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About crummymummy1

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

#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 β€˜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 β€˜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

Win a month’s supply of Little Dish toddler meals!

If you’re a regular follower of the blog then you’ll know we’re big fans of toddler's healthy food brand Little [...]

By |November 3rd, 2017|Competitions, Parenting|57 Comments

8 tell-tale signs you’re turning into THAT family

THAT family. You know the ones I mean. The ones you can hear coming before you can see them. The [...]

By |November 1st, 2017|Parenting|34 Comments