https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:49:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2340494 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:11:57 +0000 turkeylurkey 2340494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ValentineMommy: Can you add me to FB page? Thanks! Or PM me the link or group name? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2310682 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 10:09:02 +0000 Mrs. Pickles 2310682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaCate: I hope your first day back is going ok!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2310666 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 09:52:36 +0000 simplyfelicity 2310666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaCate: Wishing you a great first day back! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2310664 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 09:51:24 +0000 simplyfelicity 2310664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bluemasonjar: Yay! I hope you will join us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2310654 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 09:41:04 +0000 Bluemasonjar 2310654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: Thanks! Hope you are doing well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2310624 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 09:20:14 +0000 MamaCate 2310624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: heading back to work today. :bummed: but bringing baby since his daycare spot isn't available for another week!</p> <p>On top of that, raging case of mastitis beginning Saturday morning which has distracted me from feeling too upset about going back.</p> <p>How are you? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2310579 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 08:30:21 +0000 mrsjyw 2310579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaCate: @sweettooth: how are you guys doing?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2310575 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 08:29:22 +0000 mrsjyw 2310575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bluemasonjar: if you wall valentine mommy she can add you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2310524 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 07:07:34 +0000 Bluemasonjar 2310524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can someone send me the FB group info? I miss having July mom's on here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2265556 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 20:32:21 +0000 travelgirl1 2265556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaCate: A is very similar on the loving baby brother but struggling with divided attention. I get told to put him down many times a day.</p> <p> @QBbride: Love baby smiles! We don't get too many of them here, he saves them all for his dad and just stares at me as if to say, "where's my milk, lady?" :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2265550 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 20:29:03 +0000 travelgirl1 2265550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: Awww I bet A will LOVE preschool! We went back on forth on sending A but there wasn't anything suitable close by. Hopefully we will find something for her soon though. Ahhh I have been SO bad at taking pics of baby T, I need to get my act together!</p> <p>@Mrs. Pickles: Sorry you have anxiety about going back to work. I can see how that must be stressful :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2264774 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 03:27:32 +0000 MamaCate 2264774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As for me, we just passed the 5 week mark. LO is doing great and gaining weight for sure. I am EPing and bottle feeding now and thankfully have a good supply and have been freezing about 16 oz a day. LO eats about every three hours although I still wake him from naps at times. At night he will go four hours and then be up every three, which is not terrible for his age. We are going to work on getting him back to nursing this week so I am tentatively hopeful about that.</p> <p>Big sister loves him but struggles sometimes with the divided attention. I am still doing her bedtime routine and that seems to help. DH has been working a calmer schedule which helps a lot but he will be switching to a busier one in a week. I feel like we are slowly easing into solo parenting with two so I am thankful for that! Hope everyone continues to do well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2264773 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 03:23:00 +0000 MamaCate 2264773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: Thanks for the feedback on bras. I ordered two from Soma (with underwire) and they came over the weekend but I haven't really tried them on. They look good though. How great that C is doing well and you are building a freezer stash! I would like to hear more about the logistics of combined bath time--I felt like I would have to wait on that until baby is bigger/more stable.</p> <p>@simplyfelicity: So glad nursing is going better! Fingers crossed we have some good news over here soon too!