https://dads.hellobee.com/ Hellobee Dads en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:02:03 +0000 https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/test-move#post-274 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:54:25 +0000 ck123 274@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>test move </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/test-close#post-272 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 11:28:27 +0000 ck123 272@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>test close </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/do-programs-like-amazon-mom-and-pampg-proud-sponsor-of-moms-irritate-you-at-all#post-247 Thu, 09 Jan 2014 07:23:03 +0000 pui 247@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>Advertising in general has this problem. Sure, on average men are interested in and like cars more, but women still drive cars as often as men do. Yet, unless its a minivan, car commercials almost exclusively target men. This probably even has something to do with why women are not as interested in cars in the first place. Women are told since childhood that they do not really like cars and advertising is a big culprit in that. </p> <p>This seems even more irritating because it's obvious that for almost every mom there is a dad there too. </p> <p>The honest truth is though that these big marketing companies have done their research and they're really only trying to advertise the most effective way possible. There is no doubt this is working for them. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/testing-testing#post-273 Sun, 24 Nov 2013 11:44:42 +0000 bloggertest 273@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>blergh. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/do-programs-like-amazon-mom-and-pampg-proud-sponsor-of-moms-irritate-you-at-all#post-245 Wed, 18 Sep 2013 23:40:53 +0000 Fronkinzankinsbride 245@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>I hadn't considered explicitly to be irritated by it, that's how ingrained sexism can be, but you're absolutely right. Implying that women need to do all the parenting work hurts everybody. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/securing-your-gear#post-244 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 00:10:52 +0000 erwoo 244@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>I have it in the center part of the crib as well. You can always use some of those 3M cord holders to keep your LO from grabbing it in the future. I actually just used painters tape temporarily which turned out to be quite permanent until we moved. LOL! Prob not the safest but it worked. Plus, I was able to see when he was grabbing the cord... which is why I taped it up to the side of the crib where he couldn't grab it if that makes sense. I'll prob use a more secure solution at our new place which might be using those 3M cord holders. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/securing-your-gear#post-243 Sun, 18 Aug 2013 18:22:08 +0000 ninja 243@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't do the three foot rule, but used plenty of cord keepers so it's tight to the wall. We centered it over the crib as well. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/securing-your-gear#post-242 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 21:57:36 +0000 autumnlove 242@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have a video monitor yet but I think the shelf option will be the best for us! </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/securing-your-gear#post-241 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:04:40 +0000 MrMB 241@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>Hey Dads (and Moms), You can really speak to any of the securing you've done around the house to protect LO from your house (and likewise your house from LO). But in trying to set up the nursery I'm facing a dilemma about the placement of the video baby monitor, so I wanted to get some insight from those of you who've installed video monitors and how you handled the placement.</p> <p>I feel like the most ideal placement for a video monitor is to mount it on the wall centered over the crib, but the power cord they give you is so short and cords need to be 3 feet from the crib. So I feel like the most ideal thing might be to poke a hole in the wall by where I want to mount it and then another in the wall down by the baseboard so I can snake the power cord up to the monitor. Then just run an extension cord from the nearest outlet to under the crib to plug in the cable.</p> <p>Maybe it wouldn't be the worst thing to put it high on a shelf beside the crib, but the way we have the crib setup, the baby will be blocked by the side of the crib and/or the mobile. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/do-programs-like-amazon-mom-and-pampg-proud-sponsor-of-moms-irritate-you-at-all#post-240 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:03:21 +0000 bunnylove08 240@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>Dh wants to be a stay at home dad and if we had the funds he would have. He stayed home for 2 months with her. </p> <p>I think amazon should change the name to amazon baby/ family </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/happy-fathers-day#post-239 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 07:37:33 +0000 T.H.O.U. 239@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>Happy Father's Day to all the dads out here!! </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/surprise-were-pregnant#post-238 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:37:55 +0000 apis 238@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrMB: many congratulations, sir. Can you even remember what you ate for that lunch?</p> <p>For us, DW was in the bathroom one morning getting ready for work and then came out showing me the positive pregnancy test. I think that she was so shocked/pleased that she didn't try to do anything surprising or complicated about revealing it to me. And then there was a least a few minutes where our conversation must have sounded like the teachers from Charlie Brown: wuh-wuh-wuh, wuh-wuh, wuh-wuh-wuh.