by Dancing Wombat | Feb 17, 2020 | Blog, Health and Fitness
Sitting is the new smoking, a physio told me recently. Forget 40 being the new 30! Or black being the new – um – black. I see a lot of overweight special needs people. Have you noticed it? Not easy admitting it out loud, is it? But now that obesity has become an...
by Dancing Wombat | Apr 16, 2019 | Blog, Coping Strategies, Health and Fitness, Sensory Issues
Life is full of highs that raise you in joyful exultation and lows that oppress you like a dark winter’s morning. And then, then there are the days when everything comes crashing down around your ears in the space of a few, brief words: “I have some bad news…” That...
by Dancing Wombat | Nov 13, 2018 | Blog, Family and Community, Health and Fitness
Maintaining healthy eating when you have special needs and are going out We’re into week 6 of my daughter’s changed diet. That’s 6 weeks of slightly altered eating patterns and food offerings. I’d like to say 6 weeks without fast food but of course, maintaining...
by Dancing Wombat | Nov 1, 2018 | Achievements, Blog, Family and Community, Health and Fitness
Over six years, since my daughter developed Addison’s as a barely-minted teenager, I’ve watched with increasing concern as she’s steadily grown outwards, not upwards, as the daily steroid medication she needs to manage her endocrine condition takes (side) effect....
by Dancing Wombat | Mar 9, 2018 | Blog, Health and Fitness, Sensory Issues
Are your children fussy eaters? Yes! Are your efforts to disguise vegetables in mashed potato and fritters failing? Yes! Are doormats the only fibre they regularly touch? Yes! The list could go on. I’m sure you have your own. You’re probably all thinking, “Been there,...
by Dancing Wombat | Feb 26, 2018 | Blog, Coping Strategies, Health and Fitness
Ahh – bedtime routines. Excellent in theory and great in practice if we can actually get our kids to follow them, or when they’re not interrupted by other demands. When we have more than one child or after-school activities to consider, bedtime routines are...
