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About crummymummy1

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

‘Nobody wants to be the kid who does a number two in their pants’ #ad

This post was written in partnership with Andrex ‘Nobody wants to be the kid who does a number two in [...]

By |October 11th, 2016|Parenting|24 Comments

Super easy breadless lunchbox ideas

If I had £1 for every time I’ve silently thanked God – or more specifically Nick Clegg – for the [...]

By |October 10th, 2016|Parenting, Recipes|15 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

Instagram followers will know that this weekend we spent the night in a rather smart hotel with the kids. We stayed [...]

By |October 9th, 2016|Family days out|4 Comments

10 top tips for taking your baby swimming

Who would have thought that taking a little person swimming could be so complicated? We’re half way through our latest term [...]

By |October 7th, 2016|Parenting|11 Comments

10 reasons first pregnancies are the best

They say every pregnancy is different, but what they don’t tell you is that it’s your first pregnancy that will [...]

By |October 5th, 2016|Pregnancy|33 Comments

5 tricks to help your baby sleep through the night

I feel like I’ve been banging on about this for years. Little B will be two at the end of [...]

By |October 3rd, 2016|Parenting|18 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

There have been some amazing sun rises this week. I took this image on one of my morning runs along [...]

By |October 2nd, 2016|Pregnancy|5 Comments

10 reasons all parents should take a brat-cation

I’m referring, of course, to that rare and lesser known aspect of parenting, also known as a break away from [...]

By |September 30th, 2016|Parenting|19 Comments

Top tips when selling your family car

Ever since we discovered we're expecting baby number three I’ve been joking that the ‘only’ thing we need to buy is [...]

By |September 28th, 2016|Family life|0 Comments

‘No sticking toes in bums!’ (and other things I never thought I’d say)

'No sticking toes in bums!' Those were the actual words that fell out of my mouth at bath time the [...]

By |September 28th, 2016|Parenting|30 Comments

The 10 worst things about being pregnant

I know, I know. A baby is a blessing, a gift from God for which we should be grateful and [...]

By |September 26th, 2016|Pregnancy|21 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

I've had a taster of life as a single mum this week. Misery Guts is away in America with work, [...]

By |September 25th, 2016|Family life|5 Comments

The REAL reason we’re so upset about #BrexPitt

I’m talking, of course, about the parting of ways of Hollywood A-listers Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie after it was [...]

By |September 23rd, 2016|Parenting|10 Comments

Win tickets to The Baby Show at London Olympia!

It’s that time of year again - The Baby Show is returning to London Olympia from Friday October 21 to [...]

By |September 21st, 2016|Competitions|5 Comments

Things no-one warns you about school

With a school reception year and a few weeks of year one under my belt I've been reflecting on how [...]

By |September 19th, 2016|Parenting|19 Comments