https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:10:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/83#post-2162193 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:02:39 +0000 SupernovaJ 2162193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gilmoregirl: that's awesome you guys have planned the age gap. we are hoping for at least two more (i know, crazy), and given my age, probably can't wait too long in between. i would love to baby our LO a bit longer! at the same time, also feeling somewhat ready... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/83#post-2161547 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 04:30:45 +0000 gilmoregirl 2161547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SupernovaJ: oh wow! That's so exciting! Best wishes to you guys.<br /> We are at least a year away from even thinking about it, but we've planned for a while to aim for a slightly larger age gap. I'm not ready! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/83#post-2161392 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 19:54:21 +0000 SupernovaJ 2161392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gilmoregirl: I am totally nostalgic!</p> <p>i haven't posted in about 11 months. but... i'm back at HB because we are TTC for our second now. how crazy. anyone else here on the boards ready for #2 or #3??!</p> <p>happy birthday to all of our incredible april 2014 babies! being back here brings back so many memories.</p> <p>xx </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/83#post-2128197 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:23:30 +0000 gilmoregirl 2128197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is anyone else stalking the April 2015 board and feeling super nostalgic? I have a friend who just had a baby this past weekend and her whole pregnancy brought back so many memories! I am really glad to be at the one year mark though :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/83#post-2128182 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:14:03 +0000 gilmoregirl 2128182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@nana87: we have the same timing and it is weird to plan for. I'm doing pulled pork so I can crockpot. Then chips and fruit and cake basically. Depends what we can pull off by Saturday! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/83#post-2128178 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:12:31 +0000 gilmoregirl 2128178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi April mamas! I miss hearing from you all. Tell me more about your almost-one-year olds. I am loving this stage more than ever. I think 9+ months has really been the best age of baby for me. I went back to work when he was 9.5 months and it has been really really good for all of us, so I feel fortunate about that. </p> <p>He turns one on Saturday and we are doing s little party with his grandparents, aunts and uncles and a few of our local friends. Just sandwiches and cake and some decorations we found at a party store and thought were cute. Ben and I are both super sick this week though, so hopefully that passes soon. </p> <p>The only upside to his being sick is that he will cuddle. He is way too busy to cuddle ever so I am enjoying that at least. I'm sure he will be up and running again soon. He is still so wild and we get tons of incident reports from daycare because he is anything but cautious. Lots of bumps and bruises for our little guy. He loooooves being outside though so we spend lots of time at the park and it keeps him happy and tires him out. Win win! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/83#post-2127896 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 10:24:37 +0000 nana87 2127896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ahh I've missed this thread! Also I cannot believe how big our babies are getting :crying: but :grin: all at once, haha. R's birthday is on Thursday already--I was induced one year ago today! She had her daycare birthday party today since they're closed on Thurs, and massively enjoyed her first cupcake though she was really confused about us being at school during the middle of the day and was really upset</p> <p>We're having a small birthday party at our apartment in about 10 days. No theme really, just pink, gold and aqua decorations. It's sort of a housewarming party too--we just moved so it'll be the first time some people see our new place. </p> <p>the party starts at 2 and so we're thinking about what to do for food...clearly cake. And veggie, cheese, and fruit trays. Maybe a smoked fish tray and a hummus/grape leaf/pita/etc tray as well...And maybe a pasta salad...So confusing! it's not really a meal time but we have to have something, you know? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/83#post-2127594 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 06:12:45 +0000 luckypenny 2127594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pencil: umm that sounds incredible! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/83#post-2127568 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 04:27:29 +0000 jhd 2127568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pencil: :) your beach party sounds like a great idea! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/83#post-2127529 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 23:11:27 +0000 Mrs. Pencil 2127529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@luckypenny: Oh man, I'm trying to do the "anti-one year party" by not doing ANY decorations or agenda. I've attended way too many 1st birthday parties and saw the stress on the parents' faces and thought "I do not want to do that." So we rented a beach house and we're just doing a casual BYOBeach Gear party. I hope it's not too ghetto :)<br /> @jhd: Thanks for those links! I'll be looking into those boards too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/83#post-2127329 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 19:56:10 +0000 jhd 2127329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spring-babies-first-birthdays#post-2019592" rel="nofollow">http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spring-babies-first-birthdays#post-2019592</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/83#post-2127327 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 19:53:58 +0000 jhd 2127327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pencil: how exciting!