Dear Mum, it's Maisie Crompton: Surprise pregnancies, sold-out bag launches and 5pm bedtimes!!
Dear MumShow Notes
This week's guest is proof that there is no perfect time, no perfect age, and no perfect plan... and that things can still turn out better than you ever could have imagined.
Maisie Crompton is the founder of Totes For Youu, content creator, and mum to the most fiery, loving three-year-old, Elsie.
We'd never met in person before this, but it felt like catching up with an old friend - which I think says everything about the kind of person Maisie is.
We talk about what it was actually like finding out she was pregnant at 19, telling her boyfriend by text at 11pm, and how both sets of parents showed up in the most beautiful way. We get into running a business through pregnancy, growing a following by just bringing people along for the ride, and how she and her partner Charlie now work together full time — with very clear lanes.
We also get into the parenting stuff — early bedtimes that changed everything, the comparison trap on social media, birth order (we go deep on this one), and why showing up fully in one place at a time is the goal, even if it's easier said than done.
Plus Maisie's take on travelling with a baby, Australia at five months, and why she will stand by that decision forever.
Pop this on for the school run, while you're packing orders, folding laundry, or any time you need someone to remind you that you're doing better than you think. 💕
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Follow MaisieInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/maisie_crompton/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@maisie_crompton
Check our her business Totes For YouuWebsite: https://wearetfy.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/totesforyouu/?hl=en
Follow me (Charlie!)Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charlielaunder
And get to know my business, Bumps & BurpeesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bumpsandburpeesWebsite: http://www.bumpsandburpees.com Produced by Bear Lane Productions 🎙️Music licensed via PremiumBeat - 4WJJ2ROAVKXSJCGW
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