</p> <p>@Mrs. Pickles: wow I can't believe you go back to work this month--time flies! I hope that baby calms down enough for daycare to work itself out. My first LO was much more like you describe and this one is much more chill--it is such a difference. Let us know how it goes!</p> <p>@QBbride: that is a great stretch of sleep! I feel like I am putting baby down a lot to deal with big sister and I am so thankful that he is so calm and relaxed about it. We will see how it goes when he gets bigger! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2264747 Sun, 16 Aug 2015 22:37:21 +0000 QBbride 2264747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: the fb group is super active! Sometimes I find it hard to keep up on there. I wish everyone who wasn't in it would join. I feel bad that it makes this thread a lot quieter!</p> <p>M is 5 1/2 weeks and doing really well! At 4 weeks she was just under 8 lbs (6lbs 7oz at birth). She has gotten super chubby recently!! She feeds every 2-3 hours during the day and I put her down between 10-11pm at night. She sleeps really well that first stretch (up between 3:30-5!) but then has trouble going back to sleep and usually DS is up by the time she is asleep. So I start my day quite early! She has been smiling like crazy. Generally she is much more easy going than her brother, which is good because I have to put her down a lot to attend to him. I feel like I'm adjusting better than I expected to having two but my DS is in daycare 3x/week, which helps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2264722 Sun, 16 Aug 2015 21:17:19 +0000 Mrs. Pickles 2264722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: 60 oz that's awesome!!!#<br /> C is 8 weeks this week I feel like time has flown by..I got back to work the 31st and have so much anxiety<br /> He's more of a fussy baby ..sleep fighter and just wants to eat all the time I'm so so nervous my daycare (my mom and mil) going to say they can't handle both boys </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2264356 Sat, 15 Aug 2015 23:50:09 +0000 mrsjyw 2264356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: ahhh! My bad! I will post more here so my last post gets eaten alive! So glad things are better!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2264340 Sat, 15 Aug 2015 21:57:40 +0000 simplyfelicity 2264340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: Much better but I am afraid to jinx it! And you totally "outed" my gold post! Jk. :wink: I wish you would join us on Facebook but I totally understand. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2264314 Sat, 15 Aug 2015 20:33:39 +0000 mrsjyw 2264314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: how is nursing going? And OMG you are the best wife ever for attempting pp sex!! hope you and L are well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2264312 Sat, 15 Aug 2015 20:32:12 +0000 mrsjyw 2264312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sweetooth: how is O? Is he almost two months now?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2264311 Sat, 15 Aug 2015 20:30:57 +0000 mrsjyw 2264311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: I can't believe how big our nov babies are now!! Hope you are feeling better w recovery and hope a is doing well w potty training!! I am nervous for a to start to preschool as i know the transition will be rough but I am excited for him to learn and make new friends! More pics of T please!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2264308 Sat, 15 Aug 2015 20:27:30 +0000 mrsjyw 2264308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaCate: I have a couple of medela ones, one structured one and a sports bra like one. I have a few others from target but I've mostly been wearing regular bras bigger size or sports bras with nursing pads underneath camis and such. I need layers because I leak every time he's latched to one side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2264307 Sat, 15 Aug 2015 20:25:19 +0000 mrsjyw 2264307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ds is a month old today! Fastest month of my life!! </p> <p>He and I caught ds1's head cold but thankfully it was just sneezing and congestion and no fever. We are all on the mend now. </p> <p>We've been out and about a lot which is way different than last time and I feel "normal" despite having given birth a month ago! I do have some scar tissue I noticed last night but I have my pp check on Tuesday and will ask ob about it then! </p> <p>C is now sleeping in the crib overnight (w me in the bed in his nursery) which is great because we didn't move ds1 until 12 weeks from a pnp in our room to his crib and it took a towel underneath his crib sheet for a while during the transition. Naps are anywhere from his crib to swing to newborn lounger or car seat when we're out. We've been doing bath time this wk with both boys and I even did it solo in Thursday! C goes down around 8 and does a 3 or 4 hour stretch then it's wake ups every 2-3 hours until we get up for the day. He's getting bigger so I'm hoping we get a longer first stretch in the coming months.</p> <p>I've got a lil stash going of 60oz or so and adding a bad every day or two. The exhaustion is setting in but for the most part were productive which is keeping me sane. We did a family zoo trip Friday and today we went to open house for ds1's preschool that he'll be starting in september!