https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:36:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-15-check-in#post-2521611 Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:51:12 +0000 Ms.Badger 2521611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any one want to talk birthday parties? I need some food inspiration </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-15-check-in#post-2517668 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 19:40:11 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 2517668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I saw this a few days ago, but hadn't had time to come back yet and respond! :-)</p> <p>Birthday: 5/29<br /> Height: not sure... she was in 90% @ 9mo appt, but I forgot #<br /> Weight: ~20 lbs<br /> Clothing Size: 12mo<br /> Shoe Size: 3? hasn't been wearing shoes much<br /> Favorite Food: avocado, yogurt. She's a good eater &amp; hasn't really turned much down.<br /> Favorite Toy: chewy ones, lol!<br /> Latest milestone: She is cruising around in her walker car a lot &amp; has gotten brave &amp; let go of us or whatever else she holds onto to stand on her own for several seconds at a time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-15-check-in#post-2515434 Mon, 04 Apr 2016 20:54:08 +0000 macintosh 2515434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsHangry: yes, we have a wooden rattle with a bell inside. It's his favorite thing to bang on my metal coffee table.</p> <p>@Ms.Badger: ah yes, my LO loves the remote too. He accidentally recorded Nina's World once. I love the waving, it's so cute. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-15-check-in#post-2514894 Mon, 04 Apr 2016 13:16:09 +0000 Ms.Badger 2514894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Birthday: 5/1<br /> Height: ?<br /> Weight: maybe around 22 lbs?<br /> Clothing Size: transitioning into 12-18 mo<br /> Shoe Size: between 3 and 4<br /> Favorite Food: EVERYTHING! blueberries, meatballs<br /> Favorite Toy: anything he's not supposed to have - cords, garbage bins, bathroom cabinet, cell phones, remote<br /> Latest milestone: He's pointing at things (mostly dogs and things he can't touch but wants to) and unprovoked waving. He's been walking for a month and is getting super-fast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-15-check-in#post-2513883 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 23:12:11 +0000 MsHangry 2513883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fun!</p> <p>Birthday: 5/17<br /> Height: No idea<br /> Weight: ? Somewhere around 20lbs<br /> Clothing Size: 18-24 months<br /> Shoe Size: ? 2.5 ?<br /> Favorite Food: Cheerios<br /> Favorite Toy: His favorite block has a bell inside<br /> Latest milestone: Cruising </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-15-check-in#post-2513847 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 21:31:04 +0000 macintosh 2513847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hey mamas! I was just thinking we could check in, the babes are almost 1!</p> <p>DS just turned 11 months and it's such a fun time. Anyone for a roll call?</p> <p>Birthday: 5/1<br /> Height: about 31.5"<br /> Weight: 26 lbs<br /> Clothing Size: 18-24 months, some 2T<br /> Shoe Size: 5<br /> Favorite Food: pasta<br /> Favorite Toy: wooden blocks - they make the most noise!<br /> Latest milestone: walking while pushing a toy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas/page/58#post-2242608 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 07:55:01 +0000 MsHangry 2242608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had our 2 month check up yesterday and today a crib is being delivered. My little guy has grown too big for the Vista bassinet. He wakes himself up when he stretches and kicks the walls. </p> <p>In the last week I have noticed him becoming more aware and interested in his surroundings. </p> <p>He is a fussy baby but not quite to the definition of colic. Just long witching hours each evening. </p> <p>@PrincessBaby: how was your first week back to work been? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas/page/58#post-2235120 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 13:52:10 +0000 PrincessBaby 2235120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SeptMomma12: Hi! I'm glad you're doing well with baby C and your little man! Really glad the Zantac seems to be helping!!!</p> <p>We have really settled into our new normal with 2 kids:) DD2 is a really laid back baby and she likes to be in her crib at 9:30 on the dot (or she's not so laid back anymore) and she sleeps until 5 or 5:30. I actually go back to work on Wednesday...We hired a great nanny for DD2 and DD1 will be at a private preK program 3 days a week and then home with the nanny the other 2 days, and I think that feeling so happy about our child care is really making it easy to think about going back to work. </p> <p>We have had an awesome time this past few weeks kind of doing a "staycation" since we live in an amazing beach town. I know it will change probably around 4 months when DD2 starts rolling or hits a sleep regression, but getting sleep in our house changed everything and we are all basically happier than we've ever been and just really enjoying our girls!</p> <p>I hope everyone else is doing well and your LOs are thriving!