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A Mum, A Dog, A Baby, A Business Mummy, Furmum, Business Owner! Sharing my realities of motherhood, late night thoughts and navigating running a business with my human and fur baby.

First day of a busy weekend down. Spent the day at the Dog Swim at Cheltenham Lido chatting to lots of doggy owners, wat...
10/10/2026

First day of a busy weekend down. Spent the day at the Dog Swim at Cheltenham Lido chatting to lots of doggy owners, watching them swim and having lots of cuddles. The lovely Dawn will be there tomorrow whilst I am teaching Trainer Mentor Programme. Where is Daisy you ask? She is having a sleep over at Nannies for the weekend and loving it 🥰

Barking Buds WON AN AWARD for DOG TRAINING ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR! I cannot put into words how honoured and proud I am...
08/10/2026

Barking Buds WON AN AWARD for DOG TRAINING ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR! I cannot put into words how honoured and proud I am that our little company won an awards that recognises not just the training we do for dogs and their owners but everything else as well from our Youth Trainer classes to Trainer Mentor Programme to therapy and assistance dog work! This year jugging it all with Daisy being born etc has been a massive challenge and would not have been able to do it without my incredible team. There are some changes coming to Barking Buds over the next year and I am super excited to see where the organisation goes and could not be prouder to be a space where everyone can learn, feel supported and thrive whether that be with their dog or in a future dog related career 🤩 6 years in and we have done some much! Here is to another 6 years!

Weeks 45 and 46 being your mummy and growing another human! Wow it has been a mixed bag of a few weeks HOWEVER it is now...
08/10/2026

Weeks 45 and 46 being your mummy and growing another human! Wow it has been a mixed bag of a few weeks HOWEVER it is now looking like Daisy is coming out of the other end of her illnesses! The sleep is getting longer and the bottles are getting bigger she is trying to catch up on the calories we thing 😅 either that or we are close to another growth spurt! So now some honestly! These past few weeks have been rough and juggling everything seems super overwhelming but I wouldn’t want to change it for the world. I have my gorgeous daughter who I could never see life without, my baby boy growing and now moving (I am feeling his kicks), dog aid is doing well and we are back to supporting clients again, onto our second residential training dog with Adolescent Dogs and Barking Buds has won an award (will deffo do a separate post). It is crazy, it is a lot and it is chaos but I love it! The only downside is that there is minimum time for rest 😂 but I wouldn’t get bored if I rested too long anyway 😂 I am so excited to see where life is going and although there are days where the hormones hit hard and I have no clue why I am crying, I can feel in my gut that we are going in the right direction and I am so grateful to have my little family. Hopefully back to a routine and getting cracking. Super busy weekend with Daisy at nanny’s for a sleepover whilst mummy goes to Cheltenham lido for a dog event on Saturday and teaching the trainer mentor programme on Sunday. Sometimes you do forget to stand back, look at everything you have and appreciate it 🥰❤️

Weeks 43 and 44 being your Mummy and yes again we have been struck by a bug 🐛 for two weeks she has been struggling star...
27/09/2026

Weeks 43 and 44 being your Mummy and yes again we have been struck by a bug 🐛 for two weeks she has been struggling starting off with a virus with snotty nose etc the. On Thursday came home from nursery with sickness and sh*ts 😂 so it’s been a few weeks of not too many adventures apart from being with me in the pram whilst I train the dogs! The mum load is real guys! Trying to work from home with her was a challenge (though we did get a good 2 hour nap) then juggling the working, poorly baby, keeping the house together, working with the dogs, running the business has been a lot BUT we are doing it and I am so bloody proud of myself for keeping on going. Poor Sam now not well so I’m hoping that all the pregnancy vitamins and drink a ton of orange juice keeps me well and I’m not next (wishful thinking). We did however amongst all this madness have our 20 week scan to see baby boy and it was so lovely to see him! I feel the first part always drags and then after the 20 week scan it zooms by. I really can believe in 4 1/2 months we are going to be parents to 2 under 2! 🤭 instead of three in a bed it will be four 😂 feeling a little nervous about the juggle but know we can make it work and everything will be okay! Absolutely gutted I missed the awards evening tonight, some exciting news there! But I guess that is what being a mum is. There are sacrifices and that’s okay!