<br /> Hope you and all your babies are well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2256105 Thu, 06 Aug 2015 05:52:19 +0000 MamaCate 2256105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: thanks! It is a relief! Glad to hear that C is doing well with jaundice and everything. Our ped makes you come back for weight checks until the baby is back at birthweight so this time we only had to go two extra times for checks. Your older DS sounds like my DD--very interested in baby and wanting to love on him all the time. We are trying to work in when to play with him and when to leave him alone (sleeping, eating) but it is very sweet to watch!</p> <p>@travelgirl1: Thanks for the good wishes! Sorry to hear your recovery has been challenging! Your baby sounds chill like mine--I can't believe how much better a sleeper he is than my DD (knock on wood)! Good luck with potty training!</p> <p>I am not on the FB group either (and not on FB in general) so it is good to hear how you are both doing!</p> <p>I am just beginning to feel ready to start to be more active and took a walk yesterday with DS before it got too hot. I don't want to overdo it but it feels good to start moving again. LO is still eating 9x a day and I am pumping the same but planning to move down to every 3 hours and a longer stretch at night once he hits a month next week. I eventually need to find nursing bras too--any suggestions? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/3#post-2256045 Wed, 05 Aug 2015 22:00:01 +0000 travelgirl1 2256045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaCate: Great news on the weight gain!</p> <p>@mrsjyw: I'm sad you can't join the FB group too :sad: Yes there is a ton of activity on there, I think it's just easier to talk about some things on a private thread. But I do feel bad that it had meant it is quieter here.<br /> Sounds like baby C is doing awesome and so glad to hear your recovery went well!</p> <p>We're doing good, T is -so far - a very chill baby. DH went back to work two days ago and I am coping well, I just struggle with the guilt of not cuddling T enough because I am rushing to do things with A, and making A wait because I am so busy feeding/sorting out T. Hopefully it will be easier to find our groove when I can take them out more. C-section recovery was brutal for me this time, so much worse than with A. But I'm doing a lot better now. Oh but nighttime sleep is the worst, when one sleeps the other wakes up :shocked: Ooooh we are potty training this week too. So lots to keep us busy :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/2#post-2256014 Wed, 05 Aug 2015 21:12:51 +0000 mrsjyw 2256014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaCate: such a great feeling!! yay wt gain!! we haven't been back since our last "ok" from the jaundice check-up, but I'm pretty sure DS is back up at birth weight by now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/2#post-2256011 Wed, 05 Aug 2015 21:12:06 +0000 mrsjyw 2256011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How are you all doing?? I'm so sad I can't join the FB group! Is there a lot of activity over there? Although, I've been trying to avoid my phone during MOTN wakeups!</p> <p>Alls well over here, baby C is 3 weeks today! He's still sleeping lots, eating well, and I feel like he's growing so fast already!! My grandma who's been in town from Korea since my bro's wedding in May leaves tomorrow, so we are all a bit sad around here... but everything with the boys is going well. DS1 is still in the honeymoon phase of loving on his bro and DS2 is doing 3 hour chunks of sleep at night usually; aside from growth spurt nights when he's up every 2/2.5 hours... and I am adjusting a lot better/easier this time around than last. Post partum recovery has been a breeze, thankfully. Hope you and your LOs all are well :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/2#post-2251469 Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:57:31 +0000 MamaCate 2251469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Update from me: we went back to the pediatrician today and DS is finally back to his birth weight today! I am on day 6 of exclusively pumping to feed him. I am so happy he is able to get the benefits of breastmilk even though he can't latch but I am having trouble thinking about how sustainable this is. I will definitely do it during leave and I hope I can keep up but the logistics are sort of daunting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/2#post-2251468 Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:55:30 +0000 MamaCate 2251468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sweetooth: Great pics! What a cutie! Thanks for sharing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/2#post-2250887 Fri, 31 Jul 2015 08:36:46 +0000 mrsjyw 2250887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sweetooth: adorable!! So so cute! Can't believe how fast time flies and how much they grow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/july-2015-mamas-amp-babies/page/2#post-2250232 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 16:40:13 +0000 turkeylurkey 2250232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sweetooth: very sweet little one! </p>