</p> <p>ETA: DD2 is 12 weeks on Wed...SO CRAZY! I'm just trying to enjoy each and every day bc I know she's my last. With DD1 I couldn't wait for what was next, couldn't wait for her to sit up or talk or walk. With DD2 I am just trying to be present in this time that she is small bc I'll never have one so little again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas/page/58#post-2235071 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 13:30:26 +0000 SeptMomma12 2235071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hey May Mamas! Thought I would try to jumpstart this thread, since it's been so long. How's everyone doing? C will be 2 months tomorrow. In some ways, it's hard to believe and in other ways it feels like it's been forever. She's doing pretty well. We started Zantac last week for reflux and it seems to be helping. She was never miserable, but the gagging, coughing, eyes watering after eating was really getting bad. Overall she's a very pleasant baby and is sleeping great at night. DH gives her a bottle of pumped BM at 10pm and then she's been sleeping until anywhere from 5-6am and then going back down until 8-9am (but DS is usually up around 6:15, so that kills any extra sleep for me :sad: ). She's still in our room in the rock n play, but I'm starting to think about making the crib transition...it's just so hard to think about doing anything that could impact sleep :silly: </p> <p>When does everyone go back to work? I just set my return date as August 31. I'm enjoying the freedom of maternity leave, but I know I will be ready to go back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas/page/58#post-2214728 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 20:51:40 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 2214728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi ladies. Hanging in here with my LO @ 3.5wks. She has been really fussy this last week @ it's been challenging to not be able to calm her much of the time. We think she's also having reflux issues, &amp; ends up really stuffed up &amp; "snorty" at night. When we can, she sleeps in a rock n play next to my side of the bed, but several nights now I have ended up sleeping with her on my chest in our glider/recliner so that she's more upright &amp; can breathe better. :bummed: In the middle of composing this I had to go clean both of us up because she vomited up a lot of her last feeding. :meh: Poor baby girl. @SeptMomma12: like your LO, it doesn't seem to bother her when she spits up or vomits, but it worries me she doesn't get that much of her meals some of the time... Or that she'll need to make up for it in yet another feeding in an hour or so. I am so glad she's so darn precious &amp; adorable... this is stressful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas/page/58#post-2210367 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 16:04:46 +0000 SeptMomma12 2210367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: It's just status quo for now. She'll be on antibiotics and see the doctor every 3 months until he decides she's ready for surgery, probably sometime around 13-14 months. Not optimal of course, but it certainly could be worse.</p> <p>Things are going pretty well here. Charlotte is generally a pretty content baby and she's sleeping well. I pump before bed, then DH gives her a bottle around 10pm and we're actually still setting an alarm to wake her at 3am to eat. I'm hoping the doctor says that's not necessary when we go for her 1 month appt tomorrow, but we'll see - she's still a peanut, probably a little over 9lbs.</p> <p>The only issue we're really having is that she is a spitter upper. Usually just small amounts, but oh man, every now and then it's like a fountain of vomit. Every couple of days. Doesn't seem to bother her, but it sure stresses me out :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas/page/58#post-2209931 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 10:39:42 +0000 PrincessBaby 2209931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SeptMomma12: How is your LO's kidney diagnosis going at the present moment? Any new info or good news? I hope she's doing better :heart: Sorry you are dealing with this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas/page/58#post-2209906 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 10:25:15 +0000 PrincessBaby 2209906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow I was thinking about how I haven't checked in here in ages but apparently none of us have:) </p> <p>Hope everyone is doing well! Life with two is really busy! It's fun but definitely bananas! My maternity leave has been really busy! </p> <p>I go back to work in a month and we are interviewing nannies now. It's flown by!</p> <p>We still don't have a great schedule as LO2 will have a great sleep night one night and then go to crap the next night. She is 8 weeks tomorrow, but turns 2 months on the 22nd, and at the end of this month I'm going to try to be a little more rigid with trying to get her on a schedule. Last night she had a million wake ups and I could barely get us all up and out the door to take LO1 to preK. So that has got to go!</p> <p>Hope all of your LOs are sleeping better than mine:) We didn't sleep train DD1 until she was 7 months and we kicked ourselves for not doing it sooner. I know it's really not recommended until 4 months, but DD2 is DEFINITELY getting sleep trained ASAP, basically the second she turns 4 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas-labor-ampamp-announcements/page/12#post-2201762 Mon, 08 Jun 2015 08:23:53 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 2201762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs squirreld: thank you! How's your LO doing?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas-labor-ampamp-announcements/page/12#post-2201669 Mon, 08 Jun 2015 02:03:26 +0000 Mrs squirreld 2201669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@GoGoSnoGirl: Congrats &lt;3 &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas-labor-ampamp-announcements/page/12#post-2201308 Sun, 07 Jun 2015 09:44:17 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 2201308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: Aww, thanks, lady... Can't wait to see your little sweetheart, too!! Soon!! :goodluck: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas-labor-ampamp-announcements/page/12#post-2200677 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 21:06:30 +0000 jh524 2200677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats to everyone!! Love seeing the pics of your beautiful newborns. Enjoy every second;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas-labor-ampamp-announcements/page/12#post-2200626 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 19:41:13 +0000 simplyfelicity 2200626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@GoGoSnoGirl: Congratulations, mama!!! She's darling. :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas-labor-ampamp-announcements/page/12#post-2200483 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 14:59:26 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 2200483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anya: thank you!! She's 1wk old already &amp; I am just bursting with joy every single time that I look at her sweet face. :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas/page/58#post-2200198 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 11:03:24 +0000 BabyPenguinXO 2200198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi ladies!