https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:39:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-book-recommendations#post-2808092 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 14:41:45 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 2808092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’m looking for a modern baby book that’s easy to fill out, not too time consuming and maybe has prompts and spaces to add keepsakes like hospital bracelets, etc. thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/promptly-journals#post-2796746 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 23:09:35 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 2796746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does anyone use Promtly Journals to document your little ones? I’m considering buying a couple to finally jot down some memories and such for my girls (3 and due in February). Are they worth the cost? In case you aren’t familiar, I’m posting a link below. :happy: </p> <p><a href="https://promptlyjournals.com/collections/childhood-history-journal" rel="nofollow">https://promptlyjournals.com/collections/childhood-history-journal</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/snow-days-when-you-were-a-kid-vs-now#post-2709868 Mon, 13 Mar 2017 20:52:53 +0000 Foodnerd81 2709868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How does the amount of snow days you/ your kids have now compare with what you remember from growing up? </p> <p>I grew up in a similar climate to where I live now (a little less snow but a little less equipped to deal with it, all northeast US). It feels like the number of snow days we have is pretty similar, but I can't remember them canceling school the night before, before it had even started snowing, at all. This winter I feel like every time we have a snow day it's been announced the night before. I'm wondering if they realized how much easier it is on parents and safer it is tokeep people off the roads, or weather predictions have gotten better and more reliable?</p> <p>But no wearing pajamas backwards and jumping on the bed hoping for a snow day for us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growing-up-were-your-parents-affectionate-with-you#post-2709211 Sun, 12 Mar 2017 22:20:40 +0000 mrbee 2709211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>PHYSICALLY: Not really? I would hug my dad when he got home from work, but it was more me hugging him than the other way around.</p> <p>EMOTIONALLY: I didn't really hear "I love you" very often either. Maybe after a long trip away, or if I was sick or something.</p> <p>OVERALL: Despite both of the above, I never doubted that my parents loved me! I don't know how I knew that they loved me, but I did feel loved growing up. I also think that "back in the day," the norm was that parents weren't all that physically or emotionally affectionate? So it was pretty common for hugs and kisses and "I love yous" to be infrequent!</p> <p>Growing up, were your parents affectionate with you? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-happiest-memory-going-on-vacation-with-family#post-2705267 Thu, 02 Mar 2017 18:35:00 +0000 mrbee 2705267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was shocked by this statistic!</p> <p>&lt;&lt; The happiest memory of 49 percent of the British people surveyed was on vacation with family. A third said they can still vividly remember family vacations from their childhood. What’s more, a quarter brought up these memories to get them through tough times. “We consider these to be a ‘happiness anchor’ – reflecting on our happiest memories of joyful time spent together as a family can be extremely powerful in bringing relief and respite when faced with the darker times that life can bring,” John McDonald, director of the Family Holiday Association, told the Huffington Post. &gt;&gt;</p> <p><a href="http://www.smartparenting.com.ph/life/travel/5-reasons-why-we-should-go-on-more-family-vacations-a1162-20170207" rel="nofollow">http://www.smartparenting.com.ph/life/travel/5-reasons-why-we-should-go-on-more-family-vacations-a1162-20170207</a></p> <p>I hated family vacations growing up, as everyone fought and we would drive in a station wagon with no air-conditioning! My happiest memories are all of eating food at home haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-did-you-see-your-grandparents-growing-up#post-2701146 Wed, 22 Feb 2017 12:22:14 +0000 mrbee 2701146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom's mom lives in Japan, so I only saw her when I visited once in 3rd grade. And then again in college, when I studied in Japan for a semester.</p> <p>My dad's mom lived about 10 minutes away and I saw her 1-2 times a week! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-on-snow-days-as-a-kid#post-2694661 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 13:57:46 +0000 winniebee 2694661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Today we have a snow day so we mainly played inside and the movies are rolling! We may go out to "shovel" when DS2 wakes up from his nap. </p> <p>When you were a kid and had a snow day, what types of things would you do? In high school, I definitely remember turning off my alarm and having my mom wake me up as needed so I could sleep in. I also remember when I was younger the neighborhood kids would all go sledding and play in the snow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whatever-happened-to-your-high-school-crushex#post-2669018 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 20:46:36 +0000 mrbee 2669018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't date until college, but I did have a crush at one point. I have no idea what happened to her! The whole thing taught me a lot about confidence though, or at least the lack thereof. Once I figured that out, then dating became a lot easier!</p> <p>Whatever happened to your high school crush/ex? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/remember-popples-what-other-90s-toys#post-679734 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:20:02 +0000 Shutterbug 679734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to love these things! Although I think they're more like late 80's.</p> <p>Another long forgotten favorite 90's toy was Lady Lovely Locks.</p> <p>What other toys did you love in the 90's?</p> <p>[attach=674/13/mki6he.400x335.popples.jpg]</p> <p>[attach=674/13/mki6hg.500x375.tumblr_m74kjp6uTA1r7nrhfo1_500.