關於 organic baby food meat ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

前几天有个读者妈妈问我有没有宝宝消毒喷雾好介绍
今天下午又收到了 US Baby - Malaysia 的一箱家用产品
才发现我们家真的无处不有 Usbaby 的东西
配合今晚的0606 Shopee 嘉年华
绝对是入手的好时机！

跟你们说说我和他们那段奇妙的缘分吧
认识 Usbaby
要从几年前一次的 Shopee 嘉年华开始
因为发现他们家的好康
一罐有机的 Ag Touche Organic Mosquitor Repellent 那时候只要 RM8.80
在网路上分享后
他们找到我 这才认识了肌肉爸爸
(我也是刚刚看到他们新的包装纸才知道他就是肌肉爸爸 ok 有点后知后觉)

从 Ag Touche 到 Rowces 的洗衣液
再到 Null 罐无天下 和 Hilton
他们主打日本品牌
我几乎是一路看着他们的企业成长之路
从亲民到环保到高端路线
当然这间中也 support 了不少
我没有跟他们合作过业配
打从一开始 跟肌肉爸爸就是以朋友的方式相处交流
他喜欢不问自送他们新的家庭用品到我们家 请我们试试看
结果很多东西我们一用不回头
现在想想 这套路真深啊 🚬
我们家可以说从家门口到厕所里都是他们的各种消毒和清洁剂

今天带大家一起来入坑好用的家庭用品 🏡

从我们家大门口说起吧
我们家门外就有Ag touche的Hand wash和一罐酒精消毒液
这里附上链接给大家
💁‍♀AG Touche Disinfected Hand Wash 500ML
https://shopee.com.my/product/26544786/3632135499?smtt=0.12995487-1622203961.9

💁‍♀NULL Japan Alcohol Sanitizer (50ml)
https://shopee.com.my/product/26544786/5579506029?smtt=0.12995487-1622203899.9

因为疫情的关系 可以网购都绝不出门
对于送到家门口的包裹都会请快递放在门口就离开
make sure 0 contact 后用酒精消毒喷雾消毒
放置一天后才拆开进门
当妈妈以后真的变得怕死
不怕自己死 就怕牵连孩子
我们家的消毒工作做到连包外公都喊Tolong

其实他们的消毒喷雾有分很多很多种
有 Organic 有机的，有含酒精的，不含酒精的，含香精的，不含香精的，可以接触肌肤的，可以喷在物体和表面的
说起来... 你们家一定要比我injim吗？
老老实实一罐不行吗？
看到我眼花缭乱 选择障碍症人士会被逼死

进到家里客厅同样也有他们的消毒喷雾
还有免洗洗手液
方便我们拿了万毒之源的钥匙后可以消毒
💁‍♀AG Touche Natural Hand Sanitizer 100ML
https://shopee.com.my/product/26544786/767847077?smtt=0.26546122-1622016285.9

当然还有我们家少不了的防蚊喷雾
两包跟妈妈一样是吸引蚊子的体质
而且包外婆家这里是蚊症高几率地区
疫情很严重 蚊症其实也很严重
所以两包每天洗澡后都会用到
💁‍♀Hillton ICEBAY Moisturising Mosquitoes Repellent (50 ml)
https://shopee.com.my/product/26544786/4776282142?smtt=0.12995487-1622203241.9

来到厨房就有很多的清洁用品
我们家有个水果公主
所以去农药的蔬果洗洁剂用得很多
最近一直看到新闻报道说病毒可以附在我们购买的食材上面 尤其是肉类
他们的洗洁剂不只是可以用在蔬果
连肉类也可以使用
包外婆不喜欢杂乱
可以一瓶打天下他绝不会要好友满天下
💁‍♀ Null ECO Vege & Meat Food Cleanser 500ML
https://shopee.com.my/product/26544786/4379490249?smtt=0.26546122-1622016152.9