</p> <p>Everything is well here! June 16th my fiancé gets in and the next day we all fly home to our new house in Indiana. I'm anxious but excited. I'm nervous to be alone.</p> <p>I ventured to target with two kiddos in the rain. What a terrible idea. I had to go though! Oh well.</p> <p>Addie is in 0-3 clothes now I switched her at 5 weeks cause I only had like 5 NB outfits and even though they fit, I'm sick of them and want to see new ones. So she's swimming in 0-3 for now ;)</p> <p>I also switched to size one diapers but they are huge. Huggies don't seem to fit her skinny legs so pampers it is for now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas/page/58#post-2199698 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 21:24:19 +0000 jetsa 2199698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SeptMomma12: :( I'm sorry. DD is also still in newborn diapers but not for long, my son was already in one size cloth at this point and she's just barely fitting in clothes the difference is crazy ;) tomorrow is my first day with both of them by myself I'm scared but ready I guess.</p> <p>@MsHangry: night sleep is horrible here. She sleeps all day and wants to eat every hour overnight. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas/page/58#post-2199596 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 19:59:14 +0000 SeptMomma12 2199596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsHangry: We're doing well. Tired but hanging in there. The worst part of all is going back to bed at 4:30 after feeding DD and knowing there's a good chance my son will be up in an hour. That's killing me more than the MOTN feedings.</p> <p>DD is a peanut - still in newborn diapers and newborn clothes. We never used either for my son, so I can't believe she's still in them 3 weeks later. We had a weight check and she's gaining, but a little slower than they like, so I'm hoping she picks up the pace soon. I met with an LC yesterday and she's getting a lot per feeding - 3-4oz just from one side.</p> <p>We did get some bad news this week from the kidney doctor. DD has the worst possible level of reflux in her kidney (stage 5 out of a possible 5), so she will need kidney/bladder surgery :crying: The "good" news is that they don't do the surgery until around her first birthday, so we don't have to deal with that quite yet. But she needs to be on antibiotics to prevent infection/kidney damage until then, which I obviously don't like. Not to mention getting antibiotics in a newborn is near impossible... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas/page/58#post-2199435 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 18:11:09 +0000 MsHangry 2199435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How is everybody doing? </p> <p>We had several good nights in a row and then last night was a struggle.<br /> We outgrew the newborn diapers earlier this week! Size 1 look large but at least they can keep up with "output". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas-labor-ampamp-announcements/page/12#post-2199337 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:25:47 +0000 Anya 2199337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@GoGoSnoGirl: ahh congrats! What a sweetie pie! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas-labor-ampamp-announcements/page/11#post-2194003 Fri, 29 May 2015 23:05:54 +0000 MsHangry 2194003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Membrane sweeps really seemed to do the trick with this group! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas/page/58#post-2193973 Fri, 29 May 2015 22:07:33 +0000 enjollah 2193973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SeptMomma12: my LO sleeps well too! I don't set the alarm and let him wake me up and one night last week he slept for 7 hours. It felt so nice but I woke up super engorged and in pain. Not that I'm complaining about having a good sleeper, but has your supply decreased when you let your LO sleep longer? I was ok but today I noticed it was a bit less today. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas/page/58#post-2193895 Fri, 29 May 2015 20:34:15 +0000 SeptMomma12 2193895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: Now if only I could figure out how to get the 2.5 year old to sleep past 6am :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas-labor-ampamp-announcements/page/11#post-2193891 Fri, 29 May 2015 20:32:22 +0000 blackbird 2193891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@GoGoSnoGirl: congrats!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas/page/58#post-2193886 Fri, 29 May 2015 20:29:54 +0000 blackbird 2193886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsHangry: I've been going to one on Thursdays and it is so helpful! Plus I feel a bit more human with some social interaction once a week. </p> <p>@SeptMomma12: haha I'm with you! I'm enjoying the sleep while I can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2015-mamas/page/58#post-2193883 Fri, 29 May 2015 20:21:46 +0000 SeptMomma12 2193883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsHangry: I'm so impressed you're moving with an infant! I can barely get a shower :silly: Hope you had a better night last night. </p> <p>I'm afraid to say it, but C has been sleeping great. I know from experience that won't last forever, but I'll take it while I can. She's been eating at 10pm and then generally starting to stir (grunt!) around 3am, so I get up and feed her, but last night we slept right through til I woke up at 4:30 and freaked out. That was definitely a lot longer than she was supposed to go without eating. We had her two week visit today and she's 8lbs 3oz, up from 7lbs 11oz at birth. </p>