At this age (2) I struggle with crying/screaming. If hugs and comfort don't work and I've tried everything in my power, I can't handle the crying and screaming. I'm thankful my husband has the skills to handle crying/screaming jags!!
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I can't handle the whining. Omg the whining. I also struggle with keeping my cool sometimes. I really try not to yell at her a lot but sometimes I can't help it. It's a process
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Whining, definitely. I think it stems from my lack of patience which I've been really trying to work on. Definitely not something I ever thought about until I became a mom and realize I have exactly zero amount of patience.
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I struggle when LO1 doesnt listen. The constant reminders escalate me very quickly.
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I have struggled with her sleep. And I definitely struggle to delegate and leave her with anyone other than me. I think it stems from not having family nearby and bring a SAHM but I need to work on it for sure, for her sake.
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whining/tantrums and eating. DS will not eat. ugh.
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Eating. My kid eats better at daycare than he does at home. I've succumbed to pouch & toast dinners because I am so at a loss and tired when I get home from work. ETA: and he's so dang picky right now.
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Whining really wears my patience down. And she seems to mostly only whine for me.
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Deciding what health issues are important and behavior/whining/tantrums.
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Determining effective rewards and punishments. I could take away the world and it wouln't phase my son. He just doesn't care.
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I think my biggest struggle is my own behavior, not necessarily LO's. I struggle with being a lazy parent. Not wanting to discipline or correct her because I'm tired or I've already had to do it 300 times that day. I have to constantly remind myself to lower my expectations as she is only 2 years old and still very new to navigating the world. Also, I'm pretty impatient, and it annoys me to no end when she chooses to ignore me.
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@looch: We're entering into a phase where this coming into play. It seems that LO is fairly motivated by rewards - which we want to avoid - but that she really does not care at all if we take things away or restrict privileges. I feel like our bag of "tricks" is getting smaller and smaller
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@Weagle: similar here,
My biggest struggle by FAR is my own level of patience. I have practically none, and as you can imagine..it makes parenting a teething 10 month old mobile baby very challenging. Very. I usually run out of patience by about 10am soOo, it gets rough in the afternoons!
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Definitely building up my patience. After a day of work, I have lil left over for DS and that's on me to fix! His whining while draining isn't over the top! He's also going through a mommy phase so I think that mentally drains me more than I'd like to admit.
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With D I don't really have struggles. With M, I have a guilt that I'm not structuring him as much as I did with D. But, I'm slowly getting over it and accepting that this one and I will be flying by the seat of our pants, lol.
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With my 5 year-old, testing boundaries. My 2 year-old, screaming. With my newborn, nothing...she's the easy one.
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@Weagle: Exactly. My son has daily speech therapy work he has to complete. Well, he's been skating by because there is a lot he can do, but now, the rubber is meeting the road and he's not able to do some of the exercises. I have tried everything to get him to sit down and do the work, and nothing motivates him. Nothing. It's really frustrating and the therapist basically told me there has to be something, but she can't figure out what it is either! I wish it were stickers or M&Ms!
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@.twist.: Oh the eating. I struggle on what to feed this kid. I can't feed him fruit and yogurt forever, because I'm afraid he'll develop an unhealthy relationship/expectation with food. Ugh. But he also doesn't eat (or nap) at daycare. All he wants to do is play toys all day!
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At 2 I struggle with J's defiance - I try to keep my tone positive and encouraging but it's soooo hard.
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I struggle with feeling like I'm not teaching her enough. She's only 12 months but I constantly feel like I need to be singing songs or reading her books or teaching her animal noises. And I don't know if she's even old enough to "get" any of it.
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tantrums
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4am. thats when my patience is at its lowest.
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My biggest struggle is letting go.. letting someone else do it. LO is 9 months old and only 3 times have I let someone else put her to bed and that's including DH... I "might" have control issues....
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I struggle with my own patience every day. I get irritated and snap at DD and it's hard for me to remember that she's just 2, and her brain/body don't work like mine. It's something I have the most mom guilt about.
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Whining/crying for no reason (or at least, no reason I can figure out) and thinking of fun/stimulating things to do with her.
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I'm with so many of you here. I struggle with my own patience when it comes to the whining and the tantrums.
