https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 22:50:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby/page/2#post-1304123 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 06:08:56 +0000 ZombieBullfrogHoller 1304123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: Same! Sleep, hands down. Especially the last couple of days LO has been a nightmare with sleep. We were up for 60 hours with ten minute naps thrown in here and there (a product of 4m sleep regression, holidays messing up his schedule, and getting shots the day before xmas eve). Last night he finally slept! And this morning I feel so refreshed and thankful he slept in two hour blocks. Like, if I could go back and tell myself how happy I would be to sleep for two straight hours, I'd think I was mad. I can't even imagine what a 10 hour sleep like when I was going to school would feel like! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby/page/2#post-1303959 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 22:53:47 +0000 Mrs.Panda 1303959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: This. I'm still TTC, but I think about this. I love being able to do what I want to do and get overwhelmed if I have my days too planned. I guess I'll be in for a rude awakening when we are lucky enough to get KU! But it'll be worth it :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby/page/2#post-1303935 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 22:27:06 +0000 erwoo 1303935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same here - doing thing on the spur of the moment. Also, not always looking at the clock to make sure we leave at a decent time so the kids don't go to bed too late. We do have times that they do go to bed at 11pm but definitely rare since they still wake up at the same time the next morning. I also miss eating out without the distractions or more like enjoying my meals when I do eat. Sometimes I feel like I'm inhaling my food b/c I just want to get it over with so I can "relax" and have a couple of conversations with friends or even with my husband before we have to come home to do bed time. There's more but those are the ones that pops up in my head right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby/page/2#post-1303933 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 22:23:51 +0000 dolphin 1303933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleeping past 7am on a weekend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby/page/2#post-1303855 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 20:47:05 +0000 MapleMoose 1303855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Being able to do things without it being a huge production </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby/page/2#post-1303826 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 20:08:07 +0000 NavyRN2012 1303826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't remember life pre children. I've been a mom since I was 17. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby/page/2#post-1303819 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 19:57:46 +0000 marionberry 1303819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I miss sleep. J sleeps pretty well but I miss that one full night of uninterrupted sleep. I also miss going out for dinner and a movie. Even if we can get someone to watch him I'd have to pump in between and worry about keeping the milk cold in between. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby/page/2#post-1303790 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 19:28:12 +0000 mrsbookworm 1303790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I miss having hours on end to just read. Now it takes me forever to read a book since I'm reading in small bursts. I used to finish 3 or 4 books a week!</p> <p>I also miss just hanging out with friends at restaurants. I still meet up with them with LO, but it's definitely not the stress-free experience it used to be :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby/page/2#post-1303777 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 19:15:01 +0000 autumn865 1303777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First and foremost I miss sleeping past 6am. But I also miss lazy weekends where I used to wake up and there was no reason to get out of bed and reading a book. A recent thing (and very important thing) I miss when I'm feeling sick only having to care for myself instead of having to be sick and take care of a LO at the same time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby/page/2#post-1303382 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 15:34:36 +0000 Cherrybee 1303382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I miss going out for drinks with my husband. My inlaws are wonderfully helpful but they wont have E overnight until she sleeps through consistently.... and they are the only people who will look after her for us. We really, really need a date night!!</p> <p>I also miss sleeping in. My husband occasionally gets up with E on a Saturday or Sunday but she still wakes me up when she wakes.... and DH usually comes into the bedroom at least once an hour to ask me something!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby/page/2#post-1303341 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 15:15:40 +0000 Springtime 1303341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I miss sleeping in, random shopping trips, peaceful shopping trips, hanging out with friends, date nights. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby#post-1303334 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 15:14:13 +0000 BKCaribBaby 1303334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Being able to go anywhere at any time without having to worry about childcare. Even though LO sleeps through the night at this point, she often wakes up before 6am, and my sleep is still bad. I wake up throughout the night anyway! She sleeps better than me! Gah! We've just started date nights, but we often pay for it with the early wake up the next morning. While we've traveled a little bit since LO was born, it's just not the same. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby#post-1303019 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 12:40:48 +0000 Dagny 1303019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleep. Being able to go out easily/frequently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby#post-1302963 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 12:00:10 +0000 LuLu Mom 1302963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>date nights/dinners out/drinks with friends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby#post-1302866 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 11:12:45 +0000 bpcmarj 1302866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleeping in, date nights, staying out until last call without having to wake up at 4 to nurse! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby#post-1302864 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 11:12:20 +0000 Mae 1302864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I'm really going to miss being selfish and lazy. I've always been a person who "needs" a lot of down time. I get really stressed out when I'm busy from sun up to sun down or if we have plans throughout a whole weekend. I feel very antsy and cranky if I don't have regular time to "chill out." I worry when our LO arrives in may I'm going to be overwhelmed with just having to be "on" all the time, and with the parade of people always wanting to come stay with us to see her. But, I'm sure I'll adjust (or um, I better since she's coming ready or not haha) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby#post-1302859 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 11:09:32 +0000 cmomma17 1302859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: SLEEP.</p> <p>And going to the gym. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby#post-1302853 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 11:07:02 +0000 winniebee 1302853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I miss having free time. My son only naps 1.5 hours in the afternoon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby#post-1302729 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:04:04 +0000 Modern Daisy 1302729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am really missing my pre-baby bod. I have 6 lbs to go and I just feel so stuck and discouraged :(</p> <p>I also miss sleeping in, I mean DS is super cute in the morning but sometimes I just want to sleep until 10 :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby#post-1302713 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 09:56:38 +0000 Andrea 1302713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Going to the gym and my pre-baby bod. Can't wait for DD2 to start a toddler program so that I can have some time to work out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby#post-1302638 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 09:09:23 +0000 merriment 1302638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I miss spontaneity as well and how it used to be easy to pop out and meet friends out for dinner or drinks. Sleeping through the night would be grand. I miss going to restaurants and buying myself clothes (our budget is a lot tighter now due to daycare costs).<br /> I'm a WOHM, so I want to spend my weekends with LO (obviously at the expense of having time to myself or time to spend alone with my friends). I need to get over this guilt and take some "me" time.<br /> Also...I miss talking to DH about something other than poop. Since our budget is tighter, and we're pretty tired, we're absolutely terrible at taking date nights.<br /> Good thing my LO is such a little sweet pea that I usually don't even think about the things I miss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby#post-1302632 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 09:05:56 +0000 Beyond2 1302632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I miss getting stuff done without a million interruptions. I just folded the same towels 3 times because he keeps ripping them down :-/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby#post-1302610 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 08:53:15 +0000 Kimberlybee 1302610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I miss sleeping without random wake-ups to get a full 7-8 hours of undisturbed sleep. That hasn't happened since the end of the first trimester so since November 2012. The sad thing is I am so use to functioning on just 3 hours of sleep. Sleepless nights are my new norm. </p> <p>I also miss meeting up with friends for coffee or dinner on a whim and eating out at fancy restaurants. We mostly order to go meals now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby#post-1302373 Thu, 26 Dec 2013 23:33:49 +0000 Mrs. Chocolate 1302373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleep heavenly sleep</p> <p>@grizz: im with you four hours would be heaven </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby#post-1302357 Thu, 26 Dec 2013 23:19:32 +0000 Grace 1302357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I miss the evening!! LO isn't sleeping too great yet and I can't nap, so I'm done around 8:30. I miss staying up with DH to watch TV or go out for coffee with friends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby#post-1302291 Thu, 26 Dec 2013 22:41:16 +0000 Boheme 1302291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>God I miss sleep. 4 consecutive hours would be heavenly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby#post-1302281 Thu, 26 Dec 2013 22:32:45 +0000 cascademom 1302281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I miss sleeping in a lot and having a day where I can be totally lazy. Even on days off, I can't fully relax without thinking of laundry, dinner, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby#post-1302215 Thu, 26 Dec 2013 22:07:27 +0000 ALV91711 1302215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I miss an uninterrupted nights sleep.</p> <p>I can handle getting up early if I could just sleep straight through. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby#post-1302213 Thu, 26 Dec 2013 22:05:34 +0000 shopaholic 1302213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lounging on the sofa in front of the TV for hours.<br /> @anewme: Same. It's so rare, but I feel guilty when I'm away and doing anything for myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-life-pre-baby#post-1302206 Thu, 26 Dec 2013 22:02:36 +0000 chopsuey 1302206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We get plenty of alone time since our kids zzz early. I miss sleeping in!!!!! </p>