https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:31:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/15#post-2659030 Wed, 30 Nov 2016 07:47:37 +0000 hellobeeboston 2659030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <br /> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/15#post-2555823 Tue, 24 May 2016 20:35:10 +0000 babycanuck 2555823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hey mamas - long time no check in. </p> <p>DS is growing like a weed - he's huge, top of the charts in height and was considered 50% at 6 months for weight (18 lbs) but the doctor wasn't worried.</p> <p>Most days it's oatmeal or barley cereal for breakfast, and then a rotation of veg, fruit, yogurts for lunch and dinner. Some nights I give him some cereal before bed. He still nurses every couple of hours in the day, he's a snacker and that's a-okay, too. </p> <p>Overnights we have 3 wakeups normally to nurse - bed between 7-9 depending on when he's tired, up for the day at 6. No set nap schedule, if he's tired he sleeps, if not then meh. No sleep training, and I don't let him cry, but that's just me. I'll talk to the dr at his 8 month appt about the best ways for me to get him to fall asleep without nursing (in the day) to prep for daycare that he will start beginning of October, before I go back to work for a decent transition for both of us :crying: .</p> <p>Top two teeth are right there but haven't cut, still not doing tummy time but he rolls onto it sometimes and tries to scooch before giving up pretty easily lol.</p> <p>I hope everybody is doing well, need to do some catch up on the thread! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/15#post-2537196 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:04:48 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2537196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBear87: I feel like if they have been sleeping for more than 3 hours and wake up then they're probably legitimately hungry for whatever reason! Could be growth or not enough eating in the day or just hungry. I know I wake up hungry at night sometimes. I'm too tired to go eat though. Haha. It seems so much further to go now that she is in her own room...two steps away from our bedroom door... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2537190 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:01:14 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2537190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: looks like a lot of work! I have a friend from school doing house diy. I'll link to her blog.<br /> <a href="http://deconstructionreconstruction.weebly.com/" rel="nofollow">http://deconstructionreconstruction.weebly.com/</a></p> <p>They had to take down walls and plaster and lath? etc. I think they're finally starting to put rooms together. They don't have kids though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2537184 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:57:02 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2537184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2littlepumpkins: mine sleeps the exact same. I had two nights where she slept until 6:40 without waking up. Lately I am feeding to sleep for naps, but the naps for two days have been over an hour which is magical since she never did that as a little baby even. I know it's a bad habit though... :(. However if i don't then there are tears and screaming... She didn't sleep a long time for naps before when I used to feed her to sleep though so I don't think they're connected. </p> <p>It's getting harder to put her to bed for some reason and night wake ups are tricky to put her back to bed too. She didn't go to sleep easily at 2-3 am last night and it was stressful for me. She's so wide awake when she wakes up. I don't know anyone who has a kid who sleeps through the night solidly at this age! Except one friend. My others have been the same as us though. It's weird that her day naps are getting better, but night is trying crappier... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2537173 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:44:42 +0000 MamaBear87 2537173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2littlepumpkins: oh and I am so glad that most everyone seems to be in the same boat. Our new ped was aghast that she wasn't sleeping through the night and suggested we stop feeding her at night. Which just ended in like 2 hours of sobbing when we tried it. </p> <p>Glad to know that many of us are still up lots! Makes me feel better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2537050 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 13:23:36 +0000 hellobeeboston 2537050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: Wow that is awesome! Big project for sure but it's going to be so rewarding when it's all done! Good luck... are you living there during the renovation? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2537049 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 13:22:27 +0000 hellobeeboston 2537049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2littlepumpkins: my little man is so far from STTN it's almost funny.... Most nights he's up 2x. Two nights ago he was up 3 or 4x - we get the VERY RARE 1x and he's slept through a couple of times. He usually goes down around 7:30, and is usually up at 12:30, then 3:30, then up for the day at 6 or 6:30... I'm just used to it at this point but I'm really hoping he starts sleeping longer stretches soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2536951 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 12:35:54 +0000 MamaBear87 2536951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2littlepumpkins: my lo was a decent sleeper til we moved right before she turned 4 months. After that sleep went to hell and hasn't come back. She slept from 7 to midnight last night and then 12 to 4. Then was up for like an hour. This is an excellent sleep night for her. She's usually up at least 3 times. 5 to 6 on a bad night. And now she's refusing to nap. My kid sucks at sleeping. People who say the newborn stage sucks are lucky lol I'd take that again over now </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2536545 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 23:34:04 +0000 birdofafeather 2536545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBear87: @2littlepumpkins: @Mrs. Goose: @NovBaby1112: i'm definitely feeling a little crazy about the timeline since we're doing a lot of the work ourselves (ok, DH and FIL) and we don't know the permit timeline, but trying to let go and realize it will happen when it needs to!