BuddingSmiles's Blog

As regular readers will know, Toby has been dairy-free since about 5 months old, due to an intolerance causing severe silent reflux when he was a newborn. When it came to weaning, I was really nervous at first and worried about giving him anything that could potentially cause a reaction, including soya, nuts, eggs and anything with high acid content. Now a year old, Toby's tummy is still pretty...

Next month brings with it probably the biggest event in the blogging calendar - yes, that is a 'thing'! BritMums Live is like the oscars for blogging mixed in with speed dating with brands and university for social media, photography, writing and everything else blogging-related. BritMums have created the "I'm Going to BritMums Live 2015' meme for us to all get to know one another a little better...

I can't really pin down what has been up with me this last week or so, all I know is that I have been very busy and very tired which has resulted in me feeling demotivated to exercise, look after myself or even relax properly. I was in London twice the week before last and then at my cousin's wedding followed by Lincoln and Nottingham for a couple of days last week and whilst that was all very...

Nine months, three quarters of a year, as long 'out' as 'in'... Whichever way you look at it, our gorgeous son is another month older and his first birthday seems scarily close all of a sudden! It's been a very busy development month for Toby and he's rapidly growing out of being a baby and becoming a little boy. Feeding I've felt so much more confident since we saw the dietician last month and so...

This morning I was involved in a very interesting Twitter conversation with some other bloggers, which all started with Aly from Bug, Bird and Bee asking what the #KloutMassacre was all about. It seems that some high-scoring Klouters (?) have had their scores slashed and it got us talking about how many of them are prolific link spammers on social media and don't actually engage much with their...

Welcome to my new weekly blog series which is looking at how becoming a parent impacts upon emotional wellbeing, from the extreme highs of having a baby to the baby blue, post-natal depression and everything in between. I'm opening the series with my own story, then each week guest bloggers will take to the stage and give their experiences. I really hope that through publishing a diverse range of...

I hold my hands up to being an occasional *read 'frequent'* pessimist. I don't necessarily expect everything to go wrong and to fall to pieces around me, but I don't always have high expectations in life. I habitually assume people won't want to spend time with me (Quite what all these wonderful friends of mine stick around for I don't know!) I often decide before I open the recipe book that...