https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:46:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/151#post-1954966 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:25:44 +0000 cookie_dough 1954966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: Ya, when we moved to 2 naps, his second nap became super long (and awesome!)...it was so nice. </p> <p>But of course within the span of a few days, everything has changed again! He's now sleeping great at night (knock on wood). I haven't had to feed him at all in the night and he's slept about 12 hours the last 3 nights. BUT I do still have to replace his paci a few times a night. His naps are kind of crappy now though. The morning one is ok...since it's usually still out in the stroller/car seat somewhere. But the afternoon one has gotten way shorter. About an hour and a half now? And he wakes up all of a sudden, and screams his head off. I'm wondering if it's the solids again, since we are doing them at lunch now. He used to wake up gradually and happy from his naps. But now he can't be soothed back to sleep at all. So I'm not sure if he's just had enough sleep because he's sleeping longer at night, or if his tummy is bothering him or something. Maybe I will cut out solids completely for a few days and see what happens.</p> <p>@anandam: No sleep training here...yet. I would really like to sleep train to get rid of the paci (is that still considered sleep training?) but i'm way too scared to do it because I know it will keep DD awake all night if he's up screaming. But to fall asleep we haven't had to sleep train...the paci is usually enough, luckily. And if he's really tired, he can fall asleep without it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/151#post-1954938 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:05:40 +0000 Mamasig 1954938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anandam: we didn't sleep train. He falls asleep either through rocking, the stroller, the bottle, me holding him, or randomly by himself. My mom still has to hold him for some naps. She always tries to put him in the crib for naps but he wakes up. So she holds him, puts him in the rnp, or lays him next to her on the sofa. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/151#post-1954791 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 13:42:42 +0000 anandam 1954791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cookie_dough: So cute and messy! :) Did you guys sleep train or anything? I'm jealous of your long unassisted naps. We're still rocking to sleep and only getting 45 minutes... He seems well rested, but still, I wonder if it should be different. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/151#post-1954767 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 13:28:43 +0000 anandam 1954767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: We still don't really have a schedule... and just spent two weeks with ILs who are 2 time zones West of us, and had the clock change, so we're all over the place. I kept a record the last few days and here's a basic trend:</p> <p>7 or 8a = wake up<br /> 9 or 10a = nap #1<br /> 1 or 2p = nap #2<br /> 5ish = nap #3<br /> 8ish = sometimes a catnap?<br /> 9 or 10ish = bedtime</p> <p>I offer to nurse before/after most naps, and in between wherever he seems to want it (nuzzling in or grabbing my shirt), including throughout the night. Naps are still usually about 45min, but are sometimes getting longer, so we're slowly consolidating from 4 to 3 naps, it seems. We're just starting to try to get him in the crib (at our bedside) for more nighttime sleep...I miss having my own space! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/151#post-1949988 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 23:37:24 +0000 Glitter 1949988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our days usually go like this:</p> <p>8:30 Gio wakes up. Nurse &amp; Play until nap time<br /> 11:00 Nap<br /> 12:00 Awake. Nurse or offer solids. Play. May nurse again.<br /> 2:30 Nap<br /> 3:00 Awake. Nurse off and on until next nap. Play.<br /> 6:00 Nap<br /> 7:00 Awake. Nurse. Bathe. Get ready for bed. Nurse off and on for the next 2 hrs.<br /> 9:00 STTN (sometimes involving nursing while we both sleep) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/151#post-1949236 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:58:38 +0000 Mae 1949236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cookie_dough: so cute!! We were on 4 naps until 2 weeks ago when I sort if pushed her into a 3 nap schedule and she's been doing so well and fighting her last nap now I almost wonder if she's ready to move to 2? But I think I want to nap train first bc I'm still holding her for every nap! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/151#post-1949182 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:37:07 +0000 cookie_dough 1949182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I finally have a few minutes on the computer! Our daily schedule looks a little like this:</p> <p>6h30 (ish): wake up for the day<br /> If DH gets up with him, he usually has a bottle right away. If I get up with them, I try and hold off until a bit later (around 7h30).