<br /> @luckypenny: I miss chatting with you ladies! There is a thread for spring 1st bdays I will find it :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/82#post-2127262 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 18:50:55 +0000 luckypenny 2127262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pencil: hooray!! Any big party plans?</p> <p>Also, I miss this thread and how do we not have a party planning topic started?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/82#post-2127259 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 18:44:37 +0000 Mrs. Pencil 2127259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hey mamas! My LO is going to turn 1 in 2 days! https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/82#post-1879811 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 13:07:15 +0000 jhd 1879811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jill_a55: wow that's a lot of things going on for your little man! everyone drives me nuts by constantly saying it but they do grow so fast!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/82#post-1879786 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 12:48:56 +0000 jill_a55 1879786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gilmoregirl: So good to hear you guys are doing well! Hopefully the crazy sleep regression business will go away soon!! I'm sure you will find a good balance when it's time to go back to work. I went back like 7 (?) weeks after and I want nothing more than to stay home with him, and still feel that way... uuuuugh. I was so sad when I had to go back, and still get really sad about leaving him. </p> <p>@nana87: So crazy 6 months is almost here!! C is absolutely obsessed with dogs too, my poor chihuahua watches out for him constantly because he loooooves her. and Yes, you need to get on IG! Let me know when you do! :happy: </p> <p>@jhd: Yay for purees! We are still doing just rice cereal, but he got to suck on a piece of watermelon yesterday and he was obsessed with it... so I think we will start some other things after our appointment on the 10th. </p> <p>C is a crazy boy these days... in the past month now he's fully sitting up on his own, doing a crazy combo of army crawling, and normal crawling with an occasional butt scoot in the mix :happy: he pulls himself up on his crib (that sucker got dropped waaay down) and on other things, and yesterday a tooth popped through!!! I feel like he's this big kid now and it's making me sad lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/82#post-1878175 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 21:14:49 +0000 jhd 1878175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good to see updates! I miss chatting with you ladies!</p> <p>@nana87: T has just became very interested in our dog all of a sudden. It is so funny to watch him staring at the dog! Lol</p> <p>@jill_a55: glad things are going well and you have been able to get some more sleep!</p> <p>@gilmoregirl: I know T is at least a few weeks younger than B, but wow! Crawling and baby proofing already!! :shocked: </p> <p>We started purées today! :) First taste of green beans and he did great. T seems to be trying to figure out a new schedule...longer naps and bigger feedings. And I swear he is teething but nothing has popped through yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/82#post-1876630 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 09:06:52 +0000 nana87 1876630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>also, I'm not on IG but maybe I need to be! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/82#post-1876628 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 09:05:23 +0000 nana87 1876628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hi everyone! I missed the most recent posts until now, so great to hear about how everyone is doing. I miss "talking" to you all all the time!</p> <p>R is doing great these days! I CANNOT believe her 6-month bday is next week! She is such a little love. She's mostly very serious and observant, so she when she laughs my heart totally melts. She is starting to be soooo into our dogs, if they're in the room she stops everything (including nursing!) to watch them. I joked to dh that my "job" these days is like being a middle school dance chaperone, I have to continuously watch her and our younger dog to stop them from making out all the time--R pulls the dog to her mouth, and the dog always wants to lick her, lol Her weight issues seem to have passed, though she hasn't been officially weighed since her 4-month check in early Aug, but she had jumped from 3rd percentile in weight to between 10 and 25, so the dr was super happy! And she seems to be gaining a lot still, we'll see in a couple weeks at her 6 month check in! </p> <p>fun to hear the April los are starting solids! I don't know if R is ready yet, I'm going to wait to talk to her ped about it at our next visit. She's been watching me eat lately though and I've let her lick melon or carrots when I'm eating them...</p> <p>R's daycare starts when she's 6 months, so she's about to start :shocked: I need to start working on my dissertation again, and I'm TAing undergrads again so I really need her to have child care, but omg emotionally I'm so not ready now that it's time, I've loved being with her all the time. Especially now that her eating and napping is under control, I feel like she's more and more fun all the time now. We had our first non-familial babysitter last week when I had to be on campus for a couple hours, and I totally cried leaving our apartment. I don't think I'm cut out to be a sahm at all--my work is a big part of myself--but I feel like I'm being pushed back before I'm ready. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/82#post-1873135 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:43:46 +0000 gilmoregirl 1873135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jill_a55: Hi! Fun to hear from you again and see this thread resurrected. I missed all of these more recent posts. Glad to hear you guys are getting some longer stretches of sleep now -- that must be tough. I have instagram but I don't post my name here because I use my full name. But if you wall me your name, I'll definitely add you.</p> <p>We've been playing with solids a little -- rice cereal, sweet potatoes, bananas. He's really into it, but I'm going slow because it has seemed tough on his system at times. After all of our MSPI (? or whatever. Bloody poop.) issues I am not ready to deal with more digestive difficulty. </p> <p>B is a bit of a wild child - he is so active all of the time. He recently learned to army crawl, so I've been trying to figure out a little bit of baby proofing, but it's something I'm a little lazy about. Fortunately, he's not too fast yet. He's close to sitting up but gets pretty wobbly because he's always lunging for toys and trying to climb over my legs.