Where my kids are concerned I like to keep things. Paintings they did at nursery, first locks of hair, baby teeth, you name it and I'll have it somewhere.
But that's the problem, 'somewhere' - I'd put things in all sorts of places over the years that I struggle to find anything.
Not that I get a regular urge to go and look at my not so little ones' peggies, but I was sick of having things tucked away with no real organisation.
That's why I decided to copy one of BBC Sort Your Life Out host Stacey Solomon's ideas and put together a memory box. Read more: My £4 Stacey Solomon Asda buy is just what I needed for the kitchen It's something she's done for all her children, just to keep things in like those baby scans and first tiny baby grows.
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