<br /> Then our mornings really vary. He usually has a nap around 8h30/9h00 and he sleeps until 10h30 at the latest (yes...I wake him up...I'm terrible!) But we are often out and about, so he will nap in his car seat and might get two short naps rather than one long one, depending on what we are doing.<br /> 10h45ish: 2nd bottle (he usually gets this when we are out somewhere)<br /> 11h30/12h00: solids. We have so far only offered oat cereal, and I have mixed in some prunes and some sweet potato as well. He's also had a few mum mums. He loves to eat! HUGE difference compared to DD who never opened her mouth until she was well over a year old.<br /> 1h00: bottle<br /> 1h15ish: nap time<br /> I let him sleep as long as he wants, but he usually wakes up around 3h30...sometimes he sleeps till 4h00.<br /> 5h00: bottle<br /> 7h30: bottle<br /> 7h45/8h00: bed</p> <p>It was really nice when he dropped the third nap...for some reason I always found it tough to get that third nap in!</p> <p>We don't really have a bedtime routine other than changing into pyjamas, having a bottle on the couch, and then I bring him up to his crib and lay him down. He can usually fall asleep on his own. For naptimes he has a harder time falling asleep on his own, so he often gets his pacifier.</p> <p>We were previously giving solids at dinner time instead of lunch...and his sleep got terrible. Since switching to lunch time, his sleep seems to have improved! I do have to get up a few times to put his paci in (he can fall asleep without it, but then does wake up looking for it in the middle of the night). I still do one night feed around 3/4 a.m. but he only drinks 2 -3 oz. He is pretty restless between 4 and 5h30 though, so I'm up a few times in that timeframe putting his paci back in, hoping he's not up for the day!!</p> <p>Other than that, he has his two bottom teeth, and is just starting to sit up on his own (he's pretty steady, but I still sit right behind him because he does on occasion fling himself backwards). We have our 6 month appointment next week so I will know our updated weight/height then. He's so so tall, I get comments every day. He's pretty skinny though, so not sure what his weight will be!</p> <p>And because I haven't posted a pic in a while...here he is eating his lunch today :-) </p> [attach=3378/14/nf8wxw.450x600.will-eating.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/151#post-1946824 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:53:07 +0000 Mamasig 1946824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: So LO doesn't really have a set schedule but his day is something like this.</p> <p>Before daylight savings time, he was waking up from 7-8. Lately it's been 6-7, but the the past two days it was 7:15, so hopefully it's going back to his old time.</p> <p>He drinks his 1st bottle at around 7:30. I leave for work at 7:15, so after that I'm not totally sure and our weekends are usually just go with the flow.</p> <p>My mom feeds his oatmeal at around 8:15 to 8:30. I think she gives him another bottle around 9 or so for him to take a nap. This is typically a shorter nap.</p> <p>No idea after this. I just know he eats about every 3 hours and usually takes two more naps.</p> <p>When I get home at 5, he usually has just finished a bottle and maybe is taking a nap. When he wakes up from his nap or around 5:30 if he didn't fall asleep, I give him veggies/fruit. Then around 6:30 to 6:45, he gets a bath. After that he gets another bottle, and is usually out for the night around 7:30. If he took a later nap (like today), he doesn't fall asleep until later (today was around 8:45). Then he's out until the morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/151#post-1946743 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 21:36:32 +0000 skipra 1946743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cheesetomywhine: poor guy! Hope everything is ok with the cyst</p> <p>@Mae: G's ped seems to think that babies seem to settle onto their growth curve around 6 months and at this point a lot of size is genetics. Funny because we were so worried with W but then we compared him to DH's baby records and they gained like the exact same amount of weight over the first year. </p> <p>Our day normally looks something like this:</p> <p>5-6 am G wakes up and nurses. Sometimes goes back to sleep but normally hangs out until DH showers and goes downstairs with both boys.<br /> 8am: DH leaves for work and G nurses then goes down for his nap. He'll nap anywhere from 30 min to 1.5 hours. If he takes a short nap then I strap him in the ergo and we go for a walk so he can sleep longer.<br /> 11 am: Nurse again but usually just very briefly.<br /> 11:30am: W's lunchtime and sometimes G will get a taste of something, like banana or avocado.<br /> 12-1pm: put G down for another nap and get W down for his nap. G usually only naps for 30 min max before he's up looking for some one on one time. We usually play and have a long nurse/nap session on the couch until W wakes up.