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About crummymummy1

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

Family days out in East Sussex: Drusillas Zoo & Park

It’s been two years (two years!) since we were last asked to review Drusillas Zoo & Park near Alfriston so the nice people there [...]

By |May 23rd, 2016|Family days out|11 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

This week #MySundayPhoto is a shot of Little B I took on our allotment last week. He's recently learnt how to [...]

By |May 22nd, 2016|Family life|7 Comments

Stay-at-home date night ideas

When was the last time you had a date night? If you can’t remember, the chances are it’s high time [...]

By |May 20th, 2016|Parenting, Relationships, Reviews|25 Comments

Why there should be a 10th month of pregnancy

I’ve come to the conclusion that there should, in fact, be a 10th month of pregnancy. I’m not going barmy [...]

By |May 18th, 2016|Parenting|32 Comments

10 things they don’t tell you about extended breastfeeding

Everyone tells you there’s a big difference between breastfeeding a newborn and breastfeeding a toddler. But what they fail to [...]

By |May 16th, 2016|Breast feeding, Parenting|26 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

When it comes to cakes, it's fair to say my mother-in-law knows how to make them. This is the creation [...]

By |May 15th, 2016|Family life|8 Comments

An Ode to CBeebies

Parents of the land rejoice – it looks like CBeebies is safe! For now, anyway. In case you’ve been on [...]

By |May 13th, 2016|Family life|26 Comments

Is ‘me-ternity’ leave a good idea?

Have you heard the one about the woman who reckons women who don’t have children should be entitled to ‘me-ternity’ [...]

By |May 11th, 2016|Parenting|16 Comments

Is it possible to politely refer to a foo foo?

Yes, I am talking about front bottoms – as we also call them in our house. BB came home from [...]

By |May 9th, 2016|Parenting|42 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

Our local park includes a paddling pool which is filled from May to September and is the place to go [...]

By |May 8th, 2016|Family life|8 Comments

10 signs a baby is a blogger’s child

It occurred to me, when a parcel arrived containing something for me and not for BB and she crossed her [...]

By |May 6th, 2016|Family life|70 Comments

How I doubled my Twitter following in 16 weeks

On January 1st this year I had 1,000 Twitter followers. On May 1st I crossed the 2,000 follower mark, meaning [...]

By |May 4th, 2016|Blogging|30 Comments

5 things you only know after 5 years of marriage

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary at the weekend. The papers have been full of [...]

By |May 2nd, 2016|Parenting, Relationships|75 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

Little B turned 18 months old this weekend. To mark the occasion I've been trying to capture a photo of [...]

By |May 1st, 2016|Family life|16 Comments

The one where I had a date with Hugh Grant (sort of)

Ok so it wasn't exactly a date, owing to the fact I was on my own, and Hugh Grant wasn't [...]

By |April 29th, 2016|Reviews|17 Comments