https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 01:45:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2278925 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 10:22:07 +0000 808love 2278925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine is not listening too! Great insight, Mrs. Bee. Like you, I used to feel tired and now I get angry. I think I need to work on my patience. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2277653 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 09:55:03 +0000 lilyann 2277653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1 (almost 3): Not listening, asking 1 million questions a day, potty training aka refusing to poop on the potty.</p> <p>DS2 (14 months): Nothing right now...bless him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2277637 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 09:43:06 +0000 catlady 2277637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Whining, boundary testing, general young toddler stuff. Also, she recently decided she wants me for everything and has been freaking out around DH. I'm newly pregnant and not feeling great, so that is pretty bad timing (or maybe it's related, who knows). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2277605 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 09:12:17 +0000 snowjewelz 2277605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleeeeeeeep. We don't want to sleep train, so there's really nothing much to do but to encourage better sleep, trying to time naps/bedtime just right, etc. So many people said their LO naturally started STTN around 9 months, we're there next week, so I really hope it happens! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2277256 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 21:39:05 +0000 irene 2277256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3.5 years old... not listening sums up EVERYTHING that is driving me nuts right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2277109 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 17:43:47 +0000 Tanjowen 2277109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs D: Same here! I put LO (20 months ) in time out and he will pout for a minute and then start giggling or trying to make us laugh. It feels so ineffective ugh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2276940 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 08:16:58 +0000 FaithFertility 2276940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ummmm....knowing how much to feed her?!? We are about 60% baby purees and 40% BLW....lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2276936 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 07:56:28 +0000 bushelandapeck 2276936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS: not listening and popping on the potty<br /> DD: sleeping at night. We are still up 2x at 10.5 mos </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2276924 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 07:34:39 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2276924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: yah i thought whining was bad. the not listening is worse! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2276902 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 06:39:44 +0000 delight 2276902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: +1</p> <p>We cannot stand our 2 year old's whining right now. She's such a good girl but has started whining a lot. She'll ask us the same question over and over again while whining and starting to cry. Even after we have said "Yes! You can have a cheese string on the couch!" She will continue to ask over and over and get worked up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2276876 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 23:30:33 +0000 ALV91711 2276876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 2.5 and not listening. It drives me nuts having to ask him to do the same simple task what feels like 100 times.</p> <p>Also he just started doing things he knows is wrong and then asking to go in time out. He gets SO mad when I won't put him in time out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2276872 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 23:17:19 +0000 HLK208 2276872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: same! My 6 year-old hasn't been listening and my 3 year-old copies him 😑 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2276854 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 22:03:08 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2276854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's a toss up between trying to physically keep up with her and keep her entertained in this heat (34 weeks pregnant) and dealing with her clinging onto me all day. And she's about 3 now so you can imagine that is the tip of the iceberg.😝 Overall I still think she's a relatively well behaved kid though and we're lucky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2276850 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 21:58:03 +0000 daniellemybelle 2276850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nearly 2 - Um, toddlering? Ha! A big thing with us lately is sharing/not being evil to other kids. But in general, it's just the 2 year old boundary setting and testing and enforcing and so forth.</p> <p>It's exhausting but she sleeps. I will take a toddler who sleeps 12 hours at night and takes a 2-3 hour nap over a colicky infant any day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2276844 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 21:41:24 +0000 mrs.kiwi 2276844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now my son is 16 mo and it's been a sweet age thus far. Nothing in particular has been a big challenge lately but I want to always be consistent in training and discipline (teaching him to be safe and obey). I've been on partial bedrest for the past couple months of pregnancy so I think it has been a challenge making sure I'm giving him what he needs to thrive (time outside, time spent with peers, new experiences- not all the time but still needs new stimulation here and there). I'm sure there are battles ahead as we head closer to 2 and especially getting a new sibling in a few months... So part of my duty now is to train him or that too.. Give him lots of love and even now thinking of a game plan to keep him feeling loved and secure when baby comes but also giving him plenty of opportunities to be independent and grow in independence.. And I think I can also place ourselves in more situations where I am showing attention to other babies in his presence so he gets used to sharing attention..