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About crummymummy1

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

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

5 fashion tips for breastfeeding mums

Now I don’t pretend to know much – if anything - about fashion, but having breastfed for a combined total [...]

By |March 20th, 2017|Parenting, Reviews|25 Comments

How to travel with a baby and stay (relatively) sane

‘Let’s stay close to home this year.’ Like many new parents, when it comes to holidays that’s what Misery Guts and [...]

By |March 17th, 2017|Parenting, Travel|7 Comments

Fun ways to get kids to eat more veg #ad

Forget 5-a-day. We should be eating 10-a-day if the latest research is to be believed. The trouble is that’s easier [...]

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

Confessions of a third time mum

I've got a confession. Rather a lot of them in fact. It's been almost a month since Littlest B graced [...]

By |March 13th, 2017|Parenting|50 Comments