https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 11 May 2026 00:29:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-hit-your-stride-with-2#post-2454563 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 06:27:17 +0000 ValentineMommy 2454563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd say around 6m, when they start sitting up on their own. It definitely takes awhile. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-hit-your-stride-with-2#post-2454186 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 21:28:44 +0000 Ash 2454186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: I think that's how I'm gonna be too!!</p> <p>Dd is 7.5, sitting and playing with ds and it's gotten so so much easier! Finally!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-hit-your-stride-with-2#post-2454157 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 20:51:44 +0000 BandDmommy 2454157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't remember but winter is so rough with all the sickness and being cooped up inside. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-hit-your-stride-with-2#post-2454154 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 20:47:39 +0000 charlotte 2454154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4 months-ish (once she started taking three decent, relatively scheduled naps per day instead of random on demand ones).... this also coincided with better night sleep and better self soothing (aka she found her thumb....best day ever!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-hit-your-stride-with-2#post-2454148 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 20:42:52 +0000 HLK208 2454148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>9-12 months was when I hit my stride. Easy enough that I wanted a third! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-hit-your-stride-with-2#post-2454138 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 20:32:57 +0000 hilsy85 2454138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 8/10 weeks things got a bit easier, because that's when my toddler stopped acting out quite so much. I honestly have not found the baby herself to be so much work, it's really the effect that the baby has had on the toddler and the necessary schedule/lifestyle changes of having another baby in the house (not being able to be loud while she's napping, learning to be gentle with her, sharing his time with her). Sickness plus solo parenting at night is definitely hard, so I think you have been definitely given a hard hand so far!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-hit-your-stride-with-2#post-2454128 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 20:24:28 +0000 blackbird 2454128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think a spring baby behooved us here, because T didn't really get sick until recently, but holy hell, does it jack things up!!! Things got infinitely easier once we were down to about one wake up a night, around 5 months old maybe? Maybe 6? Winter is almost over! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-hit-your-stride-with-2#post-2454116 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 20:13:05 +0000 PrincessBaby 2454116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When DD2 started STTN at around 6 weeks. Once everyone was getting sleep, things started to fall into place. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-hit-your-stride-with-2#post-2454090 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:54:27 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2454090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It got easier around two months. I had PPA last time and was panic stricken about a small measles outbreak in my city. I don't think I managed to leave to house half a dozen times the first month.<br /> Now with three, I'm feeling totally normal already at not quite four weeks, even though the baby has already had a cold and we've only had three days of good health.<br /> Part of it has to do with the weather too. I was snowed in a lot last year, but this year the weather has been mild and I've gotten a lot of fresh air. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-hit-your-stride-with-2#post-2454086 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:51:16 +0000 NovBaby1112 2454086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: oh we still have those days too- it's def harder in the winter time! seriously though, if the kids are alive at the end of the day, you are doing great. try to go easy on yourself, things will eventually fall into place and feel more normal, esp when spring and summer get here and there is more to do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-hit-your-stride-with-2#post-2454082 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:49:08 +0000 JCCovi 2454082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My second was born Jan 21st and my daughter was 16 months old. It was HARD but it got a lo better around the 3 month mark, which probably had to do with less sickness and more sunshine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-hit-your-stride-with-2#post-2454059 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:31:48 +0000 winniebee 2454059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: the winter illnesses were awful for us too. Crabby toddler, snot nosed infant, sleep deprived mama! Summer was soooo much better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-hit-your-stride-with-2#post-2454058 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:31:47 +0000 meredithNYC 2454058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh man, kind of a long time. Probably around 5 or 6 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-hit-your-stride-with-2#post-2454056 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:30:11 +0000 winniebee 2454056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not until LO2 was on a good schedule...maybe 9 months? I really struggled the first 6 months and it gradually got better from there. DS1 also had a really hard time (age 2.5-3....which coincided plus he gave up his nap!). I hate being home all day and so we did tend to push the envelope in terms of getting out and about. Once DS2 turned 1, it became a lot easier too. I know that's a long ways a way, but hang in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-hit-your-stride-with-2#post-2454049 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:27:02 +0000 Foodnerd81 2454049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ginabean3: LO 2 is actually so much easier than the LO1 was at this age, which is a life saver I guess (so far and I am counting my blessings). But yeah the toddler has definitely been needier, of course. </p> <p>@2littlepumpkins: exactly. The sick is just making it so hard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-hit-your-stride-with-2#post-2454045 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:24:55 +0000 Foodnerd81 2454045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: if by "great" you mean my toddler watched 4 hours of Daniel Tiger today... Then I'm nailing it. If we could stop getting sick and start going out to activities again that would help a lot. Now we are just stuck in the house for days at a time. But yes, normalish is what I am going for. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-hit-your-stride-with-2#post-2454043 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:23:24 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2454043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought we were doing ok and now everyone has been sick and it's just been a lot. If not for that I'd say it felt normal awhile ago! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-hit-your-stride-with-2#post-2454041 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:21:32 +0000 Ginabean3 2454041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For me, it JUST started getting easier....#2 is now 6 months and she seems to have turned a corner. She was very clingy and attached but I think being able to sit up (mostly) unassisted was a game changer for her. She can really see everything that's going on now and loves to watch her big sister play. Big sister is also more accustomed to the little one now and isn't as jealous/needy anymore. </p> <p>Hugs! It will get better! I feel like I cried daily for the first 3 months, it was so hard for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-hit-your-stride-with-2#post-2454029 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:14:35 +0000 NovBaby1112 2454029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember asking myself the same question in the early weeks, wondering when it was going to feel "normalish". I think right around 10 weeks things got easier juggling 2, we got into more of a routine, and things just feel into place more. It's still super hard some days still at 4 months, but its way more manageable. Hang in there, I am sure you are doing great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-hit-your-stride-with-2#post-2454025 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:10:44 +0000 regberadaisy 2454025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you ever? I'm just kidding! Some days when I'm solo I still get very frustrated very easily. But I think it's less do to with 2 and more with me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-hit-your-stride-with-2#post-2453924 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 17:36:48 +0000 Foodnerd81 2453924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The baby is 7 weeks old and I just still feel like I'm struggling to get through every day. It doesn't help that we have been battling illnesses since before the baby was even born, most recently a stomach bug for the toddler that has us house bound, trying to keep the germs apart, while I'm starting to feel queasy and the baby has a cold that's waking her up at night. None of it is so horrible, it's just a lot at once on top of adjusting to staying home with two kids. Plus DH works late most nights so I do the dinner/ teeth/ bedtime circus alone. </p> <p>So... When did you feel like you settled into a routine or new normal? Please send healthy vibes this way. </p>