Late by a day! My first fur baby, first travel buddy and now bestie to Daisy-Lee is 9 today! She is getting older and de...
18/09/2026

Late by a day! My first fur baby, first travel buddy and now bestie to Daisy-Lee is 9 today! She is getting older and definitely knows her own mind but wouldn’t have her any other way. She has been with me through so much and I can’t wait to see her grow with my two hu-babies! She makes our family complete 🥰

Just over 42 weeks being your mummy and wow what a week it has been. With lots of change this week (not just my hair bei...
14/09/2026

Just over 42 weeks being your mummy and wow what a week it has been. With lots of change this week (not just my hair being chopped) but starting a new venture residential training for Adolescent Dogs Ltd which is super exciting! Daisy Lee is in love with our first dog already 🤣 We have also celebrated .10 16th birthday with Daisy Partying till 9:30!! Then crashing out in her pram 🤣 as well as lots of bits and bob happening with barking buds and I was back to work for my first full week with Dog A.I.D! A little overwhelmed is true but excited is also true! Daisy Lee also got another tooth and nursery said today was her best day yet. She ate all her breakfast and lunch and managed to nap as soon as she was put down 🙌 Here’s to more chaos but I can’t wait to see where it goes!

41 Weeks being your mummy and it has been a weeks of firsts! Started off by spending some time at the train station seei...
04/09/2026

41 Weeks being your mummy and it has been a weeks of firsts! Started off by spending some time at the train station seeing the trains whilst I got my car cleaned. Daisy they worked out how to use of of her toys, we got her done early for the night and Luna and I managed our first cuddle in agers 🐶 Then the big one was her first week at nursery and boy was it a ride 😂 day one (Tuesday) she went in without a fuss but didn’t really eat, no naps at all (the staff tried to transfer her multiple times), and crying when we picked her up. This was also the start of one of the worst nights she has had in a long time. This was also the day I started back and work so to say Sam and I were flagging was an understatement! Day two on a massive lack of sleep we went in she had a 2 min nap 😅 and ate some food! She was fine playing just everything else was a struggle for her! We then picked her up early as Sam’s family were down to say hi as well as her meeting her great Aunt and Uncle from Australia 🇦🇺 However the night was better! Day Three we had tears going in but managed a 15/20 min nap and ate all her lunch! We became very attached to these colour monsters (now on order) and we ended with a full nights sleep 8pm-6am 🙌 which I absolutely will take. No nursery on Fridays so I am letting her sleep in and catch up on the Z’s she has missed throughout the week. 🤩 Throughout the week I have had so many people ask how I have felt with Daisy going to nursery and if I am honest… Day One I did cry and it feels so weird! You have had a little you attached to your hip for 9 months and suddenly they are gone. However the amount of stuff I have been able to get done alongside work has been incredible! I am chucking in the work hours to get most of them done whilst she is at nursery so working 10 hour days remote but around this I am still getting house hits done, admin for barking buds and even having a moment to breathe! I even had time to take Luna for a walk BY OURSELVES on Tuesday which is the first time since she has been born! I comfort myself knowing Daisy, once she knows the routine, will thrive there and it won’t be long till I am back off work again 😂

Big News for 2027
27/08/2026

Big News for 2027

Our life is chaos, may as well add some more! Luna and Daisy are busy getting prepared to be big sisters! Baby Hirons 2....
27/08/2026

Our life is chaos, may as well add some more!

Luna and Daisy are busy getting prepared to be big sisters!

Baby Hirons 2.0 Due Feb 27!

We are super excited to be moving into this next chapter of two under two with a girl and now baby boy 😍

Here’s to more adventures as a future family of 5 💕

Weeks 39 and 40 being your Mummy! A few weeks full of adventures again with friends and family including we are curious,...
26/08/2026

Weeks 39 and 40 being your Mummy! A few weeks full of adventures again with friends and family including we are curious, roves farm and Cotswold wildlife park (to name a few). A few milestones have happened these few weeks; Daisy-Lee is now 9 MONTHS OLD! How is she so close to being one already! People always say times goes quick and you just nod and say yes but IT GOES QUICK, take any and every opportunity to spend time with your baby as it really doesn’t last long! Second milestone is that I had my final counselling session with Mind and I really cannot rave about them enough! The councillor I had was absolutely incredible and has helped me process not just what has happened last year but many many years ago! If you need help please reach out to them, I couldn’t recommend enough! Our third milestone is that we are starting to get steps with the walker (not me Daisy) as she is really pushing to be able to be standing a lot of her time now. It has its positives and negatives, it will get her moving around sooner but currently is killing our back helping support her 😂 our fourth milestone is that Daisy has had both settling in sessions ready to start nursery next week. Did we cry definitely, did it feel weird not having her whilst we had a breakfast… hell yeah BUT she is such a social girlies I think she will benefit massively and if I am honest I am looking forward to a small breather! I say small as I will actually be working 10 hour days whilst she is at nursery. They really helped her settle in and we even got some photos though she did not look too impressed 😂 I’m sat here excited and apprehensive about what this next stage in our lives is going to bring! Will Daisy be okay at nursery? Will the other kids like her? Will she be too sassy? 😂 Will I enjoy being back at work? Am I going to feel overwhelmed with the workload? But none of these are realistic worries until we ah e actually started. So for now we are enjoying our final week together as a family until we all go back to daily life and routine! I could not be prouder being Daisy’s mum and I can’t wait to see where nursery takes her 😍

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