https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:28:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-569216 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:51:07 +0000 autumn865 569216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is almost six months and it is sleep sleep sleep. She is such a good natured, funny, happy baby but when it comes to anything sleep ( getting to sleep, staying asleep) it feels like we just can't figure things out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-569191 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:39:37 +0000 Rubies 569191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 18 months and our biggest challenge are tantrums. She wants her way all the time. And when she doesn't get what she wants, she bursts into giant teary crying! Loud sobbing! It's very frustrating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-569185 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:37:39 +0000 Sammyfab 569185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For us it's eating. He is already such a picky eater and he's not even a year old! I've introduced so many different foods to him but he will spit out most vegetables and meats and throw a little tantrum. </p> <p>I was also trying to wean one of our 3 daytime nursing sessions but that was stressing me out and causing major crankiness so I went back to our old ways and we are both happier! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-569167 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:30:49 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 569167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Henry is a year old and I'm worried about how he'll adjust to having a squalling infant around all the time. He hasn't been around infants and he's quick to get upset if anyone else is upset. A very sensitive little button. I know it'll be easier as they get older but this new addition - coming soon! - will definitely be a challenge... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-569162 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:26:54 +0000 HLK208 569162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E - 8 months, waking up all through the night.</p> <p>B - almost 4 years (in two months) tantrums, waking at 4am, being bossy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-569040 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:37:51 +0000 immabeetoo 569040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg naps. 11 weeks and naps are a huge fight and I have no solutions. I feel like I spend our whole day fighting with him to sleep or feeding him. So frustrating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568997 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:28:06 +0000 kiddosc 568997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleep... I can't remember the last time I slept more than a 4hr stretch. E will be 9months next week and he really needs to be night weaned, but he will scream for hours until he gets fed in the middle of the night. He never eats much, it really is just a comfort thing. With WOH though it's easier to just feed him so I can get some sleep. I told DH I wanted 10 hrs of uninterrupted sleep for Christmas and again for Valentine's day... still hasn't happened, maybe for my birthday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568983 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:25:02 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 568983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you would have asked last week, I would have said that everything is looking great. But this week, she's been SO cranky and started waking 1-2x a night again (after STTN for a month). She is very independent, but lately, she wants to be held all. the. time. otherwise she'll throw a tantrum. Oh, and she is refusing cups. we're trying to wean her off bottles but she flips out if we try to give her a cup. *joy!* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568971 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:20:49 +0000 BoogieBea 568971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter is a well behaved kid when she's not with her brother but when he's around, she picks up on all his bad behavior including the pickiness of food.<br /> I wish I can just skip the 3 year old stage. My son is totally talking back to us now and starting to be manipulative. We still have bedtime problems with him - putting him to bed is such a chore! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568949 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:12:33 +0000 yoursilverlining 568949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think sleep and generally being worn out and exhausted all the time is our biggest challenge; though I know we have it easier than a lot of people. E used to sleep straight through the night every, single night like a champ (basically 8-7am). Now she likes to wake up at 4 to eat, then goofs around in the bed until we have to get up to go to work, then she is fussy because she is tired.</p> <p>We co-sleep, which has been a miracle worker for E’s sleep issues; but I think it’s starting to produce more problems than it fixes. E will pull my hair (hard!) to wake me up to play with her in the middle of the night, she kicks (not on purpose, of course), pokes me in the eye with her pacifier, etc. You get the idea. But we try to move her into her own bed and she will only sleep for a few hours before she wakes up crying. Ugh; and I always bring her back into the bed because I am SO FREAKING TIRED all the time that the prospect of getting sleep always wins over fighting to get her down in her own bed.</p> <p>She is such a good natured baby, I hate to complain..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568927 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:04:39 +0000 plantains 568927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD has pretty much zero interest in solids and she is going to be 8 months old next week. I offer her all the time, but aside form a couple of bites here and there she just isn't into it. We are also right in the middle of th week 37 wonder week phase so she is pretty moody and fussy for no apparent reason. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568866 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:45:51 +0000 cascademom 568866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're battling sleep and teething at almost 6 months right now. We're still working on solids, but he's generally not interested in them at the moment. Oh yeah, my supply too. I still worry constantly about whether or not he's getting enough for daycare. I'm already feeling guilty for considering a bottle of formula at the end of the day if he's still hungry there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568861 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:43:40 +0000 banana 568861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@katyh: LOL! Yes, I would totally join that group. I really really really hope she continues sleeping longer stretches. And I also hope that @regberadaisy is right. Only 3 more weeks to go until she turns 7.5 months!