Hellobee Boards Topic: Were you a difficult baby?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Were you a difficult baby? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:20:01 +0000 sorrycharlie on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1/page/2#post-2178899 Thu, 14 May 2015 19:09:34 +0000 sorrycharlie 2178899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ easy baby/toddler..challenging from 3 on ;) sandy on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1/page/2#post-2178894 Thu, 14 May 2015 19:07:19 +0000 sandy 2178894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was a super easy baby and toddler. DH was a super easy baby but a crazy toddler. Our LO was such an easy baby and super easy toddler :) My brother was such a difficult baby and so was my SIL. My nephew was a super difficult baby too HLK208 on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1/page/2#post-2178783 Thu, 14 May 2015 17:36:57 +0000 HLK208 2178783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope! My mom always said I was a really easy baby and child. I went with the flow. My sisters were pretty difficult though. Bubbles on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1/page/2#post-2178485 Thu, 14 May 2015 14:27:05 +0000 Bubbles 2178485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I am the eldest and apparently I was by far the most difficult. Not colicky, but barely slept as a baby and was angry, defiant and full of tantrums as a younger child. Apparently as soon as I could read it all became much better, as I could entertain myself. MrsF on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1/page/2#post-2178480 Thu, 14 May 2015 14:25:22 +0000 MrsF 2178480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My parents both claim that I cried for a year. My DD ended up being MSPI so I wonder if that's what I had. Anagram on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2178477 Thu, 14 May 2015 14:22:23 +0000 Anagram 2178477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My mom is a certified member of the rose-colored glasses club. She kept telling me that all 6 of her babies were great sleepers and easy babies. And then once she let it slip that I had to cry myself to sleep every night for over a year. Um...that doesn't sound so easy to me. She also forgets that I was 6 when my little sister was born and although maybe SHE'S forgotten how my little sister slept, I, the little girl who shared a room with a baby, have NOT forgotten. By then (their 6th child), they didn't even use a monitor and I had to get up on school nights and pat my sister back to sleep or go down the hall and get my mom if my sister wouldn't sleep. And I was in 2nd grade. :shocked: Peasinapod on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2178463 Thu, 14 May 2015 14:17:16 +0000 Peasinapod 2178463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was told I was a good baby as in I slept well. My daughter does NOT sleep well. But I'm thinking my parents just had a higher threshold for me crying than I have for my lo crying. 2littlepumpkins on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2178392 Thu, 14 May 2015 13:49:47 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2178392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @PrincessBaby: my mom did the same! 2littlepumpkins on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2178390 Thu, 14 May 2015 13:49:24 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2178390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I am told I was a VERY fussy baby from day 1.. Never really mellowed out through childhood either! :shocked: NurseDMB on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2178310 Thu, 14 May 2015 13:14:42 +0000 NurseDMB 2178310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yep, I was super easy. So easy that one night when I was around 1, I got sick in my crib and proceeded to fall back asleep without crying until my mom went in to check on me & found that I threw up! (So gross -- DS has totally done the same thing!) I was always a good sleeper. I could be pretty whiny and dramatic as a toddler, though. DS is just like me, he has his moments as a toddler but as a baby/newborn he was always very easy & is a good sleeper. My younger sister was the tough one -- colic and barely slept. According to my MIL, DH (also the first born) was a dream baby, but SIL was very colicky. It makes me scared for what I'm in for with this next baby! Ajsmommy on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2178102 Thu, 14 May 2015 11:49:58 +0000 Ajsmommy 2178102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Apparently I was a nightmare and was colicky... but after I could talk/walk I was a breeze. My family always swore I'd get a nightmare baby too but DD is a breeze ;) YouGotMe on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2178095 Thu, 14 May 2015 11:43:47 +0000 YouGotMe 2178095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Let's just put it this way, I'm the reason my parents didn't have a third child. I had to be fed expensive formula due to allergies, I ended up staying in the hospital for quite a bit due to having breathing issues, I wouldn't let my mom do anything for me... The list goes on. Mamaof2 on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2178080 Thu, 14 May 2015 11:36:42 +0000 Mamaof2 2178080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I always see these posts and have no clue!! Guess I need to sit down with my mom and get a history lesson of our family! mediagirl on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2178056 Thu, 14 May 2015 11:16:03 +0000 mediagirl 2178056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No but my brother was! Mrs. High Heels on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2178054 Thu, 14 May 2015 11:15:14 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2178054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yup! I was very strong willed and fearless. :silly: I like to think it worked out in her favor though. My younger sister