https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 13:29:26 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hi#post-828553 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:37:44 +0000 T.H.O.U. 828553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: @momentspassslow: Just wanted to bump this and see if there were any other August (or July/September) mommas around here. I think we are all gearing up for our little one's second birthday! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/happy-1st-birthday-to-my-little-dj#post-259072 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:23:28 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 259072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Awww love the pictures! Happy birthday, DJ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/happy-1st-birthday-to-my-little-dj#post-259012 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:29:32 +0000 sulli301 259012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aww! Adorable! Beautiful! Happy Birthday DJ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/happy-1st-birthday-to-my-little-dj#post-258932 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 02:24:50 +0000 Boogs 258932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aww happy birthday DJ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/happy-1st-birthday-to-my-little-dj#post-258894 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:33:45 +0000 googly-eyes 258894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Awww! Happy birthday! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/happy-1st-birthday-to-my-little-dj#post-258865 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:40:38 +0000 Mrs. Pen 258865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>oh my gosh she is soo cute!! aww happy birthday :):) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/happy-1st-birthday-to-my-little-dj#post-258852 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:19:37 +0000 daniellemybelle 258852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sweet pictures! Happy birthday DJ :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/happy-1st-birthday-to-my-little-dj#post-257730 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:21:21 +0000 Mrsbells 257730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Awww Happy birthday baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/happy-1st-birthday-to-my-little-dj#post-257724 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:11:36 +0000 regberadaisy 257724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Happy 1st Birthday! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/happy-1st-birthday-to-my-little-dj#post-257518 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:31:42 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 257518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow. Happy birthday. She's adorable. Love her purse. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/happy-1st-birthday-to-my-little-dj#post-257516 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:30:16 +0000 tequiero21 257516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Happy bday! She's beautiful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/happy-1st-birthday-to-my-little-dj#post-256477 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 07:32:37 +0000 mrs. bird 256477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>happy birthday to her!! she's such a pretty girl, just like her mama =) looks like she had lots of fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/happy-1st-birthday-to-my-little-dj#post-256476 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 07:32:29 +0000 heffalump 256476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love it! Happy birthday to your LO! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/happy-1st-birthday-to-my-little-dj#post-256473 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 07:30:45 +0000 chopsuey 256473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't believe she's already 1!! Happy birthday to your baby girl!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/happy-1st-birthday-to-my-little-dj#post-256458 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 06:52:28 +0000 Mrs. Blue 256458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/happy-1st-birthday-to-my-little-dj#post-256457 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 06:50:53 +0000 Rubies 256457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Happy birthday! My LO turned 1 two weeks ago...Can't believe it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/happy-1st-birthday-to-my-little-dj#post-256456 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 06:49:31 +0000 T.H.O.U. 256456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just wanted to share a few pictures of my little girl on her first birthday! </p> [attach=1506/12/m8ozik.600x480.s41585ta119376_11_0.jpg] [attach=1506/12/m8ozim.600x400.IMG_6367.JPG] [attach=1506/12/m8ozio.600x400.IMG_6412.JPG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/happy-6-months-to-the-august-2011-babies#post-81407 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:56:06 +0000 heffalump 81407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So cute- love the outfit! She has the same hairstyle as my LO. Yay for baby mohawks :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/happy-6-months-to-the-august-2011-babies#post-81369 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:24:29 +0000 T.H.O.U. 81369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hope everyone is doing well! I am working on updating my blog, but wanted to share this cute collage of my LO! </p> <p><a href="http://bighugelabs.com/output/mosaicb5599daa11dddd0d1272dc149d47bcff96b238b0.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://bighugelabs.com/output/mosaicb5599daa11dddd0d1272dc149d47bcff96b238b0.jpg</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/4-month-well-baby-check-up#post-34549 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:27:25 +0000 mrstilly 34549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Thehistoryofus: how long is your LO at daycare? DS is there 9-10 hours each day, and was taking four 4-oz bottles of breastmilk. He slept through the night most of the time, but I had a lot of people tell me that even that was too much. 1oz per hour. Well with him sleeping through the night he needed the 16 oz each day. There were times he could eat more than that, but we made up for it nursing at home. Sometimes daycare places don't understand that babies getting breast milk instead of formula don't need to increase the size of the bottles because the composition of breast milk changes over time to meet their needs and at 6ish months you add in solids. (DH was very concerned DS wasn't eating enough as he got older, so I researched it some. It was difficult to find hard answers on how exactly it changes and to make sure they were getting enough, but that was the overall consensus.) Do you use a pacifier? DS does and he takes one after nursing for comfort. He just wants to keep sucking, but not necessarily eat more. </p> <p>At our 4 month appointment we went over milestones, had a physical exam, and had the 4 month immunizations. We talked over starting solids (Dr. said to wait until 6 months - we started about 10 days before he turned 6 months, although he's just lost the tongue thrust reflex in the last week, at 8 months!) It was a pretty standard appointment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/4-month-well-baby-check-up#post-34532 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:05:21 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 34532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is there a reason daycare wants bigger bottles? Even if she's a bit fussy afterward, it may just be that she wants to suck more, not because she's hungry. I'd be wary of supplementing if you're worried about supply, since that usually does eventually cause a decline. </p> <p>We've held off on solids mainly for the allergy reasons, but there are others:</p> <p><a href="http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/solids/delay-solids.