Naps and sleep in general. She doesn't get enough of either.
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Sleep. Oh man, sleep. 6 months next Tuesday and hoping to get the go-ahead to sleep train. Yawn.
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@Smurfette: same! We're dealing with transitioning to the crib from the RnP. Oy.
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getting DD to eat more variety. she likes what she likes.
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WOHM woes and lack of patience.
LO is a decent sleeper but I'm struggling to fall asleep and stay asleep and I'm really tired by the time I pick up LO and feed him and play for a bit, he's overtired and grumpy and I have so little patience.
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I guess trying to find the right activities for LO at home. She's still in between baby and little kid and sometimes I think she's ready for an activity (like crafts) and it's a fail and I get all stressed.
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Feeding. B qualified for services at his Infants & Toddlers evaluation today, so I'm anxious to start OT.
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Whining, big time. Late walker and talker so communication is at practically zero from her (she listens well), tries my patience at times.
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@rahlyrah: what did they say?
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tantrums and sleep. major tantrums from my 4 year old, slamming doors, throwing things. and 10 week old won't sleep longer than three hour stretch at night, then up every hour or two after that. so i'm extremely tired and struggling to find patience to deal with the four year old.
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@Smurfette: He's a little ahead cognitively and socially/emotionally, right on track with speech and gross motor, but fell in the 7 month range for fine motor and feeding. On the upside, the team didn't see any signs of a neurological issue or other underlying medical issue (except maybe low muscle tone in his mouth). Services start in 30 days and they will come to our house once a week, which is nice.
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Biting. Every time I figure out why she does it and how to stop it she does it randomly and stops responding to what worked before.
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@rahlyrah: that is good!
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Getting LO to eat more veggies...willingly!
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@Boogs: we have that problem too
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@Smurfette: same! Omg today was rough and she still only naps on me or next to me
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Diaper changes. My lovable boy turns into a raging monster on the changing table. Who would have ever thought that the dirty diaper would have been the least problematic aspect of diaper changing?
@chopsuey: same here! DS eats cheese, yogurt, bread, crackers and pasta. Applesauce on a very very good day.
@rahlyrah: Glad to hear B will be getting needed services. Will OT help with feeding?
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@Katrocap: Yep! We set both fine motor and feeding goals. It was very similar to an IEP.
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@travelgirl1: ugh, I feel ya.
Biting and hiting me when she's upset, despite all of my different efforts to stop it. Also, when she blatantly does things that she knows are wrong and I've told her NO a thousand times before- example, dumping the dogs water all over the floor for the hundredth time and looking at me smiling.
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@rahlyrah: I'm glad everything went well today!
The hardest part of parenting for me right now is that DH isn't around much when I have R. I feel like I never get a break. It's still really hard to even make myself dinner some nights.
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@swedishfish: I hear ya. I wait till I get R asleep, workout, and then eat. So I am eating 8 later, it sucks
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Eating! She hates eating anything but crackers and Cheerios.
Tantrums and diaper changes are also challenging!
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DS is SO busy...it's hard to explain just how crazy he is most of the time. Literally running in circles at points and throwing things, knocking everything over....whoa. It definitely tries my patience.
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My older one has been SO defiant; it's exhausting. For the toddler it is definitely feeding...it is so hard to come up with his meals everyday.
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Definitely diaper changes. She's starts crying as soon as we walk in her room and then flails around the entire time. Sometimes I feel like I am diapering a floundering fish!
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Bedtime. She's been fighting it big time lately.
Naps are easy, bedtime can take an hour some nights. -
Potty training while looking after a 15 week old.
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Naps and sleep too! LO has fought sleep since the day she was born and at almost nine months it's not much better. Ugh.
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Tantrums. And she's at an awkward age communication-wise (14m.o.) where I don't really have any good strategies for dealing with them. Late afternoon to evening is not a ton of fun right now.
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@NovBaby1112: If you have any tips for the biting I would LOVE to hear them. I don't care about her biting me (well I do, obviously, but I can handle it) but she is biting her BFF and it's just awful
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@swedishfish: I hear you
My husband went to a different shift on the PD, and he comes home after we've been asleep for hours
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She's got separation issues right now. Like bad. And what is making it even more difficult is that she's chosen DH as the one she has to have. She's always been with him more once I went back to work but I can't say it doesn't suck to be rejected by my 13month old.
She will only let him do bed time right now. Which is a pain cause we have always taken turns. Literally since the first night home with her we have alternated bed time duties daily. It's been wonderful, but she's for sure throwing a wrench in things currently. -
I have to pick just one? It's not great around here at the moment and I am just waiting to come out the other side.
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We are 2 years 3 months. I think the biggest challenge now is the terrible two creeping in. He refused to nap at times at daycare, and all hell breaks lose when he got home. Say today, he cried and wanted to be held (even when I was by myself and I had to cook and wash dishes). Everything is a no: eating dinner, washing hands before/after dinner, sitting on the potty, taking a bath, getting out of the bath, taking meds, going to bed. I mean even when our car stopped in the middle of a traffic jam he was also not cool with it (mommy no stop!!). He repeatedly requested for "doggie videos" and if I don't give it to him he would cry hysterically. Gawd.
Other than that he has always been an angel since he turned 1. If he would just nap.
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Not comparing her development to others. She is 8 months and not even close to crawling and doesn't even army crawl. She barely pulls herself to sitting. I know other babies who are younger than her and doing more or her she and walking! Now, I know it isn't normal for an 8 month old to walk but still.... Ugh...
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Patience. I have zero patience for my toddler lately. She repeats what she wants a million times , even when I tell her I'm working on it and she will have it in one second ("umma juice juice juice please juice please juice pleAse."). She screams when she doesn't get her way and I'm so ashamed but today I screamed at her back -.- she whines all daaaaaay. Gaaaaaah.
@irene: mine is constantly asking for "meow videos" -.-
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Honestly, just keeping up. C just turned 2 a month ago and she has so much energy that it makes me tired just to watch her. I've been under so much stress first with DH leaving the military and then our overseas move back to the states, and now with dealing with the renovations on our house and facing going back to college and DH finding a job that will get us by for the next year.... I just don't have it in me, and I feel bad.
I have to say, I think we're really lucky generally. Yes, she throws tantrums and fights naps, but I feel like it's nothing more than typical toddler stuff and I'd say she's really a pretty well-behaved kid.
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NOT LISTENING. omg he is driving me crazy.
We are in a toddlers sports class and he does the exact opposite of what he is told. It was supposed to be a fun class to introduce him to sports but it has become so stressful because I end up chasing him around the gym the whole time trying to get him to follow the coach's directions.
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Patience. I've been getting so frustrated with my toddler lately.
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Feeding! My toddler is the world's pickiest eater and NOTHING seems to be working to try and change it. Monitoring her food intake is seriously ageing me
@Running Elley: {hugs}. Right there with you. I hate when I lose my patience with one of the kids but my patience seems to evaporate quicker than water in the Sahara nowadays! Two under two is no joke, that's for sure!
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