Visit from the French grandparents - Weeks 5 & 6

So we had the French grandparents visiting us for 2.5 weeks and we had a great time. My Dad and Mike spent most of the time reflooring the kitchen, bathroom and study while my Mum, Logan and myself went shopping, walking, pushing the pram. 

Logan started to get into an evening routine during that time, this was helped by the fact that my Mum and Dad stayed in a static caravan up the road. The first week they had lunch with us, dinner by themselves in the caravan. So we set out bathtime around 7 pm, then a last feed, and bed by 8 pm - 9 pm depending on when Logan's last nap took place. If he was napping just before 7 pm, we would actually wake him up so that he understood the routine. 

My parents loved the experience of living in the caravan so much that from the start they told us they were really interested in buying one, in order to be able to come and visit us as often as they wished and have other members of the French Clan come too. So the second week was spent visiting a couple of caravan sites and buying a 3-bedroomed brand new caravan on a seaview site at Craig Tara, just 10 minutes from our house. 

Craig Tara is a brilliant caravan site for families, part of the Haven group. There are lots of facilites for children, including swimming pool, games rooms, bowling etc... Restaurants, bars, even takeaways are all located on the site. The only inconvenient is that it is HUGE with 1,200 caravans!! 

Halfway through my parents' stay, Mike's sisters came to visit and meet Logan. So on the Saturday we all went to the caravan for a French meal, and on the Sunday we all went to Mike's parents house for a Scottish buffet. It was brilliant and Logan really enjoyed it, giving smiles to everyone around. That was his main development over those 2 weeks! It makes the first 4 weeks of not really knowing what to do when he cries, of being tired all the time, of not having time to do ANYTHING but care for the baby, well worth it. 

I checked my Facebook posts for these 2 weeks and there was nothing much about me not coping with something or other regarding Logan. Mind you I was really busy keeping my parents entertained.

Logan had his first proper outings on week 6 and he behaved superbly. 

The first outing was this: My parents, Logan and I went to Edinburgh to visit Rosslyn Chapel (one of the Must Sees attractions in Scotland in my parents' opinion) and the Palace of HolyroodHouse. Unfortunately the wrap sling scarf that I had odered on eBay hadn't arrived yet, so on the way to Edinburgh I was wondering how I was going to deal with Logan while visiting the 2 sites. For the Chapel he was asleep being pushed around in the carseat that I had clipped to the wheel frame of the pram. For the Palace, after a really slow start (my mum, who is Royalty mad, spent some time in the gift shop buying a box commemorating William and Kate's wedding, and Logan needed changed, then fed. Thankfully the weather was brilliant so I was able to do this discreetly in a secluded area outside the Palace) I left the pram at the entry and carried him up with me. My dad took him for a little while (he was just about 5 kg back then so quite heavy!), then we got the pram back to visit the Abbey and the gardens. We had a brilliant day!

The second outing was to a restaurant: my parents took us out to celebrate buying the caravan. Logan fell asleep in the carseat on the way to the restaurant, and slept all the way through! Wonderful!