</p> <p>here are some demo pics. the lath looked perfect! 1929 construction was pretty awesome! all the addition stuff is what messed it up!</p> <p>we're adding a hallway to make it a true 3 bed instead of a "family room" for the master. so we're taking down all the walls to update the electrical (knob and tube) and build the hallway through the existing closets. </p> [attach=1362/16/o6doot.600x450.IMG_1287.JPG] [attach=1362/16/o6doou.450x600.IMG_1229.JPG] [attach=1362/16/o6doov.600x450.IMG_1240.JPG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2536543 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 23:29:20 +0000 birdofafeather 2536543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2littlepumpkins: never. 6-7 hours between feedings has been the longest. and it's always the front end of the night, not when i'm actually sleeping. i think the longest stretch of sleep i've gotten (when i haven't been away from her for a bachelorette party or working!) in 6 months is 5.5 hours! :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2536533 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 23:06:57 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2536533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know a number of you have said that sleep is not ideal, but is anyone else's LO still not STTN? </p> <p>We've only had one night of no feeding from going down to waking up for the day. (8-7ish?) And even that night he got up but fell back asleep while I was making a bottle. We've had a handful of 8-5s or 7 to 4/5s. But those mostly include wakeups where he fell back asleep but still cried a bit. </p> <p>Not complaining, just curious if anyone is in the same boat? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2536532 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 23:03:59 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2536532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: So glad to hear everything is going better with C's tummy!!</p> <p>@Mrs. Goose: We're still just doing once/day. My son is prone to not pooping (not necessarily constipated with hard stool but just not pooping and getting fussy about it) so we're taking it slow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2535137 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 13:20:51 +0000 NovBaby1112 2535137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@renee0106: omg congrats!!! How exciting! </p> <p>@2littlepumpkins: I know, it's crazy!!</p> <p>@hilsy85: glad everything worked out for you guys!! Big move! I hope everything goes smoothly! </p> <p>@Mrs. Goose: wear editing BLW more than purees mainly bc DS likes feeding himself better</p> <p>@Mrs. Pickle: yep def dealing with separation anxiety here too! I still can't get over how early she crawled!! :shocked: I think DS will crawl closer to 8/9 months but we'll see! </p> <p>@birdofafeather: how exciting!!! That sounds super fun but I can also imagine it must be so stressful to do with2 littles!</p> <p>@Mrs. Goose: we don't really have a solids schedule yet. He gets 5-6oz formula every 3 hours during day and then at home I just kind of feed him here and there! He isn't eating anything besides formula at daycare yet (3 days per week)</p> <p>DS has 1 tooth on bottom and another coming through! So cute. I also happy to say that he is doing a million times better! Glad we didn't have to switch his formula! He doesn't seem to have anymore gas/pain and he is starting to eat a bunch more foods so I'm hoping his belly has matured. We got into the habit of co sleeping when he had HFM so I finally had to re-sleep train and it only took 1 night of crying for a bit to get him back in crib, so I'm happy about that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2534754 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 06:50:56 +0000 hellobeeboston 2534754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: we've been battling some constipation too :( been adding pears into his cereal. Pumpkin is a good idea @Mrs. Goose: </p> <p>My Ped said not to give water really, but that might just because LO is not drinking his milk, and we don't want him to fill up on water. But that was my first thought to help with the constipation. Bananas are also blocking him so we need to limit! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2534739 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 05:31:07 +0000 hellobeeboston 2534739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Goose: we are doing 2-3 solid "meals" a day right now (almost 7 months old). </p> <p>Loose schedule:<br /> (Nursing overnight still 1-2x)<br /> 6:30/7 wake<br /> 8 nurse<br /> Nap<br /> 11ish nurse or bottle (he refuses many bottles at daycare still which is why we started food early)<br /> If bottle refused they mix 2-3oz of breast milk into oatmeal with a veggie.<br /> 12ish meal happens if successful bottle<br /> Nap<br /> 2ish nurse/bottle<br /> 4ish meal - usually oatmeal mixed with yogurt and a fruit and breast milk<br /> 6 - nurse<br /> Sometimes we will do a mini meal here - maybe some avocado mashed up<br /> 8:00 nurse/bed </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2534708 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 21:58:56 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2534708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Goose: we have dinner between 6 and 6:30. R nurses around 5 and then again at 7:30 before bed. Some nights she's fussy after she eats but before DH and I are finished so she'll nurse at the table. I'm not consistently feeding her breakfast or lunch yet. Sometimes she eats a little of what I'm having if she shows interest or if we are dining out. This morning she had a few bites of my breakfast about 15 minutes after she nursed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2534705 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 21:42:57 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2534705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When are people feeding solids? I mean what times of the day? And before or after breastfeeding/formula? And how long before or after? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2534697 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 21:15:39 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2534697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Goose: I think so! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2534672 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 20:28:01 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2534672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pickle: she could pick up a little pile, but didn't want it. She stared at it when a piece was stuck to her hand and it was distracting her from her attempt to eat avocado. Maybe I should cut it in a stick and she can kind of gnaw at it if she actually tries to eat it. I put a piece in her mouth and she mushed it and carried on with avocado and smushing peas and cheese on her tray. At least she is getting used to feeling different textures. That counts, right?! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2534618 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 19:16:54 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2534618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Goose: she didn't like it or she couldn't get it in her mouth? Also, that's good to know about sweet potato! That's become a staple at our house lately. </p> <p>@MamaBear87: It is nice to know that others are waking up multiple times a night.</p> <p>@hilsy85: it's definitely hard. I tell myself that at least I know we formed a secure attachment! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2534597 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:42:40 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2534597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: throw sweet potato in if she's eating solids. That's my magic Poo aid! :). I have a list of foods to give to aid with constipation/ too solid poo. I'm trying to keep sweet potato in as a regular food. Also pumpkin and pear help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2534594 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:39:02 +0000 hilsy85 2534594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pickle: we are also hearing a lot of mamama when C cries. It is heartbreaking but also very cute! She has major separation anxiety and if I hand her off to anyone but DH, she cries :( Makes it really tough to get out of the house by myself. </p> <p>She is also constipated as of today! :( she hadn't pooped in several days, and then today she cried every time she pooped, and it was very firm--not like little balls, but definitely in a solid form. I feel so bad! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2534567 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 17:49:51 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2534567@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pickle: I tried grated cheese based on reading what you gave R. No dice. Haha. I think she might want to take the lead on feeding herself and she will take a few nibbles of avocado that she holds herself.</p> <p> @birdofafeather: that sounds very cool, re: house. I'd love to see pictures too. </p> <p>J cries when I leave the room. She'll stop if she sees I am still there and have just moved. When we were away she was saying dadadada. Now she just yells and chats a lot. I feel mama will be last. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2534550 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 17:02:16 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2534550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2littlepumpkins: I didn't know that about broccoli or cheese!! Oops! I didn't really do a lot of research about solids other than whether or not to start with cereal. I probably wouldn't have been so lax if there were food allergies in her family history, but there aren't. She's handled everything really well so far. A couple weeks before we started solids she went from giving me a dirty diaper every day to every 5 days! I asked her pediatrician about it and she said if she went a week to call. She's actually gotten regular again since starting solids. I have the most adorable video of when she tried the soup for the first time. She wouldn't let my spoon go! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2534527 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 16:27:10 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2534527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pickle: curious, did the cheese go ok? They say broccoli is one of those tough to digest veggies and then with the dairy in cheese I would have been too chicken! But since you tried it in inclined to because YUM! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2534526 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 16:26:10 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2534526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: that sounds like so much fun (and of course stress, but it'll be worth it!) good luck!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2534459 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 15:02:22 +0000 MamaBear87 2534459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: sleeplessness is making me miss things! So cool on the house! Update us with pictures! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2534342 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:14:40 +0000 MamaBear87 2534342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@renee0106: congrats!! Haha I can't even imagine tho....G sleeps so badly right now</p> <p>Lo is growing fast! 6 months tomorrow. She's a terrible sleeper but the happiest baby. Grins and babbles all the time. </p> <p>Weirdly glad to hear most everyone is having sleep issues. Gives me hope maybe it's a phase! </p> <p>Can't believe we have someone prego already! It seems like yesterday they were all little squishes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/october-2015-postpartum-chat/page/14#post-2534326 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 12:46:26 +0000 birdofafeather 2534326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@renee0106: ah! Congrats!</p> <p>S is turning 6 months Friday. She's just started rolling all over and we just jumped head first into a home renovation on a 1929 home! It's gonna be crazy as we commute 2 hours between houses but praying it can ll get done by end of May/mid June when we need to be out of our rental. Sleep is all over the place so I don't really know what to call it and I'm just resigned to dealing with it until we move to our new place. </p> <p>I haven't started solids yet because we're going camping next week and I don't want to deal with the extras or if she has a bad reaction. She also doesn't sit up well so I guess I'm not in a rush at all! </p>