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Stocking filler £20 shopping challenge at B&M Stores
You’re never too old for a Christmas stocking! I absolutely love the tradition of opening stockings on Christmas morning and even more so, now that I have my own kids (although I do still love my own stocking **hint hint**). So to make filling my two daughters’...
Elf on the Shelf gets sectioned on a Psychiatric Ward
I am far too chaotic at the moment to have the responsibility of my own Elf on the Shelf but if you follow any elf's journey, it has to be this one. As you know I've been on a Psychiatric ward - and this elf (whilst he's not based on any one person's story) gives a...
Where to go in Wakefield, West Yorkshire?
Mama Mei's guide to... ** insert cities here**... My first stop, is my home city (where I live now) Wakefield, West Yorkshire! I moved to the city 6 years ago when I became pregnant to a Wakefield Chef. So I still feel very much an enthusiastic tourist. I have also...
Win Pass the Pigs Original Game and Party Game for Christmas
You'll be able to Pass the Pigs this Christmas, if you're lucky enough to be one of our winners. You’ll be snorting with laughter if you play with these piggy games. The original party animals, Pass the Pigs, use hilarious pigs for dice. Will you roll a sider or...
About me
Sophie Mei Lan (aka Mama Mei) is a multi-award-winning blogger and vlogger specialising in mental health and attachment parenting (breastfeeding).
She ditched her dream job as an international journalist to “stay & work-at-home” with the kids. She has now turned her talents to freelancing, column writing, speaking, PR and, film-making.
Sophie is also a business magazine editor and bellydancer (teacher and performer).
She chats mainly about parenting, health & fitness, lifestyle, food and business. As well as doing lots of reviews of places to go, things to do and where to travel with the family. And she loves competitions!
Family
National Breastfeeding Week: How important is support to breastfeed?
When I accidentally fell pregnant with my first child, I panic bought all the "pregnancy essentials," or at least what I believed to be a necessity such as dummies, bottles and formula milk. Little did I know I was totally wasting my money but I had never seen anyone...
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Post-Natal Care: After Care not After Thought
There's so much focus on your pregnancy - the scans, blood tests, ante-natal classes and there's all the information on having a healthy pregnancy and planning for the birth. Then there's the "what to pack in your hospital bag" pressure... So you've got your phone...
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Real Life Reads: Yorkshire Tots to Teens – days out & activities founder
People are often surprised to find the the person running a site called Yorkshire Tots to Teens is American. Yorkshire Tots to Teens' Erin EK Rush said: "I am actually from Montana in the US. I grew up on my grandpa’s cattle ranch until I was about 10 when we moved to...
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Mad Mum: Am I safer in a mental health hospital or at home with the kids?
I’ll never forget the wailing in the room next door to mine. It sounded as if someone was being violently attacked. The girl was screaming and yelling “no, stop.” Well that’s as much as I could make out. But she wasn’t being attacked. She was being fed a protein...
My mental health made me give up my dream job
I wear my heart on my sleeve and I am pretty open about EVERYTHING but I've not really said much about this. The reason I gave up my dream job. You may have read or watched me talking about my career as a journalist... I started out as a bright young bellydancer and...
Creatively crazy: A life lesson I live by
“There was never a genius without a tincture of madness…” If Aristotle said it, then it must be true. It's something I've lived by anyway as it helps me to accept my high times when my creativity is going wild and I have all these life changing ideas as well as the...
Competitions
Win an eco-friendly cleaning hamper with Seventh Generation
I never thought I'd be writing about cleaning. I always thought life was too short to spend too much time scrubbing. But now I'm the proud owner of two mess-makers aka kids - I find myself spending at least an hour a day trying to manage the chaos of spilt drinks,...
Ebookadabra: Netflix style reading app for kids + WIN A SUBSCRIPTION
I'll admit it - we are all slightly addicted to "screen time" in this house. Whether it be justified as "work" or just "chilling" - we have the tech-bug big time! And for a little while the bedtime story was replaced by watching YouTube for Kids. Positive Screen-time...