<br /> 5-6pm: nurse again and then pump a little bit to make cereal. We eat dinner around 6, a mix of puree and cereal plus some sweet potato or what we're having if it's ok for him.<br /> 7pm: Bedtime and maybe a bath. Nurse to sleep.<br /> 8pm: He is awake already so back up I go to get him back to sleep. Usually involves the other boob<br /> 9pm: Up again so I give up and take him to bed with me.<br /> 12-5am: Wakes up to nurse at least once or twice and for pacifier a few times.</p> <p>Eta - sometimes we get a short late afternoon nap (from like 4:30-5) depending on the mid-day one and if not we might do a slightly earlier bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/151#post-1946693 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 20:46:40 +0000 cheesetomywhine 1946693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: Hahaha I hear you! No rush here either. So far he only legit crawls only to me if he is hungry. He goes super slow and whines the whole time. I need to get it on tape! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/151#post-1946636 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 20:05:10 +0000 Mae 1946636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cheesetomywhine: aw, poor babe! and omg crawling! what is UP with these advanced babies?! Fiona seems on the slower side with milestones and that is a-ok with me. She may be my only baby and life I'm not rushed to have her grow up at all! (except the sleeping thing. She could grow up a little bit there and start STTN any day now.... haha) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/151#post-1946600 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 19:21:42 +0000 cheesetomywhine 1946600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: she is doing so much better!</p> <p>$tephen's schedule is:<br /> 7 up and nurse<br /> 8-10 nap<br /> 10- nurse<br /> 11/11:15-12:30ish- nap<br /> 12:30ish- nurse (may make this BLW and nurse afterwards though)<br /> 1:30-3:30- nap<br /> 3:30- nurse<br /> 4:30-5/5:30- nap<br /> 5:30- BLW supper<br /> 6:30- nurse, Jamie's, family story<br /> 6:50- bed</p> <p>He was down to the 15% at his check up based on his prior curve. I'm not worried since he does so well with eating. He has been scooting for ages and just started crawling so he is a busy boy lol. He has a little (benign) cyst on the side of his forehead though so he has to go see a pediatric plastic surgeon :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/151#post-1946579 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 18:45:47 +0000 Mae 1946579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: It is seriously so amazing that your littles have gained so much!! I struggle a little with not worrying about Fiona because she was at 75% for weight when she was 1 an 2 months (before eating issues) and then fell to 58% at 4 months and now 44% at 6 months. And her length is still 75% (was 75/75 at 1 and 2 months). It does seem sort of crazy to me how little she eats some days, and it's hard not to stress when she does poorly with a bottle bc she usually only has 4. But tons of trial and error have showed that when I push to give her 5+ bottles she eats even less! With 4 bottles she seems to get really hungry an eat more. Usually. But sometimes she'll eat like 2 oz an I'm like... really kid you haven't eaten in 4 hrs an you only want 2oz?! </p> <p>But, the doc is happy with her weight, and especially with the progress we're making in her behaviors (we've moved from total food refusal, to eating willingly but only swaddled right before a nap if she was tired but not too tired only in our bedroom with fan and white noise on and only if I was feeding her, to (now) eating based on time/hunger rather than tiredness and eating without being swaddled and eating anywhere in our home and taking at least one (sometimes two!) bottles/day from DH. So there is big behavioral progress at least, even on the days she only eats 21 or 22 oz! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/150#post-1946564 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 18:09:03 +0000 twodoghouse 1946564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: I knowwww! They eat a ton per day too. Sometimes Blake gets to 30 oz of (high calorie) formula per day + nursing. No wonder he's gained 12 lbs since birth! I think eating frequently is really good for his reflux and helps minimize spit up, but I wish we could go longer between feedings! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/150#post-1946558 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:50:59 +0000 Mae 1946558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: OMG they both eat so often! