7 things they don’t tell you about starting school!
There’s been a milestone mummy moment at Crummy Mummy HQ. It involves starting school, starting nursery and having no children [...]
5 ways we’re getting reception ready in the wake of coronavirus
If you’ve got a little one starting school for the first time this year and you’re worried about how it’s [...]
To my son’s teacher on his first day of school – I’m sorry
‘It’s going to be the bestest day ever’. Those are the words of my son before his first day of [...]
5 helpful ways to get your child reception ready
Got a little one starting school? Wondering what you can do as a parent to make the transition from home [...]
10 things nobody tells you when your child starts school
So the countdown is on: the middle one starts school in September and we're in the midst of form-filling and [...]
5 ways we’re getting ready for starting ‘big school’
Got a little one starting school for the first time? Me too. And having been there, done it and got [...]
Our school countdown bucket list
The countdown is on. This time next year my blue-eyed boy – the baby I once thought I’d never have [...]
Is it ever ok to miss your child’s first day of school?
Is it ever ok to miss your child’s first day of school? I don’t mean the first day of a [...]
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 [...]
‘Mummy there’s POO on my hand!’
The thing they don’t tell you about toilet training is that it goes way beyond simply getting them to do [...]
What they don’t tell you about reception year
With the Christmas holidays underway I’ve been reflecting on BB’s first full term at school. It’s fair to say it’s [...]
‘I cried hot burning tears because I dreaded the reaction my shoes would get at school’
BB started school for the first time this week, which needless to say made me think about my first day [...]
Preparing your child for starting ‘big’ school
This time next week is BB’s first day of school. With the exception of becoming a big sister starting 'big' [...]
Supermarket or Clarks school shoes: what’s the difference?
I was planning to wait until the last week of August to buy BB’s school shoes in order to get [...]
Is it ok to go straight from the school run to the pub?
We’ve had a sobering email from BB’s preschool. After Easter they’re going to start introducing phonics and teaching the children [...]
