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Hi, I’m Lucy, a 40 year old mum of two from Birmingham. A memory maker, tradition keeper, stationery addict and book lover. HR Advisor by day, content writer and sleep deprived Mama by night!
Here you can expect to find honest and impartial reviews of products and services that make parents’ lives easier. Thanks for stopping by – feel free to have a look around!
*AD Gifted for review. Please note - Sleepy Feet has been rebranded to Shhleepies Feet - the product is the same* I've not been slow in coming forward when it comes to moaning about my lack of sleep. Sleep deprivation has become a pretty constant right of passage in...
Yesterday saw the arrival of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy, also known as the Sugar Tax, which has been marketed as a tax to encourage drinks manufacturers to reduce the amount of sugar in drinks, with the aim of reducing childhood obesity. The UK is currently one of...
The arrival of the results of the Gender Pay Gap Reporting has caused quite a stir this week, as to be expected, and many people are debating about whether or not the statistics shared are a concern or not for the UK workforce, with some HUGE differences of opinion....
This weekend, we started our Easter holidays with a bang, and took Erin and her best friend off to see Disney on Ice World of Enchantment at the Genting Arena in Birmingham. We decided to arrange the visit as a total surprise, not even telling her who was coming let...
It's the classic Hollywood Horror film storyline isn't it? Children and spooky going's on are a match made in heaven. As much of a cliché as it may be, add a child into the equation of a potentially unsettling situation and it suddenly becomes a whole lot more...
I started my blog just over 5 years ago today, and I am incredibly proud of how far it has come. That said, many people just don't understand blogging, and many still underappreciate or undervalue the work and the efforts involved. As someone who works in HR by day, I...
When I decided to have children, the thing that worried me most wasn't the responsibility, the sleepless nights or the poo'y nappies. It wasn't the potty training, the tantrum taming or even the life skill teaching. It was affording childcare. It sounds crazy, but...
Living just outside of Birmingham, I am lucky enough to be close to a number of attractions - something which proves pretty useful in the school holidays when we're looking for days out as a family. Having visited Drayton Manor for Erin's fourth birthday last year,...
Breastfeeding is quite the rollercoaster. Ask any mother who has breastfed or attempted to breast feed their children, and you can pretty much guarantee that no matter how long their feeding journey was for, whether it was exclusive, combination or expressed, they...
I’ve never been entirely happy with my body. Since the age of about 15, presumably when I hit my peak of puberty and my bad eating habits caught up with me, I have always been a little larger than I should be. The bigger of the two siblings, I always felt like the...
