https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:09:31 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-like-a-re-do-on-any-parenting-momentissue#post-2432442 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 02:14:49 +0000 Kimberlybee 2432442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Thanks for posting this. I've been losing my patience with DD1 so easily for not listening and being disobedient. I need to remember that life has changed drastically for her since little sister arrived so I have to be more patient with her. She's such a sweet big sister but she always wants to hug on her, hold her, basically wake little sleepy, sister up to play. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-like-a-re-do-on-any-parenting-momentissue#post-2432187 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 21:23:22 +0000 DillonLion 2432187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would have handled breastfeeding differently. If I had known I was going to have such supply issues, I would have not skipped sessions in the early days and followed the nurse's instructions for round the clock nursing/pumping even though it sucked. I really would have liked to produce more milk. I don't know if my actions negatively impacted my supply or not. I'd like a re-do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-like-a-re-do-on-any-parenting-momentissue#post-2432160 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 21:11:55 +0000 MrsF 2432160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Thanks! </p> <p>@Bubbles: I know - if only I could have seen into the future to where my daughter would be an awesome little *person* rather than a colic monster... I suppose that's now how it works. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-like-a-re-do-on-any-parenting-momentissue#post-2431615 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:21:35 +0000 Foodnerd81 2431615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: I cried ugly tears when I was so engorged my newborn couldn't latch so I hand and expressed into a bottle and she gulped it down when DH fed it to her. I felt so guilty that she couldn't nurse in that moment- when it was milk I had literally just squeezed out for her. I was crazy. </p> <p>There have been lots of moments I wished I had more patience. And seeing how probiotics are helping G I wish I had tried them for C when she was colicky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-like-a-re-do-on-any-parenting-momentissue#post-2431599 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:15:56 +0000 artsyfartsy 2431599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The paci. He became not as interested in it around 10 months or so and I could have taken it but I didn't. Now he's addicted to his paci at 2 and I don't think we'll be able to get rid of it until he's old enough to understand it's time to put the paci away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-like-a-re-do-on-any-parenting-momentissue#post-2431587 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:13:05 +0000 Boogs 2431587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: I need to listen! How do you listen to the No Bad Kids? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-like-a-re-do-on-any-parenting-momentissue#post-2431580 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:09:03 +0000 ShootingStar 2431580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish I could go back in time to the newborn days. I'd tell myself to go pump and then sleep as long as possible and then I'd sit there and enjoy my teeny tiny newborn. I was so stressed in those days. I was so so tired and I didn't know what I was doing in terms of feeding him, and in my crazy hormonal state I'd get offended if he refused to breastfeed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-like-a-re-do-on-any-parenting-momentissue#post-2431312 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:13:38 +0000 rachiecakes 2431312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Breastfeeding.<br /> I wish I wasn't so hard on myself.<br /> I had to be back into my regular clothes by the time I went back to work 7 weeks postpartum. I had to jump right back into my stressful job like nothing lifechanging had happened. I had to breastfeed and pump constantly because I was told it was best and if I didn't I felt like I was poisoning my child with formula.<br /> Awful. I would do all of that over again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-like-a-re-do-on-any-parenting-momentissue#post-2431309 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:13:09 +0000 Torchwood 2431309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nursing! I took for granted that she'd figure it out once she got a little bigger, because everyone said she would. Yeah, nope. EPing here, and have given up even trying for the occasional nursing session. I would have taken it much more seriously and done things very differently.</p> <p>Also, pushing for them to take me seriously on the signs I might go into labor early. I was told over and over not to worry, by high risk OB's, midwives, everyone. I strongly felt that she'd be early, but when I was in early labor I dismissed it because I'd been told not to worry unless I had clear signs of labor like bloody show or my water breaking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-like-a-re-do-on-any-parenting-momentissue#post-2431302 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:10:10 +0000 snowjewelz 2431302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: I need to listen to No Bad Kids! I love the podcasts and blog </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-like-a-re-do-on-any-parenting-momentissue#post-2431299 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:08:49 +0000 californiadreams 2431299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i am not sure how i would manage it, but i do wish i could go back in time and not work full time for the past 2 years, i wish i found a part time job or negotiated something with my current job (which would not have worked because my boss would not have went for it and i knew that).</p> <p>I feel like any other bad parents moments i've had stem from my exhaustion from working full time. in the past week and a half that i've been off work on mat leavem(new baby not here yet), i feel my relationship with my son has improved for the positive because i have more energy, time, and attention for him and can be more mentally present with him more often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-like-a-re-do-on-any-parenting-momentissue#post-2431266 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:59:33 +0000 Bubbles 2431266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsF: Same for me with the colic. I felt like my baby just hated life and he would always be miserable, now he is such a happy toddler.<br /> I have read Janet Lansburys books and would reccomend, but they are collections of blog posts so you could get the same info by reading lots of posts.</p> <p>I would love to redo my whole approach to solids with my son. My pushiness and stressful attitude around food in the earlier days have caused so many problems now. I am looking forward to not making the same mistakes with DS2! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-like-a-re-do-on-any-parenting-momentissue#post-2431262 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:57:37 +0000 winniebee 2431262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsF: I've done both. I listened to No Bad Kids on audible and it changed my life. Now I listen to podcasts every week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-like-a-re-do-on-any-parenting-momentissue#post-2431241 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:49:56 +0000 MrsF 2431241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't think of one specific topic, but I wish I could go through M's newborn colic days with the knowledge that I have now. She was so miserable and I was so sad &amp; isolated. </p> <p>@winniebee: I've read a few Janet Lansbury blog posts. Have you read her book(s) or listened to podcasts? I like the ideas but I sort of need a bigger picture explanation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-like-a-re-do-on-any-parenting-momentissue#post-2431231 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:40:11 +0000 snowjewelz 2431231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine don't really have anything to actually do with DD... </p> <p>1. Breastfeeding. I wish I had started to pump sooner to try to up my supply, if I had known that I was going to have low supply and have to supplement by 7 months and wean by 9 months. </p> <p>2. Babywearing. I wish I figured out how to wear her sooner! I had a Beco but couldn't quite get it to work well. Then a friend lended me a k'tan but she had gotten too big for it. It worked out later when I sold the Beco and got an Ergo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-like-a-re-do-on-any-parenting-momentissue#post-2431210 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:30:38 +0000 BandDmommy 2431210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, the way we handled my son's biting. It was such a stressful time and I know there was a better way to handle it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-like-a-re-do-on-any-parenting-momentissue#post-2431198 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:27:20 +0000 winniebee 2431198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Looking back, I was not patient enough or understanding enough of my older son when my second son was born. I was sleep deprived, and he acted out a lot. Maybe it was the age (2.5-3) or the new baby but those 6 months were really rough. I wish I could redo that time win him in some ways. I since have become a Janet Lansbury follower and I think Knowing what I know now I could have been a better mom. </p> <p>Do you wish you could have any parenting re-dos?? </p>