https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:51:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-constitutes-an-easy-baby#post-257781 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 08:25:01 +0000 looch 257781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>To me, an easy baby is one that lets you know what they want, by showing cues for hunger or tiredness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-constitutes-an-easy-baby#post-257740 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:31:08 +0000 Andrea 257740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ditto what @Rubies said. I would also add that I think easy babies will let anyone hold them. They are mostly content with whatever they are doing/you do to them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-constitutes-an-easy-baby#post-257729 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:21:07 +0000 yoursilverlining 257729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think a baby who falls asleep on their own is at least partly an easy baby. LO sleeps well most nights, but will not fall asleep on her own - she will just scream at the top of her lungs if put down. She also really needs to be held most of the day while awake. She does eat well but has bad gas pains, and is colicky; although slowly but surely that is getting better. I don't think she's a "difficult" baby, but she is definitely not an easy baby either. Daycare is going to earn every cent we pay them!</p> <p>LO does LOVE people, loves to smile and interact with people, loves to see and interact with the world around her, and has a very sweet personality. Once we get her gas and colic issues under control, I think she will be a pretty easy baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-constitutes-an-easy-baby#post-257714 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:05:42 +0000 Rubies 257714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think an easy baby is one who eats and sleeps well and if crying, can be easily consoled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-constitutes-an-easy-baby#post-257711 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 05:53:11 +0000 mediagirl 257711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: @mrs. Wagon the windi? :-) </p> <p>I think our lo is a good baby. She has never been really fussy except during her 6 week growth spurt. She let's anyone hold her and is usually happy to fall asleep on her own if I put her in her bassinet while she is still awake. Sure we had feeding issues but that doesn't change my mind about how easy she is. We think this means she'll be a terror as a teen. :-\ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-constitutes-an-easy-baby#post-257698 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 03:52:29 +0000 808love 257698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nobody has ever mentioned our daughter is an easy baby. She doesn't like to sleep without nursing and she caught a cold often from six months to a year. I don't have the heart to call her not easy, because to me her sparkling personality, friendliness, and predictable tantrums don't put her in the difficult baby cAtegory. I tend to be a glass is half full person though. However, i admit sleep is king in this defining category. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-constitutes-an-easy-baby#post-257667 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:55:02 +0000 brownie 257667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say my very difficult baby, is now a very easy toddler. Things that make him easy - We can take him out to restaurants and he doesn't scream. He will go out and do activities with us (Disneyland) and doesn't have a break down (even without full naps or schedule). We can keep him up past his bedtime and he will stay happy. We do suffer more at home with night wakings. But others don't see that.</p> <p>The things he doesn't do - He doesn't sleep. As an infant, he screamed constantly from stomach pains. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-constitutes-an-easy-baby#post-257662 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:31:25 +0000 Honeybee 257662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always say my kids were easy babies because both of them were healthy with generally happy, easygoing personalities. However, DD was a much better sleeper than DS, although he doesn't get as bothered by things like lack of sleep and pain from teething. So even though DD slept in longer stretches at an earlier age, DS is happy even after being up for hours at a time and he hardly ever seems grumpy about teething. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-constitutes-an-easy-baby#post-257659 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:26:33 +0000 chopsuey 257659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo was an easy baby.<br /> She ate and slept well, didn't fuss, never cried. </p> <p>Have you tried the gas remover thing from the makers of nose Frieda? I forget what it's called, but @mrbee started a thread about it a while back.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-constitutes-an-easy-baby#post-257653 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:15:08 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 257653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think all the things you mentioned. People were always telling us that LO was easy but that's only because he is the smiliest kid ever. They didn't know that it took 2 months to get him to nurse well and 6 months to get an occasional 6 hour stretch of sleep. He does have an easy temperament but I don't think he was an easy baby if you know what I mean. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-constitutes-an-easy-baby#post-257632 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:48:27 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 257632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One that doesn't suffer from colic and acid reflux :( I feel bad for those babies but man are they difficult and energy draining....:( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-constitutes-an-easy-baby#post-257629 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:46:48 +0000 mrs. wagon 257629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Looking back, I consider Wagon Jr. An easy baby because he nursed well, slept thru the night at 4 months (and slept well for naps too) and didn't require constant holding or attention. </p> <p>I'm trying to figure out if Lil Miss Wagon is another easy baby. She's great with nursing so far, but doesn't sleep for very long stretches of time, skips naps between feedings sometimes, and is pretty fussy due to gas, I think. But sometimes we can put her down in her bassinet and as long as she's full, has a clean diaper and isn't too gassy, she'll fall asleep on her own. </p> <p>What qualities do you think constitute an easy baby? </p>