</p> <p>We also been going through some sort of extended sleep regression/growth spurt/wonder week/developmental whatever. Like, the four month regression that lasted for more than 8 weeks? I'm not sure. It seems to be working its way out recently, and we're all feeling better. Fingers crossed he keeps sleeping more. </p> <p>I took a semester off from my job, so I'm not back to work until January. I am torn -- he's a lot more fun now so being home is getting easier, but I miss my job and sometimes feel desperate to get out and work again. I think I'll be fairly ready (and also so sad) come January :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/82#post-1873010 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 12:39:33 +0000 jill_a55 1873010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi all! Hope everyone is doing well! I don't think I've logged in here for a whiiiiile now, so I just wanted to see what everyone was up to! </p> <p>How are solids working for you all now? We are just doing rice cereal for now (on our peds recommendation), but can't wait to start some fun stuff! We still go to the children's hospital for his mcad and the dietician told us we could start other things too... So confusing to have multiple doctors that aren't always on the same page! </p> <p>We get to sleep a little longer at night now too, which is great :grin: I can't wait until we're cleared for longer spans! We just dropped the crib down because C started pulling him self up on it. Yikes. </p> <p>Anyone reach any fun milestones recently?</p> <p>@LovelyPlum: I would love to follow you on IG, could you wall me your name? </p> <p>Anyone else have IG? I don't get on here much, but I love to see how everyone is doing on there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/82#post-1831266 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 13:06:50 +0000 LovelyPlum 1831266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jhd: yay, so glad to hear!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/82#post-1831106 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:14:32 +0000 jhd 1831106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@luckypenny: that's so good to hear! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/82#post-1831103 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:12:11 +0000 luckypenny 1831103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jhd: thats such great news!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/82#post-1831102 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:11:57 +0000 jhd 1831102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: Surgeries and travel to see specialists are all done until November. We are so excited to be home with no interruptions for a while. Hoping next surgery won't be until after the holidays but I guess we will see. I am so thankful I get to stay at home. It is definitely what's best for our family right now, but it's a big change!!</p> <p>As for solids, if we get the ok from our ped we plan to start exploring some purées at 5 months. He already takes rice cereal in bottles because he has trouble swallowing. So we will start with veggies or fruits. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/82#post-1831074 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:03:27 +0000 jhd 1831074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@luckypenny: T also eats every two to three hours during the day. It's a lot and I don't have a toddler to chase as well!! You are doing great. Does DH like his new job? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/82#post-1830703 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 09:56:54 +0000 luckypenny 1830703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: I did purées with E until she was about 7 months and then did a little more traditional BLW. With L I will probably do the same and at 7 months just give her whatever we are having. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/82#post-1830621 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 09:06:26 +0000 LovelyPlum 1830621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also, I know I follow some of you on IG, but would anyone else care to share their name? Mine is in my profile, and I would be happy to wall it privately as well :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/82#post-1830616 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 09:04:54 +0000 LovelyPlum 1830616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@luckypenny: vitamin D=Best. Thing. Ever. Being outside is so helpful to me, too! And yes, moving is hard. dH getting a new job is hard. Having 2 kids is hard. Doing it all at once? Lady, it os a victory if you just make it through the day;) And thanks :) She was f-ing miserable the next day, but she did great getting them. So proud of her!</p> <p>So, solids. Let's talk. First, I cannot believe we are already to this point!! Secondly, how are you all going to approach it?</p> <p>We have dabbled in the world of BLW. G has started grabbing for my plate, so we have given her things to gnaw on. So far, both a raw green bean and a piece of pita have been big hits. I've also made and frozen some purees, not because I care about her having store bought stuff, but because fruit this time of year is so darn GOOD. Our ped gave us the go-ahead to basically do what we want as far as starting solids goes. What are you going to start with if you do purees? I can't decide if I want to do rice cereal, but I'm thinking not really. My thing is, we spend so much time getting empty calories out of our diets, so why am I starting with that for her? Maybe I will.mix a little of it in with avocado or sweet potato. Not sure yet. Thoughts? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/april-2014-mamas/page/82#post-1830542 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 08:25:42 +0000 luckypenny 1830542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: yeah. I keep trying to remind myself that just moving is hard. And adding adjusting to life with two kids, having a high needs newborn and no help would be a lot for anyone. But we've been going to the park everyday for about 3 hours at a time and I think the vitamin D really helped.<br /> PS I loved that video of Ginny a after her shots. What a brave girl! </p>