Just a quick, huge congratulations to Vicky – she’s just given birth to a beautiful new baby boy.
Understandably, she won’t be posting much for a while. As it’s not quite so tiring being a very proud uncle, I shall try to fill her shoes 
Posts Tagged: about-us
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Apr 07
Littlelegends: A new baby!
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Apr 07
Littlelegends: All Change!
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With the impending arrival of Number 3, Piers and I have agreed that the emphasis on this blog will change a bit.
We will still be posting here but from now on will be focusing on:
1) Reporting about development (there are lots of new features in the pipeline )
2) Asking for your feedback
3) General Parenting Issues
4) Social Networking for Parents
5) Places for kids in the UK
So, there will be a bit less of Our Views and Fun & Games. However, if you are missing our individual touch, then why not visit our personal blogs: Manicmama (Vicky’s blog, funny stuff for parents) and Parent Buzz (Vicky’s notes on marketing to parents) and Monkeymagic (Piers’s blog, about all sorts of things including social networking and knowledge sharing)
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Aug 06
In the beginning …
So what prompted Little Legends? Well, it really grew out of my frustration at not being able to find good places for kids easily.
A couple of years ago, I was feeling stuck in a third floor walk-up flat with my two children, Oliver and Felix. It took me half an hour to get out of the front door with the boys, their pram, their nappies – grim really. On top of that, I didn’t know anyone else with young kids in Olympia, where I lived, and the area didn’t seem to be particularly child-friendly.
It was really hard to find out:
- where other mums hung out, and
- what good places there were for kids in the area
I managed to discover the local Children’s Information Service which published a useful leaflet. But I then had to spend ages looking up each playgroup on my A to Z to see if it was anywhere near me. Having narrowed down the options to a handful, I then had to visit each group to find out how good they were.
After what seemed like ages quizzing other mums and nannies and going through the local directory I eventually found the local swimming pool, a fun softplay place, and a good nursery. Oh, how I wish it had been easier!
After some persuading, my husband finally agreed it was time to move on from his former bachelor pad. But, where should we move to? Where were the decent schools? Where were there good parks? What were the nurseries like? What activities were there for kids?
This is information which parents and carers take for granted once they know their local neighbourhood, but, when you don’t live there, any tips from other parents are like gold dust! Also, each time you think you know everything there is to know is about your area, your kids suddenly outgrow the places you are familiar with or you suddenly hear about some great place round the corner that you have been missing out on.
My brother, Piers, who was working a lot with something called social software (which, erm, is basically using IT to enable knowledge sharing amongst communities). Anyway, he suggested we making a website where this information could be shared. An online grapevine for parents/carers – sounded good to me! And so Little Legends was born.
Hopefully it’s a small step towards helping other parents find out what – and who – is near them. There is a community of other parents nearby, many of them in the same boat, with lots of good advice. It’s no use, though, unless you can find them or learn what sorts of places they recommend.
There are lots of ways in which Little Legends could develop. The main aim, for me, is to help parents share good, friendly and honest advice and make this information easy to find.
Fingers crossed!
