https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:12:23 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867918 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 10:34:48 +0000 Mae 1867918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamasig: unfortunately my LO won't take a cold bottle! Or rather, she will but she immediately pukes. Ah well-- room temp is still far better than having to warm it! I will try the blowing in face thing to get her to stop crying too. </p> <p>We've found that singing gets her to stop crying when she starts the all out screaming (usually). We just belt out some random song and she gets this confused and slightly annoyed face... but she stops crying lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867889 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 10:27:40 +0000 JennyG 1867889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Amazing. I'm going to have to try this next time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867750 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 09:53:27 +0000 blackbird 1867750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: @looch: You can also cut the tip of a paci off (if your kid takes one) and squeeze the medicine in through there while they suck </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867515 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 08:42:26 +0000 Mamasig 1867515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tillma: yes! I got comments from the grandparents too! Cold milk won't hurt! It worked for us because I found it easier to make a pitcher of formula and have bottles ready to go. </p> <p>@looch: I learned that one from my sister. The blowing in the face also worked for my boys to get them to stop crying. When they get super worked up with a red face and it looked like they hadn't taken a breath, I'll blow in their face and they take a deep breath and slow the crying down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867429 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 07:53:53 +0000 looch 1867429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: yep, learned this one from my mom! I was struggling to give my son antibiotics for his ear infection and my mom was basically like, ok, this is what you do....and the rest is history! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867427 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 07:51:24 +0000 Mae 1867427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: whaaaat?! trying this tomorrow! LO gets 2ml of prevacid every morning and its such a battle! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867421 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 07:48:55 +0000 looch 1867421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>To give medication, get a syringe, fill it with the dose and prepare yourself mentally. Facing your child, hold their jaw so their mouth pops open, insert syringe into the corner of their mouth, back by their molar area. Squeeze in all the medication and blow in their face. They'll swallow the meds without spitting it out, because the act of blowing in their face causes them to swallow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867371 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 06:44:24 +0000 Mae 1867371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: we also do room temp and ore measured bottles overnight! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867348 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 06:12:13 +0000 blackbird 1867348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also did room temp bottles! Easy peasy. </p> <p>One formula trick that worked GREAT for us when E was sleeping next to the bed was to have water in one bottle, pre-measured, then formula measured out into a little formula container. Then you dump the formula in, shake, and go. no need to go to the kitchen for feedings. I'm always amazed when people go into the kitchen to make bottles</p> <p>@ScarletBegonia: @Mae: E hated our exersaucer and LOVED our jumparoo! I used to put a firm couch pillow under the jumperoo so her feet would actually reach the ground. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867246 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 22:39:20 +0000 Mrs.Pinecone316 1867246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Need to remember this thread! So much good stuff here :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867237 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 22:20:57 +0000 tillma 1867237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mamasig I second the unwarmed bottles! We did this too and it was a lifesaver not to have to warm a bottle when we had a screaming baby or we were out running around somewhere. MIL and FIL were VERY resistant to this and kept insisting it was bad. In the end, after seeing how convenient it was, they became converts too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867227 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 22:05:01 +0000 Mamasig 1867227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JennyD: same here. When I leave the house I typically assume I'll be gone all day and take enough supplies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867226 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 22:04:09 +0000 Mamasig 1867226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Best tip I received and used was don't warm the baby's bottle from the beginning. I never did and my boys will drink it at any temperature including straight out the fridge. I know people who still warm the milk for their 5 year old. </p> <p>I also love the exesaucer and nose frida! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867207 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:48:52 +0000 wonderstruck 1867207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Make sure that LO's bottom is COMPLETELY dry before putting on any sort of cream for diaper rash. I was unaware of this, and the first time L had diaper rash I accidentally made it wayyyy worse by basically locking the moisture into his already irritated skin.</p> <p>Minky sheets are awesome for transitioning from the RnP to the crib - they replicate the feeling of the fabric and that made a huge difference for our LO. Our crib soother was also magic for making that transition.</p> <p>If LO is congested, put Baby Vicks on their feet and then put socks on them. We also love the Vicks humidifers that you can insert Vicks tabs in - made such a difference when L had his first cold! Along with the Nosefrida. I know it seems gross, but it works so well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867205 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:45:07 +0000 JennyD 1867205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have always taken pjs with us whenever we went out so that before we left we could just change her into pjs and then when she falls asleep in the car, we could just put her in bed when we get home.