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About crummymummy1

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

How much should you spend on kids at Christmas?

How much should you spend on kids at Christmas? And how much is too much? In our house the kids [...]

By |November 29th, 2017|Parenting|15 Comments

Why I’m not cut out to be Mary’s mum

It’s the starring role in the school nativity play, the one all the girls – and apparently a lot of [...]

By |November 27th, 2017|Parenting|18 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

We have ourselves a record over on the allotment - raspberries in the last week of November! Admittedly there's only [...]

By |November 26th, 2017|Allotment|4 Comments

5 reasons to watch Motherland

Have you been watching Motherland? If not, why not? I'm talking about BBC2's new ‘mom-com’ penned by writers including Sharon [...]

By |November 24th, 2017|Parenting, Reviews|5 Comments

What’s REALLY in your ‘healthy’ fruit pouch?

Do you know what’s really in your ‘healthy’ fruit pouch? What I've discovered may surprise you. As a working mum [...]

By |November 22nd, 2017|Parenting, Reviews|4 Comments

Win a Tree2mydoor tabletop Christmas tree!

Fancy brightening up your home with a tabletop Christmas tree complete with LED star fairy lights and glittery branches? Then [...]

By |November 20th, 2017|Competitions, Reviews|133 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

And she's off! Just days after turning nine months old Littlest B has finally mastered the art of crawling, and [...]

By |November 19th, 2017|Parenting|3 Comments

The superheroes I can’t live without

They say it takes a village to raise a child. Well I reckon it’s true. A little while ago I [...]

By |November 17th, 2017|Parenting|24 Comments

10 clever ways to save money on Christmas gifts

They say nothing in life is free, but actually it is. Did you know there are websites out there where [...]

By |November 15th, 2017|Parenting|7 Comments

Type 1 diabetes and us

'I feel like I've beaten diabetes'. That's what Misery Guts said to me when he crossed the finish line of [...]

By |November 13th, 2017|Parenting|14 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? #MySundayPhoto this week might look like a nice scene of a cloudy [...]

By |November 12th, 2017|Parenting|3 Comments

10 alternative uses for a baby wipe!

The other day I got the chance to enjoy one of those very rare things: a lunch out with the [...]

By |November 10th, 2017|Parenting|6 Comments

The best non-chocolate advent calendars

Is anyone else bored of the same old boring snoring chocolate advent calendars? Last year I bought BB and Little [...]

By |November 8th, 2017|Parenting, Reviews|11 Comments

7 amazing uses for breast milk

Breast milk. They call it liquid gold, and it turns out it really is. Having exclusively breastfed all three of [...]

By |November 6th, 2017|Breast feeding|9 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

Can you spot the pumpkin? It was Littlest B's first Halloween this year and I couldn't resist dressing her up [...]

By |November 5th, 2017|Parenting|5 Comments