洗手盆上除了洗蔬果液之外
当然还有洗奶瓶的 他们的奶瓶洗洁剂去油效果超级好 一瓶可以用超久
别怀疑 你看到罐子上污迹都是因为我们真的用了很久留下的
证明这真的不是光鲜亮丽的业配照 😅
💁‍♀NULL Bottle & Dish Washer (500 ml)
https://shopee.com.my/product/26544786/9115802264?smtt=0.12995487-1622203391.9

来到洗衣间
肯定就有他们家的Hot Item宝宝洗衣液
两包的衣服和被单娃娃到现在都还是用宝宝洗衣液分开洗涤的
因为大人的衣服可能有荧光剂
Injim妈不想他们的衣服被沾染
💁‍♀AG Touche LittleOne Laundry Detergent 1L
https://shopee.com.my/product/26544786/1871822997?smtt=0.26546122-1622016544.9

来到厕所
首先肯定是有我们分开洗内在美的洗洁精
因为我本身很容易尿道发炎
所以内在美洗涤的部分都会特别注意
包外婆把他们的内在美洗洁剂标榜为 "高级洗内裤"
光听包外婆取的名字你应该就可以感受到她对这个洗洁精的评价了吧？
说起来连我都感觉快要尴尬癌发作 🙃
💁‍♀Hillton ICEBAY Delicate Lingeries Wash (250 ml)
https://shopee.com.my/product/26544786/9209945740?smtt=0.12995487-1622204096.9?smtt=0.12995487-1622204096.9

哦对 来到我们家的 Store room
还有我妈最喜欢的抹地水
喜欢到标记 "高级洗地水" 😅
你能感受到有几高级了吗😂
我用着Hilton的Floor Cleanser
我喜欢他的香味 不过目前缺货
附上Null 的给大家参考
Null 主要偏向无香精环保路线
适合喜欢无毒无香精的Eco妈妈们
💁‍♀NULL Extra Floor Clean 500ML
https://shopee.com.my/product/26544786/9559883130?smtt=0.12995487-1622204457.9

最后要特别讲的是他们家最近的高级货
最新的精油沐浴露
之前收到了新品体验
然后在我们的育儿群组母亲节特备节目时送了三罐给得奖的妈妈们体验
Izumi 系列的 eco ingredients比例有高达97%
就算碰到孩子的眼睛也不辣眼睛哦
他们主打
0% Dimethicone (Silicones)
0% Soap Alkali 皂验
0% Paraben防腐剂
0% SLS , SLES , Paraben , Silicon
0% Fragrance , Colour , Soap

Hillton Izumi 酸橙柠檬草系列适合敏感肌肤
它可以修复肌肤问题 保湿肌肤
适合有湿疹的宝宝 它也可以用来洗脸
一罐要价RM102 整个就是高级货
想要体验高级货这里找
💁‍♀Hillton Izumi Hair & Face Body Shampoo (Shimane’s Remongurasuraimu)
https://shopee.com.my/product/26544786/3676519321?smtt=0.12995487-1622205297.9

Hillton Izumi 薰衣草系列里面含有高纯度的椰油
同样是没有皂基 所以宝宝用了不会辣眼睛
这款适合有湿疹问题的宝宝们使用
因为它可以帮助舒缓湿疹问题 镇定皮肤
怀孕的妈妈们也适合使用 可以预防妊娠纹
一罐要价 RM76 灰常高级
Hilton走的都是高档路线
一分钱一分货的概念
我用过一次Hilton的免洗洗手液
一次就让我印象深刻
💁‍♀Hillton IZUMI Baby Hair & Skin Shampoo (Furano Lavender)
https://shopee.com.my/product/26544786/7576425902?smtt=0.12995487-1622205266.9

