https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:53:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-129668 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:09:28 +0000 Boogs 129668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: @Honeybee: You aren't the same people?! ;p</p> <p>Part of what scares me about 2 kids is the logistics of it all, so thank you so much for this thread! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-129637 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:53:19 +0000 Honeybee 129637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: See, we ARE different people! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-129629 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:48:04 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 129629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: That would work too. I was doing the water because with the Earth's Best the formula was sticking to the bottom if I did formula first :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-129628 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:46:30 +0000 Honeybee 129628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@belleoftheballe: I don't know if it would help, but we actually do the opposite of Mrs. Jacks. I pre-fill the bottles with the proper amount of formula, and then when we need one, we just fill up the bottle with fresh tap water measured out in a liquid measuring cup. I was the measuring cups every day, but otherwise, they just hang out with the bottles next to the sink. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-129624 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:43:16 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 129624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: So much so that we were called out on it! Great minds ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-129620 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:41:37 +0000 Honeybee 129620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sulli301: I was thinking of you and our grocery shopping conversation when I posted this! I do think EC (even just a little bit) helps with potty training; of course, every kid is different and ready at a different time, though.</p> <p>@Mrs. Jacks: I realized that we were posting the same things in almost every thread yesterday. :) We were very in synch yesterday! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-128861 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:39:30 +0000 sulli301 128861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: that's awesome! Is she completely out of diapers? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-128858 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:38:13 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 128858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sulli301: We didn't do EC (see, Honeybee and I aren't exactly the same)! Lala was just ready :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-128853 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:34:20 +0000 sulli301 128853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: did you post this for me?! haha Those tips are really great!! Thanks</p> <p>@Oceanis723: I love the "running out of goodness" &amp; you're amazing!! ah! </p> <p>@Honeybee: @Mrs. Jacks: I really really want DD potty learned by the time the next baby comes!! I am hoping that the fact that she has had some very part time EC will help!! 18 months is amazing! I'm impressed :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-128846 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:20:47 +0000 holdonforonemoreday 128846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Thanks... my DH is really really freaky about water sitting out. I'll try this and see how it works. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-128843 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:17:41 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 128843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@belleoftheballe: If it's filtered water (tap, brita or fridge filter) in a sterile bottle with a lid, I see no problem in leaving it either through the day or through the night... just don't add the formula :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-128821 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:55:10 +0000 holdonforonemoreday 128821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These are great tips!! I will have to double star this one... </p> <p>I've kind of started potty training my 14 month old. I really doubt it will be done by the time his sibling gets here in a month and a half. Right now, he just sits on the potty while I am using the toilet to 'practise'. Starting tomorrow, I will put him on it just wearing a diaper (he's been wearing clothes til now) and then nothing next week. I know when he poops during the day, it's catching the pees that will be trickier. I don't want to do the "let it all free" technique that I've heard about. I have cream coloured carpet. </p> <p>@MrsJacks: how long do you let the water sit in the bottles? My DH would go crazy if I left it to sit more than two hours. (He's a bit OCD like that) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-128812 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:38:46 +0000 Mrs. Train 128812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm jealous. My boys would not potty train. My three year old had constipation issues and is on a daily laxitive. It's not fun to deal with that in under wear. The twins are close. They will be three in the summer. So as of right now I have four in diapers EEEK!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-128810 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:37:14 +0000 Andrea 128810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: @Mrs. Jacks: are you both secretly the same person? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-128808 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:35:05 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 128808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: At the risk of sounding like a broken record, we also potty trained around 18 months. It's been really great to not have to change both girls' diapers all day :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-128724 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:47:52 +0000 Honeybee 128724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: Yes, we potty trained at 18 months. I'm so glad we got it done and out of the way before DS showed up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-128720 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:41:33 +0000 chopsuey 128720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so nervous about having 2 under 2!<br /> @Honeybee: Is your DD potty trained? I need to get mine out of diapers before baby #2 arrives! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-128665 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:43:58 +0000 Honeybee 128665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: We have mandatory nap time, too! I use it to do schoolwork and have "mommy time" (i.e. check out WB and HB :).</p> <p>@Oceanis723: I'm so impressed that you are able to wrestle 4 under 4 out of the house at the same time! You are a super mom! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-128663 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:43:10 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 128663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Oceanis723: You are my hero! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-128654 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:38:15 +0000 Mrs. Train 128654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had three little ones under 1 year old for awhile then four under the age of three. Juggling is the name of the game. Some of the things I do are.</p> <p>1. Stop beating myself up when chores didn't get done right away.<br /> 2. Keep a schedule during the day.<br /> 3. I baby proofed most of my house, the kitchen is blocked off because I wanted to be able to keep kids out and dogs separated. All of my breakable things have been moved up or put away for now.<br /> 4. Pay attention to my kids cues. This is especially important when I am out in public with all four of my kids. If I see them start to tire or get hungry I know it's time to go. I call it " running out of goodness". That's not to say that there still haven't been times when I have had to put my infant in a carrier while throwing a tantrum throwing toddler over my shoulder and holding hands with the other two, because it definetly happens, I just try to avoid it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-128646 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:33:05 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 128646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lala has been so much more independent since the baby came, so she does a lot of her own dressing too.</p> <p>We actually put baby in the carseat in the house and then just have to snap her into the base and we can get Lala in very quickly.</p> <p>We have a little red wire basket that we keep with 4 bottles filled with the right amount of water in them upstairs. We also keep one of those munchkin formula dispensers upstairs. That way we can always make a bottle upstairs at any time if Lala is engaged in something upstairs.</p> <p>We have a non-negotiable 2 hours in the afternoon where they both nap so that Mr. Jacks can get some work done. Maisie's other naps can happen at flexible times, but the afternoon one is not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-under-2-tips-and-tricks#post-128639 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:27:07 +0000 Honeybee 128639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm finding that one of the hardest parts about having two children under the age of two years old is figuring out the logistics! Do you have any tips or tricks for managing two kids close in age? How do you do every day tasks when you have two little kids (or babies!) to juggle?</p> <p>Here's a couple of mine:</p> <p>1. I always get my youngest out of the car first, and put him into the car last. DD is a toddler, and it's a lot easier to put the car seat on the ground to wrestle her into the car than worry about her running off into traffic.</p> <p>2. I wear the baby carrier all the time. DD always wants my attention as soon as I pick up DS, so I just wear the Moby wrap all day, making it that much faster to pick up DS when both kids need me at the same time.</p> <p>3. I have a changing station downstairs and one upstairs; it is so much easier to have two stations than to bring both kids with me every time DS poops (which is a lot!).</p> <p>4. I also keep a few newborn essentials (burp cloths, swaddle blankets, and pre-filled bottles) on both levels of the house; this saves me from making the trip up and down the stairs a million times a day every time I need something.</p> <p>5. I taught DD how to dress herself (she still needs help with her shirts, but can put on underwear, pants, socks, and coat by herself) and it has saved me soooooo much time. She feels proud being able to get dresses without help, and I appreciate the extra couple minutes in the morning to get myself/the baby ready. </p>