https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 17:08:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441753 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 12:05:46 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2441753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: have you seen my latest meatball?! She's intoxicating. I'd like fifteen of her please! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441728 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:46:59 +0000 wrkbrk 2441728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aww. DS is only 9 weeks old but I already miss so much!! He was a very easy baby (learning this more and more as we go!) so it's natural that I miss it I think. Especially his wee tiny clothes that I already packed up!! :shocked: :crying: It is going WAY too fast. I wish I had taken more videos!!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441661 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:04:08 +0000 gingerbebe 2441661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 16 months I really miss nothing. But my son was a realllllllllllllly hard newborn. I have held and watched other people's more normal newborns for a few hours and I can see how you'd miss that, but I'm almost 6 months pregnant with my second and I was just telling my husband last night how I can't believe we survived DS1's newborn phase. If #2 could be easier that would be fantastic.</p> <p>If I miss one thing it might be the immobility but he screamed constantly so I didn't get to leave him THAT long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441659 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:03:49 +0000 NovBaby1112 2441659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The snuggles, the ability to fall asleep anywhere, the sweet newborn smell! But that's about it- I'm not a newborn person. I love 6 months and up, and personally think it just keeps getting better and better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441609 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 10:33:13 +0000 psw27 2441609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The snuggles, hands down. and the little coo noises. And the ability to set him down somewhere and he would stay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441577 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 10:17:44 +0000 artsyfartsy 2441577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I miss how they could just fall asleep out of the blue!</p> <p>And the nursing, milk drunk faces, baby coos, and how cute he was all swaddled up and snoozing. Ah! I can't wait for another one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441575 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 10:17:34 +0000 HLK208 2441575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The newborn smell and the soft, warm baby cuddles. </p> <p>My youngest only cuddles with me when she's sick 😩 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441572 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 10:15:55 +0000 LovelyPlum 2441572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: I love you, but you're insane.</p> <p>@lovehoneybee: all of this! I love the nursing snuggles and the falling asleep on me. Granted, we got very little of the latter, but when we did get them, it was amazing. </p> <p>Our newborn wasn't sleepy or easy, but she was so sweet. I miss the newborn smell, and I really miss nursing (I think this is largely amnesia, but at the moment, I do). I also love the way they smell just after they've been baptized and anointed with oil. Sleepy baby + Chrism oil = bliss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441558 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 10:08:52 +0000 peachykeen 2441558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The naps! And the ability to take LO into church service or a restaurant with me without her wanting to squirm, yell, or run away :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441553 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 10:08:05 +0000 avivoca 2441553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The snuggles, the smell, putting her down so I could pee/shower/etc. and having her be in the same spot when I got back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441502 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:39:50 +0000 JenGirl 2441502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son's only 4 months and I already miss the early newborn period! The sleep deprivation sucked, but I'd relive all the rest of it in a heartbeat. The new baby smell. The soft baby skin when they're still furry. How they stay all curled up like they were in the womb. The cuddles. The portability. The newness of it all. </p> <p>My coworker just had a baby and I'm going to go visit next week and I can't wait!!! I told her I'd trade her baby clothes for cuddles.</p> <p>ETA: I could also skip the leaky boobs. That wasn't any fun. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441438 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 08:57:47 +0000 snowjewelz 2441438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleeping all the time<br /> I can leave her one place and she stays there<br /> Sleeping on me<br /> Milk drunk face<br /> Just squishy newborn goodness :heart: </p> <p>Ahh cue baby fever! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441422 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 08:45:07 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2441422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: I'm the same way - newborn stage was my favorite. The sweet cuddles and baby grunts. Oooh I miss it so much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441412 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 08:27:58 +0000 Foodnerd81 2441412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: I really don't want to jinx myself, but it seems like G may be an easier, sleepier baby than C ever was after all (after a really really difficult first week or two). Like she can actually occasionally fall asleep on her own in the rock and play, and will lay and look around kicking and moving her arms instead of screaming unless I'm nursing or aggressively bouncing. I hope your second gets the same memo (and that I didn't just ruin things for me!)