https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:56:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2658846 Tue, 29 Nov 2016 16:05:49 +0000 lioneyes 2658846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hard place! both DS and I are sick. last week was a sweet spot though so maybe it will turn around soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2658841 Tue, 29 Nov 2016 16:01:48 +0000 SweetiePie 2658841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When you first posted 6 days ago I would have said sweet spot. Since then it feels like it's turning more and more into a hard place. The tantrums are really kicking up a notch. But to be fair he's pretty easy going so 1 tantrum a day feels like a lot. Maybe relative to others it's still easy. I don't know!</p> <p>He's also getting clingier which I wasn't expecting at this age! He's 2 and suddenly it's mommy all the time. He's on a constant hunt for me if I walk out of the room for a minute. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2658621 Tue, 29 Nov 2016 13:07:48 +0000 littlejoy 2658621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hard spot for sure ... our 3 year old is super-spirited, and once again, testing every. single. boundary. I have Janet Lansbury audio books playing all day! ;) Also, apparently 3 year olds hate food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2658571 Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:01:16 +0000 snowjewelz 2658571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We came out of a hard spot when DD had coxackie for a whole week and me at 34 weeks pregnant... </p> <p>So thankful she's back to normal now! But it's not really a sweet spot still since I'm so hugely pregnant! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2657259 Fri, 25 Nov 2016 21:46:43 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2657259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SwanSong: sending so many hugs! </p> <p>@MrsRoo: when my sleep gets messed with I start LOSING it. Like spiraling into depression and anger and losing all my marbles all the time. I feel ya. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2657248 Fri, 25 Nov 2016 20:58:24 +0000 MrsRoo 2657248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hard spot. My three year old is bound and determined to make me lose my mind, and she's very close to succeeding. Bedtime is literal hell in our house right now, and DH works nights so it's all on me. Add in a 7 month who won't sleep more than 2 hours at a time suddenly and it's a recipe for crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2657238 Fri, 25 Nov 2016 20:14:32 +0000 SwanSong 2657238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh hard spot, my husband has been hospitalized for the past two weeks 1500 miles away from us. My three year old is acting out more than usual because of it and my 10 month old is super clingy. I just don't have enough arm, hands or patience to do it all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2657235 Fri, 25 Nov 2016 20:03:34 +0000 HappyBaker 2657235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sweet spot which is funny because I posted a similar thread a few months ago and we were struggling! It's crazy the difference a few months. Right now DD is 4 and super funny and DS is about to turn 2 but just started talking so much more so now everyone can communicate so much easier. We're laughing 1,000 times more than we were 3 months ago! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2657149 Fri, 25 Nov 2016 12:47:49 +0000 atoz 2657149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: I LOVE this age (6 months) but we're sleep training right now which is definitely tough! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2657139 Fri, 25 Nov 2016 10:29:11 +0000 psw27 2657139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hard spot. LO is going through some behavioral stuff and DH and I aren't on the same page. Parenting is hard enough, let alone when you fundamentally disagree about how to move forward. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2657124 Fri, 25 Nov 2016 08:17:21 +0000 Foodnerd81 2657124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@My Only Sunshine: I might have to get that book. Let me know if you like it. Also my almost a year old baby CHEWED on the stoneledge in front of our fireplace. Why?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2657100 Fri, 25 Nov 2016 01:36:53 +0000 LindsayLou 2657100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sweet spot for us, with our 15 month old. She is non stop and exhausting, but so much fun right now. 5-7 months was the hardest for me, and it's gotten easier since then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2657095 Fri, 25 Nov 2016 00:35:57 +0000 ALV91711 2657095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sweet spot. DS is 3.5 and it is just great. He is sleeping good, eats good, is pretty well behaved. Now if he would only poop on the toilet and not in his underwear every day it would be even better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2657083 Thu, 24 Nov 2016 23:10:39 +0000 My Only Sunshine 2657083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hard spot. I just got the book "Your Three Year Old: Friend or Enemy?" which I feel like is an accurate title. And the baby started crawling and is bound and determined to pull a lamp onto his head or crack his head open on the fireplace if I set him on the floor for half a second. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2657081 Thu, 24 Nov 2016 22:51:58 +0000 Mrs Spoon 2657081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hard spot. DD is in the midst of her threenager phase and it drives me nuts! DS is not sleeping well and I'm just exhausted. I'm also looking for a new job which puts an added stress and the rejection of job hunting is really getting me down. I do feel like if we could get DS's sleep under control everything would feel better because I wouldn't be so tired all the time. I just keep saying this phase can't last forever. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2656915 Thu, 24 Nov 2016 00:22:52 +0000 chopsuey 2656915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sweet and sweet at almost 4 and 5.5yo! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2656905 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 23:00:18 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2656905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: we've been potty training for almost two years now! It took this long to get #2 down and it was the most frustrating thing. But he still has accidents nearly everyday, but only at home. Not at school or daycare.<br /> Potty training has been the worst. I hate it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2656904 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 22:59:52 +0000 Foodnerd81 2656904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: @Mrs. Pen: ironically potty accidents are pretty much the one and only thing we don't have a problem with right now. </p> <p>Messing around with the sink when she washes her hands after is another story. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2656890 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 21:45:46 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2656890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: seriously. DD has been using the potty for like 8 months and is still having accidents. It's driving me crazy because she went 2 or 3 months with no accidents, not even at nap time and now it's several times a day </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2656841 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 20:26:29 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2656841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>sweet spot for the most part. Olive just turned 5 and Charlie is turning 7 next month. They are more independent than ever and it gets easier as they get older. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2656835 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 20:20:04 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2656835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hard spot but more work related and not parenting related. I desperately want to cut back on my hours, but it's just not feasible right now.<br /> Parenting though is in a pretty good spot. He's 4.5 and pretty well behaved, fun, has spurts of playing independently, etc. he still has defiance issues and potty accidents which are both frustrating - and we fight tooth and nail to get him to clean or pick up anything. But those seem minor compared to what we've been through with him in the past, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2656817 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 19:50:36 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2656817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sweet spot for a couple more weeks. DD1 is 2 and things are good for the most part. We're going to take her out of the crib this weekend, and DD2 will be arriving in a couple weeks, so I assume we'll be in a very hard place soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2656806 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 19:33:09 +0000 Foodnerd81 2656806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Very hard spot. 3 year is just impossibly 3 these days. The baby is almost a year and generally pretty chill but her sleep is getting worse instead of better. And we just moved and house problems and I'm exhausted and dh is working long hours... so yeah. It's a hard spot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2656803 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 19:25:00 +0000 youboots 2656803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sweet spot at 20 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2656801 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 19:23:05 +0000 Silva 2656801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The transition to two has kicked our asses- our baby is extremely fussy. We finally got him on a reflux med that works but then he got a cold and it's been lingering for three weeks.<br /> That said, I'm deliriously happy and in love and feel pretty okay with these tough months because i know it's just a short phase. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2656761 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 18:05:22 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2656761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sweet spot. At 13 months DD is (knock on wood) pretty easy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2656759 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 18:02:27 +0000 MrsA 2656759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sweet spot. Not easy, but we're doing fine and I know we have a bumpy road ahead with LO2 arriving in a couple months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2656755 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 17:53:18 +0000 catomd00 2656755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If my 6 month old would sleep life would be pretty close to perfect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2656709 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 16:15:45 +0000 babypugs 2656709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mostly sweet, although there's some serious attitude in my three year old and sleep isn't fantastic. I'm sure LO2's arrival in a few weeks will throw everything off. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-in-a-sweet-spot-or-a-hard-place#post-2656700 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 16:08:41 +0000 erinbaderin 2656700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sweet spot. Both kids sleep pretty well, eat pretty well, and are generally delights. </p>