https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 27 May 2026 08:37:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/triumphfail-of-the-week#post-2874740 Sun, 03 Mar 2019 15:09:54 +0000 Mama Bird 2874740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Triumph: I took 3 kids out to play in the snow by myself, then handled dinner and bedtime by myself without major meltdowns. Yay!</p> <p>Fail: Today DS fell down the stairs right in front of me. I was carrying the baby and didn't move fast enough to catch him. Luckily he only split his lip. I was about to go to a dental appointment that I'd put off for a month, but was too shaken to leave and wanted to keep an eye on DS to make sure he's OK. So all the planning that went into the appointment is down the drain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/triumphfail-of-the-week#post-2874736 Sun, 03 Mar 2019 14:43:08 +0000 lindseykaye 2874736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Triumph: We by the bullet and got DD (12 weeks today) our of the Rock and Play! Things are still a work in progress but sleep hasn’t totally been destroyed so we are calling it a win. </p> <p>Fail: I’m really trying to eat more nutritious food and change my habits but then we surprised Daddy with some sleep in time and I took the girls to get him/us donuts and a breakfast sandwich on Saturday. I want to go do things like this and have the self control not to have to eat it too. Like, I can get the family donuts and not order myself 2000 calories worth of food at 7: 30 am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/triumphfail-of-the-week#post-2874718 Sun, 03 Mar 2019 12:31:36 +0000 macintosh 2874718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Triumph: I taught DS to blow his nose :silly: It’s the little things. And he’s been very good and sweet at bedtime 😅</p> <p>Fail: We were invited to a birthday party for my old friend’s son. DS has never met the family before, so even though there were kids ages 2 and up, he didn’t know anyone. It was a Tae Kwon Do party so DS was really shy and intimidated by all the other kids (majority boys). I kept encouraging him to go play but he had several crying meltdowns and mostly played by himself. I didn’t have much of a chance to talk to my friend or the other adults :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/triumphfail-of-the-week#post-2874713 Sun, 03 Mar 2019 11:10:27 +0000 petitenoisette 2874713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Triumph: pulling off my LOs combined 1st and 4th bday party with a huge number of people in our small house and having the weather end up clearing up perfectly before the party. </p> <p>Fail: being difficult and fighting with my DH before the party with the stress of the storm and getting everything ready. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/triumphfail-of-the-week#post-2874689 Sun, 03 Mar 2019 09:29:07 +0000 wrkbrk 2874689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Triumph: Uninstalling, taking apart, washing, putting back together, and re-installing - newly FF - our son’s two car seats in both our cars! Anyone who knows how annoying car seats are knows that’s a win! Lol.</p> <p>Fail: Giving into a 3 year old’s demand for an overpriced, hideous plastic race track at target - totally teaching him the wrong lesson (if he begs enough we relent. Sigh). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/triumphfail-of-the-week#post-2874687 Sun, 03 Mar 2019 09:26:56 +0000 wrkbrk 2874687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Turtle: You will, just keep trying! They train us you know :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/triumphfail-of-the-week#post-2874659 Sat, 02 Mar 2019 22:55:08 +0000 jhd 2874659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Triumph- One afternoon this week we all just needed a change of scenery. Instead of worrying about what needed to be done around the house I packed a snack and we walked to the park. My boys had the best time and we all felt so much better. I’m not always good at being spontaneous so this felt like a win.</p> <p>Fail- I was super stressed this week and felt like it kept me from doing a good job as a mom. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/triumphfail-of-the-week#post-2874658 Sat, 02 Mar 2019 22:39:57 +0000 Mrs. Turtle 2874658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Triumph: After struggling with O (3) waking up N (9m) during bedtime for about 5 days in a row, which seemed like 5 weeks, I successfully got them both down by 6:45 last night with no crying and no loud outbursts from O. She even said, quietly, to me when I was done with N, "Mama, I'm being SO quiet tonight." She really tries.</p> <p>Fail: Sigh. Losing my patience, every single day at least once. 3 is so hard, and I struggle daily with being flexible. My instinct is to hold a hard line when I decide how things are going to go. Inevitably, O has other plans and is either moving at a snail's pace or flat out being defiant, and I have so much trouble picking my battles. I tend to pick them all if I don't check myself, and we end up in a battle of the wills. And it never ends well. I wish I could train myself to be more flexible with her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/triumphfail-of-the-week#post-2874657 Sat, 02 Mar 2019 22:23:42 +0000 annem1990 2874657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Triumph- Teaching my one year old to “kiss.” So now he randomly comes up to me with his lips pursed and grunts until I kiss him. I could die :heart: </p> <p>Fail- Feeding him cookies for dinner and making him watch Elmo on the IPad for over an hour so I could go sit in the bathroom and puke. Then all I wanted to do was lay on the ground and watch Friends. Yay first trimester.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/triumphfail-of-the-week#post-2874655 Sat, 02 Mar 2019 22:04:48 +0000 lady baltimore 2874655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have been catching up on the Mom &amp; Dad Are Fighting Podcast, so that inspired the title of this post, but I needed to confess about a fail from this afternoon.</p> <p>LO (3) and I were at the library until closing time. We were in line at the machine to pay for the parking garage, and when it was our turn, LO was trying to help. I let her put one of the tickets in, but was also rushing her along because I was aware of the line behind us. All of a sudden, a young woman stepped up next to me and started reprimanding me, saying, "can you please be nice to her?!" I quickly realized that this young lady had some sort of intellectual impairment, and took no offense at what she was saying, but I also froze up. She kept admonishing me, and I just kept focusing on LO and on finishing the payment process as quickly as possible. A man behind me (possibly her father or brother) was trying to get the woman to stop talking to us, and at one point I heard him say, "you're embarrassing me!" I still didn't engage with them, just completed our transaction and headed to the garage. I was immediately and still am so regretful that I didn't talk to either the young woman or to the man with her. To her, I could have explained that I wasn't cross with LO, but was trying to teach her to be respectful of others who are waiting. More importantly, to him, I could have explained that he need not be embarrassed, that I work with neurodiverse students and understand the need for increased teaching around social norms. I had the opportunity to engage with and ease the concerns of two different people and I biffed it. That is my fail of the week.</p> <p>On the plus side, I have activated LO's interest in show tunes, and the sound of her little voice chirping along to "All That Jazz" from the backseat of the car is everything right now. Triumph.</p> <p>What are your triumphs and fails from this week? </p>