今天晚上12点
配合06/06 Shopee 嘉年华活动
他们家12am-2am有特价活动
大家可以先把产品放进购物车
很多都是大大一瓶十几块钱而已🔥
#想要下单的妈妈们可以使用这两个折扣码
可以输入他们折扣码 MOTHIG302 折扣30%
满100-30
满150-45 折扣码 MOTHIG452
固本只有在今晚12点以后才会启动
还可以配合 Free shipping 和 Coin rebate
超！级！值！得！
大家可以点击他们的商店链接看看有没有其他我没提到但你们需要的
因为他们真的有太多太多的essential日用品了
根本都说不完
附上商店链接 💁‍♀ https://shopee.com.my/motherfeels?smtt=0.0.9
也许还有很多我没发掘的宝藏
或者你们有发掘了他们家其他好用的商品
可以留言跟我分享哟！

大家放入购物车后
今晚12点设定闹钟 果断 Checkout
真的不要等
0606 Shopee的 voucher都是秒杀的
别说我没有提醒哦！

#不负责任分享文
#每段都不能仔细描述不然就会变成论文
#0606不买你之后看到价钱会锤死心肝
#非业配
#纯粹是肌肉爸爸曾经在我低潮时对我说了一句话让我铭记于心

【《金融時報》深度長訪】

今年做過數百外媒訪問，若要說最能反映我思緒和想法的訪問，必然是《金融時報》的這一個，沒有之一。

在排山倒海的訪問裡，這位記者能在短短個半小時裡，刻畫得如此傳神，值得睇。

Joshua Wong plonks himself down on a plastic stool across from me. He is there for barely 10 seconds before he leaps up to greet two former high school classmates in the lunchtime tea house melee. He says hi and bye and then bounds back. Once again I am facing the young man in a black Chinese collared shirt and tan shorts who is proving such a headache for the authorities in Beijing.

So far, it’s been a fairly standard week for Wong. On a break from a globe-trotting, pro-democracy lobbying tour, he was grabbed off the streets of Hong Kong and bundled into a minivan. After being arrested, he appeared on the front pages of the world’s newspapers and was labelled a “traitor” by China’s foreign ministry.

He is very apologetic about being late for lunch.

Little about Wong, the face of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, can be described as ordinary: neither his Nobel Peace Prize nomination, nor his three stints in prison. Five years ago, his face was plastered on the cover of Time magazine; in 2017, he was the subject of a hit Netflix documentary, Joshua: Teenager vs Superpower. And he’s only 23.

We’re sitting inside a Cantonese teahouse in the narrow back streets near Hong Kong’s parliament, where he works for a pro-democracy lawmaker. It’s one of the most socially diverse parts of the city and has been at the heart of five months of unrest, which has turned into a battle for Hong Kong’s future. A few weekends earlier I covered clashes nearby as protesters threw Molotov cocktails at police, who fired back tear gas. Drunk expats looked on, as tourists rushed by dragging suitcases.

The lunch crowd pours into the fast-food joint, milling around as staff set up collapsible tables on the pavement. Construction workers sit side-by-side with men sweating in suits, chopsticks in one hand, phones in the other. I scan the menu: instant noodles with fried egg and luncheon meat, deep fried pork chops, beef brisket with radish. Wong barely glances at it before selecting the hometown fried rice and milk tea, a Hong Kong speciality with British colonial roots, made with black tea and evaporated or condensed milk.

“I always order this,” he beams, “I love this place, it’s the only Cantonese teahouse in the area that does cheap, high-quality milk tea.” I take my cue and settle for the veggie and egg fried rice and a lemon iced tea as the man sitting on the next table reaches over to shake Wong’s hand. Another pats him on the shoulder as he brushes by to pay the bill.

Wong has been a recognisable face in this city since he was 14, when he fought against a proposal from the Hong Kong government to introduce a national education curriculum that would teach that Chinese Communist party rule was “superior” to western-style democracy. The government eventually backed down after more than 100,000 people took to the streets. Two years later, Wong rose to global prominence when he became the poster boy for the Umbrella Movement, in which tens of thousands of students occupied central Hong Kong for 79 days to demand genuine universal suffrage.

