https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:28:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-do-things-differently-with-your-second-child#post-30847 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:11:21 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 30847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I did pretty well the first time around. But I would say, avoid buying new clothes and going second hand. It's so mch cheaper and they are almost like new! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-do-things-differently-with-your-second-child#post-30824 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:37:13 +0000 MsMamaBear 30824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll make sure I let others help! I had a csection and the 1st week was hard. I'll let others help and not act like it's not me caring for my baby and I'm a bad mom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-do-things-differently-with-your-second-child#post-30335 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:20:48 +0000 chopsuey 30335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm gonna make sure baby #2 takes a bottle. My LO started rejecting the bottle at around 2.5 months.. -.- I love nursing her, but it's inconvenient cause I can only be away from her for a max of 3 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-do-things-differently-with-your-second-child#post-29079 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:04:40 +0000 looch 29079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If we have a second, I will sleep train as soon as I can and I won't be obsessed with sleep and naps.</p> <p>I would also like to do more babywearing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-do-things-differently-with-your-second-child#post-29015 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:06:45 +0000 cyndistar3 29015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: Yea, everything is different this time :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-do-things-differently-with-your-second-child#post-29014 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:04:13 +0000 Andrea 29014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cyndistar3: then it sounds like you are already off to a smoother start and enjoying it more. i am glad. :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-do-things-differently-with-your-second-child#post-29010 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:56:41 +0000 cyndistar3 29010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: I had big problems with depression throughout pregnancy and the first almost year of my daughters life, I have it under control so far this time so hopefully I can continue to be excited this time :) and I will probably do a lot less worrying this time too LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-do-things-differently-with-your-second-child#post-29008 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:53:22 +0000 Andrea 29008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cyndistar3: I agree on enjoying the whole process more. I hope that the second time around I will be able to just take things slow and enjoy lots of cuddle time with my newborn. Like we were saying on the other thread, we will be doing less worrying! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-do-things-differently-with-your-second-child#post-28978 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:54:29 +0000 cyndistar3 28978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only things I plan on doing differently is enjoying the whole process more, taking more pictures and hopefully keeping up on the baby book! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-do-things-differently-with-your-second-child#post-28977 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:52:19 +0000 heffalump 28977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ummm... I'm pretty sure I'll be just as paranoid with the next as I am now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-do-things-differently-with-your-second-child#post-28942 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:41:20 +0000 runsyellowlites 28942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only thing I really plan on doing differently is I'll be using an infant carrier (baby k'tan) over carrying baby in carseat everywhere &amp; we're going to cloth diaper.</p> <p>Otherwise I wasn't big on "germs" the 1st go round, and the only time I really got weird about "was that the baby" was when DS was gone (gotta love phantom cries). lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-do-things-differently-with-your-second-child#post-28925 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:16:16 +0000 ecogirl 28925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I'm pretty good with doing the same. I of course was totally enamored by him and checked a lot but everything else was okay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-do-things-differently-with-your-second-child#post-28923 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:12:24 +0000 Wondermommy 28923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, we're pretty much past the "I'll do this and that differently" stage, mainly because he's 3 now, so......... But yeah, I've been much more relaxed with him than my oldest. If he wants to wear his superman costume to the store, so be it. (Not out to dinner or anything, gotta draw the line somewhere) Also, I'm not forcing potty training on him. He'll do it when he's ready.<br /> I pretty much adopted the attitude that as long as he's not hurting himself or anyone (or thing, cat/dog) else, and not causing serious damage that can't be repaired/washed/fixed, it's not that big of a deal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-do-things-differently-with-your-second-child#post-28920 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:56:37 +0000 banana 28920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I won't hesitate using the swing to rock them to sleep when they're little. With my first, he LOVED the swing and would fall asleep instantly on it so I stopped using it because I didn't want him to get "used to it". But since then I've learned that babies outgrow things so quickly and are much more resilient than I previously thought.</p> <p>I also will not hesitate to use an exersaucer/bouncer/walker. My pediatrician recommended not using one because she said she's seen babies with hip problems as they grow older so I avoided the exersaucer like the plague. Now I hear so many moms that use it for their LOs and their babies are totally fine! Would've been nice to have a few minutes to myself to clean the house/cook dinner/whatever without constantly holding or wearing the baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-do-things-differently-with-your-second-child#post-28917 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:51:04 +0000 Miss Adia 28917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always hear that after your first one, you realize you didn't need to do half of the things you did and you are much more relaxed about the second one. Is this true? For me, I know there are things I won't do with the second child. </p> <p>1. I know I don't need to check on the baby every 10 seconds.<br /> 2. I don't need an arsenal of onsies. I gave away half of the ones I had because I just had too many of them and couldn't put her in them all.<br /> 3. Germs are all around us. I won't require people to basically put a HAZMAT suit on to enter the house. lol<br /> 4. Newborn toys are a waste.<br /> 5. I won't feel guilty about using a bottle. She was not at all confused about which nipple was which. It would have saved my sanity some nights in the beginning. </p> <p>Anything you did with your first that you won't do with your second? </p> <p> . </p>