was the easy baby! Mrs.KMM on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2178041 Thu, 14 May 2015 11:04:47 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2178041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was a horribly awful baby! My parents like to tell me how I was almost an only child (they had planned on 3-4 kids) because they didn't think they could do it again if all babies were as difficult as me! Colic, so much spitting up, constant crying, etc. ETA: they did end up having 3 kids in total. The other two were much better babies than me. Tanjowen on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2178038 Thu, 14 May 2015 11:02:30 +0000 Tanjowen 2178038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was the hardest of all four children. I was a colicky mess up until 6 months old, and then a "spirited" child, as my mom puts it. My dad is more blunt and says I was stubborn and defiant. :silly: My LO is definitely stubborn, but so far has a very sweet heart - I'm hoping it lasts as we enter toddlerhood. autumnlove on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2177976 Thu, 14 May 2015 10:37:22 +0000 autumnlove 2177976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I don't think so but even if I was...I'm sure my mom applies a selective memory recall about it. lovehoneybee on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2177975 Thu, 14 May 2015 10:36:55 +0000 lovehoneybee 2177975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope, mom says I was the easiest of the 4 of us (although the first two are twins, so that might skew it a bit ;) ) Her and my father both independently claim that I potty-trained myself at 18 months! winniebee on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2177974 Thu, 14 May 2015 10:36:48 +0000 winniebee 2177974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm told I was easy! buttermilk on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2177969 Thu, 14 May 2015 10:33:32 +0000 buttermilk 2177969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Mom says I was pretty colicky! cascademom on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2177960 Thu, 14 May 2015 10:27:32 +0000 cascademom 2177960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yep. I had colic, didn't talk until 18 months old because it took some time to diagnose my asthma. I pulled my hair out too because of the asthma. Compared to my brother, I was definitely the difficult kid. twodoghouse on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2177954 Thu, 14 May 2015 10:25:48 +0000 twodoghouse 2177954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was a projectile vomiter. My parents also had to drive me around in the middle of the night to get me to sleep. Once they made it past those issues I was apparently a delightful kid. PrincessBaby on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2177950 Thu, 14 May 2015 10:22:53 +0000 PrincessBaby 2177950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had colic. So I basically drove my mom nuts :bummed: It was 6 years before she had my sister and part of that was a reluctance to do the baby thing again bc it was so tough. Mrs. Jacks on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2177942 Thu, 14 May 2015 10:19:22 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2177942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I am told that I was a difficult baby. The stories of my difficulty are legend. What I have figured out over years and years is that I was not a particularly difficult baby. I was a baby who had reflux and a 19 year old mom. I was kind of sad that I internalized how difficult I was for all those years. Moral of the story is that I wish I hadn't been told (over and over) how difficult I was. illumina on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2177941 Thu, 14 May 2015 10:18:59 +0000 illumina 2177941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Easy baby, but a nightmare toddler and child! Smurfette on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2177935 Thu, 14 May 2015 10:16:57 +0000 Smurfette 2177935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes! I cried all the time and only wanted my Mom. I was 9 months when she found out she was pregnant with my brother, no planned, and she cried cause she was so scared to have another baby like me. yoursilverlining on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2177912 Thu, 14 May 2015 10:05:06 +0000 yoursilverlining 2177912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes, very. I was diagnosed with a milk allergy when I was an older infant, and my mom exclusively BF me from birth and never talked about having to eliminate things from her diet at all, so I’m sure now looking back that milk intolerance and a BF mother drinking tons of milk was the crux of most of my issues. I was super colicky, I was sick a lot, I was projectile vomiting all the time, I lost weight, etc. Once the milk intolerance was identified and remedied, I became a lot easier!! Mae on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2177908 Thu, 14 May 2015 10:03:51 +0000 Mae 2177908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ according to my mom i was the best baby ever. But also 1) that is in comparison to my brother who had an undiagnosed milk intolerance and screamed and projectile vomited and refused to sleep for a year when she was an 18 yo mom and 2) it was 30 years ago so i think she has a bit of rose colored glasses about the whole thing and 3) i think she is constantly trying to convince me that even though LO has been a bit difficult if i have a second it could be easy ineebee on "Were you a difficult baby?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-difficult-baby-1#post-2177890 Thu, 14 May 2015 09:53:02 +0000 ineebee 2177890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Almost exactly the same as you, @Mrs. Bee! My brother was an absolute terror (but he was first), and I was a dream. I wonder sometimes if she only says that because I was so much easier *compared* to my brother.