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About crummymummy1

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

Making memories with HUGGIES® Little Swimmers® #ad

Do you remember the first time you took your baby swimming? I took both BB and Little B swimming for [...]

By |August 14th, 2017|Parenting|3 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

A midsummer night's dream. That's what I'm calling #MySundayPhoto this week, taken at my brother and sister-in-law's marquee wedding reception [...]

By |August 13th, 2017|Family life|2 Comments

10 easy ways to declutter your home

Regular readers will know we live in a flat. But what you might not know is that it’s a two [...]

By |August 11th, 2017|Parenting|9 Comments

10 reasons to go on a Hoburne Holiday

If there’s one thing that changes when you become a parent it’s holidays. Forget sitting back on a sunbed and [...]

By |August 9th, 2017|Reviews, Travel|2 Comments

6 things I’ve learnt in six months of exclusive breastfeeding

Six months. That’s how long the NHS recommends exclusive breastfeeding for, and it looks like we might have made it. [...]

By |August 7th, 2017|Breast feeding, Parenting, Reviews|17 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

Things have been a little quiet on the blog in the last week, but for a very good reason. I [...]

By |August 6th, 2017|Travel|3 Comments

Quick & easy ways to hide a mum tum

A mum tum. If you don’t know what that is, lucky you. If you do, then you might want to [...]

By |July 31st, 2017|Fashion, Parenting|1 Comment

#MySundayPhoto

Last week for #MySundayPhoto I brought you a picture of Misery Guts and I on our wedding day to mark [...]

By |July 30th, 2017|Family life|5 Comments

4 simple ways to lose baby weight

Pregnancy. It does weird things to your body, it does weird things to your hair, it does weird things to [...]

By |July 28th, 2017|Parenting, Pregnancy|3 Comments

5 easy ways to eat well on a budget

Is it me or is the weekly food shop getting more and more expensive? In a little under a month, [...]

By |July 26th, 2017|Parenting|0 Comments

A little bit of news!

Not that sort of news, but I've got a little bit of news nonetheless. Remember when I wrote a post [...]

By |July 24th, 2017|Family life|44 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

Social media followers will know it was our wedding anniversary this week. It's been seven years since Misery Guts and [...]

By |July 23rd, 2017|Parenting|6 Comments

10 top tips for finding the perfect cleaner

If there’s one thing I’ve dreamed of since becoming a mum it’s having a cleaner. We’ve never been able to [...]

By |July 21st, 2017|Parenting|5 Comments

Why I tell my kids I’m sorry

Do you ever totally lose it? I mean really lose it? I don’t lose it very often – very rarely [...]

By |July 19th, 2017|Parenting|10 Comments

Are you a naked house?

Are you a naked house? It occurred to me, as I pushed the vacuum cleaner around the living room the [...]

By |July 17th, 2017|Parenting|27 Comments