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Hellobee Boards Topic: If 4 was a difficult age for your LO ... https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:27:48 +0000 daniellemybelle on "If 4 was a difficult age for your LO ..." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-4-was-a-difficult-age-for-your-lo#post-2878060 Mon, 25 Mar 2019 11:37:14 +0000 daniellemybelle 2878060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The first 6 months of every age is hard for us. 3-3.5 was not so good. 3.5-4 was better. 4-4.5, not so good. 4.5-5, better. 5-5.5 was rough but once again, at 5.5 it's getting better. I think there's a name for this? Let me google it... Yep: <a href="https://centerforparentingeducation.org/library-of-articles/child-development/developmental-stages-the-roller-coaster-of-equilibrium-and-disequilibrium/" rel="nofollow">https://centerforparentingeducation.org/library-of-articles/child-development/developmental-stages-the-roller-coaster-of-equilibrium-and-disequilibrium/</a> jhd on "If 4 was a difficult age for your LO ..." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-4-was-a-difficult-age-for-your-lo#post-2877957 Sun, 24 Mar 2019 15:47:16 +0000 jhd 2877957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Silva: yes to the special nights! My husband has done this with our son. One night they played PacMan on his phone and he let him have an Oreo as a snack and DS talked about it for days. 😂 Silva on "If 4 was a difficult age for your LO ..." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-4-was-a-difficult-age-for-your-lo#post-2877948 Sun, 24 Mar 2019 12:32:03 +0000 Silva 2877948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 4 was our hardest year and it got dramatically better around her 5th bday. One thing that helped me was to introduce special nights where she got to stay up late with just me and her dad and have popcorn and play games. It didn’t necessarily improve her behavior the rest of the time but I was really struggling with even liking her and she was so sweet and pleasant during those special game nights that it helped me survive. Also, the How to Talk to Kids books are gold Foodnerd81 on "If 4 was a difficult age for your LO ..." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-4-was-a-difficult-age-for-your-lo#post-2877937 Sun, 24 Mar 2019 09:02:17 +0000 Foodnerd81 2877937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ In my (limited) experience the terrible twos is nonsense. 3 and 4 were way worse! I much prefer 5 though. My younger daughter has always been the easy one and now that she’s 3... she’s more of a challenge. But still nothing compared to her sister at that age. I don’t want to brag but a lot of parents have told me they have never seen tantrums like my older daughter threw. 🤷🏻‍♀️ jhd on "If 4 was a difficult age for your LO ..." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-4-was-a-difficult-age-for-your-lo#post-2877932 Sun, 24 Mar 2019 07:34:55 +0000 jhd 2877932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @muffinsmuffins: yes! Two and three were easy so this was a shock! DS2 turned 1 yesterday and DS1 turns 5 next month. I have to remind DS1 to be gentle and kind a lot now that baby is into all his toys, but it’s so much easier than it was 6 months ago! muffinsmuffins on "If 4 was a difficult age for your LO ..." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-4-was-a-difficult-age-for-your-lo#post-2877931 Sun, 24 Mar 2019 07:31:18 +0000 muffinsmuffins 2877931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @jhd: this is pretty much our exact scenario as well. We are still in the thick of it most days with almost 7mo and almost 4.5yo so this gives me a little hope it will even out! I say we skipped terrible 2 and 3’s...4 has been the hardest by far. jhd on "If 4 was a difficult age for your LO ..." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-4-was-a-difficult-age-for-your-lo#post-2877923 Sat, 23 Mar 2019 23:12:36 +0000 jhd 2877923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DS2 was born the month before DS1 turned 4. This has been our hardest year of parenting for many reasons. DS1 has definitely been more challenging at 4 than he was at any other age. I will say that although 4 for us has come with lots of big emotions and testing of boundaries sometimes, we are much more settled now at almost 5 than we were when DS2 was brand new! Foodnerd81 on "If 4 was a difficult age for your LO ..." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-4-was-a-difficult-age-for-your-lo#post-2877919 Sat, 23 Mar 2019 21:01:35 +0000 Foodnerd81 2877919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My challenging child is now 5.5 and she’s been doing so much better. Early 5 was still pretty tough- she started a new school right after her bday and the transition was hard. She’s been steadily improving (but I think a lot of that is because of a great teacher for her). And she is NOT without hard moments, but the tantrums and no impulse moments or not the norm anymore. Don’t get me wrong- she had a really bad day today, but she was SO good all week, I could handle the bad day better. Sorry you are in the thick of it. It’s so hard. I really hope this positive momentum we have now sticks... bhbee on "If 4 was a difficult age for your LO ..." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-4-was-a-difficult-age-for-your-lo#post-2877917 Sat, 23 Mar 2019 20:44:21 +0000 bhbee 2877917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ When did it get better??? Our biggest problem for DS is impulse control. We thought things were improving between 3-3.5 but then he got a baby sister and it made him lose his mind. We’re not doing an amazing job parenting this situation and I’m hoping there’s a light at the end of the tunnel!