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568854 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:41:15 +0000 loveisstrange 568854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're still battling C's sleep disruption from travel/9 month sleep regression/wonder weeks. She's getting better slowly, but we still have very rough nights here and there. She used to sleep SO well, so it's rough on me. We're also battling her refusal to eat. She's 10 months old, so not old enough to stop formula totally and yet she just keeps eating less and less. Getting her to her bottles has become a battle every time. On the plus side of that, I guess it'll be easy to bottle wean her in a month or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568814 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:27:38 +0000 Springtime 568814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: You have the perfect baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568812 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:27:15 +0000 Springtime 568812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleep. It's always sleep. He won't sleep in his crib, but sleeps decent in bed with me, and DH sleeps in the guest bed. I hate that. I just keep telling myself it will get better, but who knows. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568782 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:10:13 +0000 LulaBee 568782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana- it IS tough. I'm glad your DD started sleeping longer stretches! There should be a no mama sleep support group, lol.</p> <p>@regberdaisy I am keeping my fingers crossed. I know she has it in her, I believe in her! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568777 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:07:09 +0000 regberadaisy 568777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@katyh: yikes! Sounds like M &amp; I back then. Hold on dear, M miraculously started STTN at 7.5 months. Out of nowhere. There's hope! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568774 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:06:02 +0000 runsyellowlites 568774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>G is 8 and is really coming into the "Why can't I control my own life" stage and not only has he's been alot more argumentative lately in some cases he's been nonchalantly defiant like it's no big deal. Most definitely frustrating AND a time where I'm really thinking about how every reaction I/we have will affect the direction the next few years take. Not my favorite at all!</p> <p>With P at 8 months, right now everything is going really easy so now struggles. I guess I would like to get more sleep (she wake 2-4 time a night) but otherwise all is well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568762 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:01:51 +0000 banana 568762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@katyh: So tough! My DD (almost 7 months) was up 3-5 times a night for the past few months. She just recently started sleeping longer stretches. But man...those few months were TOUGH! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568753 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:57:25 +0000 LulaBee 568753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleep. LO is 6.5 months old and wakes every 1-2 hours at night, screaming and crying if I don't nurse her. She also only naps for about 30 minutes 3x a day, so I can't catch up on my rest then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568750 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:56:58 +0000 banana 568750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD is almost 7 months and our biggest challenge right now is probably sleep. She's gotten better the last week (only wakes up twice) but she used to wake up 3-5 times every night. She also has really really bad eczema that worries me constantly. My son is almost 3 years old and my biggest worry with him is his speech. He's starting to catch up a little bit but he's still delayed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568746 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:55:07 +0000 regberadaisy 568746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Knock on wood but we're at a pretty good stage right now. My biggest challenge right now is trying to increase my supply. I really want to make it to a year and she's currently 9.5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568744 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:54:37 +0000 chopsuey 568744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So far my kids are both pretty good.<br /> 8 week old gives me no problems at all. Sleeps and eats well. </p> <p>22 month old is good most of the time, but throws the occasional tantrum. I guess my only problem with her is that she won't nap! She sleeps 12-13 hours at night though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568735 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:52:06 +0000 Lozza 568735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is almost 2, and I feel like he's in pretty good shape (he sleeps well, eats well, has no health issues), though we're working on sharing. Daycare has never said anything about him having problems with it, but lately he's been REALLY possessive of his toys, and whatever he's playing with at someone else's house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568720 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:47:13 +0000 winniebee 568720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 9 months old and right now, the biggest challenges for us are sickness (constantly sick from daycare, though there is not much I can do about it) which results in poor sleeping. And keeping him entertained. He is crawling everywhere, but that's not good enough. He wants to stand and walk constantly. Usually on us or with our help. Which results in a lot of whining.</p> <p>The biggest challenge overall is time management, since we both WOH and have demanding careers. We don't have any "alone" time, and as a couple, it's hard. I am always cheerleading for a babysitter, but it almost never happens. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568704 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:43:27 +0000 autumnlove 568704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 13 months and she hates bath time and tooth brushing so much. :-( It wears me out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568700 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:41:57 +0000 mynoahbear 568700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleep. LO is 13 months old and ever since we moved, she's had horrible sleep issues. She hates sleeping in her crib so one of us has been sleeping on the floor with her until she falls asleep and then, moving her into her crib. She also has been waking up multiple times at night. Her naps aren't much better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568678 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:33:00 +0000 matador84 568678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ds is almost 6 months and not sleeping through night. occasionally he will wake up at 4am and nurse, but i am not switching over to formula because the thought of making bottles at night seems like a nightmare to me. especially on nights he is up 3x or more.</p> <p>oh yeah, and i solo parent all week so that is hard. DH makes a lot more money than i do and it occasionally causes resentment that when something happens with the baby (sickness, whatever) i have to stay home and get docked pay and rearrange my schedule instead of him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now#post-568663 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:27:19 +0000 sera_87 568663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>he's started to crawl and if its dirty, going to hurt or dangerous, he's headed straight for it. </p> <p>he's also not sleeping well, and neither am I.</p> <p>DH is a saint, and I am so appreciative, but I can tell that our both-home system where he gets up with LO until his first nap while I get some much-needed sleep is wearing on him. I feel so selfish but at the same time, I deal with all the night wakings and pretty much 24/7 during the week too. Sigh. </p>