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-call-your-k6-teachers-mrsmr-firstname#post-2620379 Mon, 12 Sep 2016 20:08:11 +0000 mrbee 2620379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was amazed that my son's Kindergarten teacher went by her first name with her students! Sometimes the kids called her Miss Firstname, but mostly they used her first name. That was really common in my area; all the teachers went by their first name.</p> <p>I guess it's not a huge deal in today's society, but when I was growing up our teachers were on a completely different level. I called my teachers Mr. Tozzi or Mrs. Ilgner, and they were adults. I called my piano teacher Mrs. Lee, and even today when I visit her I have trouble calling her by her first name! But things have definitely changed because I taught at university one year, and the students all called me by my first name. I thought that maybe they were going to call me Professor Bee haha!</p> <p>Did you call your K6 teachers by their first name or their last name? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-remember-about-your-birthday-parties-growing-up#post-2614438 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 18:30:00 +0000 mrbee 2614438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was growing up, my mom would make me a Duncan Hines birthday cake with green pistachio frosting. We had it every single year, and so now that flavor has such a strong memory! One year I asked Bee to make me a Duncan Hines cake with green pistachio frosting and it pretty much felt exactly like this:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXPlzdTcA-I" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXPlzdTcA-I</a></p> <p>What do you remember about your birthday parties growing up? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-like-going-back-to-school#post-2613890 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 11:15:00 +0000 BSB 2613890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hated the idea of having to wake up early and not having summer but getting new school supplies and new clothes and seeing my friends again made me generally happy to go back to school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-your-parents-schedule-change-when-you-went-back-to-school#post-2613886 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 10:18:05 +0000 BSB 2613886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's back to school time!</p> <p>Parents are excited and kids may or may not be excited about the start of school.</p> <p>How did your parent's schedule change from summer time to back to school?</p> <p>My parents schedule didn't change because my dad was home in the mornings and my mom worked. We saw my dad in the morning and my mom would come home around 6pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-i-was-a-child-my-momdad-used-to#post-2595084 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 07:12:39 +0000 irene 2595084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>.... complete the sentence above.</p> <p>Do you have specific routines that you wish your child would always remember even when they are 40 years old? Do you have any good memories from your childhood yourself and how would you complete the sentence? It doesn't have to be super special, just a certain routine that they/we'd probably remember for life.</p> <p>For me, when I was a child, my dad used to take me to the playground every saturday morning when my mom slept in :-) One day it just seem to have abruptly stopped. We never really talked about why but I was always sad about it. Maybe I was too old for the playground.</p> <p>For my DS, I take him to food truck wednesdays whenever we could at a nearby park for dinner. We lay down a picnic blanket under a big tree, we'd buy food, eat and take selfies laying on the blanket. He sometimes play with his balanced bike or scooter, or run around in the park. That is one of the moments I hope he'd always remember when grows up :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-go-to-summer-camp-as-a-kid#post-2587061 Fri, 15 Jul 2016 17:38:35 +0000 mrbee 2587061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Over the years I've been amazed at the number of people who met their best friends at summer camp! I never went to a normal summer camp, but I went to academic ones where you got to study math or other subjects with other nerds.</p> <p>I hope my kids get to experience a real summer camp some day... and haha, I would love to have a few weeks off from parenting to just sleep and spend time with the OG Bee. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-ever-a-latch-key-kid#post-2587490 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 17:26:46 +0000 mrbee 2587490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom started teaching when I was in junior high school or so (can't remember the exact date, but I was probably 12 or so). So we were latch key kids starting from then, which was pretty great for my independence. I learned a lot more about how to cook and clean, just because we had to do a lot more of that around the house! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-remember-where-you-were-when#post-2583525 Sat, 09 Jul 2016 15:06:44 +0000 littlebug 2583525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The "I'm so old..." post made me think of all these things. Do you remember where you were when some of the major news stories of the past few decades happened?</p> <p>The Challenger explosion - 1st grade. I vividly remember my teacher's face when she rushed out of her chair (which was a feat, as she was "really old," ie probably 60, ha!) to turn off the tv!</p> <p>The OJ verdict - the nurse's office at the elementary school. I was in high school but volunteering as an elementary school teacher's aide. </p> <p>9/11 - College (2nd senior year). I'd just gotten out of the shower and was standing in our living room in nothing but a towel when the 2nd plane hit the South Tower</p> <p>Barack Obama's inauguration - At work. I watched it in spurts in the family lounge on my floor at the hospital. </p> <p>Columbine - College (junior year).</p> <p>Bush/Gore election - College (1st senior year). I remember having an argument about it with my college roommate after we stayed up late watching the results.</p> <p>Other major events that happened but I don't know where I was - Rodney King, USSR disbanded, Berlin Wall falls, OK City bombing... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lunchbox-thermos-combo-growing-up#post-2568910 Thu, 16 Jun 2016 12:02:11 +0000 Anagram 2568910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Reminisce! I had several in elementary school, but the only one I remember was my She-ra lunch box. She-ra was the bomb. </p> <p>Did you have one? </p> [attach=2976/16/o8vjbn.236x188.she-ra.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-did-you-do-as-a-kid-that-scare-you-when-your-kid-does-them#post-2547513 Thu, 12 May 2016 12:19:50 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2547513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Climbing is probably the #1 thing that scares me to see my kids do (climbing ladders, trees, etc). I did it all the time as a kid, but it scares me to watch my oldest do it, even though I know she's completely able to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-wear-perfume-in-jr-high-or-high-school#post-2540938 Wed, 04 May 2016 12:08:50 +0000 autumnlove 2540938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wanted to wear Malibu Musk or Love's Baby Soft in junior high but my parents didn't allow it. :-p</p> <p>I bought some Body Shop perfume oils in high school...Dewberry and Vanilla.</p> <p>Did you have a signature scent? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/candy#post-2535865 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:16:01 +0000 Boogs 2535865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What types of candy do you tie with your childhood memories?</p> <p>One of the first things that comes to mind for me is pixie stix. Now that I'm a parent I can't believe how much of them I ate, so bad! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-chicken-pox#post-2507417 Sun, 27 Mar 2016 08:13:52 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2507417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got it in third grade, and so did my entire class. I think there were only 2 kids when I came back -- everyone caught it!</p> <p>Did you have chicken pox? Or shingles? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-did-you-receive-gifts-from-when-you-were-a-kid#post-2508417 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:09:44 +0000 catlady 2508417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Piggy backing off my "Easter is the new Christmas thread"...</p> <p>My LO gets presents from pretty much everyone who knows her on every single holiday. In particular, her grandparents, my brother, and my SIL all LOVE to buy her stuff. They refuse to give us money for college so we just accumulate toys and clothes like crazy.</p> <p>In contrast, I only received presents from my parents for birthdays and holidays. My grandparents would occasionally put some money in a card, but that was it. I never received anything from an aunt or uncle.</p> <p>Was it the same for you? Is this a generational thing? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-your-best-leprechaun-trap#post-2497780 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 10:17:33 +0000 BSB 2497780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did you have to make a leprechaun trap when you were in school? Do kids these days still make them?</p> <p>Anyway, what was the best trap you made or saw?</p> <p>I honestly can't remember mine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-sort-of-stuff-did-you-save-up-to-buy-as-a-kid#post-2485740 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 17:47:44 +0000 mrbee 2485740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would dream of buying video games, model rockets and RC cars. I actually only ever bought one model rocket but I must've read that Estes model rocket catalog thousands of times, dreaming about buying one of their model rockets!</p> <p>In the end though, those items were all out of my budget. So mostly I just bought secondhand paperback books that I couldn't find at the library. That said, I think dreaming of those purchases helped me adopt a saving mindset!</p> <p>What sort of stuff did you save up to buy as a kid? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-songs-did-your-parents-sing-to-you#post-2483019 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 12:22:43 +0000 HLK208 2483019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom sang and sometimes played James Taylor "You Can Close Your Eyes" when I was really young. I sing it to my kids while I rock them to sleep! It's one of my favorites.</p> <p>What songs did your parents sing or play for you? Do you sing them to your LO? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-visit-your-childhood-home#post-2477766 Sun, 28 Feb 2016 18:52:39 +0000 mrbee 2477766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Was just reading this beautiful remembrance of the apartments where the author grew up:</p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/nyregion/metropolitan-diary-putting-the-old-apartments-behind-her.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/nyregion/metropolitan-diary-putting-the-old-apartments-behind-her.html</a></p> <p>My parents just sold our childhood home last year! I hadn't visited the area in years, and now I regret not walking through one last time. Although after reading that article, maybe it was for the best. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/childhood-memories-that-wouldnt-fly-today#post-2063435 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 21:21:05 +0000 mediagirl 2063435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In kindergarten and first grade, we had birthday parties on our birthdays at school. For mine, my mom brought in homemade cupcakes and my teacher laid me over her lap and spanked me 5 times - for my age. </p> <p>Can you imagine today? Not only are homemade baked goods banned, spanking would get the teacher jail time! </p> <p>Share yours! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-books-when-you-were-a-pre-teenteen#post-2447709 Wed, 03 Feb 2016 13:09:58 +0000 Anagram 2447709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some of my students were asking me today, and I have been going down nostalgia lane--what were the "hot" books of your school?</p> <p>Off the top of my head, I'm remembering Tiger Eyes, Goodnight, Gracie and this "Couples" series that my older sister had that I devoured. </p> [attach=2976/16/o1zh4m.300x225.couples-books.jpg]