https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:32:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/6#post-1414440 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:56:58 +0000 dagret 1414440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So great to hear from everyone! </p> <p>L is good. His last dr. appt. he was 20.5 lbs (with a soaking wet diaper) and I think 31 inches? So he's a little string bean. </p> <p>He had hand foot and mouth right before his birthday, so THAT was fun. </p> <p>He's walking everywhere and can bend down and pick things up/carry them while he's walking. It's really cute. He has started to give kisses - both the fish mouth and open-mouthed variety. </p> <p>He moved up to the toddler room at daycare and doesn't take bottles any more. In fact, my husband has been rocking him to sleep instead of me nursing him to sleep. He's still nursing in the morning, after daycare, and in the night (kill me...) I'm kind of sick of it but i do love my snuggles, and how quickly it can calm him when he's hurt. Eating is still the same - he demands bananas several times a day and will only eat apples whole. </p> <p>Like @yerpie110's LO, he wants to do everything independently. We are in big trouble. </p> <p>He says mama, dada, dog, ball, banana (Baaaa-naah-naah), uh-oh, bye, and knows the sign for more. </p> <p>He's down to one nap, which kind of sucks. and he's in to EVERYTHING! He's started to get in to the bookcase and tries to crawl into the bathtub on the regular. And let's not forget his favorite toy, the dog's dishes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/6#post-1414343 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:38:12 +0000 yerpie110 1414343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't believe our babies are one!</p> <p>LO is doing well, though anyone else feel like their baby is 1 going on 13? She is so strong willed sometimes...I can't imagine her as a teenager! She doesn't walk consistently, though she does take a few steps here or there when she feels inclined to do so. I think she CAN walk, she just prefers crawling, and despite my efforts to encourage her, she'll just become rubber woman and drop to the floor if I try to make her stand when she doesn't want to. She can cruise like a pro and run around with her push walker. She is super indepedent (could play by herself for quite a while) and wants to do everything on her terms. I see a lot of myself in her, YIKES. </p> <p>Eating is the same. She eats well, and at least her green smoothies and fruits, as well as her WCM (she could drink a gallon if i let her!), remain passions of hers, because otherwise, she'll like something one day and hate it the next. And when she doesn't want to eat something, there's nothing I can do to make her! </p> <p>She says mama consistently, and occasionally says hi and appah (dad in Korean). She loves to wave and clap, give kisses, chase her "brother" (our dog), and our nanny taught her a new trick recently - we ask here "where's your nose?" and she'll point to her noise. So cute!</p> <p>She's still on two naps and sleeps through the night as well. She weighs 22 pounds and is 29 inches long. It's more tiring keeping an eye on her now since she gets into everything, but it's so much more fun! Her laughs and giggles are contagious :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/6#post-1414049 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 11:13:49 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1414049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Great to hear from everyone!</p> <p>D is doing well. He was about 17.5lbs, 29.5 inches at 12 months so a long skinny skinny kid which makes pants buying very difficult. He's still wearing 6 month clothes and 3 month pants!</p> <p>He's not walking either, but has excellent balance...can stand without pulling up...he's just not very interested in walking. I've been saying we're close for a long time, so I'll just stop saying it...I have no idea! He likes to dive head first off of things like couches and down stairs and has impressive arm strength...such a boy!</p> <p>He's got two meaningful words I think: "da or dad for DOG" and "Ca" for car, but the babbling of all different syllables and new ending of "words" is exponentially increasing each day. He says "Dada" all the time, but not to dad and almost never says "mama" in any way.</p> <p>He loves to read and play with water and opening and closing doors is a new obsession. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/6#post-1413934 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:45:04 +0000 pinkb 1413934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Abi is doing good. At her 12 months check up she was 20lbs (40th%) and 31 inches (90th%). She eats great but is getting picky about what she wants a lot of the time. We switched to WCM at 12 months she does ok with it, but only drinks about 10oz a day if we are lucky. Dr wants at least 16 oz but she just won't do it. We got rid of the bottles too, that was pretty easy but that was when her intake when down. </p> <p>She is cruising around on the furniture and walks with her walker but doesn't walk on her own yet. She doesn't talk yet, she babbles and says mamamama and dadada but mostly babababa. But doesn't really associate it with me or DH. She can listen and follow a few instructions like go get wubby or where is wubby. </p> <p>In between 1 and 2 naps, just depends on the day. But I think going to just 1 soon.</p> <p>Wubby is her lone paci she has left. It stays in her crib and she only gets it for naps and bedtime. We have decided to keep it around a bit longer, we were going to get rid of it at 1. But after seeing how she reacted to me cutting the paci off her other wubbanub, I just couldn't take the last one :( I rather wait until we can explain to her that it is going bye-bye and she can understand a bit. </p> <p>We go to a story time/ playtime every week at the library. She is the ADD mean kid…lol. She wants to run around during the quite storytime and then during playtime she tries to steal any toy that is being played with and gets mad if the other kid doesn't give it up…..she even resorts to trying to bite them :/ We are working on it though, more socialization is the only way it will get better so we keep going. But still very embarrassing.