January 25th, 2005
Rubber Foam Mat To Go
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I have also decided to pack up the ABC rubber foam mat for good too. It was well loved in the beginning. The padded protection gave me so much assurance that the baby won’t fall down and end up with a big ba-lu-gu on her head. After the novelty wears off, it was just a piece of eyesore and a headache to me.
The baby just kept scratching the mat and trying to dig out the letters. And babies nowadays are not gong gong (stupid stupid) like what we used to be. She tried digging different letters and remembered the ones that were loosed and diggable. I hated it when she chewed on them. Although the carrier for the mat stated it as non-toxic, I refused to believe it. Those are synthetic rubbery stuff, must be made from some funny chemical product. Well, correct me if I am wrong, I would be happy to get that reassurance. Then I heard rumours saying that they could really leech toxin and cause cancer, unless you wash and sun them before use. I live in apartment, how am I ever to get them sunned!
It is such a headache when I want to clean the floor. The jigsaw pieces just broke down into their simplest form, with the letters dropping everywhere. Got to fix the puzzle after every cleaning session. It was such a pain to wash them, so I didn’t bother to do it. And just looked at the awful lot of grime it collected! So dirty. I am somewhat guilty of this. I found that I have unconsciously used it as a floor mat. You see, the tinny ridges on the foam mat are perfect for removing all those dust and irritating stuff that stick to the feet. Disgusting, right?
Back to the faithful thin, firm and foldable mattress we bought from Jusco, JB. Not the kind of thin foldable mattress we find in pasar malam or NTUC with sponge like foam, it uses material somewhat like a thick layer of batting for quilt or comforter, compressed together to become a firm piece of futon like mattress. It can be folded into a quarter of its size and the cover can be removed for washing. Yah, this time I can simply throw the cover into the washing machine for it to do the job for me. I can’t machine wash the rubber foam mat!
Oh yes, Ye Chin introduced me to the Bumper PlaymatTM from smallsmallworld, looks very colourful and child friendly too.
January 26th, 2005 at 10:24 pm
Edith, my MIL’s maid, also complained about having to fix the mat after mopping/cleaning the floor. In the end, she just left the disassembled bits lying around and it was a hazard for Ryan who was 5 months then and still learning how to sit properly without falling sideways. In the end I scotch-taped up the entire mat so that the letters won’t fall off and you could lift the mat off. Proved to be very useful.
January 27th, 2005 at 10:19 am
I don’t like the rubbery smell of the foam mat so we never had one (except for a A4 size one which was a gift). We have a thin mattress too, but it’s challenging to keep an active toddler within the boundary of the mattress, so it is rarely used. Guess my boy and us eventually got used to falls and bumps that we became quite lazy to pad the floor
June 28th, 2005 at 1:13 pm
Hi Huileng,
What is the cost and dimension of the mattress ?
Can provide the address of this Jusco?
Thanx in advance
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December 29th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
I had da same prob with da abc floor mats! Kept falling into pieces when i picked up to clean n baby cud dig out da smaller pieces which were a choking hazard!