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About crummymummy1

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

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

5 reasons to take kids on a cruise

They say there’s no such thing as a holiday when you have kids. I beg to differ. There is such [...]

By |April 7th, 2017|Parenting|3 Comments

5 good things about broken nights

No I haven’t finally gone stark raving mad with sleep deprivation. It occurred to me, as I paced the living [...]

By |April 5th, 2017|Parenting|12 Comments

5 ways to rock being a working mum

Four months. That’s how long it takes the average new mum to get their confidence back when they return to [...]

By |April 3rd, 2017|Parenting|42 Comments

Things I wish I’d known about my lady bits

This post should probably come with a warning: it’s not for the faint hearted. Or the squeamish. A bit like [...]

By |March 30th, 2017|Parenting, Pregnancy, Reviews|14 Comments

Breastfeeding friendly wedding guest outfits

Three weddings, at three different venues, requiring three very different outfits. That’s what we’ve got coming up this summer: one at [...]

By |March 29th, 2017|Breast feeding, Fashion|0 Comments

Why I’m proud to breastfeed in the pub

Brace yourselves. This is going to be a ranty one. Did you hear about the man who lambasted a mum [...]

By |March 29th, 2017|Breast feeding, Parenting|35 Comments

More reasons Mother’s Day is a bad idea

Last year I wrote a post about 5 reasons Mother's Day is a bad idea. This year, one more baby [...]

By |March 27th, 2017|Parenting|23 Comments

Why I’m telling my kids about terrorism

When something bad happens, how much information is too much information when it comes to kids? Should you try and [...]

By |March 24th, 2017|Parenting|10 Comments

Why I’ve written off my 30s

I’ve got a secret. I’ve written off my 30s. I'm 36 - more than halfway through the decade - and [...]

By |March 22nd, 2017|Parenting|42 Comments