Baby Show @ MTCC

Got up early and eager to head out to the baby show that was happening at the Metro Toronto Convention Center. My initial plan had been to head out on Friday November 9, however due to my older child getting sick I had to change those plans.

After nursing my older daughter to health, I was so ready to spend a few hours away from the house and just have some downtime alone with my thoughts. So why not go out and check out the Baby Show 2012. 

When I was pregnant in 2007, I didn't go and just couldn't be bothered. So this time around I wanted to go and see what the fuss was all about with the Baby Show. Left the house at 9:10am and drove to the subway station where I parked and jumped on the subway.

Arrived downtown at 9:30am and headed into the show. The were tons of people already and things were happening. So I decided to just walk aisle by aisle and check out all the different vendors and see what they had to offer. There were tons of gimmicks and of course the freebies were so many to count.

In the beginning I was accepting all of them and towards halfway, I started saying NO to some of them. Oooh gawd do these vendors ever want you to take their stuff in the hopes that you will go to them after the show. Well there were tons of Frogs among Princes and I had to brush them all off.

There was nothing really new and exciting that I saw out there, that I already didn't know, the big shocker was how much the prices for car seats and strollers have gone up since 2007. Thank goodness the baby car seat we have hasn't expired yet so we can use it again for this baby.

I looked everywhere for a vendor that had the baby carrier that I want and unfortunately there were nowhere to be found.....Aaarrggghh that was annoying considering that I really wanted to try on a few carriers. I'm not a Sling or Moby Wrap lover and there were tons of those at the show.

So now I'm left with the option of having to buy a carrier online or go to the USA and buy a carrier there. I have a few carriers that I'm really leaning towards and they are the Mei Tai and BabyHawk. I do have the Baby Trekker that I used when Emma was little which I plan on using again however while the baby is still tiny I want to put them in a more cosy and compact carrier.

Upwards and onwards with the search for the baby carrier and once I find it I will buy it and the baby carrier subject will be put to rest. Need to go to bed now as I have a field trip with my older daughter's class tomorrow, so that will be one heck of a long day for me.