https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:51:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardships-this-is-normal-right#post-38541 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:46:30 +0000 venice4504 38541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally! Babies have a (duh) mind of their own! And just when you think you figure out those little buggers they go a throw a curve ball. And then they smile... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardships-this-is-normal-right#post-38534 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:38:37 +0000 heffalump 38534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely! Just when we get her reflux under control she decides she doesn't like napping anymore. Then I get her to nap and she wakes up at 4 am. It's always something! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardships-this-is-normal-right#post-38014 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:32:38 +0000 Rubies 38014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks you guys! I feel a lot better. I know that all of this is normal but it makes it easier knowing that everyone else feels the same way. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardships-this-is-normal-right#post-38011 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:31:52 +0000 chopsuey 38011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. Once you think you've got things down it all changes! My SIL says sleep and etc. normalizes when LO turns 5. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardships-this-is-normal-right#post-38009 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:31:32 +0000 Rubies 38009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: Hooray, for sure! She is soooooo good! I was at the mall with my mom yesterday for FIVE hours and LO was awake and looking around...Or napping...So awesome. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardships-this-is-normal-right#post-37991 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:11:39 +0000 Mrs. Bee 37991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yup just when you get into a good rhythm with things, your baby goes and changes. just remember that when times are tough, this too shall pass! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardships-this-is-normal-right#post-37989 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:09:25 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 37989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, yes. Especially with sleep. You think you're in a great rhythm, then BAM. Something comes along and wipes the smug grin right off your face! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardships-this-is-normal-right#post-37983 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:56:30 +0000 Rock n Roll 37983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, it's always something new. I was just thinking how great it is that my daughter is such a mellow toddler, and then all the sudden in the last three days she became a tantrum throwing diva. Pretty much every time you learn how to manage one of your child's issues, they outgrow it and start up with a new one!</p> <p>I'm just hoping the second one will be easier since I'll have the knowledge gained from the first one. But it will be a new child with a new personality, so who knows? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardships-this-is-normal-right#post-37981 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:54:46 +0000 Andrea 37981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow! No more fussy baby? Hooray! </p> <p>I always feel like I can go from a high to a low really quickly with parenting. But I've also realized that a lot of it has to do with my own attitude. As I start to think that something is bad, I will catch myself, and think -- is this really THAT BAD?? The answer is generally no and that will help turn my mood around.</p> <p>Now that my LO is older, all I am asking is for her to be healthy and I worry a lot less about stuff that used to stress me out a lot in the first year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardships-this-is-normal-right#post-37974 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:35:12 +0000 pelikila 37974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would venture to say we all feel that way sometimes. Just as soon as you figure one thing out something else comes along to give you another challenge. As everyone says, there is no manual for parenting. We all just do our best and have to find satisfaction in that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hardships-this-is-normal-right#post-37970 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:13:02 +0000 Rubies 37970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was extremely colicky and fussy and just like all the books said, her colic stopped practically overnight two weeks ago. Now, she's (from what I can tell) a normal, happy, thriving baby. Breastfeeding is going amazingly well, she's sleeping a lot better, she's learning to play independently, and everything seems to be going well.</p> <p>But, in all the things I just mentioned, the second I stop to pat myself on the back about how great something is going, it stops completely and something goes awry.</p> <p>Parenting is such an emotional rollercoaster that sometimes I go from a crazy high to a plummeting low in such a short period of time that I think I'm going to lose my mind. It's exhausting!</p> <p>Anyone else in the same boat? Please say yes. </p>