The Gruffalo: Win a family ticket to the theatre
A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood... and has ended up in Leeds at the West Yorkshire Playhouse (well, they do have a good family area there). Celebrate the start of the Summer Holidays in theatrical style! Join Mouse (played by Whitby, North Yorkshire...
Food and Drink
Your online grocery shopping assistant & meal planner – a must for busy people #Sp
Being a stay-at-home-working-mum, fitness fanatic and wife of a chef means our household is always busy. I find myself being a reactive person these days rather than organised, which doesn't feel good. I tend to shop daily for healthy food to feed the family but...
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Eating Disorders at Easter: How to care for someone suffering
I've not mentioned my eating disorder for a while because thankfully it has taken a bit of a backseat in my life (with a whole lot of will power and therapy). But it is still lurking which made me think of the challenges faced by those with a variety of eating...
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Bolognese, Lasagne and Huevos Rancheros recipes #ThankGoodness
Whether you're cooking breakfast, lunch, dinner or all three, we've got simple tasty recipes for some mid-week magic at your dinner table. And this comes from me - a rustic, impatient and forced home-cook. I've found my own secret "cheat" ingredient - using Dolmio...
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Real Life Reads: Meet the founder and campaigner for #Bullieswontwin
"I was severely bullied myself growing up to the point I actually told my mum I didn't want to live anymore. I was made to feel useless and ugly and it made my self esteem low. "I didn't realise how easy it would be to get help and suffered many years of it and even...
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Kids craft ideas: Sculptures, pebbles, finger painting, magnets, cards, birds & bottles
When I'm stuck for things to do at the weekend (whilst my husband is either working as a private chef or playing cricket/squash/football) I always end up at the Hepworth Gallery Wakefield. Now, I have to admit I have never been an 'art gallery type person' - my mum's...
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Terrorist Attacks: Don’t look back in anger but forward with defiance and compassion
I am very lucky to have been brought up in two very liberal households. It was only when starting school that I realised that not everyone was as open as me. I became subject to racist and homophobic abuse (I am mixed race and my Dad is Gay). But I have always been...
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Federico Fellini's Oscar-winning film LA STRADA live on stage
A theatre show for the adults this time... and I'd love to know what film you'd like to see at the theatre? One of the true masterpieces of modern cinema, Federico Fellini’s 1957 Oscar-winning film, La Strada (The Road), will be brought to life on stage in a...
Win tickets to see David Walliams' childrens book on stage
Children's book The First Hippo on the Moon written by one of Britain's most popular writers and comic actors, David Walliams, is taking to the stage this Spring. As a children's author David is one of the most popular writers for children today, selling over 11...
Theatre Review: Romeo and Juliet is a lesson for us all
You might not associate Shakespeare with the present day but your mind is about to be changed with the latest production of Romeo and Juliet. I'll admit that it's the first time I've understood every exchange in the tragedy even after studying A-Level drama. And...
Reviews
Blowing out the candles on birthday party politics: The rules
Invites: If you want to invite one person to a birthday party from a group/club/class/clique, you must invite the entire group/club/class, no exceptions, so nobody is left out. Birthday Cake: It should be bigger than the cake at the last party you went to. The...
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Family travel in Malaysia: Staying at Lanson Place Kuala Lumpur
After a long and sweaty four-hour car journey in the humid heat we were ecstatic to arrive at Lanson Place Serviced Apartments. We'd transferred from a few days in the jungle with animals, bugs and Mosquitos to...
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Restaurant Review Kuala Lumpur: Samadhi Retreats has a unique offering at Tamarind Springs
Just a 15 minute drive from the centre of Kuala Lumpur, and we found ourselves transported into a secret garden offering fine food. This "exotic dining experience" takes place in a traditional building perfectly set amongst lush greenery with flowing waterfalls. And...
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