That movement ended in failure. Many of its leaders were sent to jail, among them Wong. But the seeds of activism were planted in the generation of Hong Kongers who are now back on the streets, fighting for democracy against the world’s most powerful authoritarian state. The latest turmoil was sparked by a controversial extradition bill but has evolved into demands for true suffrage and a showdown with Beijing over the future of Hong Kong. The unrest in the former British colony, which was handed over to China in 1997, represents the biggest uprising on Chinese soil since the 1989 pro-democracy movement in Beijing. Its climax, of course, was the Tiananmen Square massacre, when hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people were killed.

“We learnt a lot of lessons from the Umbrella Movement: how to deal with conflict between the more moderate and progressive camps, how to be more organic, how to be less hesitant,” says Wong. “Five years ago the pro-democracy camp was far more cautious about seeking international support because they were afraid of pissing off Beijing.”

Wong doesn’t appear to be afraid of irking China. Over the past few months, he has lobbied on behalf of the Hong Kong protesters to governments around the world. In the US, he testified before Congress and urged lawmakers to pass an act in support of the Hong Kong protesters — subsequently approved by the House of Representatives with strong bipartisan support. In Germany, he made headlines when he suggested two baby pandas in the Berlin Zoo be named “Democracy” and “Freedom.” He has been previously barred from entering Malaysia and Thailand due to pressure from Beijing, and a Singaporean social worker was recently convicted and fined for organising an event at which Wong spoke via Skype.

The food arrives almost immediately. I struggle to tell our orders apart. Two mouthfuls into my egg and cabbage fried rice, I regret not ordering the instant noodles with luncheon meat.

In August, a Hong Kong newspaper controlled by the Chinese Communist party published a photo of Julie Eadeh, an American diplomat, meeting pro-democracy student leaders including Wong. The headline accused “foreign forces” of igniting a revolution in Hong Kong. “Beijing says I was trained by the CIA and the US marines and I am a CIA agent. [I find it] quite boring because they have made up these kinds of rumours for seven years [now],” he says, ignoring his incessantly pinging phone.

Another thing that bores him? The media. Although Wong’s messaging is always on point, his appraisal of journalists in response to my questions is piercing and cheeky. “In 15-minute interviews I know journalists just need soundbites that I’ve repeated lots of times before. So I’ll say things like ‘I have no hope [as regards] the regime but I have hope towards the people.’ Then the journalists will say ‘oh that’s so impressive!’ And I’ll say ‘yes, I’m a poet.’ ”

And what about this choice of restaurant? “Well, I knew I couldn’t pick a five-star hotel, even though the Financial Times is paying and I know you can afford it,” he says grinning. “It’s better to do this kind of interview in a Hong Kong-style restaurant. This is the place that I conducted my first interview after I left prison.” Wong has spent around 120 days in prison in total, including on charges of unlawful assembly.

“My fellow prisoners would tell me about how they joined the Umbrella Movement and how they agreed with our beliefs. I think prisoners are more aware of the importance of human rights,” he says, adding that even the prison wardens would share with him how they had joined protests.

“Even the triad members in prison support democracy. They complain how the tax on cigarettes is extremely high and the tax on red wine is extremely low; it just shows how the upper-class elite lives here,” he says, as a waiter strains to hear our conversation. Wong was most recently released from jail in June, the day after the largest protests in the history of Hong Kong, when an estimated 2m people — more than a quarter of the territory’s 7.5m population — took to the streets.

Raised in a deeply religious family, he used to travel to mainland China every two years with his family and church literally to spread the gospel. As with many Hong Kong Chinese who trace their roots to the mainland, he doesn’t know where his ancestral village is. His lasting memory of his trips across the border is of dirty toilets, he tells me, mid-bite. He turned to activism when he realised praying didn’t help much.

“The gift from God is to have independence of mind and critical thinking; to have our own will and to make our own personal judgments. I don’t link my religious beliefs with my political judgments. Even Carrie Lam is Catholic,” he trails off, in a reference to Hong Kong’s leader. Lam has the lowest approval rating of any chief executive in the history of the city, thanks to her botched handling of the crisis.