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/solids/delay-solids.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/4-month-well-baby-check-up#post-34526 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:45:03 +0000 T.H.O.U. 34526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks so much for the information! We go on Friday. </p> <p>@Maysprout: I think my supply may drop because I am working full time and its hard to pump enough during the day. I am pumping three times per day and sometimes in the car on the way to or from work and am usually getting about 16 ounces, just enough for her to have four 4 oz bottles. Daycare has asked us to increase the bottle size but I don't know that she really should be eating more than that (sometimes she only takes 3.5 ounces but sometimes she can take 5). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/4-month-well-baby-check-up#post-23480 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:37:19 +0000 looch 23480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our ped said we could introduce solids any time from 4 months on. In Europe they don't do a lot of cereal, so babies are given carrots as a first food. We waited until about 5 months to start solids because LO was not satisfied with is formula and we couldn't change to the next level until 6 months, so we had to introduce some food. We started with rice, but I switched to oatmeal after a few tries. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/4-month-well-baby-check-up#post-23417 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:49:30 +0000 SAHM0811 23417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: he just asked me how long I planned to breastfeed... and if I were planning to introduce formula down the road, now would be a good time to get her used to the taste (with rice cereal). He's seen EBF babies refuse formula the older they are possibly because it tastes so different than breastmilk so thats a problem for some. I myself will likely keep going for a while since I'm a SAHM and my baby barely takes a bottle (which is a separate issue in itself)! But I am open to feeding formula in the future because you never know what can happen with your health/wellbeing/milk supply. I know what you are saying about feedback and supply, but I agree with the practice that solids shouldnt replace feedings... so technically one's milk supply shouldn't drop when babies start to eat, but for some women, it unfortunately does.</p> <p>ETA: Oh and by mixing formula and cereal, he meant a super small amount of formula (just to make it liquidy a little)... He didn't mean a BOTTLE of it. It's just for taste reasons if one is planning to formula feed for whatever reason. I could also mix it with breastmilk or water... It was just another option. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/4-month-well-baby-check-up#post-23385 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:33:50 +0000 Maysprout 23385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our doctor said no solids till 6 months but I still think it's worth asking. We gave our daughter tastes of things since 4 months, it wasn't an everyday thing but she got tastes and really liked it so I think it's worth at least asking which foods are good for tasting. Other than that it was just shots and measurements and I think he turned her to her belly to see how she lifted her head.</p> <p>Is there a reason why you think your supply might tank? </p> <p>@NYCaliMama: Why would an EBF baby need to get used to the taste of formula? I feel like that could back fire since breastfeeding supply works through feedback. If you switch to solids and start mixing in formula that could be a recipe for causing a dip in supply. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/4-month-well-baby-check-up#post-23381 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:24:48 +0000 heffalump 23381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just had our 4 month check up, my LO was born the end of July.</p> <p>Our doctor said no to solids, he said to wait 6 months just in case of food allergies. But I'm sure all doctors say different things so it doesn't hurt to ask. We're already on formula so I don't have any answers to that.</p> <p>Other than that they just asked normal things, like does she put weight on her legs when she "stands," does she react when you smile and to noises, etc, the doctor looked her over, they weighed and measured her, and she got her shots.</p> <p>My husband and I always start a list of questions about a week before her apt. so we can keep adding as we think of something... we seem to always come up with a lot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/4-month-well-baby-check-up#post-23378 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:20:13 +0000 SAHM0811 23378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My baby is a July baby... The visit was the usual... We went over sleeping, peeing/pooping, (breast)feeding, milestones, vaccines, and starting solids. My ped suggested mixing rice cereal with formula even if she is EBF just so she gets used to the taste of formula. If you are worried about your milk going down (I am too a little), it might be something to consider.</p> <p>ETA: we plan on starting solids at 6 months. My DD started at 6 months and I plan to for this baby as well. Dr. agreed it's fine to wait til then and I could start a little prior to 6 month visit though so if I have any big questions or concerns, we could discuss at 6 month visit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/4-month-well-baby-check-up#post-23376 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:12:27 +0000 T.H.O.U. 23376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi August Moms,</p> <p>I wanted to know what you were expecting for your four month check ups? We are doing scheduled immunizations and I think she is on target for the milestones. I would like to talk about introducing solids (possibly thinking of starting with pieces of avocado?) I guess I also need to talk about how to supplement with formula in case my milk starts to tank. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hi#post-11239 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:44:03 +0000 Rubies 11239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO was born on August 1st! She was supposed to be a July baby, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hi#post-11237 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:42:34 +0000 T.H.O.U. 11237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi there. My little girl DJ was born on August 11! She was 9lbs 7 ounces at birth and almost 13lbs by her two month check up! I hate that she's growing so fast! </p>