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office environment. You don’t have to give up
everything from your former life because you
are a stay at home mum, you can still have the
odd crazy night out and get dressed to the nines!
And when they are both screaming at me just
remember that it is totally worth every minute
of it to see my boys growing up, to see that first
step, smile, laugh, and most importantly be there
when they need a cuddle.
To be honest it wasn’t what inspired us, it was
more that we couldn’t come to terms with being
apart from our babies 5 days a week, leaving
them from 7:30 in the morning until 6 at night
and that would have been a good day. The best
work could only offer me 4 days a week and
with no family on hand in London I just didn’t
know how we would cope, it wasn’t how I had
visualised being a mum.
The inspiration behind ‘Little Dandies’ was driven
by disillusionment of the choice of baby grows
out there. Sick of baby blue and naff motifs, we Lu - Paddling and splashing in puddles and
wanted to inject some colour and quirkiness streams in our wellies has to be number 1.
into baby grows.
Our love of vintage and handcraft has lead us
Nat - Day trips in the Yorkshire dales and baking
to designing this range of baby and kids wear
together.
using the method of screen printing. We have
combined quirky colours and funky animal prints
to produce this unique and individual collection. www.littledandies.co.uk
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Lu - My boy’s are still a way off pre school but
we have a local school down the road where his
cousins go to, so sounds perfect for us.
Ad vi ce f or o t h e r p a r e nts
My best piece of advice is make sure you have
a network of mum friends on hand as it can
be very lonely working from home, especially
when you are used to working in a busy
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