I ask whether Wong’s father, who is also involved in social activism, has been a big influence. Wrong question.

“The western media loves to frame Joshua Wong joining the fight because of reading the books of Nelson Mandela or Martin Luther King or because of how my parents raised me. In reality, I joined street activism not because of anyone book I read. Why do journalists always assume anyone who strives for a better society has a role model?” He glances down at his pinging phone and draws a breath, before continuing. “Can you really describe my dad as an activist? I support LGBTQ rights,” he says, with a fist pump. His father, Roger Wong, is a well-known anti-gay rights campaigner in Hong Kong.

I notice he has put down his spoon, with half a plate of fried rice untouched. I decide it would be a good idea to redirect our conversation by bonding over phone addictions. Wong, renowned for his laser focus and determination, replies to my emails and messages at all hours and has been described by his friends as “a robot.”

He scrolls through his Gmail, his inbox filled with unread emails, showing me how he categorises interview requests with country tags. His life is almost solely dedicated to activism. “My friends and I used to go to watch movies and play laser tag but now of course we don’t have time to play any more: we face real bullets every weekend.”

The protests — which have seen more than 3,300 people arrested — have been largely leaderless. “Do you ever question your relevance to the movement?” I venture, mid-spoonful of congealed fried rice.

“Never,” he replies with his mouth full. “We have a lot of facilitators in this movement and I’m one of them . . . it’s just like Wikipedia. You don’t know who the contributors are behind a Wikipedia page but you know there’s a lot of collaboration and crowdsourcing. Instead of just having a top-down command, we now have a bottom-up command hub which has allowed the movement to last far longer than Umbrella.

“With greater power comes greater responsibility, so the question is how, through my role, can I express the voices of the frontliners, of the street activism? For example, I defended the action of storming into the Legislative Council on July 1. I know I didn’t storm in myself . . . ” His phone pings twice. Finally he succumbs.

After tapping away for about 30 seconds, Wong launches back into our conversation, sounding genuinely sorry that he wasn’t there on the night when protesters destroyed symbols of the Chinese Communist party and briefly occupied the chamber.

“My job is to be the middleman to express, evaluate and reveal what is going on in the Hong Kong protests when the movement is about being faceless,” he says, adding that his Twitter storm of 29 tweets explaining the July 1 occupation reached at least four million people. I admit that I am overcome with exhaustion just scanning his Twitter account, which has more than 400,000 followers. “Well, that thread was actually written by Jeffrey Ngo from Demosisto,” he say, referring to the political activism group that he heads.

A network of Hong Kong activists studying abroad helps fuel his relentless public persona on social media and in the opinion pages of international newspapers. Within a week of his most recent arrest, he had published op-eds in The Economist, The New York Times, Quartz and the Apple Daily.

I wonder out loud if he ever feels overwhelmed at taking on the Chinese Communist party, a task daunting even for some of the world’s most formidable governments and companies. He peers at me over his wire-framed glasses. “It’s our responsibility; if we don’t do it, who will? At least we are not in Xinjiang or Tibet; we are in Hong Kong,” he says, referring to two regions on Chinese soil on the frontline of Beijing’s drive to develop a high-tech surveillance state. In Xinjiang, at least one million people are being held in internment camps. “Even though we’re directly under the rule of Beijing, we have a layer of protection because we’re recognised as a global city so [Beijing] is more hesitant to act.”

I hear the sound of the wok firing up in the kitchen and ask him the question on everyone’s minds in Hong Kong: what happens next? Like many people who are closely following the extraordinary situation in Hong Kong, he is hesitant to make firm predictions.

“Lots of think-tanks around the world say ‘Oh, we’re China experts. We’re born in western countries but we know how to read Chinese so we’re familiar with Chinese politics.’ They predicted the Communist party would collapse after the Tiananmen Square massacre and they’ve kept predicting this over the past three decades but hey, now it’s 2019 and we’re still under the rule of Beijing, ha ha,” he grins.

