The Eccentric American Mama in Cumbria

Baby Bjorn  |  Tommee Tippee Bibs  |  Avent Pacifiers  |  Born Free Glass Bottles  |  Bamboozle Nappies  | Morherease Wraps  |  Bugaboo Buffalo  |  Chicco Bouncer Seat  |  Hand knit blanket |  Bamboo Wipes |     Boon Grass Drying Rack  | Cybex Carseat 1. The Baby Bjorn has been extremely helpful since day one. Initially it was the only way we could get Cyril to sleep and it's been extremely helpful when I have other things to do around the house as it's hands free and Cyril loves to be close to me, he also enjoys looking around in it now that he's a bit older. Personally we recommend the original, which is the model shown above, as you can put it on in 10 seconds by yourself all while holding the baby. They have 2 newer models that appear to have more back support for the wearer but we're not really interested in those models because Josh and I will be upgrading to t...

  This weekend started off without a hitch, that is until the sat nav took us through Scarborough and we had to endure an extra 15 minutes of crying on our detour, at which point I instructed Josh to put on Iron & Wine which ended up reminding us all of the delivery suite, even Cyril, as his crying escalated the deeper we delved into the album. I actually felt nauseous upon hearing Shepherd's Dog and Josh said he was having heart palpatations. We both envisioned Cyril trying to sort out the familiarity of the song until he came to the epiphany and began wailing louder saying "Good god no, that was the worst day of my life!" Needless to say we arrived at the rental in a somewhat frantic state. However this was soon alleviated by the gorgeous vista on our doorstep, even Hobo was impressed as he enthusiastically marked his territory just beyond the patio. After a few of his signature scratches, which threw grass in Josh's face, he spotted a rabbit in the distanc...

It's hard to believe that our little piglet is 1 month old, he's growing so quickly although I wouldn't repeat the first 2 weeks even if someone paid me, OK maybe if someone paid me A LOT, and I mean a real lot. I'm sad to see him getting so big but at the same time I know that as he gets older mama and papa will get more sleep. It was Mother's Day this week in England and we celebrated in style! To start our day, Josh got to have an extra hour of sleep while I woke up to tend to the little one. I pointed out the flaw in this plan to which Josh replied, well it is Mother's Day after all so you're just tending to your duty, not exactly the breakfast in bed approach I was after but something tells me those days ended when this 9 pound bundle entered the delivery suite.  By the way, I'm still trying to figure out why exactly they have named it the delivery suite,  as the room didn't exactly meet my standards for a suite, and I wasn't o...