https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:54:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-600050 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:23:43 +0000 Rubies 600050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I HATE that we do this (because it's now turning into a habit) but LO will, in the middle of a meal, tell me that she wants "up" and she takes her bowl and goes to her room. She'll eat and play at the same time. I want to teach her to eat at the table and in her chair but sometimes it's just easier to let her play and eat. SIGH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-600037 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:21:38 +0000 Honeybee 600037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I still rock DS to sleep and give him bottles in the middle of the night (at 11 months). I know he's probably not going STTN until I end both of those habits, but we've had so much going on in our lives the last three months (and probably will for the next three months, too) that I'm not willing to address it right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-599843 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:59:04 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 599843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably sleeping in the carseat. I don't care what weisbluth says, we gotta get out sometime. I will often pick a shopping destination that is farther from the house so that he has more time to nap.</p> <p>We don't do baths every day....and sometimes three days go by.....eh, whoops! We also don't do books every night. And we are introducing solids right now and don't do that every evening either! I work M and W at 6:30 so it has kept us from a proper nighttime routine. The only routine he really has is nurse in the glider, song, get zipped in his sleep sack, rock a little, put down. I honestly don't know how other families do the hour-plus long nighttime routine. Time is so strained around that time of day! Solids then bath then book then nurse then sleep??? My kid can barely stay up 2 hours so by the time we get done bathing he is ready to sleep. I am nervous about summer when DH spends so much time doing yard stuff at night....we really need to get this whole thing under control! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-599586 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:19:20 +0000 sarac 599586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, I turn on the tv when I'm having an awful day. She actually hates it, otherwise I'd let her watch an episode of sesame street daily. I can't think of any one hilarious thing I do, but overall parenting has been a long exercise in laughing at all the things I swore I'd never do. Before she was born I bought a beautiful new volvo, and I swore that she would never eat in it. Hah! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-599499 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:08:52 +0000 Mrs. Bee 599499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: both charlie and olive dropped their 3rd nap closer to 9 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-599489 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:06:59 +0000 loveisstrange 599489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally turn on a movie to entertain her when I'm having a hard day and need a break or when I really want to watch something DH would make fun of me for. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-599475 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:02:55 +0000 MaisyMay 599475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: Lol, thanks! I guess it just bugs me that she looks like she's watching the tv. Her daycare lady said that she watched most of the Lorax on Monday, just chilling in the pack'n'play. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-599462 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:00:14 +0000 prettylizy 599462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaisyMay: I don't consider that TV time! lol! I have netflix on in the background all day long just to hear adult voices in the house (and to drown out the annoying songs from LO's noisy toys.... shudders). </p> <p>To me, TV time is putting on a show marketed towards kids to distract and entertain her. So we don't watch Treehouse or cartoons or anything like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-599437 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:56:18 +0000 Weagle 599437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bottle or nursing to sleep at night. Baby Einstein or Mr. Rogers while I pump/make dinner/"rest my eyes"... there are many. The AAP recommends a lot of things, but none of them are home with my baby, so I'm not going to follow every recommendation blindly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-599153 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:05:14 +0000 heffalump 599153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What works for me...... letting my mom spoil LO whenever she wants to. Much easier then picking a fight with her even though I really would rather not have LO eat that cookie or let her get away without being in the stroller because my mom doesn't want to see her cry for two seconds. Really, those things aren't going to harm LO and it just makes life so much easier to go along with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-599150 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:04:17 +0000 mrsjyw 599150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 14 weeks and he still naps in the swing or bouncer sometimes. Wherever he falls asleep is where he sleeps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-599139 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:02:05 +0000 MsLipGloss 599139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think all of these are brilliant! </p> <p>For me, becoming a parent has been so much *letting go* and just doing the best I can in the moment. It has been humbling, but also rewarding. :) </p> <p>@FutureMrsMcK: I also swore that I would never co-bed (hahahah - I laugh at my pre-pg and pg self sometimes!) . . . we do it now (or nobody would be getting any sleep), and I love it. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-599073 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:29:50 +0000 Dandelion 599073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I let ds eat in front of the tv when I've made something that's not exactly his favorite food. Or at the computer. He's so focused on the screen that he's not really paying attention to what he's eating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-599052 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:17:56 +0000 pelikila 599052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The other night DS got to eat dinner outside sitting on the tailgate of DH's truck. That's the only way he wanted to eat so . . . it was the first time he ever ate any kind of red meat for us so we were thrilled. I have a feeling we'll have plenty of picnics in our future if it helps that much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-599046 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:06:09 +0000 Sammyfab 599046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@caffeinated: I do the same!! On days when my LO stays in his high chair for more than 10 minutes I am a happy mama. Otherwise, we've had a lot of mealtimes happen on the floor these days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-598943 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:31:44 +0000 T-Mom 598943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're a tv family. How I am supposed to keep a toddler and a 4 yr old out of trouble while I get ready for work or get dinner on the table without it is beyond me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-598922 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:31:34 +0000 SAHM0811 598922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: Don't worry... both my girls had 3 naps til 10 months. My second had 3 naps til close to 12 months actually. Forget what the sleep books say! Whatever works for your family :) I personally loved the 3rd nap late in the afternoon!</p> <p>ETA: oh and to answer the original post.. hmm when the girls get a little stir crazy and I'm doing a few chores, they watch some TV. But I don't think it's bad! I also still nurse my 19 month old at night... Some consider that bad, but I don't... What else? I'm sure there's more, but dinner in the tub... that's just awesome! I hate the mess at the table! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-598908 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:50:48 +0000 HabesBabe 598908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FutureMrsMcK: LOL ok, I don't feel so bad anymore! I keep reading about dropping the 3rd nap around month 6, and I'm like, uhhhhh, that's not happening anytime soon. Homegirl loves her 3 naps! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-598904 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:48:46 +0000 HLK208 598904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow! That actually seems brilliant and less messy :)</p> <p>@mrsmate: we've done this too. Educational games and Disney junior is usually what he goes for. I mean, he wakes up at 5am! I need to sleep until 6 or else I'm grumpy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-598901 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:44:32 +0000 lovehoneybee 598901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: She's about a month ahead of DS, and he usually takes 4-5 naps a day! (Granted they're only MAYBE half an hour each, but still!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-598898 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:41:37 +0000 MaisyMay 598898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO gets tv time. It's not intentional, but when I'm feeding her or when she's in my lap, there are times that the tv is on and I'm watching. I do try to turn her head away from it sometimes, but I also know that she's seen way more CSI:Miami than she should. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-598897 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:41:24 +0000 HabesBabe 598897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO wakes up most mornings between 6a-7a... I usually nurse her and she sleeps until 8:30am, which is reallllly nice.</p> <p>BUT she's still taking 3 naps a day at 7 1/2 months, so I think I might be doing more harm than good with this extra little snooze! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-598883 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:08:42 +0000 lovehoneybee 598883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bahahaha....that image is so awesome!</p> <p>For me the big thing was co-bedding. Swore I'd never do it, was told by our pedi and everyone else under the sun to do it, but it was the only way he would sleep the first few months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-598874 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:02:25 +0000 Freckles 598874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is too funny! Sigh, if LO doesn't wan to be in her high chair, i chase her around with food while she plays. So not ideal, but i do it anyways! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-598848 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:12:35 +0000 mrsmate 598848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's brilliant!</p> <p>I usually get very bad sleep bc DH snores terribly. Some mornings when DD is up before me I just.cannot.deal with starting the day. So I give her the iPad while she snuggles in bed with me, for up to an hour sometimes. Not ideal but it works for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-598838 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:05:58 +0000 Arden 598838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha, that's kind of awesome. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youve-been-doing-that-just-works-for-now-when-it-comes-to-parenting#post-598835 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:03:20 +0000 Mrs. Bee 598835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were running late for bedtime on Sunday and I had both kids by myself, so I fed them dinner while they were taking their bath. They ate so ridiculously well, we've fed them dinner in the tub the past two days. Since Olive eats soooooo little (I'm talking a couple bites the entire day some days), we're just doing what works now. I'm just glad she's eating! She's about to fall off the growth charts!</p> <p>Is there anything you've been doing as a parent that works, but is considered "wrong"? </p>