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Ou r in s p ir a ti o n 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 Fav our i te fa m i ly ac ti v i t y Ou r e d u ca t i o n o pti o n s 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 29