An afternoon at Baby Stage & Baby Space, Goodman Art Centre

Last month, we brought Miss Kwek to the latest children hangout in town: The Artground.

Situated within the compound of Goodman Art Centre, The Artground consist of various installations suited for children age 0-12years old. Since Miss Kwek just turned 6 months, the only installation that is suitable for her is the baby stage.

The baby stage is a big space with different installation within for both baby and parents to hangout and explore! It was pretty awesome. Then, the  baby stage theme was "down the rabbit hole" by artist Ya See Poh. Many mixed media structures for baby to interact. Miss Kwek had so much fun exploring the various textures of the objects around.

Within the baby stage holds the Baby Space, a paid performance for children age 0-16months.

Baby space is a half hour performance priced at $18 per carer and child. Please not that only one parent can accompany the child in! Advance booking is required.

Mr Kwek got to enjoy this bonding time with Miss Kwek while I stoned at the Baby Stage. :p

The baby space was minimally dressed in white and decorated with mainly white soft spongy foam pieces. There are only two performers who go around performing and interacting with the children.

Everyone who enters for the performance will be required to sanitize their feet, including children, with the provided wet wipes. Hence, will be good if footwear wore are not too complicated to be removed.

According to Mr Kwek, Miss Kwek who usually wobbles so much when sitting, was fully immersed in the performance that she was sitting up so well!

Verdict from the mister?

It's the best $18 he spent for awhile! :)
Highly recommended!

Miss Kwek was all smiley and laughing when she came out from the performance! I'm sure she did enjoyed herself very much!

Not sure how good a stimuli the performance but Miss Kwek did show a sudden breakthrough in her milestones. Just the day after, Miss Kwek was able to sit up by herself without help (though still wobbly) and she who has been stuck rocking on all fours for sometimes, started crawling!

Amazed!

Was it pure coincidences or was it due to the stimulation from the performance?

Let me know if any of you have the same experience. :)

Do pay a visit to The Artground for some family bonding time. It's well worth the time, money and effort.

Other similiar places we visited:

An Afternoon at Busy Tables at Rochester Mall

An Afternoon at Playeum@Gillman Barracks - Making It Home

Baby Product Review: Philip Avent 4-in-1 baby healthy food maker

Six months passed by in a flash and I realised, I haven't had the time to document anything regarding parenthood!

Yes, that's how occupied one becomes with a baby on board!

So here's a really short post on my first baby product review, the Philip Avent 4-in-1 baby healthy food maker.

Miss Kwek started semi-solid not too long ago when she turned 5 months. The Philip Avent 4-in-1 baby healthy food maker is really a great kitchen helper in preparing homemade puree. All I have to do is steam, flip and blend. It includes a storage container which can be used to store excess puree and the container can be placed in the same machine for defrost/reheat. As easy as ABC! All using just a machine! The manual included also gives a gauge of the duration each type of food item should be steamed.

The machine consist of two parts: the blender and the steamer.

All I need to do is wash and chop food into 1 cm cube, place it into the blender, fill water to the desired steaming duration (as per the manual), lock the steamer side of the blender down, set the control panel to the correct duration and wait. When steaming is done, the machine will "beep" and automatically cease steaming. Very good for multitasking as I do not need to worry about over/under steaming the food.

Next, unlock the blender and flip. Give the steamed food a shake to let it fall to the blade end and lock the blender. Press the center control buttom to pulse the food till desired consistency.

Thats right! Homemade puree is ready for consumption or storage.

Is the machine easy to clean?
Yes!

All the parts are easily taken apart for thorough cleaning after each use.

As for the given container, I have not tried defrosting/reheating puree in it. I usually make fresh batch of puree every alternate days. Hence, I store the one extra serving in the normal Philip Avent container and use the Philip Avent warmer to reheat the puree the next day.

Overall, I think its well worth the moolahs! A dummy proof machine, even Mr Kwek knows how to make puree now!

If you are interested, do try to get it during baby fairs as deals are much better with throw in freebies. FYI, I got mine during Taka baby fair at $169, inclusive of freebies a set of Avent bowls and utensils.