Freebies

Thank you everyone for visiting Graha Baby blog and we also love to thank our customers for shopping at Graha Baby. Thank you thank you! Very lovely people our customers are.

As we are always trying to make better customer service, we like to give free gifts to customer purchases.

Receive surprise gifts at different values if you shop @ above Rp500.000, Rp1mio, Rp1.500.000 and combo at anything higher than Rp2mio

Who doesn't like free gifts? Please leave a comment on your orders if you don't :)

New Pricing

Dear Customers,

Please be aware of price increase for Adiri bottles.

We have sold out on our old inventory (thank you for your patronage!) and re-ordered new ones.

Our shipping costs have skyrocketed so we have to increase our retail prices :(

Hot Mama

I don't know about you mamas, but my post-pregnancy aint shining. I did my take on no hair washing and my bengkung part. Thank goodness, I also followed the no-going-out for 30days. So for that 30 days, I enjoyed spending time with Baby J, cultivating build-up on my scalp (maybe I will try to source good dry-shampoo for Mamas), and of course my tummy doesn't look anywhere being tight after I took off the bengkung.

So after locking myself inside the house and time to meet the outside world, I wanted to look good. It was quite depressing when none of my old clothes fit and my pregnancy clothing that weren't breast-feeding friendly added to my wardrobe woes.

I ended wearing the only outfit I had at the time, the top from Materna Love is light and comfortable. The best thing is I can breastfeed without pulling up my top as it has discreet openings on the side.

So Mamas out there who are breastfeeding and want something flattering on post-pregnancy shape, get the Materna Love tops :)

Breast Feeding Stuff To Get

Breast milk is the best source of milk for babies. As much as I enjoyed my pregnancy, I enjoy breastfeeding Baby J. I love seeing her face while she is feeding and looking up at me. No matter how busy the day can get, I will time-out myself and breast feed. Its our mother-daughter time.

For mothers who plan and are able to breastfeed, here's some recommendations of what to get:

1. Nursing Wear - your husband's shirt may be an option if he lets you wear them. Buy a loose nursing wear for easy access. When you have a hungry wailing baby, you would like to be fast to get your baby to access to his milk!

1. Nursing Cover - you may be fine feeding in front of your friends, but not all is as open-minded as you. Plus the covers make us look chic.
   
2. BPA-free Breast Shells -Oh! How I thank my lovely friend for getting me these! When I feel a let down, these shells save my breastmilk and I have to quickly store them.
3. Nursing Bras - Buy several of them. There are many cheap alternatives that are good enough and find the ones that have a hole in the middle instead of flapping the entire cup down.
   
4. Nursing Pillow - Get the U-shape pillow that goes around your waist. Not only its very helpful to prop babies to the breasts, we can use for pregnancy and for babies to sit (when they are learning to)
   
5. Breast gel packs or anything that you can heat up with - When our breasts are engorged, the feeling is not too great and we have to decompress them. A friend told me to put hot water to baby bottle and roll on our breasts but I find it quite messy. Find gel packs that have covers and you can out into the bras, so the breast milk can leak to the covers
6. Breast pads - When we feed or express milk, our free breast leak and it can get quite messy. You need to buy a few boxes of breast pad packs as we have to keep changing breast pads to keep the breasts hygienic.
   
7. Automatic breast pump with silicone cups - Invest in one, you will thank yourself when you have it. Careful don't drop the electric handle, else you have to replace with a new pump.
8. Adiri bottles - Breastfed babies like the comfort of their mother's warmth and of course the breast. Transition to normal baby bottle may not be easy for some babies and Adiri mimicks mother's breasts for easier transition from breast to Adiri bottle.
9. Cream for babies face - Choose a natural ingredient cream for baby's tender face. Our breast milk can cause rash called 'Milk Rash' and it doesn't look too pretty on our cute babies!
   

If I miss anything out, please let me know. I still like to breastfeed in next 4 months.

Breast Feeding Products

Graha Baby is going to include more categories for Mamas!

We currently have Earth Mama Angel Baby's Breast Feeding Support Kit, which is great as it has its Milk Tea to help support healthy breast milk production, lanolin-free Natural Nipple Butter to help prevent sore, cracked nipples,Booby Tubes to use warm or cool to ease breasts sore from engorgement or mastitis, and organic, herbal breast packs for extra nipple and engorgement care.

Soon we are going to have nursing wear, nursing covers, therapy packs for sore breasts. Stay tuned!

This Really Works!

I have to try products before I can market and sell them. I have to say I have used 3 bottles of Calendula Cream from California Baby! 2 for myself and the other Baby J is still using.

I breastfeed Baby J and sometimes she gets skin irritations from the breastmilk on her face, I apply this magic cream and voila! next thing I know, the red spots disappears.
This cream just works so well that I apply on Baby J's thighs from diaper friction, on her tender bumpy to prevent rash and just any skin irritations.
Tried and Tested!

Shhh... Baby Finally Sleep!

Pacifiers has bad rep- babies get addicted to it, babies' teeth becomes unaligned due to sucking on it, etc

Well maybe yes in many cases but its a great thing to introduce when the baby needs some pacifying (I can hands up on this). When baby is cranky and we have try all ways to make her comfortable and nothing works, pacifier can be a good thing. Pop it in and baby will quiet down and look at you with the most innocent pair of eyes and you forget on how bad pacifier is supposed to be.

