https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:41:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bathing-tips#post-1255181 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 00:10:45 +0000 lemondrop 1255181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with @aprk: take an infant swim class! They showed us how to condition him to be used to water running over his face. We punched holes in a plastic cup, and got him used to the water running over the back of his head, then started counting "1,2,3," then as we said "Under" we let some water dribble over his face so he got used to it and figures out when to close his eyes and hold his breath. </p> <p>All I've ever had to do to get his hair rinsed is count and say under, then I can splash a bunch of water over his head and rinse him very quickly. He totally laughs at it and wants more!</p> <p>The other thing we have that helped in the early days was a bath cup with a flexible rubber front that goes right up against his forehead and keeps the water off of his face:<br /> <a href="http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12010289&#038;cp=&#038;parentPage=search" rel="nofollow">http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12010289&#038;cp=&#038;parentPage=search</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bathing-tips#post-1254899 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 20:31:17 +0000 aprk 1254899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Take a swimming class (seriously changed everything), and give him room to move around and play. Bath time is now his favorite. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bathing-tips#post-1254890 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 20:27:19 +0000 prettylizy 1254890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well DH was in charge of bath time so she just got used to water being poured over her head. Now she even knows where the towel hangs and if she's annoyed with the water will walk over and wipe her own face. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bathing-tips#post-1254868 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 20:15:28 +0000 ALV91711 1254868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are lucky that he doesn't mind some water running down his face. We still bath in the sink and sometimes pull out the faucet to rinse him like a shower. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bathing-tips#post-1254857 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 20:08:38 +0000 Mrs. Polish 1254857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: my lo never experienced it until he started sitting up in the bath. Most of his hair is right up top and since he won't lean or tilt his head it goes straight to his face. He also hates for me to wipe his face or nose. I think that started around when we started solids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bathing-tips#post-1254833 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:56:25 +0000 MsLipGloss 1254833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: My LO only minds water in her face when it's deluge-like. Otherwise, unless she's super tired or sick, she does okay with water in her face. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bathing-tips#post-1254781 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:39:27 +0000 sorrycharlie 1254781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to lay her back in the big tub and quickly pour water back over her head. she wasn't a fan but I talked and sang her through it! as she got older and had more body control while sitting, I'd hold my hand on her forehead while the other poured water back over her head. then i'd dab her eyes with a dry cloth. she got used to it pretty quick! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bathing-tips#post-1254742 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:24:18 +0000 Smurfette 1254742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just pour it over her head and she has gotten use to it. It sounds bad but it has helped her get use to it. I do watch that it doesn't go all in her eyes. She won't hang her hair back so the water goes behind her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bathing-tips#post-1254733 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:18:32 +0000 Anagram 1254733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did all of your LOs develop the aversion to water over their faces when they got older? I'm wondering if this is coming down the pike for us. We've been outing a small pitcher of water over LOs head at the end of the bath since the beginning she she still seems to like it at this point (almost 5 months). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bathing-tips#post-1254703 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 18:59:11 +0000 MsLipGloss 1254703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get in the tub with her (our tub is really too big for her, and it's easier than kneeling over the other tubs in the house). For her hair, I put my hand against her front hairline to form a barrier and squeeze water on her scalp from a washcloth (while also trying to position her head in the best *up* position possible). She doesn't have too much hair though, so it's pretty easy for me to do. She has even let me hold her and run her head under the faucet a couple of times . . . although it was when she was really tired, and I was also nursing her in the process. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bathing-tips#post-1254702 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 18:57:24 +0000 jodyblair 1254702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're still using the infant tub inside of the regular bath tub. It always helps to have dh there to talk to him or distract him so he'll look up and I can wash his hair. He hates getting water in his eyes but sometimes it's really hard to avoid! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bathing-tips#post-1254700 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 18:55:06 +0000 Mrs. Polish 1254700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm looking for some help here. I bathe lo in our kitchen sink and he sits on his bottom. I can't get him to look up to get his hair wet and I don't know how to not get everything in his eyes.</p> <p>I know it's no tear, but he hates when the water gets in his eyes.</p> <p>How do you bathe lo? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/february-2013-sleep#post-1108883 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:43:22 +0000 Elderberrygin 1108883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Baby Boy Mom: I hadn't heard the three days rule. I'll have to keep telling myself that next time something goes wonky. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/february-2013-sleep#post-1108767 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:40:50 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1108767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Elderberrygin: excellent! Just remember that it only takes babies 3 days to get used to something, so there are lots of opportunities for us to "fix" things. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/february-2013-sleep#post-1108659 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 17:49:01 +0000 Elderberrygin 1108659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank the deities! She just put herself to sleep for a nap for the first time in a week. Fingers crossed for a better night tonight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/february-2013-sleep#post-1108605 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 17:29:47 +0000 Elderberrygin 1108605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Baby Boy Mom: Thanks. I hope we're through the latest round of sleep disturbances soon. I'm worried this time because we've had to resort to desperate measures to get her to sleep and I'm not sure if she'll go to sleeping without being nursed or bounced. Not that our "normal" sleep is particularly good, but its better than this hellish period. I'm living on coffee right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/february-2013-sleep#post-1108318 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:31:11 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1108318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Elderberrygin: Our sleep here has been horrible too! See my post right above yours about moving to the crib? Yeah that didn't happen. What <i>has</i> happened in these last three weeks is lots of milestones (rolling both ways back and forth, pulling to a stand, almost crawling) plus teething, plus his very first cold and some unrelated disruptions like toddler nightmares waking us up. I have been on the verge of tears more than once from lack of sleep. All I can say is hang in there momma! It doesn't last forever! