https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:51:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-to-teach-how-to-tie-shoes#post-2920205 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 13:15:02 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2920205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son has bigger feet and is in 1st grade. But we have still been able to find him velcro shoes and therefore he doesn't know how to tie. </p> <p>When did your kids learn? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/late-consistent-smiling#post-2907559 Sat, 04 Jan 2020 20:21:16 +0000 Ms. RV 2907559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS2 is exactly two months today (born at 39+3). We have gotten a couple of social smiles from him, one on Christmas and one today. That's it. DD and DS1 were super smiley by nine weeks so of course I am worrying. His 2 month well visit is in a couple of days and I will bring it up then, but right now I am looking for any similar experience.</p> <p>My sister's DD has ASD and global developmental delays so I am kind of googling myself into the rabbit hole :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-can-a-child-spit#post-2886899 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 21:55:49 +0000 LadyDi 2886899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is almost 4 and he still can't spit. When do children normally figure out how to do this? I have no idea how to teach him how to do it. When we brush his teeth and I ask him to try he just makes spitting noises into the sink or blows a raspberry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-core-strength-exercises#post-2883699 Wed, 08 May 2019 11:41:30 +0000 bhbee 2883699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My baby is 9m today and definitely slow on the gross motor milestones, except she’s been a good sitter since 5m. She rarely rolls over (I’ve seen it a couple times on the floor accidentally I think) and she never does it in the crib. She’s nowhere close to crawling that I can see and definitely can’t go floor to sitting. She still hates being on her tummy (and still often spits up while doing it). She seems to have plenty of leg strength for standing but seems very wobbly in the middle. She is not really a fan of anything but sitting.</p> <p>She’s great at fine motor and my first child also put her focus there so I’m not too worried, I know it will work out. </p> <p>But I’m wondering if anyone has done specific things to help with core strength? I’m mostly just trying to put her in all the positions she doesn’t like to practice but not sure what else I could be doing. Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/11-month-old-seems-very-behind#post-2868937 Sat, 26 Jan 2019 08:06:59 +0000 SweetiePie 2868937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know there’s a whole range of normal but I guess I’m not sure if this is it. </p> <p>11mo army crawls. He can sit unassisted. He can roll over. That’s about it. </p> <p>He JUST (like maybe 2 weeks ago) figured out how to get from sitting to army crawl. But it’s still not graceful and sometimes struggles. He cannot get from army crawl to sitting. </p> <p>He cannot pull up. He cannot get to sitting on his own. He cannot Cruise. He cannot sit on his knees (we’ve tried to place him on his knees and he just flops, and he certainly can’t get to his knees on his own). even if we stand him up at the couch he will not move. It’s not even like he tries and falls. He doesn’t even try. And actually it’s like he can’t stand there holding the couch with just his hands for balance. We lean him against it and his feet slowly slide back until he’s evenfually bent over with his head sort of on the couch. I think he might have a weak core? </p> <p>He does show interest in standing and walking with our assistance. Like either I’m sitting and holding him in a standing position or holding his hands while we stand. Sometimes he doesn’t want to sit at all like in a music class. I try and he just stiffens and wants to stay standing. He wants very much to walk it seems. But it would be impossible at this stage. I know walking doesn’t need to happen now, but I guess without all the other stuff I can’t see how he could possibly get to walking. </p> <p>Another weird thing is that he seems to almost forget how to get from back to belly. He’s been rolling since 5 months. Both ways. But lately we’ve noticed that if we lay him on his back in the living room he will just lay there and whine like a sad starfish for 20 mins until we help him. We’re like dude you know how to do this. And we’ll try to push him a little and he is just stiff and acts like he’s never rolled over before. He will still do it in his crib though. </p> <p>He was born exactly 4 weeks early. Which people keep reminding me of. But, now even if he’s adjusted 10 months, most of these things should already be happening. We have play dates and classes with 9-12mo and they are all doing these things and he looks younger than all of them. </p> <p>I’m not so worried that I think something MUST be wrong and I want to take him to a specialist. But I am at the point where I’m thinking this might be an issue and I want to gauge how normal it is. Maybe it is and I’m just comparing to my older one (who at this age was doing EVERYTHING short of walking). But it does seem like he’s behind EVERY baby his age and even younger babies. Not just his older brother. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/social-smile#post-2820784 Mon, 07 May 2018 11:48:50 +0000 Tionn3 2820784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS started smiling at 6 weeks and it was pretty easy to get him to smile at me and my husband. At 8 weeks he discovered the ceiling fan after his 8 week developmental leap and would smile at it a lot. He would also smile at lots of other colorful interesting objects around the house. Lately I feel like it has become harder and harder to get DS to smile at me. He will smile at the ceiling fan and at the lights, and the colorful art on the walls, but when I try to get him to smile at me it is SO much harder, I think he is going through a 12 week developmental leap right now and he seems laser focused on grabbing objects. He just turned 3 months on the 4th. I'm starting to get a little freaked out, and I don't have very much experience with other babies, but all the books say that your baby should smile back at you when you smile at them and I haven't been able to get DS to do it consistently. His eye contact is also not very good. He turns away from me a lot of the time, but he will follow me around the room if he is on the ground and I am walking around. Help? Any have any insight? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/independence-for-6-year-old#post-2799039 Tue, 23 Jan 2018 07:55:10 +0000 irene 2799039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS and my friend's DS are both turning 6 in a week. My friend has been saying that there needs to be a lot of big changes when her DS turns 6, that she would like him to be a lot more independent. </p> <p>While I agree but to me, both of our kids are very independent and I am wondering what else we could add onto the list to help them become more self sufficient. The things that my DS has been doing as a 5 year old:</p> <p>- sets alarm clock and gets up each morning on his own<br /> - gets dressed and come down on his own<br /> - puts dishes in dishwasher, wipes table, sweeps floor after each meal at home<br /> - gets his own milk (starting recently)<br /> - packs his school bag each morning<br /> - sets the table sometimes at dinnertime<br /> - takes a shower by himself<br /> - makes his bed (occasionally)<br /> - folds 55-65% of his own laundry<br /> - ties his shoelaces</p> <p>My friend's DS knows how to clean his face in the bathroom after a meal which DS still needs to work on.</p> <p>My friend said for them, at 6 years old we need to have more of a sense of privacy, as in we can't barge into the bathroom when someone is in it, or expect help during showertime, or you need to get dressed prior to coming out of the bathroom/room...etc.</p> <p>DH was telling DS that when he turns 6, over the weekend, if he does xyz (chores), he can just go get the ipad for 20 minutes of play time and he should know when to stop, instead of having to ask us to unlock the ipad and setting an alarm for the permitted time.</p> <p>What other ideas would you think one can implement for a 6 year old for positive change + independence? It doesn't have to be a chore / responsibility, it can be a privilege/ rule ...etc.</p> <p>ETA: When do they go to the public bathroom all on their own? Right now I am still taking him to the ladies' room and I wonder when do I slowly change that.... but at the same time I am afraid he'd get locked in the stalls and couldn't get out by himself (happened on the airplane one time, yikes), or touch the urinals when he's peeing (yuck), or couldn't get soap /reach the sink and what not. haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-late-with-eye-contact#post-2789835 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 21:46:13 +0000 Mae 2789835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My baby is 10 weeks old, and still not making great eye contact. She WILL make eye contact occasionally, with a lot of effort on our part. But she doesn't generally initiate it, doesn't seem to have that "hey i know you!" spark of recognition I remember from my first born, and doesn't track us with her eyes at all. She had her 2 month check up on Friday, and the doctor said she's behind and if she isn't doing these things by 3 months she wants us to call for a referral to an eye doc to make sure her vision is okay. </p> <p>But I think her vision is fine? (or at least not awful) because she DOES clearly see the ceiling fans in our bedroom and great room. She loves them and gets huge smiles every time we turn them on.</p> <p>Anyone else have a late bloomer with eye contact? It's bumming me out. I'd feel better if I heard a few me-too-and-it-all-turned-out-fine stories. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-lo-how-to-dress-undress#post-2788772 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 07:35:18 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2788772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 19 months old and is helpful when it comes to getting dressed and undressed; however, he does not do this task independently. I would like for him to be able to at least pull his pants down on his own since we are a week or two away from potty training (coincides with moving to the daycare room with kiddie toilets). His PJs are still the all in one zippered kind, so I probably need to get him some two piece PJs. Please share your tips and video links to help him dress/ undress. </p> <p>TIA </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-your-child-draw-a-person#post-2737917 Fri, 19 May 2017 17:20:43 +0000 travellingbee 