</p> <p>Everyone who says they miss NOTHING about the newborn stage either had angelic perfect babies or has forgotten about sleep deprivation. Even the sweetest newborns are up at night to eat! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441350 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 04:50:47 +0000 Cherrybee 2441350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I miss nothing about it..... but, reading this, I can see that most of the things you all loved were not a part of our newborn experience, with our colicky, cuddle-hating baby. Maybe this time around! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441348 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 04:43:13 +0000 LindsayLou 2441348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All of it. The cuddliness. The sleeping on my chest. The coos. The waking up, smiling, and drifting back to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441292 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 23:58:01 +0000 hocuspocus 2441292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The newborn baby smell :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441287 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 23:54:28 +0000 sarac 2441287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Literally nothing. I'll take six months any day, and I'm counting the days until she walks, talks, and is potty trained. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441264 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 23:34:57 +0000 Astro Bee 2441264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Um, I want ALL the newborn babies! Lol. The smells, the nuzzles, his funny way of searching me out with his mouth open, sleeping on my chest, little baby sighs... Mama sigh! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441259 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 23:27:25 +0000 Mrs.Pinecone316 2441259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The snuggles. Mine goes a mile a minute now so its nearly impossible to get her to sit still long enough to cuddle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441217 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 22:26:42 +0000 lovehoneybee 2441217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love that moment after she finishes nursing when she pops off, nuzzles her face into my boob and gives just the happiest sigh. I love the way she falls asleep on my chest, or curled up against me. </p> <p>But man I can't wait until she's older and can interact with us more. Evan is a total threenager, but he's awesome and interesting.</p> <p>And sleep. I can't wait to sleep again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441215 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 22:26:41 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2441215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everything. I love newborns. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441207 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 22:23:18 +0000 NavyRN2012 2441207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Immobility. Hands down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2441202 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 22:17:50 +0000 ElbieKay 2441202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pretty much nothing. I found having a newborn exhausting and mostly horrible. I wish I had known then that my son would eventually be fun. I don't mind holding/cuddling other babies, and I think they're cute, but I pretty much hated the newborn stage of parenting.</p> <p>Don't get me wrong. He was cute. But he became about 5,000x more interesting once he could talk. And I am about 5,000x a better parent/wife/employee/friend when I am not subjected to an inhuman quantity of sleep, crazy hormones, and painful nipples. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2440979 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 19:52:27 +0000 catlady 2440979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I miss the naps on my chest, being able to wear her everywhere, and not having to think about whether or not she will eat the dinner that we cooked. Also I'm worried about cavities now...I miss the days when she didn't have teeth. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2440937 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 19:29:47 +0000 MoonMoon 2440937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I miss every damn thing! Omg newborns are the best. Well at least I thought so! I want another baby so bad :crying:</p> <p>ETA: ok I don't miss the sheer terror, but that didn't really go away after the newborn days... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2440928 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 19:09:44 +0000 ldh112 2440928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Her sleeping on my chest, cooing, just being so tiny and new! :) Last night I was looking at videos I took of her on my phone those first several weeks and teared up! I can't believe it's been 7 months! Those first few months were such a blur so it's fun to have videos to look back on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2440925 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 19:07:30 +0000 coopsmama 2440925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: That makes my heart happy. I'm so glad your transition to three has been good. Your pictures are just the very best - what gems your 3 are! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2440922 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 19:04:48 +0000 KT326 2440922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Being able to take him everywhere and not have to worry about him getting into something, getting bored, running around, not liking the food. It's gotten better now that he is almost 4 but man, those early days it was so easy to go somewhere, especially if he slept the whole time! </p> <p>I miss the snuggles too, I still get them but he is so big and heavy now. 7lbs laying on your chest is a lot nicer than 44lbs... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-about-the-newborn-stage#post-2440921 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 19:04:43 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2440921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@coopsmama: I'm daydreaming about another already. </p>