Girls' Shoes and School Children Shoes at Startriteshoes.com

Mommy loves to shop for shoes for Juan Or, just the same like how Mommy loves to shop for clothes, books and toys for Juan Or (see the blogposts on all the kids-related warehouse sales that Mommy went to previously) . Mommy thinks probably this is a norm for most mothers, .i.e., mothers love to shop for their children, mothers want their children to look good, mothers want their children to have all the good things in life that they can afford to buy, mothers want their children to be comfortable in every possible way, mothers want their children to be at better edge, mothers want their children to be healthy, happy, smart, intelligent and most of all mothers want to provide the best they can for their children! Don't you all agree? :-D

When it comes to buying shoes for children, one important issue to consider is the fitting of the shoe. Children's feet are continuously growing, so buying shoes of the correct fitting is important so as not to affect the foot health for years to come. Just like the jelly slurry being pourred into the mould, the baby's feet can take on whatever shape they are forced into. So the shoes' shape should always match the shape of the feet. And the fact is that the shape of children's feet are continuously changing since infancy. So it is important that children wear shoes of the correct shape according to the natural shape of their feet and this practice rightfully should start when babies already start to crawl and take their first tentative steps. Choosing the right fit of shoes should still continue even during the child's schooling years.

This is Juan Or's right foot when he was 5+ months old.

For that matter, Mommy found this interesting website of a specialized manufacturer of children's footwear - Start-rite. This company has a long history of making footwear dating as far back as 1792 in Norwich. The company did not start making children's footwear until around 1900 to 1930 when the public became increasingly aware that children's footwear need to be of a different shape from adults' footwear. That was when the company made children's footwear that fit the natural shape unique to children's feet, yet allowing room for growth. In 1952, the company took the bold step to stop manufacturing adult footwear altogether and concentrate on making only children's footwear specialized for children's needs. Today, the company is a well-known manufacturer of superior quality children's footwear and has even received the Royal Warrant twice from England's Royal Family. Children of the Royal Family have been fitted with over 1500 pairs of Start-rite shoes to date.


After browsing through Start-rite's website, Mommy is spoilt for choice of children's footwear. The collection boasts of footwear of various shapes, sizes, colours, width-fittings and designs for both boys and girls and for every stage of the child's development and activities ranging from the pre-walkers to the first walking shoes, to non-school shoes, school shoes, canvas, sandals, boots, trainers, slippers, wellies, and English classics - you name it! Mommy is particularly attracted to Start-rite's children school shoes and girls' shoes (yes, you may be surprised even though Mommy doesn't have a daughter yet!). Why the school shoes? Simply because Mommy loves the classic look of Start-rite's children school shoes! How about the girls' shoes? Well, the thing about girls' things is that they come in so many interesting, varied, colourful and even fanciful but beautiful designs and styles unlike boys' things that usually come in so-called styles that don't differ much from each other. That's why the girls' shoes prick Mommy's interest even though Mommy doesn't have a baby girl yet. But again, maybe, one day when the right time comes, a baby girl will pop out! (Papa, are you reading this!?) ^_^


By the way, Mommy found this interesting tutorial in YouTube on how to measure your own children's feet using Start-rite's programme called Click 'n'  Fit. By using this programme, you can accurately measure your child's feet, determine the footwear size appropriate for your child and make your order from Start-rite. Yes, it's that simple. Easy-peasy.





And perhaps for mummies (or daddies) out there who feel they have the lucky aura, they can enter a draw at Start-rite's website for a chance to win free shoes for a year! Mommy has entered the draw already. Have you?

Review on Medical Uniforms and Lab Coats at Nursing Uniforms.Net

This is a paid review blogpost.


For the past 8 years (since 2002), Mommy has been involved in life science research that mostly involves laboratory work. Mommy's first life science research was on developing a DNA-based technnique for identifying the gender of goats via blood samples. With this technique developed, the next step is to refine the technique to be applied in gender selection of goat embryos. You may then ask what is the big deal about selecting the gender of goats. The reason is that eventually this technique will be applied in assisted reproduction of livestock breeding progrmmes whereby males are valued in meat production and females in milk production and breeding objectives. With doing research in the lab, comes the issue of safety as in putting on a protective covering. The most common protective covering is the laboratory coat, or more commonly known as lab coat. It was Mommy's co-supervisor, Associate Professor Dr. Zulqarnain Mohamed from the University of Malaya, who instilled in his research students the importance of putting the lab coat on for as long as you are doing work in the lab. Now that Mommy is a lecturer for a Chemistry subject in UCSI University, Mommy has been continuously instilling this practice among students - batches after batches. Similarly too, if Mommy happened to be checking on Mommy's final-year project students in the lab, Mommy will be quick to point out if they fail to put the lab coat on!


Because lab coats are subjected to various harsh working conditions (yes, the lab coat tends to get 'wiped' with whatever things in the lab!), after a certain number of years, the lab coat may need changing. So Mommy found this medical uniform online superstore called Nursing Uniforms.Net that supplies not only lab coats, but also offers the largest selection of nursing uniforms. The lab coats offered come in various lengths and styles (or cutting) to suit the various needs and tastes of all types of laboratory-/medica-basedl personnel. Even lab coats or medical attire produced by trusted brands such as Medcouture, Katherine Heigl, Stat Wear, Peaches Uniforms and Izzy Scrubs are offered in by Nursing Uniforms.Net. And mind you, after looking through the laboratory/medical uniforms in the collection, Mommy has to admit they look stylish and trendy yet professional in its own right even though they are merely uniforms! This reminds Mommy that not all people working in the laboratory or medical field are nerds. They, just like other people in other professions such as marketing, sales and the corporate sector, also want to look good and stylish even though what they are wearing are the same on every working day and perhaps surrounded by four walls almost all the time (such that nobody really bother to see what you wear at work!).

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Now that Mommy knows that Nursing Uniforms.Net offers trendy, stylish yet professional-looking lab coats, Mommy is very tempted to get Mommy's old lab coat (which was customized for Mommy's size and embroidered with Mommy's name during Mommy's stint at Associate Professor Dr. Zulqarnain Mohamed's lab) to RETIRE!

Mommy's old lab coat with Mommy's name embroidered at the left chest pocket - now waiting to RETIRE!

Hehehe.....merely keep this old lab coat as a sentimental value object and get a new stylish one from Nursing Uniforms.Net! ^_^   Hmmmmm........perhaps if UCSI University would one day like to do an overhaul of lab coats for the lecturers, lab staff, Science students, and nursing uniforms for the Nursing students, then Mommy knows who to contact!