A short rant about remote learning 2.0
Sooo here we go again. Remote learning 2.0, aka home schooling, as I'm (not affectionately) calling it. If you've got primary school age children like me and live in a part of the country where coronavirus cases are once again rising the chances are you've [...]
10 things to look forward to in 2021!
Hands up who's looking forward to 2021? I don't know about you but I won't be sorry to see the back of 2020 - and hopefully all the home learning grids and ten million snacks a day that came with it! With the new year [...]
Merry Christmas from Crummy Mummy HQ!
It's that time of year again - and what a year it's been! I don't know about you but if you'd told me this time last year what 2020 would have in store I simply wouldn't have believed it - because you couldn't make it [...]
12 fun & creative elf setup ideas for Christmas 2020 #ad
Running out of elf set up ideas to keep them entertained between now and Christmas? Want some fun and creative inspiration to get you through lockdown and like the idea of supporting small businesses in the process? Then you've come to the right place! With [...]
How you can lose weight swimming
Want to know how you can lose weight swimming AND reduce stress and improve your sleep and mood in the process? Then you’ve come to the right place! I love swimming and until lockdown I swam at least once a week and had done for [...]
5 things we’re doing differently this Christmas
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas - but not Christmas as we know it. Wherever you are in the country and whatever tier you fall into the chances are Christmas is going to be a bit different this year, but different doesn't have [...]
How to make a Lego Batman cake in 10 easy steps
Want to know how to make a Lego Batman cake without breaking the bank, spending hours slaving away in the kitchen and/or losing the plot in the process? Then you've come to the right place! For the second year running I was charged with the [...]
Was Meghan right to speak out about miscarriage?
I ask after the Duchess of Sussex revealed in a newspaper column that she lost her second baby to miscarriage this summer. Writing in the New York Times, Meghan describes the moment she realised she was miscarrying her baby under the headline 'the losses we [...]
10 things I’d totally forgotten about weaning!
If you follow us here and on social media you'll know weaning is in full swing here at Crummy Mummy HQ. And it turns out there's rather a lot I'd totally forgotten about weaning! I might have done it three times before, but even so [...]
6 living room updates you can do in a weekend
If your living room is in need of a bit of TLC but you're short on time - and money - owing to having little people around then you've come to the right place. I don't know about you but what with the small matter [...]
Introducing solids with Piccolo’s new baby food service
There's been a milestone mummy moment at Crummy Mummy HQ this week. After six months of exclusive breastfeeding it's time to start introducing baby number four to solids - and it turns out rather a lot has changed since I first started weaning baby number [...]
5 simple ways to make your home more hygge
Hands up who's getting ready for Lockdown 2.0? Now the nights are drawing in and the temperature has dropped one thing I'm determined to do this time around is make our time at home as enjoyable and stress free as possible. If you haven't come across [...]
6 wishes for my only son on his sixth birthday
I say only son, but I should caveat that by saying I'm by no means bitter: one son is more than enough - or mine is anyway! As a mama to three girls and one boy I have to say there's rather a lot they [...]
Tickle My Party Sleepover in a Box review & discount code!
Need to think outside the box when it comes to entertaining the kids now coronavirus and lockdown has made staying in the new going out? Wondering how on earth to keep them occupied at weekends, during school holidays and in place of all the birthday [...]
5 top tips for managing your accounts as a blogger
'Someone who writes regularly for an online journal or website' - that's the Cambridge Dictionary definition of a blogger, but anyone who blogs will tell you that running a blog involves so much more than that! Content creator, photographer, chief tea maker, editor and accountant [...]