</p> <p>I completely agree with @mrbee: for the first hour or two when I was at work, I was definitely useless, as all I could think about was "we're pregnant, we're pregnant, we're..." and on and on. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/surprise-were-pregnant#post-236 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:54:31 +0000 mrbee 236@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrMB: Wow, that's fantastic!!!</p> <p>My wife got pregnant four times... the first two times were miscarriages, but they were the most exciting times in terms of news. She told me in a really clever way the first time that night when I got home from work, and I was so totally floored by the news that I couldn't even tell you what that clever way was anymore!</p> <p>It's like when I proposed to her: she said that once I proposed, she didn't hear anything else I said. I think it was the same way when she first told me she was pregnant!! </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/surprise-were-pregnant#post-235 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:42:58 +0000 MrMB 235@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>Hey dads, Last week when DW innocuously wanted to meet up for a lunch date I have to admit getting the good news wasn't something on my mind. I mean, we had been trying for a little while so it wasn't like I was completely blindsided, but still she did a good job catching me off guard. When she picked me up from work, she told me she had something for me and pointed to a bag on the floor by my feet. When I peeked inside I found a few baby outfits and a positive pregnancy test. After a couple "For real?...Yes!" exchanges it of course got super emotional, and we were both beaming all throughout lunch. Made for quite the conversation piece. On the car ride to and from, I kept looking in the bag as if to try to reassure myself that I hadn't just imagined this.</p> <p>So where were you when you got the news and how did she tell you? </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-seen-a-change-in-your-wife-since-baby#post-233 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:08:36 +0000 miketravelparty 233@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't seen a change in DW but have really grown to appreciate her hard work. I think she is doing a great job and I need to let her know more of that. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training#post-232 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:06:13 +0000 miketravelparty 232@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>We have tried it as well. You almost have to trust it will work because you will always be waiting for when LO stops crying. The first few days it was like trying to get in at the last minute but we kept saying LO will tire and sleep soon. It did get better but some travel plans later in a few months but LO off track and we had to do it all over again but not as bad. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/diaper-bags#post-218 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:32:16 +0000 Mr. Jacks 218@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>I see no reason that you absolutely need a "diaper" bag. All those compartments are nice, but not needed if you are somewhat organized. When Mrs Jacks had business trips and Little Jacks and I would tag along, I would bring my mountain hardware backpack as my "diaper bag."</p> <p><a href="http://www.mountainhardwear.com/Hueco%E2%84%A2-34/OU4055,default,pd.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mountainhardwear.com/Hueco%E2%84%A2-34/OU4055,default,pd.html</a></p> <p>That is a newer model of the one that I have. I would use it for day trips, so I would have changed of clothes for me and little jacks, snacks and lunch for the both of us, water, diapers, wipes, laptop, and other miscellaneous stuff that one might need in a pinch. All that would be in the main compartment.</p> <p>Little Jacks would ride in the Ergo baby up front and the backpack on my back would balance things out. We toured Denver and Baltimore on foot for several days like that and had no problems. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training#post-213 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 22:36:17 +0000 mrbee 213@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>@Colby: 11 hours straight!!!! Wow! </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training#post-212 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:20:58 +0000 Colby 212@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>Each night has been different, but every night has been better than the previous month of sleep regression.</p> <p>He slept for 11 hours straight last night without waking, crying or being fed - this is a first for him...ever! He's definitely getting more sleep now than he did before. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training#post-211 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:48:15 +0000 Mr. Jacks 211@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>We had similar issues around 4 months as well. Our problems were because she was getting out of the wrap so we had to take it away and she kept on waking herself up with random moroings. This was just something that we worked through and only took a few nights before she was back to her normal sleep habits.</p> <p>With that said, we did not want to go with the cry it out method of any kind. Almost everyone I know that has done one of these methods has had issues with naps later on, and since I was a stay at home dad who also worked from home, I needed naps to be as regular as possible. </p> <p>We are now at 7 months with jack jack and she is sleeping from 7-7 at night with no wake ups and in her crib. We just worked with her for a long time to get her to that point. It took us a long time, but now we can set her down awake and walk away and she falls asleep within minutes, and there was no cry it out involved. </p> <p>When it came to Little Jacks, we co-slept. She is 2 1/2 now and still sleeps in our bed. We personally do not mind co-sleeping but that is just us. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training#post-210 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 05:59:29 +0000 Colby 210@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrOceanis: My wife has a real hard time listening to him cry and it's not easy for me either. We've had improvements since the 1st night. He's slept longer, only eating once at night now and he goes right back to sleep after only a minute of shh'ing. He seems to be taking better daytime naps also. We're not quite to the point where he is sleeping all night, but he's had some pretty regular 5-6 hour stretches. This is working much better than rocking him for 30 minutes with him screaming the whole time. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-seen-a-change-in-your-wife-since-baby#post-208 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:45:03 +0000 Mr. Jacks 208@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>Ha! I think that is the case for any parent. But I think the biggest change that we have both gone through was watching what we say and do around the kids. On top of that both of us have grown significantly in the amount of patience we have... to a certain extent! </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-a-diy-guy#post-207 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 09:20:04 +0000 MrOceanis 207@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>I enjoy DIY. My father liked it and taught me a lot. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-seen-a-change-in-your-wife-since-baby#post-206 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 09:16:43 +0000 MrOceanis 206@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>Most definitely. I think she has been exhausted for about 4 strait years! </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training#post-205 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 09:13:36 +0000 MrOceanis 205@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>I have 4 kids and we did this with all of them. It can be hard at first but, at least for us, it didn't last very long. The first couple days were the hardest. </p> <p>We did find that they slept better after doing this. They slept longer didn't wake up as much. With more sleep they also did better during the days. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training#post-190 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:02:48 +0000 Colby 190@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm looking for the Dad's input only on this one....</p> <p>...And parenting is like cooking - everybody seasons their recipe just a little different than the next guy. Personally, I marinate my ribeyes before grilling them :-D.</p> <p>Our son will be 4 months old tomorrow and he started his '4 month sleep regression' somewhere around 3-4 weeks ago. He had been sleeping from about 8pm-4am with no interruptions before this new pattern developed. We have laid him down awake in his crib and he's fallen asleep without crying before, so we know it's possible. Since he started this new sleeping pattern he has been difficult to console at night. He screams and cries no matter what you do to try to comfort him. He sleeps well for the first 3 hours and then he screams every 45-90 minutes after that. We have always swaddled him and tried variations of that(one arm out, both arms out) to try to make him happier, but nothing seemed to help.</p> <p>My wife mentioned the Ferber method as an option that she'd heard about on the forum and websites that might help. We read up on it briefly and after our pediatrician suggested "let him cry it out" we were willing to try something new. Every kid is different, so it's hard to say if this method will work over any other method.</p> <p>I'm curious if any of the dads have tried this and what their opinions are? Was it hard to stomach listening to him cry? Was it successful? What did you vary, if anything?</p> <p>We're only into night 2 and so far we've noticed an improvement with his sleep patterns and mannerisms in the first night. He didn't fight our short efforts to console him and fell back asleep MUCH faster than before when we would hold him and rock him. I'm interested to see how this works out for us and how it has worked out for others. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/latest-dad-movies-and-tv-shows#post-189 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:47:29 +0000 808love 189@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mr_mynoahbear: We rarely see movies these days so compared to Finding Nemo for the eighth time, the movie was up there, for us. I'm sure your refined taste may prove to be more widespread among the dads. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-seen-a-change-in-your-wife-since-baby#post-186 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:58:23 +0000 winniebee 186@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>I know I've changed....but I wonder how my husband perceives me know that we have a baby. </p> <p>Have you seen a change in your wife since baby? Positive? Negative? Mixed? </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-a-diy-guy#post-184 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:11:12 +0000 Mr_mynoahbear 184@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>Sorry, I have two left hands (and I'm left handed!!!!) no DYI. </p> <p>I've learned the hard way to let the professionals to the work! </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/latest-dad-movies-and-tv-shows#post-183 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:02:36 +0000 Mr_mynoahbear 183@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>DW and I watched what to expect and I fell asleep during movie which happens often. There were a few good parts but overall movie was a bit boring... </p>