</p> <p>Also, we keep a box or bin of extra stuff in our car all the time. Extra diapers and wipes and clothes, sweaters, hats, mitts (seasonal stuff), extra sippy cup, etc. We're notorious for leaving in the morning thinking we'll be back in an hour and not coming home until late at night...</p> <p>That's all I have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867183 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:32:32 +0000 Nskillet 1867183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tanjowen: mind=blown </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867157 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:12:46 +0000 reverie 1867157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: the key here might be having a daughter. my son's newborn body must have been scrawny b/c he could pee out the weirdest of things. pjs gave us one more layer of protection so I wasn't doing laundry at 4am too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867155 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:10:47 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1867155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: we may have to do the paci thing at our house. I'm tired of her losing them but she loses her freaking mind in the car or her bed without it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867143 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:07:07 +0000 Foodnerd81 1867143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: @OpinionsLikeKittens: lucky for me I learned it the easy way, reading about it on here! I was in a rush going to swimming once so I put her in the swim file and bathing suit then put a puppy wee wee pad under her in the stroller. Mom win. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867138 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:04:25 +0000 ScarletBegonia 1867138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: my understanding is that they serve the same purpose? My son has tried out jumparoos and they keep him occupied for 10 or so minutes, but the exersaucer can keep him going for hours. The seat spins around in a circle and since I presume he has the memory of a gnat, it's like he's finding a new toy every time he rotates. You're only supposed to leave them in for 15 minutes but whatevs. Some babies from my mothers group definitely prefer the jumparoos though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867130 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:00:34 +0000 Tanjowen 1867130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Double layer the crib. I put on a set of waterproof cover, sheet and then repeat. At 3 am when he's soaked the bed, all I have to do is strip off the top set and good to go! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867129 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:59:52 +0000 matador84 1867129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never done it personally but a friend said it worked to break her sons paci habit-cut the tip off all his pacifiers!</p> <p>Mix some prune purée with other purées when starting baby food to prevent constipation! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867126 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:58:45 +0000 tillma 1867126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am probably the only person on the face of the planet that didn't realize this but you have to pop the ruffles out on diapers. If they get tucked in you are losing your barrier to wetness and that puppy WILL leak. My lactation consultant let me in on this little gem after I complained to her how often LO was leaking out of his diapers. Seems so simple but I don't know! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867124 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:58:05 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1867124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: oh my god. I just cried as I ripped the band aids off my one year old after her shots today. She never reacted much to the band aids before &amp; today THERE WERE FOUR &amp; I cried because I made her cry. Now I'll know for next time </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867123 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:57:30 +0000 Mae 1867123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: lol that sounds like something that sucks to learn the hard way.</p> <p>@ScarletBegonia: so are exersaucers something that people usually get in addition to or instead of jumparoos? we were gifted a jumparoo and LO seems to like it... ok? But I feel like there might be a better option out there.</p> <p>@OpinionsLikeKittens: um we have never put our kid to bed in clothes lol. Aint nobody got time for snaps at 4am! (we always just swaddled her naked!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867117 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:52:55 +0000 reverie 1867117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: omg learned that lesson the hard gross way! they should tell you that on the packaging :(</p> <p>for newborns: buttons are BAD. zippers all the way. I can't tell you how many times my kid was in a barely buttoned sleeper at 3am b/c after only having 45 minutes of sleep so far that night I couldn't figure it out :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867113 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:51:40 +0000 ScarletBegonia 1867113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Exersaucers are god's gift to parents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867111 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:51:01 +0000 Foodnerd81 1867111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Swim diapers don't contain pee, just poop. Don't put a swim diaper on then put the baby in the car seat or stroller!</p> <p>I'm sure there are others but I'm drawing a blank. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867110 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:50:56 +0000 Mae 1867110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: I will remember that when we come to the point in time where LO doesn't need a bib 24/7 to manage her st.bernard-level drool ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-and-tricks#post-1867104 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:48:39 +0000 blackbird 1867104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A command hook on the back of her high chair to hold bibs. </p> <p>Boom!!! </p>