https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:38:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311981 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 15:58:49 +0000 daniellemybelle 2311981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is all sweet (and sad) to read!</p> <p>@My Only Sunshine: Haha!</p> <p>@blackbird: @MoonMoon: Oh, that's another one. She's never had a hair cut! I am thinking of doing it soon, though. She has a mullet.</p> <p>@californiadreams: No way. I think preschooler is 3! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311729 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 11:52:26 +0000 MoreCoffee 2311729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At almost three, he's potty trained, sleeps in a big boy bed, talks like a little grown-up...but yet he still has chubby little baby legs. I'll be sad when he has a growth spurt and finally looks like a little boy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311722 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 11:46:35 +0000 My Only Sunshine 2311722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 2 year old likes to be picked up and rocked like a baby while we sing "Rock a Bye Baby" to her, but I think she just likes that when we sing "down will come baby, cradle and all" we pretend to drop her - that is a WEIRD song, you guys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311719 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 11:40:39 +0000 MoonMoon 2311719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BKCaribBaby: I think 2.5 is definitely on the early side! We have plenty of time. I dread it becoming a power struggle, so I'm really waiting for him to take the lead. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311714 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 11:33:58 +0000 blackbird 2311714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just that she uses a paci. Ever since we got her hair cut a few weeks ago, she's just SUCH a big girl </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311712 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 11:32:22 +0000 BKCaribBaby 2311712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MoonMoon: Thanks! I'm most self-conscious about the potty training. She's only 2.5, so it's not like she's really all that old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311698 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 11:16:26 +0000 .twist. 2311698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's still in diapers, uses a paci, and sleeps in his crib. Otherwise, he's such a big boy! </p> <p>We're currently trying to get rid of the paci (nightmare!). We want to do potty training SOON. He just, last night, teasingly, pretended to climb out of his crib, so that may be changing soon too! WHO KNOWS! </p> <p>He's growing up so fast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311677 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 10:53:06 +0000 catlady 2311677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My "baby" turned 2 today! Sniff. But she is still sleeping in a crib, uses a paci at night, nurses once before bed, and isn't potty trained. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311644 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 10:38:18 +0000 MoonMoon 2311644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BKCaribBaby: I'm behind with you! My kid is 28 months old, and pretty tall and advanced in many ways but...</p> <p>Not potty trained<br /> Still nursing<br /> Still rear facing<br /> Still babbles sometimes, like when he's falling asleep<br /> Never had his hair cut<br /> My favorite: still has baby dimples on his fingers!</p> <p>I'm in no rush to leave the baby days all behind! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311630 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 10:30:17 +0000 sera_87 2311630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo1 - nothing. He's really a pre schooler now. :( (I think preschool starts at age 3., imo). </p> <p>Lo2 - still a baby at 14 months. I can't even think of him as a toddler - still on 2 naps a day, bottled, in a crib, not walking (sooo close though), diapered, babbling, teething, rear facing, barely has any hair.....yeah. He's still totally a baby :) ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311620 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 10:17:40 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2311620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's 18 months and refuses to talk, so she's staying a baby to me much longer than DD1 did. I love hearing her little diaper swish as she walks. She still has her paci and carries her blankie everywhere. I love that she's staying a baby much longer, especially since we are done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311618 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 10:14:02 +0000 rachiecakes 2311618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>J's going to be 4 but he still sucks his thumb when he's tired. Sometimes when he falls asleep and the thumb falls out he still does goes through the motions like he's still got it and I remember when he used to do that nursing.. :crying: :crying: so long ago now </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311600 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 09:59:43 +0000 JessicaMcB 2311600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 is 3 on the 17th and there is NOTHING baby left about her. She's PTed, she hasn't had a paci in over a year or a bottle in closer to 2, she's been out of the crib since 15 months, she talks super well- she got big too fast :(</p> <p>DD2 is 20 months and despite having a 2 month old DD3 I call her my big baby. She's still in diapers, in a crib, sucks her thumb and her talking ranges from impressive to "what the heck is she saying?"- I'm not in a hurry for her to be a big girl </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311541 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 09:09:36 +0000 californiadreams 2311541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: i get weekly "what to expect" emails since i was pregnant with L, and they switched to "preschooler" after his second birthday :crying: </p> <p>he is still my baby though, most definitely when he is sick and falls asleep on me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311530 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 09:02:06 +0000 reverie 2311530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we're still rocking a diaper butt.... sleeping in a crib and his lovey. He is still less than 2.5 but has a great vocabulary and talks about the randomest things, If it wasn't for the physical act of wiping his butt it would be really hard to think of him as a baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311527 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 08:58:49 +0000 LuLu Mom 2311527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only sign of baby is last night when she had a bad dream she held me tight while I rocked her back and forth. She's 3. Otherwise she's full on toddler, nearing preschooler :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311525 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 08:58:33 +0000 Smurfette 2311525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't think of one thing. Going too fast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311505 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 08:47:15 +0000 avivoca 2311505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's not potty trained, still sleeps with a paci, and still sleeps in a crib. But the potty training is coming (she keeps trying to pull her diaper down when she's gone to the potty). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311484 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 08:33:30 +0000 NavyRN2012 2311484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not potty trained. It's so sad :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311480 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 08:31:06 +0000 BKCaribBaby 2311480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not potty trained, still in crib, still rear facing the rare times we are actually in a car. Maybe my kid is behind.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311446 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 07:43:36 +0000 Bao 2311446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing :( so sad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311444 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 07:39:08 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2311444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think there's much of anything baby left. :crying: maybe that she's still rear facing..?</p> <p>When do we have to start calling them preschoolers? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311406 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 07:03:02 +0000 travellingbee 2311406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Almost nothing... :( in the last two months my 2.5 year old has moved to a big bed, potty trained, quit his binky, learned to ride a bike... I'm a sad momma that he's so grown up already!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311402 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 06:51:01 +0000 tinyperson 2311402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: Awww...the crib is about the only thing keeping her a baby in my mind right now too. She's getting so big and grown up (tear). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-makes-your-toddler-still-a-baby#post-2311346 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 00:54:04 +0000 daniellemybelle 2311346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO seems so grown up to me these days. Potty training has been a big turning point. Seeing her run around without that diaper butt makes her look so old. She is talking a ton now, and she's tall and lost a lot of baby fat. Even little things like getting her the 2-4 year old toothbrush instead of 3-24 months are bittersweet. </p> <p>The one thing that makes her feel like she's still a baby to me is that she sleeps in her crib. The main reason we have no plans right now to move her to a big bed is that (knock on wood) she has not tried to climb out and she sleeps really well in there, so if it ain't broke. But I will totally admit that I am not in a rush. Tucking her into a crib still feels like I have a baby, not a big girl.</p> <p>What remnant of babyhood are you holding onto? </p>