2737917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'venoticed lately that my just turned four-year-old is drawing people with a lot more detail. Apparently there are developmental stages to drawing people! How does your child draw a picture and how old are they? </p> [attach=3175/17/oq80qj.450x600.IMG_0080.JPG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/independence-yay#post-2733458 Mon, 08 May 2017 20:09:59 +0000 irene 2733458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 5. Recently I started showing him how to wash his own hair, body, and rinse it off with the hand-held shower head in his bathroom. He was doing semi-independent showers with my help for quite a couple of days. </p> <p>We are having contractors coming in to do some work (replacing flooring the past few days as well as painting the walls this coming week), so life at home has been chaotic. We have moved DS's bed into our room, and he has also been using our bathroom because his is blocked off/unavailable. He has been showering in our shower all by himself since (I have to be right outside being ready to help him, and provide continuous "commentation" of what he needs to do/wash next)! I know some of you probably have your LOs bathe themselves in an even earlier age, but I am so proud of DS and I feel like it is something I can celebrate! He also starts enjoying his shower too and he started singing in the shower. DH was commenting how DS is like an old man singing in the shower, haha. He is so cute I almost want to take a picture for keepsake!</p> <p>Let's share:<br /> - How old is your LO?<br /> - What are the (new) things that he/she is doing all by him/herself now that you are proud of?</p> <p>For us, lately he likes to wash the strawberries (+ take the top green leaves off) and get it ready for the whole family to eat, all by himself! We put a few cups in a low drawer just a few months ago so he can get a glass of water for himself. He also folds his laundry, but I will have to do it together with him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/becoming-afraid-startled#post-2722553 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:31:57 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2722553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just noticed LO being afraid of sounds. He is 11.5 months. We were playing in his room. DH yelled upstairs for help locating something and LO quickly crawled over to me with a frightened look on his face. I guess he couldn't make out where the sound was coming from or who made it?</p> <p>When did your LOs start to be afraid? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/15-month-wellnessworried#post-2712999 Mon, 20 Mar 2017 12:20:24 +0000 arosebyany 2712999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS 15 month wellness is tommorow and I'm terrified. I don't know why, but I can't stay off google. Why can't I quit diagnosing my child? For those of you who've given me advice in the past, y'all know about DS eating issue, Its gotten tremendously better. The road has been really slow but I'm hoping within the next week or two DS will finally Be eating only table food. which I need some suggestions for, but that's another post. :happy: what I'm currently worried about is the fact that DS doesn't respond to his name. He doesn't point, he doesn't wave, and has no words. So...yea..I googled, and I really shouldn't have. What I'm posting for is, I want to know if babies learn how to point and wave by mimicking, and if the fact that DS has 5 nicknames would make a difference?<br /> I'm going to be honest I never wave or point, and nobody he's around waves or points. I'd didnt even realize this was a milestone untill I looked up the not answering name thing. You can bet though that for the last 3 days I've been a waving, pointing fool. Is it something he'llpick up now that I have everybody trying to teach him? As for the name thing, literally everybody in our family calls him something different. P, baby p, chunkus, doodle, boo boo. I'm honestly not even sure if anybody has ever called him by his real name except aquatintences. Is this my fault? I could understand if he only has one nickname, but he has 5! I've instructed everybody to call him by his given name now, and I'm hoping that he's not ignoring me and just doesn't realize his name. I know I'm rambling now, but I'm just super worried about tommorow, it's all I can think about since I stupidly googled. :bummed:</p> <p>ETA: DS is not walking yet either, but he started pulling himself up 2 weeks ago and has taken a step or two, I'm not worried about this, since he's showing progression, but maybe this makes a difference in regards to the other issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-learn-to-throw-a-ball#post-2703028 Sun, 26 Feb 2017 12:24:34 +0000 travellingbee 2703028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old was your child when they could throw a ball? How about kick a ball? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-new-things-is-your-lo-doing#post-2702049 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 19:48:36 +0000 travellingbee 2702049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1 is learning site words like crazy and he thinks it is so fun!<br /> DS2 is starting to talk. He can say Mama and Dada and Lala (his name for his brother), Ba-ba, more, milk, and he barks for the dog. :)</p> <p>What milestones are your LO's hitting now and what's up next?