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About crummymummy1

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

Why are we so afraid to tell the truth about parenting?

Why are we so afraid to tell the truth about parenting? I ask after David Bowie’s son Duncan Jones caused [...]

By |January 16th, 2019|Parenting|21 Comments

Organic baby clothes: what are they & are they worth it?

Did you know that cotton is the most pesticide dependent crop in the world? And that it takes four times [...]

By |January 14th, 2019|Parenting|7 Comments

#MySundaySnapshot

#MySundaySnapshot this week is a little window into my life as a work at home mum. Although the littlest one [...]

By |January 13th, 2019|Parenting|7 Comments

Coping with eczema flare ups in the winter months

Got a little one who suffers from eczema? Does their skin get worse in the winter months? If so and [...]

By |January 11th, 2019|Health, Parenting|2 Comments

10 things I learnt in 2018 – & wish I hadn’t!

What did you learn in 2018? With the first full week of 2019 underway I’ve had a chance to look [...]

By |January 9th, 2019|Parenting|19 Comments

A sneak peek inside Aldi’s new baby & toddler Specialbuy event

Want to know what’s going to be included in Aldi’s new baby & toddler Specialbuy event? I’ve had a sneak [...]

By |January 7th, 2019|Parenting, Reviews|3 Comments

#MySundaySnapshot

We're kicking off 2019 here at Crummy Mummy HQ with a brand new weekly series: #MySundaySnapshot, giving you a little [...]

By |January 6th, 2019|Parenting|10 Comments

8 reasons January is the best month of the year

It’s dubbed the gloomiest month of the year with the third Monday - Blue Monday - supposedly the most depressing [...]

By |January 4th, 2019|Lifestyle, Parenting|17 Comments

5 simple ways to stick to New Year’s Resolutions

So Christmas has been and gone and it's that time of year again. Having made my New Year's Resolutions (see [...]

By |January 2nd, 2019|Health, Lifestyle, Parenting|0 Comments

10 ways I’m going to try & be a better me in 2019

It’s that time of year again. The time when you look back over the year and think about the new [...]

By |December 31st, 2018|Parenting|18 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

With the new year on the horizon I'm rounding off a year of #MySundayPhotos with my favourite picture of the [...]

By |December 30th, 2018|Parenting|3 Comments

8 ways to feel better after a boozy Christmas

Eat, drink and be merry. When it comes to Christmas that’s the mantra I live by, which is fine - [...]

By |December 28th, 2018|Parenting|0 Comments

5 ways granny daycare has helped my babies grow

Three thousand, one hundred and eighty-eight pounds. That’s how much money I worked out we save each year thanks to [...]

By |December 26th, 2018|Parenting|2 Comments

10 reasons to visit LaplandUK – again & again!

'The best pre-Christmas day out ever'. That’s what Elton John says about LaplandUK, consistently dubbed one of the UK’s best [...]

By |December 24th, 2018|Family days out, Parenting|0 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

#MySundayPhoto this week is this year's Christmas cake - which actually has a little story behind it. It was supposed [...]

By |December 23rd, 2018|Parenting, Recipes|4 Comments