Caelyn's New Awesome (Umbrella) Stroller - the Kooper Joovy

I've actually never heard of this brand before and there seems to be more choices for strollers here. We've been using the Maclaren Volo for a while now because it's so light and easy to tote around, especially for travelling. And in Singapore she didn't really want to sit in her stroller that much, hardly even wanting to sleep in it. When we bought the Maclaren Volo, we did it with travelling in mind because it was so light, weighing in at under 4kg. Anyway, while we've been here, she's gotten into the habit of sleeping in her stroller and the poor girl's head keeps on drooping when she sleeps because the Volo doesn't recline.

So we purchased this little beauty called the Kooper Joovy. It folds up quite compact and weighs in at only around 8kg. The seat reclines to an almost horizontal sleeping position, the sunshade pulls down quite low, there's 2 mesh drink holder pockets in the back of the sun shade cover, a zip pocket and a sturdy basket underneath. In addition there are also mesh pockets on either sides of the seat so you can store toys, snack, drinks, dummies whatever.

It is by far the best stroller I've ever had!


POSTNOTE: This stroller was actually pretty bad after using it for a while. So we sold it on ebay. I really wouldn't recommend this to any parent. There are better strollers in the same price range if not cheaper.

Caelyn's all better now

Caelyn's back to her normal self again since yesterday. After seeing two Drs, we're just putting this down as another mystery non-serious virus. Would've been nice to find out what happened to her, but I guess we'll never know. Thanks for everyone's concern!

Caelyn's first visit to a Dr in Australia

It was unfortunate that Caelyn got sick on our holiday. She developed a high fever overnight and I woke at 5am this morning somewhat panicking when I felt how hot Caelyn was. Gave her some Panadol then went back to sleep, but the fever still hadn't subsided. I was concerned she might've had a sinus infection like before since yesterday under her eyes were a bit puffy and slightly flushed/pink. So I had my suspicions. So this morning I decided to bring her to the Dr. It was unfortunate that my preferred childhood Dr was fully booked till Friday so we had to see another Dr we didn't know. Seriously, how can anyone wait to see a Dr if they're sick and in need of immediate medical attention. I now realise how spoilt I am in Singapore where going to the Dr means just going to the Clinic and taking a number and waiting till your number is called up. You are almost never turned away unless you came at closing time and there's still a lot of ppl waiting to be treated. For the first time ever, I actually missed Caelyn's PD. Caelyn disliked the Dr so much, said she was scared of him and asked me to bring her outside. She was crying uncontrollably.....now I worry she's traumatised about going to the Dr. She used to be very excited about going to the Dr - think she thought today we were going to see her lovely Dr Ellen Tay at Hougang Mall :(

We wanted to see Malcolm's Dr, but alas his Dr wasn't taking in any new patients! Wat tha??? I've never heard of such a thing in Singapore.

I've now realised how Singaporeanised I am. It's taken me A LOT longer to get used to being back here. It had always been my dream to come back and live here with my family, but you know ....... I am now seriously reconsidering. Maybe I'll talk more about that after my trip ends.