I'm a full-time mummy

I have received a number of emails and comments from my followers asking how I get to review products and apps so I decided to list down my tips and post it (maybe weekly?) to share my experience and tips. Feel free to drop me an email or comment if you want to find out more or anything else.

Here goes my first tip:

JUST ASK!

Now what you need to do:

• Browse around the Internet - look out for websites of the genre you are comfortable with - family friendly, fashion, IT etc etc

• Imagine you are cyber shopping for a product you wanted for yourself, children, family etc.
  

• If you see any products you would like to try, look out for a way to contact the company. Find their 'Contact Us' link and drop them an email

• If there's no way to email (quite rare), see whether the company have other social medias such as Facebook page or Twitter accounts and try to contact them from there.
  

• Make sure you have a professionally written pitch email when requesting for products to review!
  

It doesn't hurt to try,

the worse thing you can get is an email from them saying 'No'.

Just move on from there, you will surely get one awesome company who is eager to share their products with you!

There you go, my 1st blog tips on getting products to review.

Try it yourself and let me know the outcome!

Stay tuned for my next blog tips next week!

** P.S: Please note that it is always better if your blog has good following and good PR rank as these factors help a lot when you request for a product to review.

Was just thinking about this the other day...

Let me know if you agree...

• When you got married and do not have children yet, people will ask you 'When is the little one coming along?'

• When you have one child, people will ask you 'So when is the next one coming along? Don't you think your child is being lonely? You should give him/her a baby sister/brother!' or 'Don't leave a big gap in between your kids!'
  

• When you have two child and both are boys or both are girls, people will ask you 'Don't you want to try for another girl or boy?'

• When you have two child and you have 1 boy and 1 girl, people will ask you 'Why don't you try for another one, let them have their own brother and sister to play with?' (so you end up having to try for yet another boy AND girl so that both your kids can have their 'playmates'!

• When you have four and above child (regardless how many boys or girls), people will ask you 'Whoa... so many, how can you handle them?!'

As for me, one boy and one girl, yet, we get a lot of statements like 'Very good! You can close 'shop' now, 1 boy, 1 girl!'

No offense, I don't know why, I just don't feel right hearing these statements. I mean, if God meant for us to have more kids, fine, it's not up to us to decide to ermm... close shop, you know?

So really... there's no magic number in having children. No matter one, two, three, four or more, people will always have something to say. What do you think?

** Welcome to the Pregnancy Necessities Carnival! This post was written for inclusion in the Pregnancy Necessities Carnival hosted by Parenting God’s Children. Today, participants share what they simply cannot live without during their pregnancies or simply what to gather for their upcoming new addition. Please see the full list of links to the other carnival submissions at the end of this post. Enjoy! ***

We found out I was pregnant when Ben is about 2 years+ old. I was still breastfeeding him about 3-4 times daily then.

Honestly speaking, I don't know anyone around me who breastfeed more than a year, let alone, one who STILL breastfeed while she is pregnant. So it is crucial for me to find out as much information I can about breastfeeding during pregnancy.

So what I really needed during my 2nd pregnancy while I was still breastfeeding are:

Information! Lots and lots of it!

• I sourced for information from the Internet and all those parenting and nursing mums groups on Facebook  (such as KellyMom.com, Code Name: Mama & The Leaky B@@b) and blogs around.

• I even ordered the "Adventures in Tandem Nursing: Breastfeeding During Pregnancy and Beyond" and "Mothering Your Nursing Toddler" books from Amazon as it was highly recommended by lots of people and it does helped me out to allay my fears in breastfeeding on!

Strong will

• People who know me will know that I've always been saying that I will continue breastfeeding as long as Ben wants it and as long as I can still produce breastmilk for him, so being pregnant should hopefully not be an obstacle or an excuse to wean him off breastfeeding.
• Despite hearing from our gynae and pead about weaning, I stood firm and breastfeed on!
  

Support

• On the family side, my hubby has been very helpful and has been spending more time with Ben even though he's so tired with his work and all so that I could have some 'me' time and rest for a while. So yes, I'm very very thankful and grateful for his help and support.

So the above are some of the necessities during my 2nd pregnancy.

To sum it, I breastfed throughout the pregnancy (though my BM stopped at 5th month, that doesn't stop my boy from continuing on!), delivered my 2nd baby at 39 weeks of pregnancy and is now tandem nursing my 2 kids at 6 months going on!

Please take time to read the submissions by the other carnival participants!

• The Pregnancy Happiness List — That Mama Gretchen is half way through pregnancy number two and is spilling the beans on her pregnancy must-haves!
• What A Pregnant Woman Really Needs — Jennifer Hybrid Rasta Mama reflects on what items she could not live without during her pregnancy as well as those she wishes she had.
• Cravings of Another Kind — When reflecting on what made her pregnancy enjoyable, Adrienne at Mommying My Way discovered information is what she craved most of all.
• The Pregnancy Necessities — Kym at Our Crazy Corner of the World shares her top ten must haves for pregnant women.
• The Expectant Mom‘s List of Breastfeeding Stuff to Buy, or Not — Alicia at Lactation Narration shares a list of 10 breastfeeding products that the expectant mom might want to have on her shopping list, or not.
• Pregnancy Necessities with a Toddler In Tow — Amyables at Toddler in Tow lists several simple things that make pregnancy while parenting an older child much less stressful and more enjoyable.
• Ten Tips That Helped Me During Pregnancy — Kat at {Almost} Every Moment shares ten things that helped her get through her three pregnancies!
• First Trimester Staples — Megan BB from The Memoirs of Megan shares her first trimester "must haves"
• The Pregnancy Must Have — Jennifer at True Confessions of a Real Mommy shares the ONE thing she used almost daily, through all three pregnancies and suggests to all pregnant moms.
• Where to Find Cute Maternity Clothes — Lauren at Hobo Mama reviews which maternity clothing stores to hit or miss.
• My Pregnancy Support System — While there are many material things that are nice to have during pregnancy, Dionna at Code Name: Mama’s true essentials were her family.
• What I Needed During My Pregnancy While Still Breastfeeding — Jenny at I'm a Full-Time Mummy shares one of the things she needed during her second pregnancy while she was still breastfeeding her toddler.
• Ten Essentials for a HAPPY Pregnant Mama — Sarah at Parenting God’s Children is half way through her third pregnancy! She shares the things she‘s found to be essential to a happy pregnant mama.