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I've thought that the babies board should be expanded as well, for people with older children, (everything from toddlers to tweens would be covered) as well. A simple 'parenting' section would cover it, imho. And then, there could be all kinds of sub categories like you mentioned. Expanding the babies section period, would be a fantastic idea, but I've hestitated to suggest it in the ideas section, 'cause alot of stuff doesn't get looked at or voted on because most members don't look there as often as they do the boards.
What do you ladies think?
@Wonderwoman217: I like the idea of making it into a parents board and then breaking it down into subdivisions. We do seem to be growing in our TTC or NTNTC areas.
Make sure you post this on the ideas board, so everyone can vote on it!
I'd vote -- I think it's a good idea.
So far this seems to be a thumbs up idea. If it gets a fair amount of "i'd vote for it" comments in this thread, I'd def post it in ideas.
And, P.S, OP, sorry for the slight threadjack :)
Ok I posted it in the ideas section. Thanks for the support ladies! Go vote!
Sounds like a really good idea!!! I can't wait until we can join that board :)
It's funny because at first the Babies board got a lot of reisistance, but it ended up being pretty popular! I think you have a great idea and here's the idea you posted about if others want to vote! http://ideas.weddingbee.com/topic/splitting-babies-board
i agree the babies board should be expanded! its all i read on here.
@RR: Oh, adoption's a good call. I second that.
I think that is an awesome idea!!! I have a two year old but am thinking about TTC so it would be nice to go into the different sections!!!
I think it would a a good idea except for the fact that then it starts to become a parenting board and that isn't quite what Wedding Bee was created for. I think if it was expanded and given its own sister site like, Baby Bee or something like that it would be better. I definately think expanding it is good but maybe not on the wedding bee boards... It would make more sense to do something similar to what the knot has with The Nest and The Bump. But that would take a TON of work and more money and servers.
I agree, but I think we should start simple. Maybe babies and TTC. Or maybe those 2 plus parties.
I think this is also a great idea but I don't know if the Mr and Mrs Bee are really into starting a baby bee. They've posted about it before and it's not something that they were actively going after.
Maybe there is someone here that is interested in starting their own site? I'd love to do something like this but I don't really know where to start.
Personally, I don't think we should break it up. I love the babies board and I'm glad it's here on weddingbee, but this is primarily a wedding site. It's not a baby site or newlywed site. It's great that they give us the space to discuss children as it is, but I think giving it more depth further takes away from what the site is supposed to be about.
Okay, no snark here, just wanna play devils advocate for a moment. For everyone that's not crazy about the idea because it's not what Wedding Bee is about- what about all the NWR sections on the Bee? There are eleven categories under NWR. And in Nesting, there are three others (besides the babies board). All of the above are not related to weddings.
I believe that those that are in favor of the idea, as well as myself, simply would like more sub categories with the babies section, all under the Nesting umbrella. Please correct me if I'm wrong on this.
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yes, but, in my opinion, the NWR category is still more inclusive to everyone. Yes the baby boards are open to everyone, but I feel the target audience is smaller and it's not the focus of the website. My feeling on NWR is that the ladies on here are going to have a life outside of wedding planning (I would hope!) so that board is still geared towards serving the wedding planning audience, it just lets them talk about things other than wedding planning. I hope I'm making sense. I'm not trying to say this idea is stupid, I'm just trying to give insight to the other side of the spectrum. There are many, many folks on here who would like to see the baby board gone with all together. I am NOT one of them by any means, but I can see this further irritating them.
I also feel like there isn't enough traffic on the baby section to warrant splitting it into smaller categories. The last replied to threads on the first page are already a day old, so if you took those threads and split them, they would be from even longer ago. It's just personal taste, but I prefer to reply to threads that were active in the last day or so. I know it is similar on the other boards, but I guess in general I'm not a fan of a million subcategories anyway.
Just my opinion. Anyone else agree?
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@JoesWifey: You raise valid points, and I can completely see what you're saying. Who knows, the idea could be nixed altogether, and this would all be a moot discussion anyway. There are lots of ideas that get alot of five star votes that never become implemented. It'll all come down to what the powers that be decide.
Wow 41 votes and 4 stars, that's very impressive in just a day!
@JoesWifey: But most often, what happens after a wedding... soon a baby in a lot of cases. And if we've found other bees that we enjoy, I would hate to lose them to The Knot/Nest/Bump after they become pregnant. I think it's very useful for us as well... some of us are very curious about TTC issues, Pregnancy (everything your mother did not tell you) and kids. I think women that are interested in expanding their family one day and are planning a wedding -most often more times than not- are curious to read and possibly partake in some discussions on the baby boards.
But yes, the main focus should be wedding. But, I still feel strongly about my statement above.
Often in the past, the need for new boards has arisen based on what is being posted but not really "fitting" on any existing boards - new boards aren't created to generate posts.
So if you feel like there's an influx of certain topics on the baby boards (I know there's a lot about TTC and pregnancy!), that might be a good direction to start with. :)
@Lillindy: Especially on a Saturday! When traffic is usually much slower on the weekends.
They way I see it, the babies board could be split much like the local boards. When you click on "local," you have to then click on your area, and then click on your city. I think this would work for nesting, too. You'd click on nesting, then click on babies, and then you could see all of the other related sub-topics (such as TTC, pregnancy, newborns/babies, etc).
Like DDW said, I don't think doing this is going to really cause a flood of new baby related posts. I think it's just going to give certain posts a "home," so that they can be easily categorized and found. The babies board may not be huge right now, but it may get up there someday once a lot of bees get married. :)
I like it - even though DH and I aren't TTC yet, I still really enjoy reading the baby boards in preparation for when we do reach that point (we're not even NTNT - goalie is still firmly rooted in place - lol).
Just wanted to say that the title of this is a little....disturbing, lol. I didn't know what to expect - custody issues, egg donation sharing...
I like the following 4 categories:
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There are so many ladies posting in the Babies board that I have been starting to wonder if it might be good to split the board into subtopics. Examples:
Concieving
Pregnancy/Childbirth
Baby showers
Babies (ie., once they're born)
Do you think it's a good idea? It might allow people to browse through topics more closely related to what they're dealing with without running into tons of unrelated posts.