#behaviour issues

As parents, we do our best to feed our children healthy, balanced meals, but not all food labels make it easy to spot hidden additives—especially when it comes to artificial colours and chemicals that can impact behaviour. Many processed foods, snacks, and drinks contain synthetic additives that have been linked to hyperactivity, mood swings, and concentration issues in children. So how can you…

My mother, my basement, and my eye – Is 2019 over yet?

So let’s start with my mum. I haven’t written an update on her for a while.

She’s still in the hospital, even though her pneumonia is cleared up. For a while there she was so lethargic and unwilling to move that the doctor told me it was likely her dementia’s progression, and that she’d never get better. So last week, on her 89th birthday in fact, we had a meeting with the hospital’s discharge…

Getting To The Root of Dante’s Problems – Our Journey So Far

 From Day 1 of buying  Dante he always struggled with trust issues. They all would mainly appear when I was in the saddle. I now have Dante two years and I have recently started looking back on videos & images of him, only to come to the realisation of how far this horse has actually come on, even over the last 6 months alone. 

Recently I have found out a bit about Dante’s background which all…

Dealing with difficult behaviour is a tricky one for me and I struggle sometimes. It can be hard to do... #honest #motheringishard #mummyblogger

Last week was a parenting minefield for us and really has been a mother of a challenge.  It was challenging for both of us, but because I am the one at home most of the time I bore the brunt of dealing with some bad behaviour from all of the kids.  It was a long week and I ate lots of chocolate to compensate.  I have been umming and erring about whether to share this as I don’t want to vilify my…

You Need To Fail To Succeed

Hello everyone, I must apologise about my absence in the blogging world recently, my last Dante update was about going to the gallops which feels like months ago! I have been upto my eyes with so much stuff, there has been an awful lot going on at home and to be honest I didn’t have a clear head to be dealing with sitting down & scrutinizing my riding and my progress, regardless of the good or…

We have reassessed our parenting style and the change in the littles is amazing. Find out what we did here

Last week was a parenting minefield for us and really has been a mother of a challenge.  It was challenging for both of us, but because I am the one at home most of the time I bore the brunt of dealing with some bad behaviour from all of the kids.  It was a long week and I ate lots of chocolate to compensate.  I have been umming and erring about whether to share this as I don’t want to vilify my…

Hacking out with Scottie

There is no such thing as a perfect horse. We just have to accept that even the best horses have flaws and it’s just a case of deciding which flaws we are happy to deal with. For Scottie, one of his flaws is hacking.

Don’t get me wrong, he’s not dangerous, in fact he is probably one of the safest hacks I’ve ridden in a long time, but he has always had fairly unpredictable silliness out hacking.

H…