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How having a pet helps teach kids responsibility

Welcoming a pet into your home isn't just a joyous occasion; it's a golden opportunity to teach your children about [...]

By |January 16th, 2024|Family life, Parenting|0 Comments

5 festive family activities to get you in the Christmas spirit

If you’re looking for some festive family activities and fun to get you in the Christmas spirit you’ve come to [...]

By |November 26th, 2023|Family life|0 Comments

5 things to know about Kinship Care

Kinship Care is when children whose parents are unable to look after them on a short or long term basis [...]

By |February 17th, 2023|Family life, Parenting|0 Comments

5 wishes for my Valentine’s baby on her fifth birthday

Our Valentine's baby Marigold May turned five this week and because Confessions of a Crummy Mummy essentially started life as [...]

By |February 16th, 2022|Family life, Parenting|0 Comments

10 top tips for planning family meals on a budget

Sixty-three pounds seventy pence. That’s the average cost of a weekly food shop for a family of four in the [...]

By |February 10th, 2022|Family life, Money, Parenting|0 Comments

6 easy ways to make your home comfortable for guests

Having guests over can be stressful, especially if you want to do all that you can to make them feel [...]

By |December 14th, 2021|Family life, Lifestyle|0 Comments

5 great reasons to gift a photo book this Christmas | #ad

It's that time of the year again. Christmas is on the horizon, it's time to start thinking about what you're [...]

By |November 22nd, 2021|Family life, Lifestyle|0 Comments

5 simple ways to make camping with kids fun (& stress free!)

Toying with the idea of going camping with kids for the first time? Or perhaps you’ve done it before and [...]

By |November 5th, 2021|Family life, Parenting, Travel|0 Comments

BIG news: I’ve written a book!

I’ve got a confession. It involves a fifth baby (although not of the human variety!), a secret I’ve been keeping [...]

By |November 3rd, 2021|Baby, Family life, Parenting, Pregnancy|31 Comments

5 sensible ways to plan & prepare for later life

Ever find it hard to picture your kids being anything other than the age they are now? If so you’re [...]

By |October 11th, 2021|Family life|0 Comments

7 easy ways to fast-track chores for busy parents

Hands up who feels like there aren’t enough hours in the day when it comes to keeping on top of [...]

By |June 3rd, 2021|Family life, Parenting|5 Comments

10 things I’ve discovered after one year as a mum of four!

This time last year I wrote a post on 10 things I'd learnt in one month as a mum of [...]

By |May 24th, 2021|Family life, Parenting|5 Comments

10 things you only know after 10 years of marriage!

Did you see all the coverage to mark the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's 10th wedding anniversary? We've also been [...]

By |May 7th, 2021|Family life, Parenting|24 Comments

5 great jobs you can do from home

Did you know that eight out of ten working mums say they feel ‘trapped’ by lack of flexibility in their [...]

By |April 29th, 2021|Family life, Parenting|0 Comments

7 things to consider when remortgaging post Covid

Did you know that on average there are almost 40,000 homeowner remortgages every month in the UK? And that despite [...]

By |March 10th, 2021|Family life, Money|0 Comments