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About crummymummy1

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

10 reasons to visit Thomas Land

If you’re two and totally obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine the chances are life doesn’t get much better than a trip to [...]

By |April 11th, 2017|Family days out, Reviews|11 Comments

5 ways parenting is easier in summer

‘Parenting’ and ‘easy’ are two words most parents would probably agree don’t belong in the same sentence. While there’s nothing [...]

By |April 10th, 2017|Parenting|31 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

I don't know about you, but we've been basking in summer time temperatures in our neck of the woods. Being [...]

By |April 9th, 2017|Parenting|8 Comments

5 reasons to take kids on a cruise

They say there’s no such thing as a holiday when you have kids. I beg to differ. There is such [...]

By |April 7th, 2017|Parenting|3 Comments

5 good things about broken nights

No I haven’t finally gone stark raving mad with sleep deprivation. It occurred to me, as I paced the living [...]

By |April 5th, 2017|Parenting|12 Comments

5 ways to rock being a working mum

Four months. That’s how long it takes the average new mum to get their confidence back when they return to [...]

By |April 3rd, 2017|Parenting|42 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

When you look at this photo, what do you see? Apologies for #MySundayPhoto being another breastfeeding image (and again in [...]

By |April 2nd, 2017|Breast feeding, Parenting|11 Comments

Things I wish I’d known about my lady bits

This post should probably come with a warning: it’s not for the faint hearted. Or the squeamish. A bit like [...]

By |March 30th, 2017|Parenting, Pregnancy, Reviews|14 Comments

Breastfeeding friendly wedding guest outfits

Three weddings, at three different venues, requiring three very different outfits. That’s what we’ve got coming up this summer: one at [...]

By |March 29th, 2017|Breast feeding, Fashion|0 Comments

Why I’m proud to breastfeed in the pub

Brace yourselves. This is going to be a ranty one. Did you hear about the man who lambasted a mum [...]

By |March 29th, 2017|Breast feeding, Parenting|35 Comments

More reasons Mother’s Day is a bad idea

Last year I wrote a post about 5 reasons Mother's Day is a bad idea. This year, one more baby [...]

By |March 27th, 2017|Parenting|23 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

Happy Mothering Sunday! This is my first Mother's Day as a mum of three so for #MySundayPhoto this week I [...]

By |March 26th, 2017|Parenting|7 Comments

Why I’m telling my kids about terrorism

When something bad happens, how much information is too much information when it comes to kids? Should you try and [...]

By |March 24th, 2017|Parenting|10 Comments

Why I’ve written off my 30s

I’ve got a secret. I’ve written off my 30s. I'm 36 - more than halfway through the decade - and [...]

By |March 22nd, 2017|Parenting|42 Comments

5 fashion tips for breastfeeding mums

Now I don’t pretend to know much – if anything - about fashion, but having breastfed for a combined total [...]

By |March 20th, 2017|Parenting, Reviews|25 Comments