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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!
Like many other Star Wars fans across the galaxy, we recently celebrated Star Wars Day (May the 4th be with you!). Until a couple of years ago, I am ashamed to admit that I had never seen ANY of the Star Wars movies, but with the viral video of the Wookie Mask...
Well we did it! We survived the Big Chop! Nope, I am not talking about the other half having a vasectomy (that's enough to make him run away in horror!), I am talking about the big HAIR chop - the cutting of 7 inches of my hair to donate to The Little Princess Trust....
Sleep Tight All Night. Sounds like heaven doesn't it? As my regular readers will know, in addition to our 8 month old being the ultimate sleep ninja, we have had our fair share of ups and downs with Erin, our eldest's sleep. She didn't sleep through the night until...
Welcome to the next instalment in the Little Leaps Linky - recording my children's milestones, accomplishments and developmental leaps. This week we have seen Neve really taking some developmental steps. Unfortunately, the sleep is still as bad as ever. In case you...
For this week's Little Leaps, I am focusing on Neve, who is making some huge developmental leaps at the moment. I am loving that Neve's personality is starting to shine. She is a happy little soul with lots of smiles and laughter, and is communicating well, responding...
I recently read that three quarters of UK children spend less time outdoors than prisoners. Worse than that - a fifth of children did not play outside AT ALL in an average day. This really shocked me. When I was a girl (god that makes me sound old!) I...
Welcome to Hump Day Linky - the blog Linky for parenting and lifestyle bloggers celebrating that we have finally reached Wednesday - "Hump Day". The middle of the week and the point at which the weekend comes into sight. It's all downhill to Saturday from here! :)...
Introducing Hatchimals CollEGGtibles! Here at Real Mum Reviews, we get really excited when we hear about new product launches, particularly ones that we know our daughter will absolutely adore. Today is one of those days, as it is the official launch day of Hatchimals...
When I was awake with our three year old for four hours on Wednesday night (yes FOUR HOURS), I realised that part of the problem in getting children to behave as we expect is the constant barrage of mixed messages we give them. It must be so hard for them to...
Welcome to the next instalment in the Little Leaps Linky - recording my children's milestones, accomplishments and developmental leaps. This week for us has been all about sleep - and getting none of it! I have blogged about sleep a LOT this week, so you can read my...
