https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 17:41:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2609294 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:37:12 +0000 Truth Bombs 2609294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JennyLayneAZ: Magic Merlin sleep suit was my saving grace transitioning my son from the rock n play to the crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2609288 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:29:34 +0000 Adira 2609288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>TV after dinner! We used to go for walks in the summer and now it's straight to the TV. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2609277 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:18:21 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 2609277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleeping in the rock n play. She needs to transition to the crib and its going to be rough! But she's been rolling for a while now, and the last few nights she's trying to roll over in the rock n play, so its time. I tried putting her down in there on Friday night and that lasted like 5 minutes lol She'll nap in the crib though! so, there is hope. I'm just dreading the night transition. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2609270 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:15:04 +0000 daniellemybelle 2609270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, gosh. So many. Mostly screen time related! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2609252 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 13:45:25 +0000 erinbaderin 2609252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Snacks in the car after daycare. A few days in a row I had snack sized bags of goldfish or animal crackers and now every day he gets in the car and says "Mommy, are there any cookies in here?" He just expects the snacks and I think it's ruining his dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2609159 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 12:38:04 +0000 PawPrints 2609159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Great thread! So far we have held firm on most of this stuff (no screen time, no co-sleeping, very few stroller/carseat snacks, no paci/lovey outside the crib) but very good to keep this list in mind in case stuff gets tempting down the line. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2609089 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 11:34:48 +0000 MrsB2012 2609089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first it was feeding to sleep, then bottles in the middle of the night.</p> <p>With my second, I never fed to sleep and never had to deal with middle of the night wake ups. ( after about 12 weeks old.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2609065 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 11:10:46 +0000 nana87 2609065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Screen time. She is so addicted and it's only started in the last few months (since I've been pregnant maybe?) but omg it's painful sometimes to get her to do anything about else1- especially things she has to do, like go to sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2609010 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:01:18 +0000 catlady 2609010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Stroller snacks. She basically requires them on the way to and from daycare. The morning ones are particularly annoying to me because she will literally finish eating breakfast, jump in the stroller and ask for a snack, and then have another breakfast at daycare 15 min later. </p> <p>Also screentime, but we've gotten pretty good at limiting it so it's not so bad these days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2608965 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 09:37:23 +0000 The Dowager Countess 2608965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rocking or holding to sleep. About to start trying to break the habit before it's too late! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2608954 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 09:29:13 +0000 psw27 2608954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wheels on the bus video on YouTube. If he even sees my phone he is asking for "bus" ... and he's legit probably only seen it 5-10 times over the years but he is obsessed and melts down sometimes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2608927 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 09:14:22 +0000 snowjewelz 2608927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish I would've held off on videos on the phone! We started letting her watch snippets before she was a year old during long car rides and when diaper changes were a battle. Now she gets screen time more than I'd like. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2608912 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 08:58:45 +0000 wrkbrk 2608912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jackiedavis87: Same boat. He is our only and I work long hours so I really enjoy spending time with him at night even if we are asleep! DW not so much. We need to change our habit soon ..... :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2608902 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 08:45:26 +0000 Corduroy 2608902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>TV. I wouldn't have made it through my 2nd pregnancy without it and it's nice to have. She doesn't watch every day but she talks about it all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2608869 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 08:10:32 +0000 My Only Sunshine 2608869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eating in the living room. When DS was born all our nice rules sort of flew out the window and DD ended up eating in the living room a lot either watching a show or hanging out while I nursed. Now that DS is a little older we're trying to move back to eating at the table like regular people but DD always wants to eat on the couch! Ugh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2608865 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 08:07:52 +0000 Ajsmommy 2608865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a few.. 1. binky on car rides. we only use bink for nap and night (andddd car rides) of course it started for longer rides but now as soon as she gets in her carseat she's demanding "bink and blank" 2. her love of her blankey... it has to go everywhere. At first I thought it was cute and made me feel better that it soothed her while she's away from me but now that it's a grayish brown (used to be yellow) I wish we could get rid of it but NO chance that's happening. 3. letting her watch youtube on our phones. this isn't a huge problem but sometimes it is annoying when she'll ask for it and I just want to check HB or FB :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2608853 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 07:53:46 +0000 twodoghouse 2608853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Watching tv! Now if we turn on the tv they want to watch a kid's show. It's not that big of deal if we just turn off the tv altogether, but with football season coming, DH will want to have the tv on! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2608850 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 07:50:10 +0000 arosebyany 2608850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wrkbrk: @caterw: unfortunately it's me, not him lol. I even went as far as to move the crib into the bedroom, but that's apparently to far away from me. :bummed: I'm ridiculous, I know. But he's going to be my only one so I figure I'd just enjoy it. I will say he's about as cuddly as a cactus, kid likes his own space. Thank good for king size beds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2608846 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 07:43:04 +0000 LuLu Mom 2608846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Letting her sleep in our bed, we didn't until she was almost 2...and I wish we never would have started. Breaking it at almost 4 has been nearly impossible. DD2 will not be getting into bed with us, I'm not recreating this bad habit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2608677 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 19:43:26 +0000 caterw 2608677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish I had never ever let DD watch TV! She is a monster about movies and will ask for them constantly- at home, in the car, on my phone... I especially hate Daniel Tiger. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2608675 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 19:42:15 +0000 caterw 2608675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jackiedavis87: You still have time!! My daughter coslept for 9 months and switched to a crib! You can get your bed back eventually (and it's wayyyyy easier to convince them to sleep alone after 1 year when they can have stuffed animals in the bed). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2608674 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 19:42:10 +0000 wrkbrk 2608674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jackiedavis87: I could have written this post! DS is nine months tomorrow and I probably shouldn't have started letting him cosleep .... It used to work out great and recently not so much. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2608673 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 19:42:03 +0000 travellingbee 2608673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We never co-slept to start off the night but regretted the middle of the night coming into our room. It was a hard habit to break with LO1. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2608670 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 19:39:28 +0000 mamabolt 2608670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes on the car snacks! And snacks in front of the TV too. Crumbs. Everywhere. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2608655 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 19:03:11 +0000 Mrsbells 2608655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: letting her come into our bed in the middle of the night. she is 4 and we have only just succeeded in stopping her. we literally have to send her back to her room when she comes and its a bit heartbreaking because she is so used to it. but we had to put our foot down with the 2nd baby on the way </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2608648 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 18:41:45 +0000 looch 2608648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, the cosleeping. My son is 5.5 and we are just now (literally this past weekend) getting him to fall asleep in bed alone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2608643 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 18:12:55 +0000 arosebyany 2608643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Uuuhhhhh.....everything...ha! First off he sleeps in the bed with us, which I'm sure he will till at least school. Me and DH both never let him cry for longer then 5 seconds before were picking him up and trying to sooth him :meh: . At 8 months He's spoiled and were suckers, lol well have to see what happens as he gets older. :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/habits-you-wish-you-wouldnt-have-started#post-2608629 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 17:40:42 +0000 Bao 2608629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are there any habits you wish you wouldn't have started with your LO? </p> <p>One I can think of off the top of my head is snacks in the car. I started this and now we can't go anywhere without them having a snack to bring in the car with us, even if we are just going down the road. Obviously I could just say no, but then it becomes a huge whine fest and I have to choose my battles! </p>