https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:16:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2394474 Sat, 19 Dec 2015 08:41:44 +0000 MrsYellowJacket 2394474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: @Mrs.KMM: they sure are!! Not intended to thread jack, I posted a little on the January 2016 labor thread. 😊 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2393866 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:22:39 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2393866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought the hardest year was when dd was a newborn! As with anything I think it depends what kind of baby you have. And you have two! I think if you have a tree up you're doing great! :) Were out of town and staying with my parents..so I did nothing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2393857 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:19:10 +0000 Keybee 2393857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We put everything up at the beginning of November before she was due. It definitely wouldn't get done now. I don't know how or when it'll all get taken down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2393512 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:35:51 +0000 autumnlove 2393512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wasn't bad this year...almost 4, 2.5 and 4 month old. It was much harder last year with an almost 3 year old and 19 month old! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2393508 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:29:08 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2393508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsYellowJacket: I didn't know your babies were here!! Congrats!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2393504 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:23:02 +0000 Miss Sarah 2393504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: I do wear her in a moby wrap during a stretch of the day. I need to invest in another, easier carrier. She is not comfortable in the infant insert of the ergo baby and we can't use it the normal way yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2393499 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:19:35 +0000 BSB 2393499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Miss Sarah: Have you considered baby wearing? I do it to get things done if DS needs to be held. Both babies need to be held by DS is the one who is a bit more fussier. </p> <p>@Trailmix: Yeah, you are telling me! ;)</p> <p>@MrsYellowJacket: OMG!! You had your twins?!?! I gotta catch up on our birth story! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2393491 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:09:03 +0000 catlady 2393491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 3 months, it wasn't any harder. The next year at 15 months, we skipped getting a tree altogether! This year, we went for it and it was harder but fun. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2393481 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:01:17 +0000 Boogs 2393481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last year our littlest was 3 months. It was sooo much easier than his troublemaking 15 month ways now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2393231 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 07:10:19 +0000 MrsYellowJacket 2393231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With the twins making a surprise entrance on dec 2, no decorating is happening. I'm lucky fall stuff got taken down into a pile and still waiting to be put in the attic 😳 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2393220 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 06:31:20 +0000 Trailmix 2393220@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Remember you have TWO newborns, which makes everything exponentially harder! I used to marvel at all the things my mom-friends of singletons would do that are just not feasible with twins. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2393208 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 03:56:47 +0000 Miss Sarah 2393208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is one month old and dealing with reflux... Everything is harder because she goes from eating to crying to hiccups to more crying to pooping to maybe sleeping twenty minutes to eating again. She needs to be held ALL THE TIME! :bummed: Goodness I love my little girl, but I hope she gets to feeling better soon! </p> <p>And yeah, we got the tree up and decorated and a few indoor decorations are up, but the outdoor lights are not happening this year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2393120 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 22:23:04 +0000 catomd00 2393120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@californiadreams: exactly!! With my first, I couldn't get anything done until she was almost a year lol. This time, I'm like bring on maternity leave! I can clean my house and reorganize! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2393116 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 22:14:18 +0000 californiadreams 2393116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i find things hard just because we both work full time and it drains all my energy to do anything extra. when i am home with my newborn soon, i plan on being much more productive, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2392811 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 16:41:39 +0000 Modern Daisy 2392811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It wasn't hard at all with a newborn. One person holds/feeds the baby and the other decorates. With a toddler you have to wait until they are asleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2392651 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:19:48 +0000 BandDmommy 2392651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! Harder when they are mobile and getting into everything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2392648 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:17:55 +0000 meganmp 2392648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went all out when the kids were little, but only because I needed something to make me feel normal. The kids were about a month old on their first Christmas, and decorating made me feel a little less like a zombie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2392636 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:13:26 +0000 hellobeeboston 2392636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got mostly everything decorated with a 7 week old and a 3 year old... our tree trimming ceremony wasn't as relaxing as normal (we usually do music, egg nog with rum, snacks), but we got it all set up, got the mantle decorated, etc. outside lights not done yet, but dh has been super busy with work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2392627 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:05:18 +0000 Eko 2392627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely don't have as much time to decorate. We cut our tree and had it up on a Sunday and didn't finish decorating the tree until Thursday. I gave up on putting up our village houses on the mantle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2392615 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:59:47 +0000 alphagam84 2392615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My baby was 4 weeks when we decorated this year and I don't think it was any harder. Pretty fun actually to decorate with her hanging out in the same room while we decorated the tree, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2392458 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:03:40 +0000 Cherrybee 2392458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everything was harder when E was a baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2392454 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:01:35 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2392454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't put up the tree since we are going to be out of town for close to half of December. It just didn't seem worth it. But that had nothing to do with having a newborn. I got up our outdoor lights earlier than I normally do this year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2392446 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:58:55 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB 2392446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO was a few weeks old and we decorated but it was minimal. It was all because my husband wanted to decorate and get a tree and my mom bought baby a stocking. I didn't care about anything but breastfeeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2392444 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:58:21 +0000 petunia354 2392444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! It's much harder once they are mobile and insist on "helping". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2392443 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:58:18 +0000 babypugs 2392443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: It might not get harder! I was hardly able to decorate at all with a 2 month old because I was totally overwhelmed, never slept, and my kiddo WOULD NOT let herself to be put down...ever! When she was one and this year at 2 it was waaaayyyy easier, even though she was running around and destroying things like crazy. Don't beat yourself up, I bet next year will be easier! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2392438 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:56:43 +0000 snowjewelz 2392438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was easy last year when DD was a newborn! She just slept all the time. This year with DD being 1, it was much harder! I had to suck it up and stayed up late one night to do it all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2392421 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:52:37 +0000 BSB 2392421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, that's right. Once they start getting mobile, I'm sure it will get harder. :meh: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2392411 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:49:03 +0000 runnerd 2392411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Decorating was a breeze last year when LO was 5 months old, not so much this year at 17 month. Decor has been a big whomp whomp this year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2392396 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:41:53 +0000 Littlebit7 2392396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO started to crawl the day we put up the tree (5 days ago). It officially just became hard </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-with-newborns-is-it-harder-to-decorate-for-the-holidays#post-2392344 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:23:42 +0000 Foodnerd81 2392344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think we decorated the year C was an infant. I hear people say newborns are so easy, but mine wasn't and needed to be held a lot. So the free time I got when she was asleep I just wanted to sleep too! But we also always traveled for Christmas so it didn't seem so important to decorate. </p> <p>It is harder with a toddler but also so worth it because she is so into "her tree" and requests that we turn the lights on and everything. </p>