While we are prophesying, does Wong ever think he might become chief executive one day? “No local journalist in Hong Kong would really ask this question,” he admonishes. As our lunch has progressed, he has become bolder in dissecting my interview technique. The territory’s chief executive is currently selected by a group of 1,200, mostly Beijing loyalists, and he doubts the Chinese Communist party would ever allow him to run. A few weeks after we meet he announces his candidacy in the upcoming district council elections. He was eventually the only candidate disqualified from running — an order that, after our lunch, he tweeted had come from Beijing and was “clearly politically driven”.

We turn to the more ordinary stuff of 23-year-olds’ lives, as Wong slurps the remainder of his milk tea. “Before being jailed, the thing I was most worried about was that I wouldn’t be able to watch Avengers: Endgame,” he says.

“Luckily, it came out around early May so I watched it two weeks before I was locked up in prison.” He has already quoted Spider-Man twice during our lunch. I am unsurprised when Wong picks him as his favourite character.

“I think he’s more . . . ” He pauses, one of the few times in the interview. “Compared to having an unlimited superpower or unlimited power or unlimited talent just like Superman, I think Spider-Man is more human.” With that, our friendly neighbourhood activist dashes off to his next interview.

Happy holidays! Sharing this again in case you’re looking for something to do with your little this week! ❤️

Enjoy!

Whether it's the school holidays or not, if you're looking for a fun day out with your toddler, here's the ultimate list I compiled over Ella Grace's 3 week break! 😂😅

Everyday, I would look through the list then narrow it down to one or two choices for Ella Grace to pick from (freedom within boundaries, mamas!) and off we would go!

The list is categorized by area and includes at least one activity and one restaurant. Depending on how she was feeling that day, traffic, dinner plans, etc we would either nap-on-the-go in her stroller (and mama got a quiet coffee!) then continue or we would head home.

Change it up, make it your own, invite a friend, be flexible, but most importantly, enjoy your time together and I'd love to see what adventures you guys get up to! <3

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KL SCHOOL HOLIDAYS (TODDLER EDITION!):

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BANDAR UTAMA
1 Utama
Watch people "fly" at the AirRider, have a little splash at the fountain below, stop for a little play and pouch at SquEEEze Me Baby and slurp down some noodles at Go Noodle.

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BANGSAR
Join a class or open swim time at Aquabubs Swim School(heated salt pool w child-friendly facilities and play area) then stop by La Juiceria Superfoods Signature for fresh organic yumminess and Floristika on the way home for a bundle of happy and a horticulture lesson.

Bangsar Village
Walk over to I Love Snackfood and Nala Designs to explore, have a play and meal at Marmalade, check out Janie & Joe and the awesome dot-to-dot markers and train sets at Kiddos' Gear before finishing off w a sweet "guilt-free" treat at Kind Kones!

BSC
Stop for chicken rice or fish noodles at House + Co before having a little play at Jungle Gym, a little read at Times , a little exploring at Mothercare Malaysia, a little oohing and ahhing at MoMa Lifestyle and top it off with a babycino Jason's Foodhall and a balloon from Chilli's while you wait for your car!

The Hive- Bulk Foods
Spend a day talking to your little one about sustainability and conservation at this cute little zero-waste store in Bangsar. They have workshops for adults and little ones and also a little play corner if they get restless halfway through your browsing. Such a beautiful way to teach teeny tiny about reducing and reusing from helping to bring your own containers to filling them up with your sundries to picking out stainless steel straws for friends and bamboo toothbrushes for the family. The only bad part is when your child announces to the entire universe that "MAMA HAS A BIG ONE TOO!!" while pointing to the Freedom Cups.

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DAMANSARA UTAMA
The Starling
Spend a day at Kiddomo Universe or catch a kid-friendly movie (with a playground in the cinema!) at MBO Cinemas. Stop for a steaming yummy bowl of pho at Pho Vietz or walk outside for a super yummy nasi lemak and fried chicken at Village Park.

