https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:34:23 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/3#post-1720769 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 10:53:42 +0000 Kimberlybee 1720769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: Thanks and hugs to you too! Hope you find a great PT for baby girl. XOXO </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/3#post-1720751 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 10:43:15 +0000 autumnlove 1720751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hugs to everyone!! &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/3#post-1720684 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 10:21:40 +0000 2PeasinaPod 1720684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can I add disciplining to the list? I feel as if I'm the only one doing this in our house. My DH has taken my FIL's approach (a.k.a. "Go ask your mom if you can watch a show after you just hit her because she wouldn't let you watch one). He doesn't want to be the bad guy, so I'm always the one disciplining and he always acts as if I'm being too hard on S. I'm sorry, but I will not give into his every demand if he's hitting me because he's not getting what he wants. It doesn't work that way. And thanks for your support by the way... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/3#post-1720243 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 08:10:28 +0000 loveisstrange 1720243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: I feel like it's insane that people are giving you crap about trying to better yourself. That really sucks. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/3#post-1720094 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 04:32:23 +0000 nana87 1720094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Comments like "wow she's so small! She must be just days old!" Umm no she's 2 months, in the 3rd percentile. She was underweight for awhile but she's back on her growth curve, but thanks for reminding me...My mil had a few strange theories too, like she's burning calories bc she's too cold bc we don't put socks on her inside...</p> <p>Bc of lo's weight and my supply being low we started supplementing and I'm okay with that now but I feel so self conscious about giving her a bottle in public or with other people around, even when it's breastmilk </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/3#post-1720090 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 04:07:02 +0000 deerylou 1720090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I've finally adopted the philosophy that our daughter is healthy, thriving, and happy largely *because* of how we parent. Not everything we do is going to mesh and jive with every family, and that's okay. We might get side eyes for the way our family sleeps, eats, or budgets, but we are quite content. I used to be sensitive about others' opinions on particular choices or circumstances - being unable to EBF, my decision to stay home through the toddler years, our comfort with bed sharing. I only very recently made peace with the fact that some people feel we are a bit stuck up because we haven't introduced sugar or treats, yet. But I'm starting to see zero point in getting my feathers ruffled. I'm going to be judged my whole life, that's just the way the cookie crumbles; our family's happiness is evidence enough that I'm making the best decisions for our unique little clan. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/3#post-1720081 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 03:41:36 +0000 Cherrybee 1720081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anonysquire: I think that's one of the down sides of having a large, close family. Yes, you get all the support, you have people who love you but, man, everyone thinks they are entitled to opinions on the way you parent. You just enjoy your little girl and ignore everything they say!! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/3#post-1720051 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:08:50 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1720051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. eagle: I'm so sorry for your loss :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1720049 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:00:34 +0000 mrs. eagle 1720049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My topic is "sibling spacing" - we just went through a miscarriage a few weeks ago and three of my friends who have asked us this question are pregnant. They are all due within two weeks of our supposed due date - one of whom I would have shared a due date with and has a dd the same age as my dd. That was the hardest one to take in. Dh was excited for them, but I was saddened that we would've been the same number of weeks pregnant. :meh: x </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1720038 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:40:15 +0000 Kimberlybee 1720038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Quite a few but I keep reminding myself "this too shall pass." </p> <p>Biggest issues right now are: </p> <p>1) Finding a compatible daycare for DD so I can return to work with as much peace of mind as possible. </p> <p>2) Confused and worried at how she became such a picky eater overnight. She use to eat everything!!! I don't know what happened. She has good days and bad days of eating so as long as she is happy, I am mostly okay. I get so happy when she poops because I know her system is working okay. I never thought in a million years that I would look forward to clean poop. Gross!!! LOL</p> <p>3) Tuning out my inlaws on their illogical and rude parenting advice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1720031 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:27:26 +0000 LovelyPlum 1720031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jhd: :heart: YOU are what is best for T!</p> <p>The list is long, even though it is from well-meaning people: </p> <p>*do you think she is little because she spits so much?<br /> *do you think she spits because you are BFing?<br /> *do you think she is allergic to your milk?<br /> *do you think she cries so much because you are BFing?<br /> *just let her cry, she needs to learn to settle herself<br /> *why do you hold her so much?</p> <p>Hugs to you all :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1720030 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:26:33 +0000 sera_87 1720030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Justifying keeping LO#1 in daycare while I'm on mat leave for #2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1720022 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:11:35 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1720022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My student status- I'm really sensitive toward comments that question my decision and state I'll be missing this time in my son's life- "he'll on,y be little once!" Has become the most irritating phrase to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1720019 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:10:54 +0000 Elderberrygin 1720019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleep. I can count on two hands the number of times she slept through at nearly 18mo. And we're still in molar hell with her waking up at least once a night every night and screaming hysterically for two hours while we madly run around trying everything. I am somehow surviving despite working full time. </p> <p>But the constant suggestions that I should try cuddling my baby or co-sleeping to fix the problem are a huge sore spot. Because, seriously? OF COURSE I'm cuddling her while she's upset, but I'd really rather not be doing it for two hours in the middle of the night every night. And she has never, ever co-slept. She just screams hysterically in our bed rather than her bed if we try. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1720002 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:00:18 +0000 googly-eyes 1720002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: Our dentist said it can make their jaw change? Idk. I had them til I was two/three and I just gave them up on my own. I think it was three years old. I dumped them in the trash one day and never looked back. I do have a jaw issue but it's not what is caused by pacifiers and my teeth are pretty straight...so I'm not too worried. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1719996 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:57:08 +0000 Arden 1719996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Keppa: Dang. Yes, incorrect and insanely rude. Sorry! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1719908 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 21:52:11 +0000 MrsLilybugg 1719908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookish: dang! I was totally like "hey we can have play dates!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1719797 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 21:01:57 +0000 Mrs. Oyster 1719797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Weaning my 22mo. I get a constant "when are you going to do it? Probably never. I know you," from my DH (yes, so caring...and yes, I do want to smack him when he says it). Then at a baby shower this weekend I got "wow! Most doctor's tell you to stop around 1. You'll never just stop making milk on your own...it's like a cow." (Firstly, incorrect. And secondly...just rude).<br /> I'll do it when I want. It's not your boobs or your baby. Get over it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1719661 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 20:11:03 +0000 cascademom 1719661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lovehoneybee: I understand the lack of guilt for being a WOHM. When I went back, life centered better for me among the chaos of his first year. The routine of work and support of my boss helped me immensely through that time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1719653 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 20:07:27 +0000 Adira 1719653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Food. Xander's 16 months in two days and he's still primarily just eating purees. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1719554 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 19:36:27 +0000 artsyfartsy 1719554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleep and solids. EBF and solids at 6 months are extremely rare where I live...now that T is 4 months everyone is asking what foods he's trying. I cringe when they give me a look when I say he's not...that we're waiting a few more months before trying solids. They look at me like I'm nuts and even though I say it as gently (and hesitantly) as possible, they act like I'm judging their decision to feed solids earlier or something. I get a lot of snarky comments and that "he can't be satisfied just on milk. That's not enough for him"</p> <p>Also he doesn't STTN anymore. He has about 2-3 wake ups a night and if I mention it offhand to someone they say I'm supposed to give him rice cereal or formula and he will STTN. When I say I'd rather wake up at night (I seriously don't mind and I don't feel like I'm losing sleep with our arrangement) and have him EBF they again look at me like I'm nuts.</p> <p>I just cringe whenever these topics are brought up because I can never make my case and just have to nod and smile when I get judged. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1719513 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 19:22:31 +0000 hilsy85 1719513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: ha well at the rate L is teething, he's not going to get adult teeth til he's like 10! :silly: so if I get to put it off til then, sounds good to me. </p> <p>I was mainly sensitive about the paci because I felt like others judged me when he used it in public...now that he only uses it in his crib, I feel better about it--but now it feels like a dirty little secret! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1719463 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:41:42 +0000 Ra 1719463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Being a SAHM. Honestly though, it's mostly my husband who makes me sensitive about it.</p> <p>Also, feeding. We've had lots of feeding issues with B and I have a lot of mom guilt over it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1719461 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:40:54 +0000 JennyG 1719461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>J was born early and more than once MIL has suggested that I did something for that to happen. As if I don't feel guilty enough. He's now sick with his third bout of bronchiolitis and May gave asthma and I am already dreading the comments that it's my fault. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1719459 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:40:17 +0000 Charm54 1719459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: thanks :heart: I'm hopeful she will like it as much as your LO does... I feel so lucky to have had a long mat leave but in a way it makes it harder to leave her. For the past year, it's been C and I, going everywhere, doing everything together. I don't want to be a SAHM...I miss my co-workers and I love what I do, but I don't want to go back to work and put her in daycare either.</p> <p> Basically I want to be on mat leave forever, hahaha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1719457 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:40:01 +0000 septca 1719457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hugs to all of you. </p> <p>My touchiest subject right now is my seeming inability to get and stay pregnant. I know I want a second, and I wish that was enough. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1719454 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:38:23 +0000 anonysquire 1719454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. I'm sensitive that everyone has their opinion about how I'm raising my baby wrong. I'm holding her too much, I need to let her cry herself to sleep, she needs rice cereal, she cries because she's wearing a cloth diaper, she shouldn't sleep in my bed, she needs a babysitter more so she won't cry when other people hold her. It's just too much. I get that I'm a ftm and don't know anything, but freaking let me explore it on y own and figure out what works for me. I'm not doing what I do to try and ruin everyone else's life. It works for us. And I'm going to freakin hold my baby 24/7 when I'm not working because I miss her. Give me a break!</p> <p>That's all haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1719450 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:33:57 +0000 HLK208 1719450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: oh that's way better than what B and E get haha - I mean, the best we do is Super Why, but the worst? Ninja Turtles (for B only...but still, I cringed while typing that). I just realized that I mostly allow screen time while I'm getting ready for the day just to keep it peaceful. E's favorite thing to do is copy B and use whatever toy, book, etc. he has which unless I give 100% of my attention to mediate what goes on, then things get crazy. Hoping it's just a phase :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1719429 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:20:33 +0000 Turd Ferguson 1719429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Joining the sleep camp. She's been getting up a ton at night and...I still nurse her and she naps on me for...most naps. Sigh. :/</p> <p>Runners up include breastfeeding (mom and DH seem to be thinking she's getting too old...she's a little over 7.5 months...) and my "needing to leave her more." Blah. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sensitive-about-any-parenting-topics-right-now/page/2#post-1719412 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:11:58 +0000 Running Elley 1719412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: Ugh Elliot gets 35 minutes...one full showing of Leap Frog's letter factory DVD. Usually it's just enough time for me to either shower and pull together our stuff for the day or make dinner. And he's totally learning from it but still...gahhh the guilt. </p>