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-learn-how-to-wink#post-2701639 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 12:30:00 +0000 Boogs 2701639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My little guy loves to wink, it's the funniest thing! He usually winks and smiles with you after he asks for something and you give it to him. He's almost 2.5.</p> <p>How old was your LO when they learned how to wink? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-child-learn-to-read-or-when-do-you-expect-himher-to#post-2695069 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 20:09:17 +0000 winniebee 2695069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>T is 4.9 and can't read as of yet. He has some "sight words" and knows his letters and sounds. He starts K in the fall. His teacher said she thinks he will be reading this spring, but that seems so far off still for him skill-wise. I don't do anything with him other than read to him and practice writing if he wants to, but I am curious when and how reading will actually take off! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-remember-details-of-milestones#post-2693763 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 19:15:00 +0000 Bao 2693763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old your LO was when they hit certain milestones, what their first word was, which tooth they lost first etc?</p> <p>Honestly, I can't remember a lot of this stuff, which is probably terrible! I know I have a lot of it in my moms one line a day journal and some things in their baby books (although LO2's is slim), but as far as remembering off the top of my head...nope! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/a-phase-or-milestone-you-were-not-expecting#post-2693787 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 17:30:00 +0000 Bao 2693787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Was there a phase or milestone your LO went through that you were not expecting? Maybe it happened sooner than you were anticipating or there was a phase you had no idea you'd have to deal with? </p> <p>Currently dealing with LO1's need to have things perfect/picked up and in order. It's nice at times but becomes overkill sometimes as well. I love that she loves to have a clean room but she can't sleep unless everything is out away. LO2 is the complete opposite, which drives LO1 nuts! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-could-your-lo-write-hisher-name#post-2687193 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 12:33:12 +0000 Foodnerd81 2687193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Curious, based on a comment from my 3.5 yo's preschool teacher. At what age could your LO write their name well enough that you could read it (even if it wasn't exactly *right* just yet)? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ds-still-wont-hold-bottle#post-2686213 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 09:08:08 +0000 arosebyany 2686213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is still not holding his bottle/sippy at 13mo. The problem is that he's perfectly capable of doing it, because he has done it on a rare occasion, it in no way a regular thing. DH says that I'm babying him, because the few times he has held it, it's been for him. When I attempt to bring his hands up to his bottle he gets angry. When I set the bottle in front of him he just screams and kicks it with his feet. I'm just not sure what different techniques I should be trying, or if it'll eventually click that he needs to hold it and I'm just not being patient enough. Anyone have any advice or deal with the same issue? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gifted#post-2674779 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 20:27:56 +0000 irene 2674779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you consider your child advanced, or "gifted"? </p> <p>DS is turning 5 in a few weeks and we are in pre-k. He can read since 3 years old. At 5 he can read quite fluently, spell simple things, and was doing crossword puzzles. He is also very interested in math, and can do simple addition and subtraction. </p> <p>I never really think too much about it until another mom from our class called me out of the blue. She told me how our teacher told her that her DD and my DS are more "advanced" in class. She is a bit concerned that her DD is not challenged enough in our current class, and she wonder if I felt the same. She has visited another school for gifted children (in order to be accepted you have to take your child for a test to see if they are "gifted"), and she asked me about my thoughts and how /if we should talk to our school about it. </p> <p>For the past few weeks, DS has been asking me what is the meaning of "a plot", "to inform", "persuade" mean, which he probably read somewhere via the ipad app our school gave to him for extra reading. I thought they are pretty complex concepts for an almost 5 year old. This made me think if I do need to help and push him more? I just don't know what else I can do.</p> <p>Do you think you have a gifted child, what makes you think so, and what do you do with him/her? Do you take them to tests, and enroll them in special programs/schools for the gifted? Any other ideas? What is your viewpoint on this? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-recently-acquired-skill#post-2647667 Thu, 03 Nov 2016 19:17:49 +0000 travellingbee 2647667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What is the thing your LO learned most recently?</p> <p>DS1 recently learned to blend sounds to spell.