on the same formula, rice cereal and snacks. You can get pampers & huggies brand diapers in China so don't over pack these. You can also get Orea Cookies and Ritz crackers - you can get pretty much anything in China so don't worry.
I'm so excited for you guys and can't wait to follow along on your blog.
Tammy MacKinnon