<br /> My SIL watches her once or twice a week also so she gets to socialize with her cousin who is 7 months. She does pretty good with her.</p> <p>She hates the park! Hates hates hates the swings.</p> <p>Has 4 teeth. And she is working on 4 more, has been for over a month, they take so long to come in!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/6#post-1413714 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 09:50:36 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1413714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>L is doing well.<br /> I'm back to work and she is really thriving during the day. She spends the day with Travelgirl1 and her daughter A that is a Nov. baby. It really is the best of both worlds for her. Special attention because there are only two kids and some good socialization. The girls are so cute together. </p> <p>She was sick last week with a stomach bug and had the big V and big D for the first time. It was the first time I really felt helpless as a mom. She was in a great mood the whole time and if I didn't look into her diaper I'd never know she was so sick. DH got it too. blech. I escaped it, thankfully.</p> <p>She is walking and running, and has been practicing walking backwards. She really likes pushing our laundry sorter/cart thingy around our apartment, backing it around corners and around obstacles. We joke that she'll grow up to be a hospital orderly.</p> <p>She's still eating well but what she will and won't eat changes by the hour. We are still nursing about three times a day. She drinks WCM while I'm at work and has finally started taking in more than a couple ounces. She's up to about 7-10 oz. of milk during the day. I'm not sure when we'll stop nursing. Sometimes I'm totally over it and then sometimes I just want to sit and cuddle with my girl.</p> <p>She has quiet a few words and is picking up more every day. Her favorite word is "That". This weekend we worked on teaching her to say "Delish" after she eats something yummy. So far it's sticking. So funny.</p> <p>At her last appt. she was 20lbs 15 oz (72%) and 31"(97%).</p> <p>@littlebug: I use this growth chart-<br /> <a href="http://www.childgrowthcalculator.com/#grafica_longitud" rel="nofollow">http://www.childgrowthcalculator.com/#grafica_longitud</a><br /> it uses World Health Info for Breastfed babies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1413631 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 09:29:25 +0000 littlebug 1413631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dax continues to be on the small side: 28 3/4" tall and 19lb 13oz. The ped says his weight puts him in the 2%, but when I look at the chart, I'm seeing him around 20%. So I don't know. I'm confused. </p> <p>Anyway. He JUST started crawling the week of his 1st birthday. He still isn't pulling up to stand and doesn't cruise the furniture. Occasionally he'll walk with a walker, but most of them when we stand him up to it, he refuses to straighten his body and starts yelling. If nothing else, we know the kid has killer abs. But it's incredibly frustrating. I feel like he's SO FAR behind and I don't really know what to do about it. When we asked the ped, he told us to just stand him up in the middle of the room and let go. Um, no, and thanks for your help. </p> <p>He waves, but it takes a bit of prompting. If you ask for a kiss, he leans into your face, sometimes with his mouth wide open. He can tell you what a monkey says ("ahh-ahh!") and sometimes will tell you what Padfoot (our cat) says ("ah-owww!"). He is INCREDIBLY vocal, and says "Mama" and "Da" fairly regularly, though I'm not sure if he's actually assigned meaning to them, yet. He seems to have started saying "Da" when he sees Hubs, so maybe? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1410976 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 01:32:34 +0000 birdofafeather 1410976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>what are the kiddos working on these days? she's a little late to the game, but just this week, she's started waving at people. her wave is so funny though, it's like a beauty queen on a parade float wave. i love it! i need to make sure i video it because i'm sure it will change next week!</p> <p>she's been running all over the place, but she still has her moments where she had a drunk baby walk. it's hilarious.</p> <p>another favorite thing this week was her crawling up the local gym at the park to a slide and sliding down all by herself (while DH and i spotted from 2 sides!)</p> <p>still waiting on an official first word... she's trying out her vocal sounds, but nothing as stuck quite yet!</p> <p>and 12 month check stats just because:<br /> 31" tall<br /> 21 lb 14 oz</p> <p>let's check in! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1228456 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 21:57:51 +0000 dagret 1228456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@coacheswife123: go Jack! Leo offers us food now too. It's so cute. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1227941 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 17:44:29 +0000 pl0508 1227941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Jack is about 31 inches long and 22 lbs. He has six teeth!<br /> I think we are right on the cusp of walking. If you follow me on IG you saw my video of him pushing his walker SO FAST. </p> <p>My favorite thing he does now: feeds us! He is always offering us his puffs :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1227323 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:32:10 +0000 allison 1227323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebug: I didn't see your post! I had a heart murmur when I was born, and it self-corrected. Hopefully D's will be the same!</p> <p>I feel like a lot of babies in this group are ahead of the curve, development-wise. Most babies are not walking at 9/10 months! Eli JUST started crawling. Like a week ago. I agree with others that it's SO hard not to compare, though.