https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:04:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo/page/2#post-1109334 Wed, 25 Sep 2013 07:00:23 +0000 bushelandapeck 1109334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bathtime, diaper and jammies for sure. LO hates getting dressed for bed and always throws a huge tantrum when we are trying to get him dressed. Ugh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo/page/2#post-1109292 Wed, 25 Sep 2013 05:28:58 +0000 Andrea 1109292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: it is really draining! It takes me about an hour to recover after the kids are asleep. :-p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo/page/2#post-1109227 Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:00:21 +0000 pinkcupcake 1109227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The evening is tough to handle alone. The time from 4p to bedtime is a blur </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo/page/2#post-1109226 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 23:58:56 +0000 sandy 1109226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: I have to agree that the end of the day is so tough when you're solo parenting for a few days. The whole meal prep, feeding, cleaning up, bathtime, and bedtime can be so exhausting when you've been through the whole day solo...especially when it's several days in a row. And you have 2 kiddos! I'm excited but scared to have baby #2 bc my husband is traveling more for work and I almost can't wrap my head around how people survive solo parenting a toddler and newborn </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo/page/2#post-1109215 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 23:31:12 +0000 T-Mom 1109215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Playing referee by myself between the kids is what I hate the most. Everything else is doable.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo/page/2#post-1109207 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 23:12:04 +0000 78h2o 1109207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nail clipping and snot sucking. Help with all the other things would be nice, but those are the two things that I really wish we could do together. Sometimes my MIL helps with the nail clipping and I use my leg over LO (along with my arms) when snot sucking, which helps a bit.</p> <p>I wish I had help with big medical stuff (ER, shots, etc), the morning routine, and bedtime, as those are the things I find stressful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo/page/2#post-1109199 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 23:02:41 +0000 HLK208 1109199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The entire night time routine! I get so tired. The whole cooking dinner, feeding, cleaning up, bath time - it's so much more enjoyable when it doesn't drain me of the entire 1% of energy I have left from the day spent with the LO's. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo/page/2#post-1109176 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 22:40:10 +0000 Mrs. Schoolbus 1109176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Diaper changes after a blow out! Especially if LO is wearing a onesie and trying to get that off her body without making an even bigger mess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo/page/2#post-1109107 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:26:04 +0000 RubyCali 1109107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely getting ready for bed, AKA taking baby out of bath and listening to her scream bloody murder since I took her rubber ducky away, and then having to wrangle her for a diaper and pajamas.. So glad to see I'm not the only one! Didn't realize this was a "thing" for other babies too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo/page/2#post-1109100 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:22:43 +0000 MsLipGloss 1109100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also really hate NoseFrida-ing solo! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo/page/2#post-1109098 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:21:29 +0000 Sapphiresun 1109098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bathtime for sure. </p> <p>She's so little and slippery, and can't hold her own head up, so it's difficult to get her out of the bath and into her towel with only two hands. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo/page/2#post-1109062 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:00:44 +0000 MsLipGloss 1109062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: Ha! DH leaves it to me. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo/page/2#post-1109061 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 20:59:48 +0000 littlek 1109061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nail clipping. I leave that to DH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo#post-1109032 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 20:46:14 +0000 Andrea 1109032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: maybe she is tired? L doesn't like to walk home from school because "I'm tired!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo#post-1109014 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 20:38:07 +0000 immabeetoo 1109014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>nail clipping!! if DH is there, he can be silly and distract him. with a close second as bath time, because we have a tall tub and it hurts my back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo#post-1109005 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 20:32:08 +0000 MrsScallop 1109005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: Oh you make me feel so much better about how LO is at night (I'm not alone!). She just screams and screams when we try to get her ready for bed. Maybe it is a 9-10 month old thing?</p> <p>Anyway, definitely getting ready for bed time. Getting her diaper and PJs on is such a struggle! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo#post-1108971 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 20:20:12 +0000 Pepper 1108971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@maybebaby: Yes, this!</p> <p>Getting LO down for a nap by myself when he's fighting it/super crank. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo#post-1108873 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:39:58 +0000 matador84 1108873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>the same! ugh the mess sometimes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo#post-1108872 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:39:33 +0000 autumnlove 1108872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: I'm changing my answer to daycare pickup! My LO is in another "I refuse to walk" phase. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo#post-1108843 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:18:57 +0000 PrincessBaby 1108843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nail clipping (screaming and pulling hands away), diaper changing (screaming!), and bedtime (transition from tub to changing table for lotion/clothes = SCREAMING). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo#post-1108838 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:15:28 +0000 mrbee 1108838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Keeping both kids safe at the playground!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo#post-1108831 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:11:49 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1108831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can I say dinner + bath + bed? Basically the whole evening when I am on my own with both of them... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo#post-1108730 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:23:38 +0000 Rubies 1108730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Meals! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo#post-1108727 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:22:37 +0000 Koolbreeze 1108727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bedtime! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo#post-1108726 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:22:33 +0000 Raindrop 1108726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey: Me too! Luckly my mom has offered to go with me to the doctor with LO. I'm glad because it's hard to hold him down since he knows shots are coming :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo#post-1108720 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:20:39 +0000 Andrea 1108720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: Word! DH isn't home during the week either. It used to be so easy with just one. Hahaha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo#post-1108686 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:01:55 +0000 banana 1108686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: Yup, together! We don't do full baths though. I'll leave a few inches of water on the bottom (just enough for them to play with) because one of them usually ends up unsupervised for a short amount of time during bath. So just a tiny bit of water is enough for them to play with, without any risk of drowning. I have to lather/rinse one of them while the other one plays. I have my process down to a science now. It's crazy but it works for me. My husband doesn't get home until 7pm or 8pm sometimes so I have to cook/feed and bathe them both. Two is a handful especially when you're solo parenting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo#post-1108674 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 17:54:44 +0000 maybebaby 1108674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When he is having a super cranky afternoon and I am the only one there to comfort a screaming/crying baby! It is much better to tag team so when one of you loses steam the other can step in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo#post-1108653 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 17:47:14 +0000 Andrea 1108653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: do you bathe them together? DD1 loves to shower so I usually bathe them separately. The baby is still getting used to the big tub and cries a lot. She is scared of the loud running water noise! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-least-favorite-parenting-task-to-do-solo#post-1108640 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 17:40:46 +0000 MamaMoose 1108640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Middle of the night wake ups. It's so lonely. Whenever we have a really hard night I spend a lot of time thinking about how amazing single parents are. </p>