And truth be told my kids are not even that bad with it as I've seen how some can really wear a parent down. I think it's just the everyday things that build up and I forget sometimes how lucky I am to even experience this journey. I do too also struggle with keeping them entertained while also teaching them things. I really should read to them more. -
@.twist.: eating here as well. But it's not so much that she's picky ... it's that she's always wanting to run around and take bites of this and that whenever I call her back to finish eating. I keep telling myself she's just being a kid, but i can't help but feel like I'm setting myself up for a bad mannered eater
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LO is 14 months and I struggle with the fact that she still needs to be nursed to sleep. It isn't that big of a deal for me, but it is frustrating at times when I REALLY want to do something else but have to put her down for bed/naps. Before a vacation earlier this month, she would put herself down for naps, bu vacation and a weekend trip ruined that progress
Oh well it is't as if this stage lasts forever. I keep reminding myself to just enjoy the nursing snuggles I also struggle with not automatically yelling "no" when I see her getting into bad things or about to make a huge mess or hurt herself. She is starting to be really sensitive and cry easily if she thinks I am mad, and I really don't want to be that mean mommy when she is old enough to remember things. I am practicing thinking before I shout because I really don't want to be a yelling household. DH & I worked on not yelling at eachother and so now I just need to stay on board and not yell at LO.
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We struggled the last couple of months with bedtime and sleepign through the night. LO slept in the same room with us on vacation for a week, it took 2 and a half months to fix it. We went through her coming in our room every night, to crying jags in the middle of the night, refusing bedtime. You name it she did it. We are finally back on track with her going down easily at night and staying in bed all night. This has only happened in the past 2 weeks and it it glorious. I apparently lose my sh*t easily with the 5th wake up at 2am for no reason.
@Mae: seriously.
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@Espion: L could eat fruit forever. I understand completely. I worry often. He hates meats.
@aegie: Is this in my future? How old is your LO? That would stress me out too. Right now we strap him in a chair so, he can't run around but we won't be able to do that forever!
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My confidence in my son's attachment to me. He's watched full time in my home by his aunt, and he screams when she leaves for the day. It's very demoralizing.
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Being really active and engaged with her after a days long work. I just want to flip on the TV and let her watch while i am lazy and sit on the couch. Sigh...
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Nap battles. This kid is gonna drive me crazy before bedtime tonight. And defiance (just yelling NO! when I ask him politely to do something). Oyoyoy
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Patience. I am not good at dealing with the whining/crying/tantrums - especially in the car seat. They make me so frustrated and flustered.
Also, I am starting to totally understand the danger/allure of screen time. DS is only 17 months, but it is so so hard to ever have him sit still, and I really want one cup of coffee and a little bit of quiet in the morning, so I turn on PBS Kids for a bit... and he's starting to look hypnotized by it! So, I have some guilt over that.
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Managing my own emotions, specifically boredom and exhaustion.
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juggling WAH and FT mom. i just sent her to a nanny share for the first time today and it was kinda amazing. we don't have the funds for me to do it daily, but i'm hoping that once a week will help me feel like i'm a productive worker (work for myself!) and then free up my mom time to dedicate to her solely instead of feeling that i need to do more work.
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finding things to do! I've struggled with depression and with the first tri misery, the poor thing has been trapped in the house a lot with me.
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@sorrycharlie: I hear you. I also worry in general about my depression or anxiety affecting him down the road as I deal (dealt with? we're estranged) a very mentally ill mother myself.
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Patience, with my 8 year old- he's very stubborn and independent. He's also 8 going on 16. With my 18 month I have difficulty with the typical toddler defiance.
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@sorrycharlie: this is me too. I feel like lo has been trapped with me being stuck inside suffering through the first tri, and sometimes i feel like he would be better off at daycare....i know it will get better, but i have been feeling really guilty.
I also really struggle when his sleep is off. A couple bad nights nearly send me into panic thinking we are letting him develop bad habits and i will never sleep again. He finally started sleeping through the night a month ago, so our current regression (fighting bedtime for hours) makes me want to cry
Oh well it is't as if this stage lasts forever. I keep reminding myself to just enjoy the nursing snuggles Subscribe to our newsletter
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