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/150#post-1946547 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:21:45 +0000 twodoghouse 1946547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: Our schedule is still awake-time based, not clock based, but here's a rough outline of what it's been lately. </p> <p>5:00 on the dot they are AWAKE. Wtf? Sometimes we can get them back down until 6ish, but not always. I usually nurse one then the other for as long as I can until they both are like super awake and then we go downstairs. Blake gets his medicine. Both get 2 oz bottles and nurse again. </p> <p>1.5 hrs after wake up - 4 oz bottles and nurse to sleep for nap 1. This nap is starting to improve and they usually sleep an hour before starting crying. As long as it's only one baby crying I can keep the nap going to 2 hrs by nursing or rocking. After waking, Blake will take a bottle and nurse. </p> <p>1 hr after nap wake up Alice might take a 4 oz bottle. Sometime give Blake 2 oz bottle here too. Both nurse and lately we've been trying to get solids in here too. </p> <p>2 hr after nap wake up Alice gets 2 or 4 oz bottle, Blake gets 4 oz bottle. Both nurse to sleep. Nap lasts between 45 min and 2 hrs. (Different everyday) I isually end up nursing one or both of them back to sleep mid nap. When they wake Blake takes 4 oz bottle. Alice might take a bottle? </p> <p>1 hr after nap Alice takes 4 oz bottle. Both nurse. </p> <p>2 hr after nap wake up they both get 4 oz bottles and nurse. I try for a nap here but they've been rejecting it. </p> <p>3 hr after nap wake up they usually go down for a cat nap (nurse to sleep). Only sleep for 20-40 minutes. Nurse or bottles when they wake up. </p> <p>1-2 hr after wake up (depending on what time it is) they get bath, books, bottles, nurse then down for the night. Lately they've been up between 3-5 times each in the night. I generally nurse them and Blake sometimes eats a couple bottles (2 oz) in the night).</p> <p>ETA: I've really been wanting to do a day in the life log of one of our days at 6 months. I already can't remember what the newborn days were like! Maybe this post will be my motivation! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/150#post-1946537 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 16:48:27 +0000 Mae 1946537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Resurrecting the defunct thread!! I'd love to hear what you guys' schedules are currently like. Over the last few weeks we finally have one but it still feels a bit rushed. Our typical day: </p> <p>6-6:30am: Fia gets up and my husband takes her downstairs</p> <p>7:30am: First bottle (6.75 oz)</p> <p>8am-10am: I take her up for her first nap. I'm still holding her for all naps, but by doing that she generally will nap for 2+ hrs. </p> <p>10am: Best time for solids I think. But some days we have errands to run at this point and then I don't know when to do solids. </p> <p>11:30am: 2nd bottle (6-8 oz). If she seems really tired sometimes I'll let her take a 15 min catnap at this point, otherwise we power through. </p> <p>1-3pm: 2nd nap (I hold her again)</p> <p>3:30pm- 3rd bottle (6-8 oz)</p> <p>5-6:30pm- 3rd nap (I hold her again)</p> <p>7:30pm- bed time (I know it is weird to have her last nap so close to bed, but if she is up more than 1 hr before we start bedtime she melts down and is impossible to get to sleep. she's weird.) Bath e/o night. Bottle, books, song, bed. We just started sleep training last night so I don't have to rock her to sleep and hold her all night or cosleep. So far so good, but its only been one night :) (but she did sleep in her crib all night and i never once picked her up after 8pm last night!!!)</p> <p>She hasn't wanted to eat MOTN since 2 mo so that isn't an issue. Overnights are still a work in progress. Hence sleep training. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/150#post-1873436 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 17:23:01 +0000 Mae 1873436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: @skipra: yep i know this is normal but its still hard on us (dh esp). I think if we could get back to where we were a month or so ago when all we had to do to put fia to sleep was wait until she was tired (she has cleeeear signals) and stick her in her bed then she'd let him do it. i think we are still on the tail end of some regression stuff but also at this point i think getting rocked to sleep is just habit. so starting today i'm trying to swaddle wean her. ped said it will be easier for her to self-soothe if she has her arms if/when we sleep train, so I think this is a necessary first step. its been a sort of rough day but not horrible. since we've been doing the double swaddle with an a&amp;a then the swaddle sack to really make a tight swaddle i decided to take a 3 step weaning approach. today she is in her a&amp;a blanket swaddled but then just zipped into a sleep sack with the arm holes sewed closed. so she's sort of swaddled but not nearly as snug as usual. after she is used to this i think we'll remove the a&amp;a and just zip her into the sleep sack with arm holes sewn so she can move around somewhat but not smack herself in the face. once she's ok with that i'll open the arm holes and just let her sleep in the sleep sack as intended. hopefully this makes the transition not too horrible?? Or at least do-able. I've tried a few time now swaddling her with one or both arms out and i've never been able to get hr to sleep that way, she just cries and rubs her eyes until i swaddle her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/150#post-1873388 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:15:09 +0000 Mamasig 1873388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anandam: he's taking after his older brother! They are pretty much in the exact % for weight, height, and head circumference. My older son doesn't look as chubby- he's solid. I wonder how little brother will grow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/150#post-1873378 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:58:48 +0000 anandam 1873378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: Oh how sad! Is this post vaccine or just random? Sooo not looking forward to our first cold. Extra rough that you've caught one yourself :( Fx for fast recovery!