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About crummymummy1

I'm a wife, mama of four, freelance journalist, author & blogger. Not necessarily in that order!

10 wishes for my daughter on her 2nd birthday

Ever wish time would stand still? Me too, especially now the youngest is turning two. There's no getting away from [...]

By |February 15th, 2019|Parenting|13 Comments

10 things they don’t tell you about raising girls

Sugar and spice and all things nice. That’s what girls are made of if the popular nursery rhyme is to [...]

By |February 13th, 2019|Parenting|22 Comments

Joining the lunchbox revolution with Wriggle #ad

When was the last time you left the house with a lunchbox? I don't mean a lunchbox for the kids, [...]

By |February 11th, 2019|Parenting, Reviews|5 Comments

#MySundaySnapshot

#MySundaySnapshot this week is a view of our flat from the beach in front of our house (that's us on [...]

By |February 10th, 2019|Parenting|9 Comments

5 benefits of yoga in pregnancy

Google ‘yoga in pregnancy’ and you’re met with a plethora of links extolling the virtues of prenatal yoga. The experts [...]

By |February 8th, 2019|Exercise, Health, Parenting|1 Comment

10 ways to help when your child’s best friend moves away

‘But who am I going to do everything with?’ Those were the (heart wrenching) words of my seven-year-old when I [...]

By |February 6th, 2019|Parenting|7 Comments

6 common causes of stress in children & how to help

Do you ever worry your little one is worried about something but you don't know what it is or what [...]

By |February 4th, 2019|Parenting|4 Comments

#MySundaySnapshot

Anyone else ready for spring? I am, and I couldn't resist buying this bunch of tulips when I passed them [...]

By |February 3rd, 2019|Parenting|5 Comments

5 apps I can’t live without since becoming a mum!

How many apps do you have on your phone? Ten? Twenty? More? I’ve got more than I can actually count [...]

By |February 1st, 2019|Parenting|11 Comments

10 things the experts don’t tell you about breastfeeding

Did you that know half of women who breastfeed their babies say they feel like they let their baby down [...]

By |January 30th, 2019|Breast feeding, Parenting|7 Comments

15 brutally honest ways to prepare for parenthood without losing the plot

Got a baby on the way and wondering what to expect in the parenting stakes? Or perhaps you're already the [...]

By |January 28th, 2019|Parenting|18 Comments

#MySundaySnapshot

#MySundaySnapshot this week is one I caught while walking on the beach. I was actually trying to capture the kids [...]

By |January 27th, 2019|Parenting|11 Comments

6 life lessons I’ve learnt in 6 years blogging

One thousand and forty-one. At the time of writing that’s how many blog posts I’ve written in my lifetime – [...]

By |January 25th, 2019|Blogging|25 Comments

Should homework at primary school be banned?

Should homework at primary school be banned? I don’t mean the basics, I mean more in-depth assignments, like projects and [...]

By |January 23rd, 2019|Parenting|7 Comments

5 ways we’re getting ready for starting ‘big school’

Got a little one starting school for the first time? Me too. And having been there, done it and got [...]

By |January 21st, 2019|Parenting|6 Comments