Good new is Natursutten makes 'good' pacifiers.
Natursutten pacifier is made of one-piece and is safe of any plastic chemicals as it is purely made of natural rubber. They also have orthodontic pacifiers for parents who worry that their babies will have unaligned teeth.

I recently introduce Natursutten to Baby J, she doesn't really like it but it works. And good thing for me is that Baby J spits her round 0-3mth pacifier out before she nods off to sleep.

Bamboo Wear

I just received the baby bamboo wear manufactured in China and it look very promising! The texture is really super soft, softer than cotton and par with the soy fiber.
Although the colors are very basic, this collection is good for now. I do hope to source for cuter bamboo clothing for babies and mothers alike.

Celebrity Blankets

The buzz on celebrity baby on what they are wearing, always set the trend. Baby Suri Cruise was seen often toting Little Giraffe's Blankie. Robbie Adrian is touted as the Baby Gear the Stars Love by Instyle magazine.
Little Giraffe - really really soft and comfy. They have a range of cute colors
Robbie Adrian - very pretty with the trimmings and is certified organic.

Blooming Hats

I love seeing flowers baby J (no thats not my baby J shown on the pic). Jamie Rae hats are soft and they make baby J look so cute! I like how the flowers are big and obvious enough so I don't get questions about baby J's gender.
Look at the flower and the pink color clothes - she's a girl!

Our Gift Boxes

We try to be as eco-friendly as possible. Our gift boxes use recycled materials on the hard board box but since we would like it to be luxe, we opt to use fancy paper (that is not recycled) to cover the box. Hopefully we can source for recycled paper to make fully eco-friendly boxes in future...

Our gift cards are made with 100% recycled paper. Recycled paper in Indonesia is considerably more expensive than most fancy paper and they are usually imported.

8pc Organic Set

This make such a wonderful gift for baby showers! Clean Globe's organic cotton set is very soft and safe on tender newborn skin.

This 8pc set is great to pack into the hospital bag to let baby wear during day out.

Safe Baby Skin Care II

Another great skincare brand is Earth Mama Angel Baby (EMAB). Tried, tested and agreeing is the high quality products. They have an award winning nipple butter and Gweneth Palthrow used their stretch oil.

The body butter has a nice fragrance, it's not greasy and the smooth skin texture stays for hours! My skin feels buttery soft.
The nipple butter helps a lot during feeding when baby J doesn't latch on my nipple properly.
My friends love me more when they receive EMAB gift sets from me. It contain very useful stuff in one gift box!

Adiri Vs Born Free

Born Free is supposedly the replaced brand for Bfree, and Born Free is patented in US so they don't distribute their baby bottles outside of US. I had purchased Born Free and Adiri from US online store before I thought of doing Graha Baby.

Here's the home grown review of the two great bottles - Born Free (or Bfree) and Adiri.
Adiri is considerably more expensive than BornFree due to the fact that once the bottle is mishandled or the nipples are torn, you have to replace with a new bottle; there is no spare parts for Adiri.
Adiri design is cooler than Born Free.
Born Free teats are good and the flow is great for newborn. Adiri is designed to look and feel like mothers breast so there was no feeding problems and transition back to breast went smoothly.
Born Free has many parts to be cleaned and sterilized.

Safe Baby Skin Care

First many protested why they have to purchase BPA free bottles when the bottles in the mass market are more than fine and they don't cost as much as BPA-free bottles.
Then came why not mass market skin care, afterall they have been using some of the mass big brands for generations. Well, from research shows than artificially fragranced body products are just not good. A good source to know more about what is in your baby's baby products is Safe Mama.

There are so many organic skin care out in the market and it is confusing to defer the brands. Graha Baby pick California Baby and Earth Mama Angel Baby.
California Baby has a wide range of baby products that can also be used on adults.

For myself, I use California Baby's Super Sensitive Lotion for daily use. I have skin problem and it blew up during my pregnant hormonal change. It soothes and moisturizes my skin for hours without any greasy feel.

Safe Baby Feeding Products

BPA news finally reached Jakarta. When I was pregnant with baby J early this year, the only BPA-free bottle found locally is BornFree, selling in premium baby stores such as The Childrens Store and Ibaby.
I was planning to breastfeed my baby and have heard how babies prefer bottle feeding to breast feeding after being introduced the bottle. Thus, Adiri become a good choice for me to buy for baby J.
Natursutten pacifiers also is another great item to bring in as it is not only made with natural safe material but also is orthodontic, meaning baby's teeth will not be altered from sucking on Natursutten pacifiers.

Baby Soy

A personal fave! Baby Soy is as soft as was described by the brand and other reviews. I prefer baby J to wear her button-down kimonos rather than those wide-neck onesies.

Baby J just celebrated her one-month, and we shaved her baby hair. To cover her bald head, she wears hats everyday. Many of the infant hats that was given by friends came to be either too tight or was rough on the inner part. Baby Soy's double knot hat doesn't leave mark on baby J's head and the double knots is so cute on her! She look like a mini cute juggler!

Graha Baby Going Online

Graha Baby was launched before my delivery of my first baby. During my pregnancy with Baby J, I was researching for baby stuffs to buy for her. Many of the products and brands I wanted to buy was not in the local market and that's when I thought of bringing the products in.
After months of reviewing products, designing catalog and web, finally grahababy.com was launched in July.
In this blog, I will review the products that we carry online.