</p> <p>Anyway definitely when he was younger there were more specific challenges ie sleeeeeppp and some medical issues and stranger anxiety.. I feel blessed that at this stage I can even plan ahead and be thinking of ways to train him for future success </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2276121 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 15:17:27 +0000 Cherrybee 2276121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleep. Still. Its,9.20pm and E is still thrashing about in her bed, refusing to sleep. She's 2yrs 1 month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2276113 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 15:07:52 +0000 shellio 2276113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DSs are 3.5 and 20 mos, just keeping them entertained in general feels like a challenge. I'm 8 mos pregnant and exhausted all the time, trying to enjoy and savor my time with them and they are so much fun but I don't know what to DO with them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2276109 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 15:04:07 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2276109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Trying to teach respect, towards us. He will purposefully do things that we specifically asked him not to do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2276019 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:44:39 +0000 Meridian 2276019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>10.5 months, and he HATES drinking milk. He will push it away and clench his jaw, or roll away. We literally have to feed him in the swing in order to use the 5 point harness. :bummed: He barely gets in 15 - 16 oz a day, which is the recommended minimum per our pediatrician. These days, it is more like 12 - 13 oz if we're lucky! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2276009 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:37:37 +0000 Mrs D 2276009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Discipline. DD is just about 2 and just doesnt get it yet. We put her in time out and explain what she did wrong but I am not sure it is clicking yet. :( We say things like "If you do X again, you will have to go in time out - do you want to go to time out?" and she says yes. Maddening!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2276008 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:36:59 +0000 erinbaderin 2276008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baths. B (19 months) has decided out of nowhere he hates them. Screams and cries when we get him undressed, cries when we put him in the tub. Once he's in he's ok as long as he's got toys and can hold my hand, but once we try to wash his hair/wipe his face/brush his teeth all bets are off and he shrieks and sobs until we pull him out, where he snuggles his teary wet face into my neck (which, honestly, I love). Until we try to dry his hair when, again, screaming. I suspect it's related to the fact that he knows the next step is bedtime and doesn't want to go, but it's hard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2276004 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:34:02 +0000 Truth Bombs 2276004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The whining. It's making me a little batty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2275996 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:26:08 +0000 JennyG 2275996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worry constantly if I'm doing the right things behavior-wise. Overall, he's pretty good, but I still stress if I give in too much or am too tough on other things. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2275984 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:08:32 +0000 LulaBee 2275984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The whining and bedtime. DD will be exhausted but drags bedtime out for an hour and a half, no matter what time we put her to bed. There is crying, threatening, yelling, door shutting every single night. We just don't know what to do any more to get her to stay in bed and sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2275974 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 12:58:41 +0000 akcoffeebean 2275974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 22 month old is nursing constantly. All day he wants to nurse and he's an all night nurser too- we co-sleep. We've tried Dr. Gordon's night weaning ideas and he cried for five hours and couldn't calm back down. He's not eating many solids and it compounds the issue. :( now that I'm pregnant in so tired and the constant nursing is exhausting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2275346 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 20:35:14 +0000 ScarletBegonia 2275346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eating is never great but we're in a pretty good phase right at the moment. He's starting to really get loud and do lots of screaming when he doesn't get his way. I think he's a bit behind with speech and can't ever ask for what he wants so maybe it's frustration? It doesn't actually bother me that much (I'm good at tuning him out) but my husband is really sensitive to loud &amp; repetitive noises so he gets impatient pretty quick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2275318 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 20:17:55 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2275318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hitting! My son hits me and pulls my hair and nothing seems to be stopping it. 😓 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2275307 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 20:12:52 +0000 travellingbee 2275307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>His stubbornness. I'm just so tired (pregnant) and I have little patience. He won't ever back down! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2275298 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 20:08:59 +0000 simplyfelicity 2275298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wanting to be held all the time and MOTN wake ups but he's only 8 weeks old, so he gets a pass. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-biggest-parenting-challenge-right-now-4#post-2275269 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:56:12 +0000 Mae 2275269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Things are pretty good right now! But at 15mo the thing that annoys me the most on a daily basis is feeding her. I think she is well within "normal" for toddler eating but I still find it really annoying (the pickiness, the liking something one day and not the next, the consssstant food throwing). Especially because she's been sleeping later (which is otherwise awesome) and not waking until my husband is getting in the shower so I end up having to do breakfast and lunch with her alone (he used to get up with her and do breakfast). </p>