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About crummymummy1

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

Fun ways to help your child learn to read

Roald Dahl once said that if you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot [...]

By |May 2nd, 2017|Books, Parenting, Reviews|16 Comments

10 things to pack in your baby swim bag

10 things. That's all you actually need in your baby swim bag. Not 20, not 25 and certainly not 30. [...]

By |April 30th, 2017|Parenting|21 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

Say hello to the stars of our latest blog collaboration! I don't think I've ever captured a cheekier pair of [...]

By |April 29th, 2017|Blogging, Parenting|6 Comments

5 easy ways to get your garden ready for summer

Time. I don’t know about you but as a mum time is the one thing that’s permanently in short supply. [...]

By |April 27th, 2017|Gardening, Parenting|4 Comments

5 great reasons to grow your own food #ad

Cress, carrots and runner beans. We’re now the proud owners of our very own homegrown vegetables after taking part in [...]

By |April 26th, 2017|Parenting|18 Comments

To the lady in the supermarket

This probably isn’t going to be the classic supermarket tale you think it is. It does involve an epic toddler meltdown, [...]

By |April 23rd, 2017|Parenting|25 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

So that's Easter done and dusted for another year. I don't know about you but I do think Easter is better [...]

By |April 22nd, 2017|Parenting|6 Comments

Am I exploiting my kids?

Have you heard about Victoria Beckham trademarking her daughter’s name? Apparently she’s registered Harper Beckham, five, for use in branded [...]

By |April 20th, 2017|Blogging, Parenting|43 Comments

Would you dress siblings in matching outfits?

Twinning. I’m referring, of course, to the practise of dressing siblings of different ages in matching outfits. Before Littlest B [...]

By |April 19th, 2017|Parenting|18 Comments

10 reasons I hate crafting

Crafting. The mere mention of the word is enough to bring me out in a cold sweat. I don’t know [...]

By |April 16th, 2017|Parenting|26 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

So we've survived the first week of the Easter holidays. Just. (It turns out there are lots of things they [...]

By |April 16th, 2017|Parenting|7 Comments

What REALLY happens inside innocent’s Fruit Towers #ad

Ever wondered where those little knitted hats on top of innocent smoothies actually come from? Or whether seven crushed strawberries [...]

By |April 14th, 2017|Health, Parenting|24 Comments

10 reasons to visit Thomas Land

If you’re two and totally obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine the chances are life doesn’t get much better than a trip to [...]

By |April 11th, 2017|Family days out, Reviews|11 Comments

5 ways parenting is easier in summer

‘Parenting’ and ‘easy’ are two words most parents would probably agree don’t belong in the same sentence. While there’s nothing [...]

By |April 10th, 2017|Parenting|31 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

I don't know about you, but we've been basking in summer time temperatures in our neck of the woods. Being [...]

By |April 9th, 2017|Parenting|8 Comments