This is a pretty cool store, it’s expensive but has some things that you can’t get in other shops around town: a nice selection of birthday cards and wrapping paper, bits for baby proofing the house, music and art supplies, lots of fun toys (including wooden toys and manhattan toy company) and a smallish selection of books. Don’t have the exact address but it’s next door to Simply Thai in the North block of Xintiandi.
I always find it really hard to find natural cosmetics here in Shanghai maybe this is an idea for the future.
There is a good website from Hong Kong where you can buy baby products, including natural cream, washable diapers, the Ergo baby carrier and lots more. The best thing is that they deliver to Mainland China. Take a look www.doubibou.com
We’ve already been back in Shanghai for over a week now and after the first few jet lagged days where I felt like I was just floating around the place with a spaced out smile on my face, the reality of being back in Shanghai hit me hard and I didn’t like it at all… and on top of that the whole family caught the worst cold ever… Anyways now we are getting healthy again and after complaining a lot I think I can start again to be pro active about finding fun stuff to do with Theo who is getting more and more fun and needs a way to get rid of all that energy.
I miss the pizza, the food, the wine, the beach, the view of the mountains, my mum, my brother, bread, focaccia but apart from that Shanghai is just fine ; )
Theo loved the bread so much that he was constipated for most of his holiday (it had never happened before).
His eating is still a bit irregular and a lot of the food I offer him still goes on the floor, on his hair and pasted on the high chair. I have started feeding him with a spoon for really messy stuff such as weat-a-bix and yogurt but I’m still trying th BLW way.
I would love to hear from other mothers who are doing this.
Anyhow the sun is shining and Theo even took a nap today so all is good.
Recently found out about this from a friend and I was a little annoyed at myself for not having known about it before. It’s a really great place for crawling and walking babies and older kids, really clean and has lots of fun things like a balloon pen, a maze, a mary go around with fluffy animals, a ball pitt, a water mattress, and a few other crazy things. It’s a chain and they have several branches across town. Here is the website with the list of locations (only in Chinese).
I go to the Huaihai lu Isetan one (5th Floor) which is just round the corner from us.
The cost is 30rmb per time or a 100rmb card valid one year which allows you to go 5 times. The idea of taking Theo to play in a shopping mall makes me a bit sad and is one of the reasons why I’m looking at leaving Shanghai in the near future but it’s a good option for the winter and when you are bored of the house.