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About crummymummy1

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

Things you can’t do now your baby is a toddler

The other day, when I was pushing Little B in his pushchair and trying to quietly rip open a Wispa [...]

By |April 25th, 2016|Parenting|120 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

Ever since BB was born in 2011 April and May has become one of my favourite times of the year. [...]

By |April 24th, 2016|Family life|26 Comments

Pretend to Bee fancy dress review & discount code

Fancy dress. Yet another thing no-one warns you about when you become a parent is the number of fancy dress [...]

By |April 23rd, 2016|Reviews|12 Comments

5 baby items I use for me!

One of the first things I realised when I became pregnant was that the baby market is swamped with items you [...]

By |April 22nd, 2016|Parenting|34 Comments

Is your partner making you fat?

I’ve come to the conclusion that mine is. After stepping on the scales for the first time in yonks I’ve [...]

By |April 20th, 2016|Family life, Food, Health, Parenting|30 Comments

10 signs you’re turning into a Mombie

Have you ever stayed up late even though you’re knackered just so you can have an hour or two child-free? [...]

By |April 18th, 2016|Parenting|124 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

It's a big day in our house today - Misery Guts is running the Brighton marathon. For many of the [...]

By |April 17th, 2016|Family life|16 Comments

Would you let a stranger breastfeed your baby?

Have you heard the story about the mum who let five strangers breastfeed her baby? She was taken into hospital [...]

By |April 15th, 2016|Breast feeding, Parenting|36 Comments

Cloudbabies Zippy Suit winner!

Rafflecopter has worked its magic and randomly selected the winner of our latest competition to win this gorgeous Baba Blue [...]

By |April 14th, 2016|Competitions|0 Comments

How to make your own she shed (with a little help from Charlie Dimmock!)

Have you ever dreamed of having your own little space to call your own, somewhere you can retreat to away [...]

By |April 13th, 2016|Allotment, Gardening, Parenting, Reviews|27 Comments

Things they fail to tell you about school holidays

After two weeks off over Easter the kids go back to school and nursery this week. I can’t wait. Having [...]

By |April 11th, 2016|Uncategorised|87 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

It turns out there's a lot more you can do with a shed than using it to store tools. Since [...]

By |April 10th, 2016|Uncategorised|12 Comments

10 of the best breakthrough parenting moments

I’m about to share one of those really boring parenting moments nobody else cares about, but bear with me. This week I [...]

By |April 8th, 2016|Uncategorised|81 Comments

5 reasons shared parental leave will never work

It’s been a year since shared parental leave came into force in England, Scotland and Wales and apparently just one in [...]

By |April 6th, 2016|Parenting|7 Comments

5 reasons class teddy bears are a BAD idea

It was only a matter of time. BB has come home from school armed with the class teddy bear and [...]

By |April 4th, 2016|Parenting|28 Comments