5 reasons Easter is better with kids
It’s occurred to me that between being a teenager and having kids I don’t think I can recall any Easter weekends. None at all. At some stage around the age of 13 the prospect of foil wrapped chocolate eggs lose their shine, replaced with indifference over [...]
#MySundayPhoto
Happy Easter from the Crummy Mummy household! Instead of giving chocolate eggs to family and friends this year BB and I have made slow cooker fudge with white chocolate and mini eggs. If you're looking for something to do today you can find the recipe [...]
5 ways to survive Easter weekend
I’m so glad it’s Easter! After working overtime to make up for the fact there’s two bank holidays in a row (which essentially means you do the same amount of work in less time) I can’t wait for some time off this weekend. I’m looking [...]
Could you cope with a sudden death?
A few weeks ago one of our neighbours died. She had a brain tumour and was responding well to treatment, but then she got pneumonia and suddenly that was it. She leaves a husband and two children under seven, a son and a little girl [...]
Jamie Oliver’s right, breastfeeding IS a problem
‘Leave my tits alone’ and ‘stop mansplaining’: those are some of criticisms levelled at Jamie Oliver after he said something needs to be done about the fact that less than 1% of babies in the UK are breastfed until their first birthday. Of course the [...]
#MySundayPhoto
After umming and ahhing about whether we should take BB to her great granddad's funeral, it was the day in question this week. In the end we did take her, but not into the service itself. I stayed outside with both BB and Little B [...]
5 reasons to enter Tots100 MAD Blog Awards
Nominations are officially open for Tots100’s annual MAD Blog Awards. If you haven’t heard of them before, the MAD (mum and dad) awards are the biggest of their kind in UK parent blogging and recognise the excellence of blogs in a range of categories. When I first started [...]
Are you guilty of competitive tiredness?
I haven’t had a decent night’s sleep in almost a year and a half. At 16 months old Little B still wakes up three to four times a night – roughly every two hours – for a feed, and to make matters worse he often [...]
Weird things I can’t do since having a baby
Obviously there are going to be things you can’t do after having a baby that you could do before. Like going bra-less, drinking past midnight without dire ramifications and spending Sunday mornings in bed nursing a hangover and reading the newspapers while sipping (hot) tea. [...]
#MySundayPhoto
A lot of #MySundayPhotos come from the beach, so this week I thought I'd share a picture taken in the opposite direction. As well as having the beach on our doorstep we're lucky enough to have the South Downs just a few minutes away in [...]
Is it ok to kiss a child on the lips?
I don't mean any child, I mean your child. I ask because this week I read a story about a psychologist who claims kissing a child on the lips is always wrong, no matter what their age. Whaaat? How can kissing your soft-skinned, sweet-smelling baby [...]
Bake Box competition winner!
Thank you so much to everyone who entered our competition to win a fabulous Bake Box containing £40 worth of baking equipment including this wonderful silicone bundt cake mould! Judging by the number of entries there are some keen bakers out there - one way to [...]
Shame on you John Lewis
Have you heard about the mum who was frog-marched out of a John Lewis store because her toddler had a tantrum? Admittedly frog-marched is a slight exaggeration, but she was ‘asked to leave’ John Lewis in Dumplington (that is a real place, I checked) owing [...]
5 reasons Mother’s Day is a bad idea
So that’s it, Mothering Sunday is over for another year. I had a wonderful time and was thoroughly spoilt with a lie in, lunch out and a whole day off from the usual drudgery. I don’t think the same can be said for Misery Guts though, [...]
#MySundayPhoto
Spring has sprung on the allotment! I got a whole glorious afternoon there this weekend when Misery Guts took the children shopping (there was lots of whispering and giggling from BB so I'm assuming it was Mother's Day related - I'm not sure though as I'm writing this [...]