<br /> DS2 just today learned to blow raspberries (a little slow on that milestone, but better late than never)! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-could-your-lo-dress-themselves#post-2642689 Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:49:34 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2642689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like the title asks, when could your LO dress themselves? DD1 is 3 and I honestly don't really even think she is close but we also don't practice very much either...just wondering what the norm is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/communication-milestones-at-9m#post-2642209 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 23:51:19 +0000 DesertDreams88 2642209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, according to the "lists," LO (9m) should be babbling with consonant sounds, waving, copying gestures, pointing, reacting to his name, and clapping. LO does none of these, except for maybe consonant sounds. Supposedly MIL &amp; FIL (babysitters) have been working on these things with him for about a month or 2 and he hasn't picked up on them. LO's 9m appt is this Friday. I wasn't too worried bc I know everything is a range, but then I noticed they all have to do with communication and that seems significant to me that they're all in one category.... What do you think?</p> <p>In gross motor and fine motor milestones, he's just about average.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/memory#post-2638264 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 08:04:32 +0000 FaithFertility 2638264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lately it seems DD will remember things from longer and longer ago!<br /> Yesterday ex: She out of the blue asked DH where the Minnie Mouse Vacum was from the store! And said it's broken!<br /> DH told me when they went to Target last week he was going to buy her the vacuum but realized it was broken!</p> <p>She also will talk about a kid at the park and ask where the boy on the slide is, it might of been weeks ago, but she will only ask if we go to that park!</p> <p>Now that she really remembers things I feel like I can't "white lie" to her!<br /> She is 22 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-spelling-things-out#post-2638157 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 21:29:12 +0000 Tanjowen 2638157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Out of curiosity, because I have no idea what's the norm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-im-overreacting#post-2623465 Mon, 19 Sep 2016 07:46:27 +0000 arosebyany 2623465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 9 months today! (8 adjusted) and I just need you ladies to make me feel better, or tell me if my worry is founded. DS loves to babble, no mama or dada, but he throws his hands around, makes serious faces and tells me alllll about it allll day long lol. No crawling, no pulling hisself up. Honestly he's totally content to lay on his back and play with his toes. He can sit up, but I have no idea for how long because he hates sitting up. As soon as you sit him up he instantly starts trying to throw himself down so he can lay down and play with his toes. Even when someone is holding him he doesn't want to sit, he wants you to stand him up on your lap. I know that babies move at their own pace and the crawling and walking doesn't really bother me, what does is that he doesn't even attempt to maneuver himself into a sitting position. I've layed a million toys all around him, and he may play with them for 5 seconds, but he really doesn't seem interested in toys. He doesn't even attempt to hold his bottles. He just over the last 2 weeks started getting coordinated with his hands. I'm making an apt today for his 9 month check up. I just want to prepare myself if the ped is going to tell me he needs help. I just want HB opinions on this! if you read this far bless you!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-a-difference-a-year-makes#post-2620111 Thu, 15 Sep 2016 18:45:00 +0000 travellingbee 2620111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The last year has been such an amazing roller coaster for DS1 who is now 3.5 years old. He has gone from being a baby to a kid seemly overnight. One year ago, he was sleeping in a toddler bed, potty training, and still had his binky 24/7. Now he sleeps in a big bed, hasn't worn a diaper in a year and is starting to read! It seems so crazy! How about your LOs? How have they changed in a year? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-baby-hands#post-2617026 Wed, 07 Sep 2016 08:14:08 +0000 arosebyany 2617026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know, I know...I'm just paranoid, but I feel like DS still isn't using his hands very well. So when did you LO start holding thier bottle, and when were they able to really grab an object. At 81/2 months he's still swiping at things really fast, and doesn't like to pick things up. He also has no interest in holding his own bottle, or any any of the million toys I've tried to get him interested in. I know I'm not suppose to compare DS to other kids but it's hard. I know 4 other babies who were born within a month of him in either direction who are doing both things on top of crawling, which he also is not. The crawling doesn't bother me because I see him trying, so I know he'll get it one day, but he has zero interest in holding anything. Make me feel better ladies! Lol </p>