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About crummymummy1

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

5 tips for pain-free breastfeeding

When people talk about breast feeding being painful, I always assumed they meant in the bleeding nipples type of way, [...]

By |July 10th, 2015|Breast feeding|6 Comments

My 8 photos of happiness tag

It’s so easy to take photographs, file them away and suddenly its months or even years before they see the [...]

By |July 8th, 2015|Family life|10 Comments

It’s only now he’s got reassuringly chunky milk-filled legs that I’ve started to relax

When Little B was born and I wrote my last ‘Pregnancy after multiple miscarriage’ post I said I wouldn’t write [...]

By |July 6th, 2015|Baby|6 Comments

Flashback Friday: A royal christening

If you haven’t already heard, then you soon will. This weekend Princess Charlotte will be christened – a day after [...]

By |July 3rd, 2015|Family life|2 Comments

The world’s first baby spa: such a thing does indeed exist

In what has been the hottest week of the year so far we’ve been keeping cool with a trip to [...]

By |July 1st, 2015|Parenting, Reviews|9 Comments

What do baby boys wear for christenings?

It’s not just the royal christening this weekend. It also happens to be Little B’s christening (booked before the Cambridge’s [...]

By |June 29th, 2015|Parenting|0 Comments

Flashback Friday: Mammaries are made of this

I started Crummy Mummy in January 2013 as I prepared to stop breastfeeding BB, and by May the journey was [...]

By |June 26th, 2015|Breast feeding|22 Comments

Misery Guts should star in his own version of Les Miserables

As promised, after bringing you a list of reasons why I’m crummy because Misery Guts said I don't come across as crummy [...]

By |June 24th, 2015|Family life|0 Comments

Reflections on Britmums Live: Rome wasn’t built in a day

I think it’s fair to say our first Britmums Live was a success. Despite being just a teeny tiny bit [...]

By |June 22nd, 2015|Blogging|2 Comments

My Own Fairy door review & reader offer!

Doesn’t the idea of your very own fairy door complete with its own tiny key sound enchanting? The three year [...]

The fact is it isn’t safe to leave the kids with daddy overnight

Last weekend I spent my first night away from Little B. I went on a longed-for spa break for my mum's birthday, and while [...]

By |June 16th, 2015|Baby, Blogging, Family life, Health, Newborn, Parenting|2 Comments

Lullaby star cube review: worth its weight in gold

Bed times have taken on a new routine in our house of late. BB is no longer so tired that [...]

By |June 10th, 2015|Baby, Beauty, Family life, Health, Newborn, Parenting, Reviews, School|0 Comments

I cut the rounded ends off a sanitary towel and stuck them in my bra

This is me with homemade breast pads I made out of a sanitary towel. Having unveiled our brand new website [...]

Watching Stephen Mangan give birth actually seemed quite normal

Last week I had one of the most bizarre evenings I think I’ve ever had: I watched the actor Stephen [...]

We’ve had a makeover!

Today I’m coming to you from our brand new sparkling website! After almost two and a half years we’ve waved [...]