My current parenting challenges-
19 month old: doesn't enjoy getting in car seat, and head slams during tantrums
Almost 4 year old: interrupting, ZERO patience ("can I have a drink?" "One minute" "CAN I HAVE A DRINK? Can I have a drink?!")
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Threenager. She is so sassy, constantly defying us, never listening, and I just cannot deal. I'm 34 weeks pregnant and just over it.
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Separation anxiety
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Baby: Still nursing at least every 3 hours every night at 9 months old. I work full time. I'm exhausted.
Threenager: Why you gotta have such an attitude ALL.THE.TIME.
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3yo - potty "accidents" when the attention isn't 100% on her. On Sunday, she did an enormous crap like a lump of modelling clay on the carpet... and two wee "accidents" while standing by the toilet because I dared walk away while she pulled her own pants down and got herself onto the toilet (which she is quite capable of doing).
4.5 month old - sleep. She STTN last night (amazing!), but its very rare.
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almost 3 - potty training... she's holding her urine for 6-7-8 hours at a time and waiting until she can no longer physically hold it and having an accident or until its bedtime and she gets a pull up.
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Solo parenting a threenager for a week while pregnant. DH hasn't even gotten on board the plane yet and I am already wishing his trip was over.
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Clinginess - at least once a week I make dinner with B sobbing and holding onto my knees because I won't pick him up. And bedtime. W is basically an angel, the only real issue with him is that he usually only naps for a half hour if he's in his crib.
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Listening. My almost 4.5 year old has been extremely defiant when we are out. Running away, telling us to leave him alone and don't talk to him. DH has carried him to the car kicking and screaming a few times the last few weeks. I'm so over it. He's had a lot of changes over the last few months (new class at daycare, I'm pregnant) so I get why he is acting out. But it is still exhausting!
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getting in the car seat. I have to blow raspberries to get them distracted enough to sit in the car seat. I think I am officially ready to move them to convertible seats. But I know it might not help since I already used a convertible seat when we traveled in July and they hated it. We were driving a lot during that trip so maybe that also made them hate it.
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trying to figure out how to parent alone for a year while DH is gone. Going mostly okay except dinner time I can't figure out how to entertain 5 month old at his cranky time and get 3 yo fed at a reasonable time!
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Bedtime and a few other times when separation anxiety is particularly bad for LO again/still. I thought this had eased (she's 15mos), but her cries for "mama" break my heart.
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@sorrycharlie: Sleep issues now that daycare has started. Our sleeping through the night since 8 weeks baby is really thrown off. Last night he woke to have THREE bottles overnight.
I think he is too stimulated to eat properly at day care ...
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She's got a diaper rash and we're trying to figure out if that means something is off with our diaper washing routine.
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Toddler: Screaming and generally being really loud.
Baby: leaking out of his cloth diapers. All my cloth covers got tears at the same time. I think it might be my washer, but I want to figure it out before I ruin more.
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3 year old- threenager here too. Makes me feel better that it's not just me. Then I yell and she melts down crying "mommy don't yell at me! Can I have a hug?!" How can a request for a hug make me so mad at this point?? (Because she was being a total brat which let to me yelling which led to the request).
8 month old- she's really very good overall. But I would really really really love for her to sleep through the night. Like, now.
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@ksnow: I am such a wimp. I have to solo parent for a week and I have a meltdown. I'm are you will figure out a routine that works for you but it is hard!
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"Mine! Mine!" "My cup" "my chip" "my banana" "mine, mine mine"
Yea ok some of those things are yours but don't be a little a-hole, and no a lot of those things are NOT yours!
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Right now we are ok overall. But, they both have big changes with school in the next few weeks, so I'm already preparing myself for some changes in attitude or regressions.
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@runnerd: ugh to the MINE. Also the "I want...!" We are working really hard with saying "mommy can I please have..." Instead of "I want milk!" Helps my sanity. A little.
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@Foodnerd81: um, some kid at school taught my daughter to say "gimmie it!". Oh hells naw. Not in this house girlfriend.
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Sibling fighting.
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3 year old: Does not listen. Won’t poop on potty.
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My Threenager. She is such a handful, and so independent and seems to fight me on everything. Im 22 wks pg, and DH is deployed. I work full time, I am up every morning by 4:30 am, and my kiddo does NOT want to go to bed at night. Like she fights it for HOURS. So lack of sleep, prego and tired as all get out and on my own. <sigh>
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Right now, it's listening with my 3 1/2 year old. At almost 35 weeks pregnant, my patience is thin anyways and I struggle with having to repeat myself. It mostly occurs when we do bedtime and basically wipes me out for the night by the time we're done.
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My job. It's not directly parenting, but indirectly. It's really stressful, a lot more hours than anticipated, and I just don't like it. I've looked for other jobs that would accommodate my family better, but have had no luck finding anything and now that I'm pregnant, I can't really switch right now so I'll have to look after I have the baby.
I don't think full time is for me, I'd rather do three days a week. Still get the fulfillment and satisfaction of working, but a lot more time with my kid(s). I miss them so much. -
3.5 yo - back talk and whining
3 mo old - sleep -
Newborn sleep. Everything else is manageable.
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E has decided she doesn't want to eat anything but "COOKIES!" and "CACKAS!" (crackers) anymore. She's had a PB&J for dinner the last three nights because I can't deal.
Also, she's highly opinionated as of late. Won't do anything she doesn't feel like doing, and this leads to lots of "Noooooo!" screams while rolling around on our floor.
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DD has a terrible cold and is not sleeping well. She's also having a hard time eating bc she's so congested.
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@mfa_lady: my LO has had plain yogurt with honey for like, 9 of her last 12 meals. I have bigger battles to fight and it could be a lot worse...
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DD is compulsively scratching the outsides of her butt cheeks when her diaper is off. A couple months ago it was the nape of her neck, then she stopped for a month or more and moved to the butt scratching. I don't know what to do. No detergent, diaper or soap changes. The localized areas make me lean away from food allergy. I don't know if it is a behavioral thing or what. I feel like such an incompetent mom when people spy her scratches
well baby visit on Thurs, hoping to get some ideas from the Dr
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@Foodnerd81: YES. At least they're eating, right?!
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DS has a viral sore throat that's worse than any cold I've experienced with either kid. He's not sleeping at all and screaming constantly. It's my first week of a new job and I'm struggling to make it through the day. DH is super stressed missing work and dealing with a screaming baby all day. I just look forward to DS feeling better so we can sleep.
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My 3 month old has horrible eczema. I think I finally found a product that works so. Fingers crossed it gets better soon.
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17 month: throwing herself down in a tantrum (so scared she's going to hit her head)
almost 4 year old: same as O! Interrupting and no patience at all, and sleeping in her own bed is an ongoing struggle.
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2.5 y/o : new sensory processing issues/ stubborn behaviors with speech therapy.
Nearly 4 y/o: tantrums/ potty training.
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2.5 yo being defiant/not listening/challenging nap time and bed time but only at home, daycare naps are no problems and the tantrums..oh the tantrums. Again, never at daycare, can't believe that sweet angel would ever tantrum/throw herself onto the ground and kick/growl and scream. Don't ya wish they could get it all out at daycare and then be angels at home all the time?? LOL
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4 month sleep regression.... and screaming bloody murder every time she's in the car seat.
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3.5 year old: whining and crying over EVERYTHING.
11 week old: sleep. He's doing much better but there is still plenty of room for improvement...
I think he is too stimulated to eat properly at day care ...
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