</p> <p>@Mamasig: So many big boys from this board! What was in the water last August?! We're at 17.5lb and 26.8in, but 20!!! You must be getting such a workout carrying him around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/150#post-1873187 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 14:19:03 +0000 twodoghouse 1873187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skipra: Thanks!</p> <p>@Mamasig: We've been doing the baby Vicks and socks! Drowsy but awake worked for a hot second during our baby sleep bliss period at 3.5 months. Now it's like a bad joke. This book in reading keeps talking about catching the baby's drowsy wave and then putting them down for naps. Which is all well and good if we could all sit there and stare at our kids waiting for one to blink three times in a row or something. But who has time for that? Especially if you have another child to look after! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/150#post-1873167 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 14:07:06 +0000 skipra 1873167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: Aww poor babies! Hope everyone is feeling better soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/150#post-1873164 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 14:04:01 +0000 Mamasig 1873164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: poor things! I put Vicks on the feet and cover with socks. Possibly an old wives tale, but I do it anyway. </p> <p>And I hate "drowsy but awake"! What if your kid is never drowsy? My older son hardly ever drifts off to sleep. He fights and fights until he passes out. And he's been like that since he was born. The other night he actually climbed into his toddler bed and fell asleep by himself! I thought it was a miracle. Now his little brother is a sleeper. I still don't understand drowsy but awake. But I guess little brother does understand the concept. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/150#post-1873159 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 14:00:11 +0000 skipra 1873159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anandam: Oh no! DS1 didn't start doing that til he was way older and the key was to keep him in onsies! </p> <p>@Mamasig: Wow, what a big boy! Our little guy was the same height at his appointment but only 13lbs 6oz! We got the go ahead to start solids too but I was planning to wait until closer to 6 months. The little guy is just so interested though that I let him have a taste of banana and he LOVED it. So I gave him a tiny bit of squash on my finger and he sucked it off. I put a tiny bit on a spoon and he shoveled it in his mouth. Last night I let him gnaw on a banana and he actually ate a couple bites. I guess he's starting solids a little earlier than I originally planned. </p> <p>@Mae: Aww sorry you are having trouble leaving Fia :sad: It's probably pretty normal, right? I mean you are with her like all day, every day so you're her world. I think it's funny how clueless DH can be with G, considering this is our second. Granted the boys are totally different but still... like just yesterday I put G in the swing for a nap (please don't judge me for still doing that - it works and is a life saver so whatever!) so I could get W down for his nap. I came downstairs and DH was just standing in front of the swing looking at G, who was still awake. I was like, what are you doing? And DH was just like, I don't know he wasn't sleeping so I thought I'd stand here. I made him walk away and surprise surprise G went right to sleep! DH thought I wanted to get him to sleep or something. I have no clue! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/150#post-1873148 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:52:25 +0000 twodoghouse 1873148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anandam: Oh my! Not looking forward to that development in my LOs! </p> <p>@Glitter: @Mae: Alice has some separation anxiety too. She will go to others fine 75% of the time, but if she is tired or sleepy or just in a mood it is all about me. What's funny is she's not at all needy about me holding her when we are alone during the day. She's fine playing in the bouncer or the swing while I nurse Blake, as long as she can look up and make eye contact with me. It's just when others are around that she gets really clingy to me. She's going through some bottle refusal too, so I know that is part of it. </p> <p>@Mamasig: Big boy!! Let me know how he does with baby food. We tried it and my kids loved