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/february-2013-sleep#post-1108287 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:25:12 +0000 sotofamilia 1108287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: that is so true!! Being any mom is ridiculous on little sleep. But at least at this stage, we know their sleep eventually has to improve...right?!</p> <p>I am so sorry your LO isn't sleeping either - it makes life so difficult. I hope all of our babies figure out this rolling/crawling/sleeping on their tummies soon. Lots of support to you - it is so hard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/february-2013-sleep#post-1108273 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:22:50 +0000 Corduroy 1108273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sotofamilia: You can say that again! I think it's so hard to be ANY mom when your baby is not sleeping. </p> <p>I cried on the way to work today. I am so tired. LO spent the weekend night practicing rolling over and trying to crawl in her crib. Then she's had a fever since Sunday night. That's not helping her sleep either. She turned 7 months yesterday and I realized I've had at least 3 wakeups every night for 2 months straight now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/february-2013-sleep#post-1108253 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:16:53 +0000 sotofamilia 1108253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Elderberrygin: thanks! I'm hoping he either figures out that it's ok to sleep on his stomach or how to roll back. I hope your LO figures out the sleeping thing soon too! It is SO HARD being a working mom when your baby is not sleeping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/february-2013-sleep#post-1108216 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:02:58 +0000 Elderberrygin 1108216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sotofamilia: We went through the rolling over and getting stuck phase last month. No fun at all. Hope your little guy gets back on track soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/february-2013-sleep#post-1108101 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:23:09 +0000 sotofamilia 1108101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never posted in this group, but my guy was born in feb and we are also going through some kind of regression. He has figured out to roll onto his stomach, but not back, so he rolls over and then freaks out. We've been up every two hours for the past few nights. It's really rough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/february-2013-sleep#post-1108067 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:15:22 +0000 Elderberrygin 1108067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JerricaBenton: I think she's on the verge of crawling. She's been rocking back and forth on her hands and knees today. But she also seems really unsettled by the new house and all the packing and unpacking, so I don't know what it is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/february-2013-sleep#post-1107764 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:56:01 +0000 JerricaBenton 1107764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're having a rough week sleepwise. I'm attributing it to new skills. She's getting into sitting position by herself and starting to crawl and pull herself up to standing.</p> <p>@Elderberrygin: is she picking up anything new? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/february-2013-sleep#post-1107748 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:51:52 +0000 Elderberrygin 1107748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is anyone else going through a sleep regression? This is the worst its been since she was a newborn. Waking up every hour all night, refusing to go down for naps without being bounced completely asleep. Waking up after fifteen minutes completely hysterical. I'm totally exhausted.</p> <p>I can't tell what's going on with LO. We just moved house, but her sleep has been wonky since before that and we've been pretty good about sticking to her routine. And she slept just fine when we were in a hotel for a week a month ago. Separation anxiety? Nearly crawling? Anyone else in the Feb group dealing with awful sleep?</p> <p>I go back to work next week and was really hoping I could hand her over to her daycare teacher and be able to say she was putting herself to sleep for all naps. Now I get to be incompetent first time mom and explain that she has zero schedule and needs to be nursed and/or bounced for all naps. :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/february-2013-feeding#post-1061224 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:27:57 +0000 JerricaBenton 1061224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Baby Boy Mom: yeah I'm going to try roasting veggies instead of steaming. I was wondering about the crust but that's a good tip to cover them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/february-2013-feeding#post-1060985 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 23:57:34 +0000 Corduroy 1060985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started my LO on avocado this weekend. DH and I were so excited to start solids. We tried Saturday and Sunday and she ended up with a rash on her belly, arms, and face. :sad: She was eating topless so all the area with the rash were actually touched by avocado. I don't know if that makes a difference. </p> <p>To complicate things, I noticed around week 5 that when I eat dairy LO breaks out and when I eat wheat LO spits up. Of course, I had to have a meatball sandwich on Friday. So, I have major mom guilt that the rash isn't avocado related at all and could be just what I ate on Friday. </p> <p>I need to re-evaluate what we'll do for a second food. I was thinking egg yolk but I'm more worried about allergies now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/february-2013-feeding#post-1060932 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 22:49:58 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1060932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JerricaBenton: Actually not that well with the apple. I left the skin on so that it wouldn't be slippery and he sort of gnawed on it and got a tiny bit. That's definitely one of the things that just takes time...With veggies that need to be cooked I've found that roasting gets the best texture BUT I keep it covered in the oven so that it doesn't get that crustiness on the outside (then take a few pieces out for B and uncover so that we do get it). :) I don't know what you have in season now, but summer fruits are really easy and in the fall pears are great too. Also cucumbers- I get the little ones and gave it to him in a stick; he scraped it all out and only left the skin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/february-2013-sleep#post-1060863 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 21:43:06 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1060863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JerricaBenton: @Mrs. High Heels: Thanks! So far so good. It took him about 20 minutes to settle down- mostly just looking around and a tiny bit of crying (2 minutes), but we went in right away. I'm slightly concerned about what will happen when he wakes in the middle of the night and realizes I am not right next to him. For now though I'm trying to rejoice in the fact that my toddler went to bed without waking him up and I get to shower in my own bedroom tonight!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/february-2013-feeding#post-1060680 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 20:05:30 +0000 JerricaBenton 1060680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Baby Boy Mom: and he did well with the apple? No teeth over her either and it makes me so nervous. Not like one or two little front teeth would do anything lol. BLW confuses me a little bit because Im not sure what the perfect texture is. Too hard and I'm afraid chunks will come off but too soft and it turns to mush when she picks it up. Not too ripe avocado was perfect but I know we need to branch out! </p>