https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 11 May 2026 15:10:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/really-easy-entertaining-book#post-2524285 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 21:55:49 +0000 MamaCate 2524285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have enjoyed a lot of Jojo Moyes lately! Some are historical and they move quickly but are well written. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/really-easy-entertaining-book#post-2524254 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 21:16:14 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2524254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LAZB: One For the Money by Janet Evanovich. I love this whole series and they are some of the few books that make me laugh out loud. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/really-easy-entertaining-book#post-2524144 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 19:18:53 +0000 erinbaderin 2524144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pickles: Seconding - her Brides quartet and Inn Boonsboro series (serieses?) are my go-to when I want something easy and light. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/really-easy-entertaining-book#post-2524133 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 19:06:02 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 2524133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Rosie project! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/really-easy-entertaining-book#post-2524130 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 19:00:00 +0000 delight 2524130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What Alice Forgot by Lianne Moriarty </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/really-easy-entertaining-book#post-2524120 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 18:51:42 +0000 wrkbrk 2524120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LAZB: I just read a book called Catostrophic Happiness in two evenings. It's a funny memoir type book about life with young kids. Hysterical and a super easy read! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/really-easy-entertaining-book#post-2524101 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 18:26:39 +0000 MrsSRS 2524101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I second young adult books. I like Tamora Pierce. Or how about Tina Fey's memoirs? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/really-easy-entertaining-book#post-2524030 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:45:37 +0000 Mrs. Pickles 2524030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>entertaining and easy to read I like Nora Roberts (also you get a little sexy in there) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/really-easy-entertaining-book#post-2523984 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:57:55 +0000 Foodnerd81 2523984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like young adult books when I have no mental energy- hunger games, or the divergent series. Also anything by liane moriarty is pretty good and light. Lately I can't even get through young adult books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/really-easy-entertaining-book#post-2523961 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:43:43 +0000 LuLu Mom 2523961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The best book I've read in a LONG time is The Nightinggale by Kristen Hannah, it is soooo good. It's an easy read. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/really-easy-entertaining-book#post-2523902 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:54:18 +0000 lovehoneybee 2523902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just finished A Discovery of Witches. Not super short, but I flew through it. Good mix of supernatural, science, and history. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/really-easy-entertaining-book#post-2523891 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:48:30 +0000 Freckles 2523891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Silver Star by Jeanette Walls. Super quick read! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/really-easy-entertaining-book#post-2523883 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:40:35 +0000 tinyperson 2523883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really like the SIGMA force novels by James Rollins...easy to read, not too deep and entertaining! They're sort of special ops with historical/archeological/scientific missions thrown in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/really-easy-entertaining-book#post-2523877 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:35:35 +0000 LAZB 2523877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love to read, but just don't do a lot of it these days. We are going on vacation on Saturday for a week, and although I know I won't have a lot of time to read, I was hoping for some book suggestions. My 14 month old DD will keep me on my toes a lot, and I'll be 10 weeks pregnant, so energy is low and napping is a priority, so any suggestions for easy reads that don't take a lot of focus? I really like historical fiction, but enjoy lots of different types of reads. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/howwhen-to-get-newborn-to-play-after-eating-and-not-sleep#post-2024469 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 21:22:06 +0000 Mrs. Toad 2024469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyPenguinXO: Took me forever to get it also. It stands for you. Basically time for you to do whatever you need to do while the baby sleeps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/howwhen-to-get-newborn-to-play-after-eating-and-not-sleep#post-2023719 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 14:48:54 +0000 BabyPenguinXO 2023719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: what is the Y in the easy schedule? eat activity sleep....</p> <p>Thanks ladies. I know this lady might be running my day ;) but with an 18 month old when she's born im trying to have my ducks in a row! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/howwhen-to-get-newborn-to-play-after-eating-and-not-sleep#post-2023667 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 14:16:06 +0000 LuLu Mom 2023667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also, we dealt with reflux, so she wasn't allowed to lay down for 30 minutes after eating, so we had to keep her up but couldn't bounce/jolt/move her too much...there was a fine line of keeping her stimulated without causing her to lose her entire bottle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/howwhen-to-get-newborn-to-play-after-eating-and-not-sleep#post-2023655 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 14:07:11 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2023655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just fed him as soon as he woke up, then changed his diaper. He was always ready for a little bit of playtime after that...then when he was ready for a nap we would put him to bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/howwhen-to-get-newborn-to-play-after-eating-and-not-sleep#post-2023650 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 14:03:38 +0000 LuLu Mom 2023650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For us, we fed when hungry, we had to follow her lead, there was no way around it. I did make sure to not rock when feeding, that was a sure way for her to sleep, and I always kept all the blinds open during the day/light in when I wanted her to be awake so there was no confusion. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/howwhen-to-get-newborn-to-play-after-eating-and-not-sleep#post-2023621 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:50:58 +0000 Mrs.Someone 2023621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some people have luck with the EASY schedule, and our ped said the Activity could be as simple as a diaper change at that age. I wasn't a fan, as it made it much harder to get him to sleep (especially at night). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/howwhen-to-get-newborn-to-play-after-eating-and-not-sleep#post-2023597 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:42:25 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2023597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We implemented this with our LO when we found he wasn't really doing well with feeding to sleep. Our schedule looked like this:</p> <p>Wake to feed<br /> Play for an hour<br /> Rocked to sleep</p> <p>The bad habit we formed was rocking to sleep, but he was super colicky, so we were holding him constantly. We would always wake to feed though until it was time for bed.</p> <p>EDIT: When I say wake to feed, I mean that we would wait for him to wake up, then feed him. We never woke a sleeping baby! Especially throughout the night! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/howwhen-to-get-newborn-to-play-after-eating-and-not-sleep#post-2023595 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:40:15 +0000 BabyPenguinXO 2023595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi ladies,</p> <p>With my son he was always in the habit of going to sleep after eating. I would like to not start that habit this time and get this babe to eat AFTER sleeping. Or is this the wrong way? My DS was bottle fed after 2-3 months but with this baby I'm hoping to EBF for the most part. I don't mind nursing to sleep before bed and in the MTTN wake ups. But during the day I would like to avoid that because I think baby eats better when they are alert and awake. I think this will help encourage better night sleeping if she can get most her food during the day!</p> <p>any tips for this or when did you start doing that? the downfall is I will be delivering early so baby could have a longer period of the newborn sleepiness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/invitation-designer#post-1323516 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 18:13:45 +0000 LindsayInNY 1323516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll also wall you my friend's info! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/invitation-designer#post-1323397 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 17:04:54 +0000 sunny 1323397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll wall you my friend's info. I don't know how much she charges though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/invitation-designer#post-1322702 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 13:18:16 +0000 Smurfette 1322702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just walled you my friend's shop. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/invitation-designer#post-1322698 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 13:16:53 +0000 Mrs.Someone 1322698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How about Mrs. Jump Rope? I haven't worked with her, but her stuff looks great :) <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/blushprintables" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/shop/blushprintables</a></p> <p>ETA, sorry, I didn't see the $20 limit. I'm also a designer, and I agree that its a small limit for something we would spend a good amount of time on... Maybe you can find something already designed that just needs a few words changed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/invitation-designer#post-1322673 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 13:09:14 +0000 CastleGirl 1322673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you want a custom invitation -- that is, a design that no one else is using -- then I think your expectations might be slightly too high. I design invitations and when I create a custom invitation, after all is said and done, I've put in a few hours -- I'd definitely want more than $20 for it, even if I'm just sending you the PDF file.</p> <p>If you're just looking for a good designer who has invitations in your theme and can customize the name, date, etc., perhaps you can post your theme and one of us can help you find someone of interest! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/invitation-designer#post-1321687 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 02:05:43 +0000 shopaholic 1321687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been looking on Etsy for a designer who can make a birthday invitation design to go with our party theme (download so I can print myself), but I am having a hard time sifting through the haystack Etsy is. I'm hoping to pay no more than $20. </p> <p>Anyone have anyone they've worked with before or can recommend within my budget? Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bornyetcom-birth-announcement-service#post-1076273 Tue, 10 Sep 2013 11:26:48 +0000 sweetooth 1076273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just came across this link while perusing a favorite blog of mine. I think it's a genius way for sharing the big news! I've been Facebook-free for about 9 months now and just recently I sent out individual emails to share the news that we are expecting. It was great to reconnect with good friends, but it was pretty time consuming to write all of those emails. </p> <p>While the convenience of pushing out information to a lot of people all at once was nice on FB, I don't miss the distraction at all. I also don't miss the way it used to control a lot of my free time. It's not to say that I haven't easily found new social media outlets to fill the void, but most of those outlets aren't ways for me to share the big news.</p> <p><a href="https://www.bornyet.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bornyet.com/</a></p> <p>It allows you to register a domain name. You can use a real name or a fun one. Then you send it out to your friends and family. You can include registry information. And once your baby arrives it looks like a pretty simple process to update the website and then people receive notice!</p> <p>Take a look at the site for more information - scroll down on the initial page. I thought it was worth sharing. </p> <p>How do you plan to share the big news once your baby arrives? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-schedule-how-long-are-naps#post-902094 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 17:15:36 +0000 HappyJax 902094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for the input! Agree - I can't really follow that chart either :) </p>