it, but it was causing Blake some distress in the middle of the night trying to poop. Since our night sleep is chaos right now, we decided to put solids on hold and try again later. </p> <p>My kids have their first colds! I thought they had a cold last week because they were sniffly, but it's nothing compared to what we've been dealing with for the last 24 hours! Rivers of nasal drainage and low grade fevers and coughing. Poor babies. Night sleep has been rough lately but it reached a new low last night. I ended up sleeping in the recliner in the nursery with one baby and when the other would wake up, DH would come in and switch them, haha. I've been sick and so sleep deprived that I'm not even sure what was going on. But we managed to keep them mostly happy for 3.5 straight hours. Better than the constant up and down and crying every hour for the first part of the night. I'm making naps #1 priority today in a hope that we can beat this bad sleep cycle. Pretty sure they've been chronically overtired for the last 3 weeks. I'm reading Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins but I'm so tired I'm not sure what I'm reading half the time. And if I see "drowsy but awake" one more time I'm going to scream! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/150#post-1873048 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:00:16 +0000 Mamasig 1873048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby boy had his 4 month visit today. He's 20 lbs 1 oz and 25 3/4 inches. He is such a chunk! We got the ok to start baby food. I've noticed he watches and stares when we eat now. Poor thing probably thinks it looks better then his bottle! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/150#post-1873023 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 12:43:00 +0000 anandam 1873023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamasig: @Mae: He definitely doesn't know what he's doing, but his little grabby fingers have got those tabs and opened 'em right up when we use disposables. I guess with the weather changing he'll have clothes blocking access more often, so it may not be an issue, but at first I thought, oh no...</p> <p>I haven't left our guy for more than a few hours yet, either, and even then it's only been with DH. Our family is all air travel away and we don't really have any friends with kids who we'd trust to watch him yet. And he also usually has a meltdown and refuses sleep with DH, so Fia's not the only one! I agree that it seems stranger anxiety has started. Sometimes he's fine, but we had a few visitors last week and he just screamed when they greeted him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/150#post-1872578 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 08:28:54 +0000 Mae 1872578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anandam: nooooooooooo lol</p> <p>@Glitter: aw, i'm sorry that he won't stay with your inlaws! </p> <p>We are definitely feeling incapable of leaving Fia... ever. basically. I had an all-day wedding I was shooting on Friday and she actually did okay(ish) for my husband which was soooo great because she usually won't let anyone but me feed or put her to sleep. It was a rough start but after a while I think that she gave in a bit and the latter half of the day went okay. But then DH tried 3 times on saturday and 3 times on sunday to feed/put her to sleep and every time was a fail :( Yesterday I had a photoshoot and had to be gone for 2 hours and he was supposed to put her down 15 min after I left. When I got home 2 hrs later she was still SCREAAAMING. And of course the moment I took her she started to calm and was asleep in under 5 minutes :( I just feel so bad because he is trying so hard and doing everything right and she just is such a stubborn baby! She wants mom and she will scream for hours until I'm available :( Which makes me feel horrible because I already have commitments (just photo stuff so only a few hours/week, but still) I can't really get out of. Nor do I want to get out of it because I enjoy my photo business and I'd like to keep working! </p> <p>Also this weekend we had my family over (my parents, who Fia sees a few times per month-- and my brother/sil who she sees at least once/month) and Fia started getting stranger anxiety or something? She screamed every time my dad or brother picked her up. So weird. I'm starting to think she's just really understanding the differences between people already (seems early but okay?) and is just a bit of a stubborn kid in terms of who can do what with her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/150#post-1872325 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 21:36:07 +0000 Mamasig 1872325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anandam: ugh, I don't look forward to that. DS1 turned 2 on Friday and has turned into a different kid at times. What tantrums! OMG </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/may-2014-moms/page/150#post-1872082 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 17:46:01 +0000 anandam 1872082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sooo LO has learned to undo his own diaper... </p>