Baby products are easily available in any departmental store, where they usually devote a large section to housing baby products (lucrative business), i know. So why buy online from iHerb.com? Well, for me it’s the convenience factor, plus the availability of brands that are not generally found here.
iHerb.com carries supplements, snacks and toiletries for kids and babies. In my previous post, i have mentioned fish oil as being a good buy from iHerb. Besides that, you may want to get baby’s first solid food, like Happybellies Brown Rice Baby Cereal (US$4.99 198g). I have the impression that the baby’s food found in the local supermarket have a tendency to be sweeter, and they are expensive, given that i normally expect products sold in the supermarket to have a more “mass market” pricing. Just for comparison, here is a comparable brown rice cereal product from a local supermarket:
iHerb sells this product as well, for US$4.99 ~S$6.83, but due to regulations, it cannot be shipped to Singapore. As you can see, for the price you pay here, you can get a superior product from iHerb.
Another healthy baby snack i like to get from iHerb is Earth’s Best Organic Whole Grain Oatmeal Cereal ($US 4.13 227g). It promises no added salt and sugar, nor Artificial flavors, Colors or Preservatives.
Other items i recommend from iHerb are Weleda Children’s Tooth Gel (US$6.14 50ml) and RADIUS Pure Baby Toothbrush (US$3.59). Weleda is a very reputable brand which is not widely available here. The RADIUS baby toothbrush is made of 100% Vegetable Based Bristles, which just sounds so safe to me.
Check out iHerb.com now for more products you will be using from day to day.
Hi Yen Kai,
Thank you for your detailed posts/reviews. They are very interesting and helpful.
May you post some feedback on baby strollers. Is there any good and cheap ones in sg or at Taobao?
I am looking for a stroller which can take the weight of a 13 kg troddler and have a big basket for some groceries.
Please advise.
Lily
Hi Lily, unfortunately I’ve not really done a lot of research for strollers. I can tell you though that I own the Joolz Day and the Quincy Yezz. The Joolz Day can take a toddler of up to 17kg and has a decent sized grocery basket. The advantage of the Yezz is mainly in being compact and weighing only 5kg. It has a very slim grocery basket as well. I’m not sure what is your budget but these are not cheap.
I ended up rarely using the strollers because I want my kids to walk themselves as much as possible. They have already forgotten that they have ever sat in a stroller. When I travel, i use a kid carrier which I carry on my back. This allows me to walk any terrain.
I am actually trying to sell the Joolz Day stroller, let me know if you’re interested.