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About crummymummy1

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

#MySundayPhoto

Littlest B turned five months old this week. That means there's just one month left until the highchair comes out [...]

By |July 16th, 2017|Breast feeding, Parenting|3 Comments

10 reasons baby number three is the best

They say three is the magic number, and I reckon it is. I’ve been a mum of three for five [...]

By |July 14th, 2017|Parenting|32 Comments

5 weird ways pregnancy changes your hair

It’s no secret that pregnancy changes your body. Often in weird ways. And it’s no secret that pregnancy can change [...]

By |July 12th, 2017|Parenting, Pregnancy|16 Comments

My top 5 newborn essentials

Stuff, stuff and more stuff. If there’s one thing they don’t warn you about parenthood it’s the amount of Stuff [...]

By |July 10th, 2017|Parenting, Reviews|95 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

With the littlest having been the subject of #MySundayPhoto for the last few weeks I thought it was about time [...]

By |July 9th, 2017|Parenting|5 Comments

10 best gifts for c-section mums

What's the best thing to give a mum who's had a c-section? I've got several friends who've had caesareans recently [...]

By |July 7th, 2017|Parenting|6 Comments

10 things they don’t tell you about sports day

It’s that time of year again: sports day. It’s the second year I’ve had the pleasure and what with the [...]

By |July 5th, 2017|Parenting|25 Comments

Why I won’t be buying Baby Dove

I’m referring, of course, to THAT Baby Dove advert. In case you’ve been on another planet the boffs behind Unilever’s [...]

By |July 3rd, 2017|Parenting|19 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

#MySundayPhoto this week isn't a fancy one like last week's. And it isn't a perfectly shot one like my last [...]

By |July 2nd, 2017|Parenting|7 Comments

‘Not taking any photos is one of my biggest regrets’

Five days. That’s how long it was after Littlest B was born before we had a picture taken together. There’s no [...]

By |June 29th, 2017|Parenting, Reviews|13 Comments

Kaya Jewellery competition winner!

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our competition to win a £40 voucher to spend on silver jewellery at [...]

By |June 28th, 2017|Competitions|0 Comments

5 reasons to make a will

They say nothing is certain in life but death and taxes. I’d argue that there are other things too - [...]

By |June 27th, 2017|Parenting|3 Comments

10 things all mums should do on maternity leave

It seems like only yesterday I wrote about 10 things all mums should do before giving birth. In fact it [...]

By |June 26th, 2017|Parenting|35 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

If you haven't already guessed I didn't take #MySundayPhoto this week. It was taken by the fabulous Dawn Jee at [...]

By |June 25th, 2017|Parenting|6 Comments

I feel like a little part of us is missing

Misery Guts lost his wedding ring this week. He went for a swim in sea with BB after work and [...]

By |June 22nd, 2017|Parenting|21 Comments