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DAMANSARA JAYA
Atria Shopping Gallery
Spend a day at Jungle Gym (Tuesday mornings are the best day to go!), eat lunch at Antipodean Cafe (they have a mini play area), get a massage at Healing Touch while teeny tiny naps or you can even drop them off at Playroom Malaysia. If you feel like blowing a few dollars on arcade fun, there is a Molly Fantasy on the third floor too! Ella Grace loves going to the Naughty Nuri's for dinner as there's always some sort of dancing performance to wiggle to!

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DESA PARK CITY
Plaza Arkadia
Depending on where you park, check out Noriter or Kinderia for a little play, awesome books at The Story Book, a balloon at Brrrloon, the most amazing toy store and lifestyle mash up at Carousel and Kaleidoscope, splash around in their splash fountain, swing on their tree house and stop for some chicken tandoori pizza at Nutz and Bolts or a nyonya meal at Aunty Lee's.

If you're at Waterfront instead, check out the fishes in the lake, the amazing walking trail at the park with lots of pets to say hi to along the way, playground to explore and then stop for a meal at the new Kenny Hills Bakers!

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KAMPUNG PENCHALA
Either on the way somewhere or as an activity by itself, stop by Restoran Sambal Hijau for an incredible array of authentic Malay food - Ella Grace's visit isn't complete unless she says hi to the cats, chickens, and checks out the banana leaf trees and gardens!

Bonus joy for mama, you can get your car washed and vacuumed while you have lunch!

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KOTA DAMANSARA
IPC Shopping Centre
Join a cooking class at Young Chefs Academy Malaysia, have a little play at Bucket B Cafe, enjoy some udon or sushi at Ben's Independent Grocers and end your day with a sweet treat at Inside Scoop or Magnum!

Alternatively, you could also walk over to IKEA and have a play at the playground in The Curve, ride a train, and have lunch at Macha & Co. There is also a KidZania Kuala Lumpur nearby for older kids!

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KUALA LUMPUR
Suria KLCC
Take the train to KLCC and visit Aquaria or Petrosains - The Discovery Centre, browse the books at Books Kinokuniya Malaysia and eat a lunch of local favorites at JP Teres in Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur
**If your little one can hold out, there is a beautiful musical fountain light show that comes on at 8pm/9pm/9:45pm

Pavillion / Lot 10
Take the train to Bukit Bintang and enjoy breakfast at Shook! in Starhill before checking out Toybox in Isetan a super fun interactive play area for little ones that is only available periodically. Take a little walk over to Pavilion (stop by to watch the Turkish ice cream show otw) and check out the play area inside Parkson for a little bit more running around before settling down for some La Boca (Ella Grace really likes their tender beef cheeks and we like their soft tacos!) or ramen at Ippudo

KL Bird Park
Spend the day at the bird park checking out free flying birds at the aviary, the bird show and depending on what time you get out, you can either grab lunch at the beautiful Peter Hoe at The Row or check out the new kid's high tea set at The Majestic Hotel.

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MID VALLEY CITY
The Gardens Mall
Have lunch at Benbino (The BIG Group) where there are ball pits, balloon rooms, tunnels, slides or spend a few hours at the new Jurassica on the third floor. They have an awesome play gym Ella Grace loves, along with some live reptile feedings. The dinosaur part is glow-in-the-dark and moves and roars...very cool if your little one is into dinosaurs but might be a little scary if not! They also have a rock climbing wall and flying fox in there. You can stop by Borders for a little coffee and warm milk, some books before nap time or for a little rest then head over to Fresco for delicious Mexican w churros for dessert!
***On Saturdays, our favorite SUPA DUPA Circus balloon team makes a special appearance in Benbino from 3-5pm!

