The story behind My Penelope
We’re Lucy and Ashley — parents to Penelope, who inspired this app. For years we juggled hospital appointments, therapy sessions and the endless questions schools and clinicians asked. Every meeting demanded accurate records: how often Penelope slept through the night, when meltdowns occurred, how long it took to dress and how often seizures happened. Paper notes, voice memos and spreadsheets became overwhelming and easy to lose.
We started to dream of one place that would hold everything — quick trackers that take seconds, clear charts that show trends, and exportable reports that professionals could actually use. My Penelope began as a notebook on our kitchen table and turned into an app built for speed and clarity. We built it to be compassionate, practical, and parent-led.
Our goal is simple: help parents spend less time fighting with forms and more time with their children — and give clinicians better data to make decisions.
Penelope Loving Life.
“We needed something that respected how busy parents are — My Penelope is that tool.”
— Lucy & Ashley
Penny Was Born.
2020
2022
First diagnosis steps
The Idea
2024
Next Steps and Vision
2025 onwards
2021
Early concerns
2023
The need for change
2025
MVP Development
Penny was born during the COVID-19 pandemic after concerns about her growth and an induced labour — the birth was traumatic for us and Lucy will be sharing a longer, personal blog post about that experience.
In the weeks and months that followed we noticed differences in Penelope’s development and began keeping notes for appointments as we searched for answers.
We started the formal diagnostic pathway — GP referrals, specialist assessments and early therapy — a confusing and emotional process we’ll cover in more detail in a future post.
Juggling notebooks, voice memos and spreadsheets made appointments chaotic and showed us parents desperately needed a simple, reliable way to collect day-to-day evidence.
From that frustration came a clear idea: a fast, parent-friendly app to log sleep, seizures, meltdowns and daily tasks, and turn them into clinician-ready reports.
We turned the idea into an MVP, working with developers and a small group of parent testers to build quick trackers and export tools for real-world use.
We turned the idea into an MVP, working with developers and a small group of parent testers to build quick trackers and export tools for real-world use.
How My Penelope helps families
Built by parents who needed a faster way to collect daily evidence, My Penelope turns small, everyday logs into clear, shareable reports for schools and clinicians.
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Quick logging: Seconds to capture mood, seizures, sleep and meltdowns...
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Useful exports: Clinician-ready PDFs for EHCPs, DLA or medical reviews.
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Cross-tracker insights: See how sleep affects mood or how meltdowns are triggered.
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Secure & private: Your data remains yours — export, share and delete on demand.
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WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Sarah, Parent
“Keeping track used to be impossible. My Penelope gave us clarity for our EHCP meetings.” — Sarah, parent
Emma.M, Parent
it has given me the ability to monitor my child's progress and share important information with healthcare professionals.
Mark,Parent
“We could see patterns we didn’t notice before — sleep affecting mood and meltdowns.” — Mark, parent
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