https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 05:55:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn/page/2#post-902627 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 00:58:50 +0000 jetsettermomma 902627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M was super easy as a newborn! BUT as soon as he completed his 3rd month, well, it was an entirely different story. He is so defiant! He's 9 months now and his personality is getting stronger and stronger. He's still a very good baby but just not as easy and SO and I were spoiled by those first 3 months of bliss! Sigh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn/page/2#post-902567 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 23:26:38 +0000 78h2o 902567@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>God knew I needed an easy baby and that is what I got! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn/page/2#post-902565 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 23:24:45 +0000 sarac 902565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Easy as a dream. We were doing things out in the world at 1 week old. She nursed for hours and hours a day, and didn't sleep much during the day. But she was always happy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn/page/2#post-902558 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 23:15:51 +0000 SugarplumsMom 902558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not easy. We never went out, we hardly had time to brush our teeth regularly :(</p> <p>She developed a milk protein intolerance at 6 months and I aged 10 yrs within that single month! Hats off to those that had to deal with that at the NB stage. I do not know how you did it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn/page/2#post-902557 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 23:14:16 +0000 googly-eyes 902557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skibobrown: Yeah, maybe I should do another poll on whether you had an easy time postpartum! I bet those results would be a bit different! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn/page/2#post-902546 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 23:03:47 +0000 runsyellowlites 902546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>G was a really easy going baby, easy going toddler, and has been a pretty easy to raise kid.</p> <p>P had tongue tie &amp; protein intolerances so the first 5 months were incredibly difficult </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn/page/2#post-902542 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:59:08 +0000 skibobrown 902542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our baby was very easygoing in that she didn't cry a lot and almost never for extended periods of time. I still had a really hard time with her at the beginning though b/c I wasn't able to produce enough milk for her, she never napped predictably, and I experienced PPD. So even though she was an "easy" baby, we weren't leaving the house and just rolling with it the way some other moms do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn/page/2#post-902526 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:30:25 +0000 dolphin 902526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Easy-going. Phew! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn/page/2#post-902524 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:29:29 +0000 googly-eyes 902524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: I think the hospital gives the crappy ones. If we ff next time we are showing up with our own formula/bottles. Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn/page/2#post-902506 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:59:57 +0000 photojane 902506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@googly-eyes: We tried a bunch of formulas over the first 2 weeks too! The hospital gave us Enfamil Newborn and Infant, and we tried Similac Advance ready to feeds too. None of them made her terribly fussy, but Gentlease was the only one that didn't cause a lot spit up, so we stuck with it. I'm counting my blessings that it was so easy to land on one that works so well for us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn/page/2#post-902502 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:55:51 +0000 googly-eyes 902502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: Yeah we went through somewhere around 5-6 bottles and 3 formulas before we got it right! :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn/page/2#post-902501 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:52:33 +0000 yellowbird 902501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Colicky! :(((( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn/page/2#post-902500 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:51:42 +0000 photojane 902500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@googly-eyes: Sadie was never EBF. I tried to pump for a week or two, but it didn't work out. Even when I was pumping she was only getting 50-75ml of breast milk per day. I think since we did formula from the start it made feedings a lot easier - we had a routine from the beginning. She always ate the same number of ounces at each feeding until she had a growth spurt &amp; we'd up to the next ounce marker. She ate every 2.5 hours as a newborn with a short awake period &amp; nap in between - no snacking like with BFing. Thankfully, Gentlease and anti-colic bottles kept any gas issues away for us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn#post-902498 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:51:15 +0000 lemondrop 902498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: you give me hope! </p> <p>C was super duper easy going, so we assume we will pay for it the next time around! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn#post-902494 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:47:21 +0000 googly-eyes 902494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: @chopsuey119: @Mrs. Jacks: Sorry, I just edited for multiple votes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn#post-902488 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:40:16 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 902488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Need to click two different options. Lala was easy most of the time but had MSPI that could make her miserable at times.<br /> M. was incredibly easy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn#post-902487 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:38:11 +0000 googly-eyes 902487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: I guess in some ways it does. Maybe it was the combo feeding/pumping and the different time periods it took her to digest things but lo's feedings were still totally erratic for the first....2 months? I could measure how much she ate but it was always unpredictable how much she would need. Plus the gas caused by some formulas/bottles can make the fussiness worse. However maybe with the knowledge I have now, I know the better brands, etc., if I choose to ff again, so maybe I'll notice more patterns. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn#post-902471 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:24:28 +0000 photojane 902471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@googly-eyes: I just mean that FFing made going out &amp; sleeping easier for us! She always had a pretty chilled out disposition, but FFing made things even easier for us - didn't have allergies or the constant feedings to deal with. I knew exactly how much she would eat &amp; when, so that made going out easy from pretty early on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn#post-902466 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:20:53 +0000 googly-eyes 902466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsF: I used to be scared, but now I'm thinking... maybe we'll get lucky next time!! The votes look about 50/50! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn#post-902464 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:19:18 +0000 googly-eyes 902464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: Idk, dd was combo fed from the second or third week through the sixth week when we switched to ff...she was easy the first few weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn#post-902463 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:17:30 +0000 irene 902463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted easygoing, but LO definitely was a colic / acid reflux baby. He was easy in terms of being able to nap anywhere (we could nap for a whole 2 hours in the stroller when we were in the mall, or a noisy restaurant!), but he was quite unpredictable after feedings.</p> <p>ETA: How do you define "Newborn"? Because thinking back I don't think we went anywhere at the newborn stage... (a few weeks old) other than the pediatrician office, friend gatherings and some mommy-and-me groups. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn#post-902453 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:07:21 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 902453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He was a nightmare. It all flipped and became really great at about 11-13 weeks, anything before then was just terrible.<br /> He is now so, so easy and pleasant. I can take him ANYWHERE and he is just such a good boy :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn#post-902439 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 20:58:31 +0000 Mrs. Bee 902439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>both charlie and olive were easy newborns. slept a lot and could take them out and they'd pass out. after 2 months, that started to change. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn#post-902375 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 20:22:28 +0000 photojane 902375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So easy. She's a doll. Makes me incredibly nervous to have a second. They both can't be so easy, right? Although, I do think the FFing plays into it - I can feed her anywhere with no issue, predictable feeding schedule, and STTN/no night feedings from early on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn#post-902366 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 20:18:10 +0000 Mrs. Pen 902366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He was so easy and stayed that way until he became a toddler. He's not difficult but just more energetic and smart. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn#post-902258 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 19:22:45 +0000 MrsF 902258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So funny how those who had a screamer (I think I have PTSD from ours) are terrified to have a repeat and those who had an easygoing LO are scared their luck will run out. Looks like we're all afraid no matter what :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn#post-902252 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 19:19:40 +0000 regberadaisy 902252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fuh. Seeeeee.</p> <p>Was convinced she was colicky until I eliminated dairy. Thank god. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn#post-902249 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 19:18:37 +0000 RubyCali 902249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Little Miss Fussy Face. Does that mean my second is going to be easygoing?! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn#post-901975 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:25:08 +0000 swurlygurl 901975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>SO easy going. I'm scared to have another one and experience the opposite! :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-an-easygoing-or-fussy-newborn#post-901969 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:22:34 +0000 dookie32 901969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was "high needs". I spent most of the first 6 weeks bouncing with him on a yoga ball because that was the only thing that would keep him happy. </p>