</p> <p>Hugs! Being a mama is so hard sometimes. :heart: :heart: :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1227221 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:09:31 +0000 dagret 1227221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>here are L's stats from his appt this am (his 9 month appt but he's almost 10 months!)</p> <p>Length:30.25 in<br /> Weight:18 lbs 15 oz<br /> Teeth: 4 (2 on top, 2 on bottom, next top 2 are working their way down)<br /> Recent Milestone: nodding. It is so cute. And he is cruising really well - we expect him to take off any day now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1223658 Mon, 18 Nov 2013 10:53:40 +0000 dagret 1223658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebug: It is super hard to not compare! L was scooting for the longest time, then all of a sudden he just took off crawling. The next week he was pulling himself up on stuff!</p> <p>I have a heart murmur and it's very minor - i don't even need to take antibiotics when I get dental work. </p> <p>Hang in there mama! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1223384 Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:40:38 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1223384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebug: hugs. It's so hard to not compare babies. D will crawl and he will walk. One baby in our play group walked a month before he ever crawled. His mom was very worried about the not crawling, LO and behold he preferred walking. His heart murmur is a scary thing, but from what I understand is common and often self limiting. I really hope that once you see the specialist your fears are eliminated.<br /> As far as weight gain, I've had my own concerns about L. She's still big, but not the huge jumbo baby she once was. For BF babies their weight gain slows around six months. Also, you are thin and healthy and D might just be built like his mama. Not every baby is going to be the biggest or the smallest.<br /> Do you have follow appointments soon? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1223338 Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:24:59 +0000 littlebug 1223338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: That is awesome! Go L!</p> <p>D is rolling all over the place, and shows very little interest in crawling. More and more frequently, he'll get onto his hands and knees from the sitting position, hold it for a few seconds, but then he just gives up and rolls off on his merry little way. He will roll clear across the room before you even know it, and can scootch himself around if he needs to change direction. But crawling? Nah. He can stand if we put him in the position, and has kind of started pulling himself up, but we're nowhere near walking.</p> <p>I think a lot of you read and commented on my post, but at his 9-month appointment, we were told that he's not gaining enough weight and that he has a heart murmur, so by the time the ped (casually, off-handedly) mentioned that he was behind in some of his gross motor development, I had pretty much shut down and didn't/couldn't even think to ask for details. Even before that appointment, though, I had my concerns. I know I shouldn't compare, but it's impossible not to, and I do worry that he's "behind." We don't push him, though, because we don't want to make him more frustrated and make him not want to try at all. So we continue to just let him take his time and figure things out on his own. But it's hard and it makes me sad sometimes to see that he's not hitting these milestones like other babies his age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1221074 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 13:33:32 +0000 birdofafeather 1221074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: so fun! we've been working on it, but she really only does it when we set her up and she's going back and forth to us. i did see her take a couple steps without my prompting today from the coffee table to our safety gate, so i do think she's getting more confident and knows what she's doing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1216508 Thu, 14 Nov 2013 16:20:24 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1216508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think we can call her a walker! Nine steps in a row today across our living room. </p> <p>So incredibly awesome. I've never seen her so pleased with herself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1194110 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 22:34:25 +0000 coastmama 1194110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Alright! I've been out of the loop for a while, but JM turned 10 months this today so I figured I needed to update. </p> <p>We didn't get measured today, but his 9 months stats were:</p> <p>30 inches<br /> 21 lbs. 14 oz. </p> <p>This past month he went from army crawling to "real" crawling. we are at 8 teeth, but he's been super fussy the past few days so I think we are going to see our molars pretty soon. He has also taken a few good steps, but I think it's still going to be some time before he walks completely by himself. He's into everything. He babbles quite a bit, but the only real words that I think he is attempting is "uh oh." He says it every time he drops something. It sounds more like "uh, uh." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1192479 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 13:14:43 +0000 allison 1192479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Late, as always, but here are E's 9 month stats!</p> <p>height: 29.5 inches</p> <p>weight: 21 lbs 11 oz</p> <p>teeth: He finally has one that's just starting to poke through, on the bottom! I think the other front bottom is coming soon, as well.</p> <p>recent milestone: He's sooo close to crawling. He takes a few "steps", but hasn't mastered the full-on crawl yet. The increased mobility is definitely keeping us on our toes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1159655 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 17:03:15 +0000 pinkb 1159655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Height: 29inches<br /> Weight: 18.1lbs (she has shot up a lot since her last check up and now is normal average size! Yay)<br /> Teeth: bottom 2 working on top 2, her gums are super swollen.