Where can I buy reasonably priced baby supplies?
Where can I buy reasonably priced baby supplies?
Afternoon all.
HELP!
I’m about to get dragged out shopping for baby stuff at Aeon (oh the horror!)
Any ideas where I can buy a 2nd hand baby cot or a new one that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg??
Cheers!
HELP!
I’m about to get dragged out shopping for baby stuff at Aeon (oh the horror!)
Any ideas where I can buy a 2nd hand baby cot or a new one that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg??
Cheers!
Re: Where can I buy reasonably priced baby supplies?
Check with the mother if it's really needed first. Most Khmer mothers will let the baby sleep with them until the kot's become too small.
Re: Where can I buy reasonably priced baby supplies?
Don't ask her if she wants to buy something at AEON, of course she wants. Ask her if it'll be put to use, or just is another show off piece in the house.
My 2 cents.
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Re: Where can I buy reasonably priced baby supplies?
Least grief/sweat options would be
1: Buy from home from the FB page of a retailer who will deliver
2: Sakura Japanese shops. Check their site as they have dozens of spots around PP and outskirts. Cheap secondhand nippon stuff
For the record; I spent a shedload on a new cot for my eldest and it was never used. Except as toy storage
Re: Where can I buy reasonably priced baby supplies?
Cheers, aye I don’t fancy spending too much on it with the chance of it not being used much.Jerry Atrick wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 3:52 pmLeast grief/sweat options would be
1: Buy from home from the FB page of a retailer who will deliver
2: Sakura Japanese shops. Check their site as they have dozens of spots around PP and outskirts. Cheap secondhand nippon stuff
For the record; I spent a shedload on a new cot for my eldest and it was never used. Except as toy storage
I’ve been checking out local FB groups/pages can’t really see anything but I’ll keep looking.
Any tips on other pages would be appreciated!
Looks like she has changed her mind for today anyway. Now she just wants to binge on cheese n crackers and Netflix
I can deal with that
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Re: Where can I buy reasonably priced baby supplies?
Facebook search "Baby Store Phnom Penh" and the first ten results are all shops.
Check pic, message, send cash and they deliver.
Check pic, message, send cash and they deliver.
Re: Where can I buy reasonably priced baby supplies?
We bought a nice cot from Aeon 2 with mozzie net. Been used every day since he was about 6 months old, he's almost 2 now. We're currently waiting to find out whether my wife's visa application gets accepted, if it does we'll be off within a few weeks and the cot will be free to anyone who can be bothered to come and get it (we live in one of the boreys near Aeon 2).
We only bought a cheap stroller because we figured it wouldn't get much use and we were right. Strollers are useless here, you just have to carry the little dude/dudette until they are old enough to walk.
We had to switch to formula when he was about 3 months old due to a serious medical condition his mother developed (if your wife/partner gets mastisis, get it seen to immediately, we waited and that resulted in serious complications...) and we found that the price for formula in Aeon was roughly the same as in the rest of the baby shops. You can save a bit of money if you buy it by the case though, and you can't do that at Aeon. Same story with diapers, the price will depend more on the brand than where you buy them.
His clothes are mostly cheap ones from the market. He grows like a magic beanstalk, there's no point in getting fancy clothes when they won't fit him after a couple of months and the ones from the market are fine.
Buy expensive, brand name bottles, the best you can find. We bought a couple of cheap ones and bits of rubber started coming off them pretty quick, it scared the shit out of me. Good ones are about $15-$20 each but well worth it for peace of mind imo. You don't want to have to worry about your kid drinking chunks of rubber.
We only bought a cheap stroller because we figured it wouldn't get much use and we were right. Strollers are useless here, you just have to carry the little dude/dudette until they are old enough to walk.
We had to switch to formula when he was about 3 months old due to a serious medical condition his mother developed (if your wife/partner gets mastisis, get it seen to immediately, we waited and that resulted in serious complications...) and we found that the price for formula in Aeon was roughly the same as in the rest of the baby shops. You can save a bit of money if you buy it by the case though, and you can't do that at Aeon. Same story with diapers, the price will depend more on the brand than where you buy them.
His clothes are mostly cheap ones from the market. He grows like a magic beanstalk, there's no point in getting fancy clothes when they won't fit him after a couple of months and the ones from the market are fine.
Buy expensive, brand name bottles, the best you can find. We bought a couple of cheap ones and bits of rubber started coming off them pretty quick, it scared the shit out of me. Good ones are about $15-$20 each but well worth it for peace of mind imo. You don't want to have to worry about your kid drinking chunks of rubber.
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Re: Where can I buy reasonably priced baby supplies?
Buy a small hammock. Will sleep better.
Re: Where can I buy reasonably priced baby supplies?
Thanks, that’s some good advice which I’ll take on board! Our new arrival isn’t due until January so if that cot is available before then I’ll happily take it off your hands! Good luck with getting the visa through, Where are you heading off to if all goes well?Bubble T wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 4:18 pm We bought a nice cot from Aeon 2 with mozzie net. Been used every day since he was about 6 months old, he's almost 2 now. We're currently waiting to find out whether my wife's visa application gets accepted, if it does we'll be off within a few weeks and the cot will be free to anyone who can be bothered to come and get it (we live in one of the boreys near Aeon 2).
We only bought a cheap stroller because we figured it wouldn't get much use and we were right. Strollers are useless here, you just have to carry the little dude/dudette until they are old enough to walk.
We had to switch to formula when he was about 3 months old due to a serious medical condition his mother developed (if your wife/partner gets mastisis, get it seen to immediately, we waited and that resulted in serious complications...) and we found that the price for formula in Aeon was roughly the same as in the rest of the baby shops. You can save a bit of money if you buy it by the case though, and you can't do that at Aeon. Same story with diapers, the price will depend more on the brand than where you buy them.
His clothes are mostly cheap ones from the market. He grows like a magic beanstalk, there's no point in getting fancy clothes when they won't fit him after a couple of months and the ones from the market are fine.
Buy expensive, brand name bottles, the best you can find. We bought a couple of cheap ones and bits of rubber started coming off them pretty quick, it scared the shit out of me. Good ones are about $15-$20 each but well worth it for peace of mind imo. You don't want to have to worry about your kid drinking chunks of rubber.
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