bumGenius Wins Gold and Silver in Mother & Baby Awards

The Mother & Baby Awards are organized by Mother & Baby, a large European parenting magazine. We've known for several months that several bumGenius products were being considered for the Mother & Baby Awards. The Reusable Diaper category is rather hotly contested in Europe so we've been awaiting the results with some nervous anticipation!

We were honored to hear today that the bumGenius All-In-One was awarded Best Reusable Nappy. In a category where a gold, silver and bronze award are given, the bumGenius One-Size Cloth Diaper took second place with a Silver medal!

Below is the press release as written by Mother & Baby.

Winners of the 2008 Mother & Baby Awards announced
By Helen Kaye
14 November 2008 10:49

The winners of the Mother & Baby awards were announced last night at a glitzy black-tie ceremony at the Park Lane Hilton Hotel in London.

Leading baby manufacturers and brands congregated for the biggest event in the industry’s calendar, organised by the Number 1 parenting magazine – Mother & Baby.

All products at the independent awards were tested and rated by mums before their feedback decided which brands won the Gold, Silver and Highly Commended Awards.

Gold Winners included Mamas and Papas Luna Mix for the Best Pushchair, McCann Erickson’s Graco Contempo for the Best High Chair and Bumgenius All in One Nappy won the best Reusable Nappies.

Other award winners included Asda who scooped the prestigious Retailer of the Year Award and the Brother Max 3 in 1 Thermometer which won Most Innovative Product.

Mommy Cereal

One of my sons cannot eat foods that contain any form of corn, so we buy our cereal at Trader Joe's on our way home from church every other weekend. The cheaper cereals sold there are made without corn syrup and tend to be priced the same as the cheap box cereals sold in our local grocery stores.

Last weekend we ran out of cereal. I am six months pregnant with our third child and, for some reason, I really wanted cereal. The grocery stores close by don't sell cereal that is safe for Andrew. Trader Joes is a 30 minute drive from our house and it wasn't Sunday! So, out of pregnant desperation, I got creative. My ten minutes of creative desperation was apparently creative genius to my little boys. They gobbled this cereal right up. Recipe below...

Mommy Cereal
3/4 cup strawberry jam
1/4 cup honey
1 pound of cheap oatmeal
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup cashews

Preheat the oven to 350F. Melt the jam and honey in a small pan. Stir well. Measure the oatmeal into a boul and pour the syrup mixture over the oatmeal. Stir with a rubber spatula until the oatmeal is damp. Spread in a large cookie sheet and toast in the oven for 12-15 minutes. Watch carefully - my batch was done at 12 minutes. Let the mixture cool then mix in the raisins and cashews. Store in a glass jar or a plastic bag. I wasn't sure if the jelly needed to be refrigerated so I stored the cereal in the refrigerator to be safe.

Then the business brain in my head convinced me that I needed to sit down and do some quick math... it doesn't make sense to do this very often unless it is also cheaper than buying cereal from Trader Joes. I was really surprised. The ingredients came from the tiny grocery section in our Walmart (oatmeal, raisins, cashews) and Costco (honey). All together, the whole batch of cereal actually cost me less than $2.00!

I'm already mulling over other variations on this... adding peanut butter and chocolate is sounding really yummy for the next try!