<br /> Recent Milestones: Crawls and is currently trying to pull up/ stand up. Babbles a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1154718 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:00:43 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1154718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I refuse to believe that it's time for nine month updates! Waaaaah!</p> <p>Ht. 29.75"<br /> Wt. 20lbs 10oz slimming down finally!<br /> Teeth. Top four, bottom three<br /> Milestones. She took her first step last week and has refused to repeat it! She loves climbing onto the sofa and has almost mastered getting off of it by going backwards. She waves hello and goodbye constantly and gets frustrated when people don't wave back so she waves harder. She claps, mostly for herself and the pup, sometimes for me. My favorite thing right now is her social laughter. When she hears someone laugh, she laughs. Even is it's just some random person on the street. She signed more back to me a few times. She has three words - Hi, Dada, &amp; Mama....with an emphasis on dada. I'm really loving this age! I think i say that every month! Haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1154702 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 09:53:08 +0000 swurlygurl 1154702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: L REFUSES to walk with the rolling toys. She freaks out and grabs for me to save her. Haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1154697 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 09:52:08 +0000 swurlygurl 1154697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: I know - it's so sad! But exciting? I'm confused... Haha.</p> <p>Height: 28 in<br /> Weight: 19 lb<br /> Teeth: 4 total (2 on top 2 on bottom), 2 more on top working their way down, verrrry slowly<br /> Recent Milestones: Dancing, clapping, cruising, standing on her own for a couple seconds </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1151345 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 15:01:13 +0000 birdofafeather 1151345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ok ladies! 9 month updates! (how are they nine months already?!)</p> <p>height: 29.75 in<br /> weight: 19 lb 10 oz<br /> teeth: 2 bottoms all the way in, top 4 working their way down (all in various stages of cutting through)<br /> recent milestones: cruising all over the place, using household objects as walkers, can stand on her own for about 10 seconds at a time!</p> <p>how are your kiddos doing? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1120391 Sun, 29 Sep 2013 21:27:27 +0000 heartsnsunshine 1120391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Little one here has been even more mobile. He has been taking stepa for the last few weeks both assisted and unassisted. He climbs stairs and stands up all by himself climbs on things pillows are no longer barriers for him...sigh. I have a feeling hes gonna be walking by 9 months! Please pray for us lol hes already into everything! </p> <p>But he STILL has no teeth! We thought for sure he was teething earlier this week , but he ended up having a virus that caused h I m to be miserable. .... damn teeth are waiting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1120207 Sun, 29 Sep 2013 19:24:40 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1120207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: way to go D!<br /> @kayakgirl73: I just love babbling! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1120063 Sun, 29 Sep 2013 17:35:19 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1120063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've got full-on crawling in our house! He took his first few drawls on Thursday, strung more "steps" together on Friday and now he's off! So fun to watch! And so much less groaning out of frustration. He's pulling up to stand a bit too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1109092 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:18:47 +0000 kayakgirl73 1109092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It is a wonderful stage. We have da da going on as well. She has six teeth and boy do I know it some days. She's getting faster every day with her crawling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1108945 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 20:12:11 +0000 pl0508 1108945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've got 2 teeth and are working on a third ! Jack is crawling everywhere and pulls to stand like a pro! He even let's go and stands there for a few seconds before plopping down ! He's babbling something that sounds an awful lot like DaDa ! This has been my most favorite stage ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1108930 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 20:04:02 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1108930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So much crawling this week! I both love and hate baby mobility.<br /> L has taken to waving at everyone we meet. She also says a "Hi/Hey" with it. Not sure if we can count it as a word but she only says it when waving. She asks for Dada when happy and mama when sad. She doesn't use them consistently, but she is using them specifically.<br /> Last week brought another two teeth for a grand total of six. And with them came biting. Never while nursing, But she crawled up to me and bit my arm today. Hard. Didn't even see it coming. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/january-2013-milestones/page/5#post-1108875 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:40:51 +0000 pinkb 1108875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As of today Abi is crawling. Man are we in trouble..lol. I love this stage she is so interested in getting into everything and the animals, she wants to always be touching one of the dogs or the cat. She screams at them thinking they will some to her when all they do is run and hide. She LOVES to get kisses from them. 2 teeth so far on the bottom but I think more are coming soon. We officialy put away the infant car seat and moved her to the convertable ones.<br /> She doesnt try to pull up yet but she does try to stand up when she is on her knees :/ </p>