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MONT KIARA
1 Mont Kiara
Check out the newly renovated Noriter 1Mont Kiara KL (it's now completely built out of foam lego blocks!) before having lunch at Kodawari Menya where the udon is good but the service is even greater! We also love getting a guilt-free treat and stopping for a little coloring at Kind Kones before leaving!

Acoris
We love going to Ra-Ft Cafe' / Bistro for breakfast and then stopping at the Playground The Cafe after for dessert and play!

Publika
We love going to the The Little Owl, Korean Cafe, a beautiful enclosed play area with simple homecooked Korean food, good coffee and attached toilet (so great when you're newly potty trained). We usually stop by the sereni & shentel store to have a little look before picking up groceries at the Ben's Independent Grocer downstairs. Ella Grace also religiously checks the Inside Scoop case to see if the Unicorn flavor is in stock!

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SRI HARTAMAS
Join a Toddler Sensory class at Baby Sensory Sri Hartamas, grab lunch at Mei by Fat Spoon explore a little at The Batik Boutique then stop by the firestation on the way home to check out the fire trucks and vehicles, training tower and equipment!

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SUNWAY
Sunway Lagoon, Malaysia
Spend a day at the waterpark, tour the mini zoo, or build sandcastles on the beach. Make it a mini-staycation and rent a room at the nearby hotels for a little rest and check out the DreamWorks Kungfu Panda Village for a little meal fun. I was pleasantly surprised how much we loved Sunway Lagoon (even though she couldn't sit on any of the rides!) and have been back 3 times now! Get the season pass upgrade!

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SENTUL
Teach your little about refugees and take them for a giant croissant or delicious soft-baked chocolate chip cookie at Project B and get to know your waiter! Check out The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac) to see if they have any shows for children (we caught the ballet that day!!) or you can also check out the nice open space outdoors with the giant fishes in the lake!

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TAMAN TUN DR ISMAIL
Taman Rekreasi Lembah Kiara TTDI
Hidden inside the neighborhood is a beautiful park that you can bring your bicycle/scooters to, blow bubbles, have a little playground fun as well as watch people exercise in various forms from zumba to taichi to calisthenics! There is also some amount of wildlife like monkeys, iguanas, monitor lizards, water spiders etc as well as turtles and fishes in the lake. We usually stop by Aunty Manju's on the way home for the world's most delicious appom or even a rootbeer float at A&W!
***On Sunday evenings, there is a really cool night market that you can get groceries, meat, fish, fruit, etc as well as all kinds of yummy dinner offerings like J's favorite satay and my favorite sup ayam!

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RAWANG
Mari House
A new discovery thanks to the #LOccitaneCares program, this lovely little edu-retreat out of the city is a super fun day out for little ones from catching fishes in the streams, checking out tadpoles, learning how to grow organic vegetables using compost and other green techniques, cooking "farm-to-table" to just getting to run around in nature! Come armed in some serious mosquito repellent and on the third Saturday of the month, they have a market and picnic with workshops for the whole family!

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ETC
Look up the IBU Family Resource Group KL playgroup schedule for the week and see which one you might like to join. If at the IBU House, we like stopping at Aunty Nat's for some delicious Nyonya food after!

Go to the morning market in your neighborhood and stop for some roti after before getting the team at Playgroup_nestkl to come over for an afternoon of messy play that includes customized sensory stations, music, storytelling, and fun!

Set up playdates in your house and just let the kids entertain each other. I can't tell you how many times that even when we had grand plans to meet at all of the above, there were also some seriously lazy days where we just hung out at home and the kids made up their own games and stories and we ate delivery!

The key to it all is just doing what works for your family and your lifestyle. You know your child best and what they can handle, even the most "boring" days in your head are the most magical days to them if only because they got mama all day all to themselves.

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Racheal Kwacz is a child & family development specialist by trade but her most favorite job in the entire world is being mama to the most curious, fiercely independent, joyful little THREE-year-old foodie who she hones most of her parenting workshops with. Follow their adventures on FB and Instagram (@rachealkwacz)!

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