What do you think the most difficult age for your child has been?
Besides the very early newborn days, I honestly think 12-15 months (present) has been the hardest. Not yet independent, demands what he wants, is in a mama phase, tantrums....
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6-7 months. Crazy separation anxiety. Had to hold her all the time. Couldn't get anything done! 6 month sleep regression was horrible too!
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NB-3 months. The scrwaming, colicky newborn thing was a nightmare.
I'll taketoddler tanrums anyday. At least they somewhat make sense and its not hours of mindless screaming.
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I remember 15-18 months being really tough on me.
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@Mrs. High Heels: Don't say that! I'm in the midst of that right now...
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3.5 years old. It has been rough. DD never had the "terrible twos," I thought people were crazy when they talked about it. The "ohmygosh I need to drink threes" however, those exist. Her tantrums and crazy requests make my 18 month old look like a saint.
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NB-3mnths.... the lack of sleep was really hard for me... and the crying.
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@MamaBehr: stop it! You're scaring me!
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13-15 months was rough
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@winniebee: I totally agree with you. DD is 14 months and my sanity is solely dependent on IF she naps! But I try to remind myself how miserable her NB days were.
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Month 10 was horrible for us! He discovered independence, but couldn't quite cut it yet and got super frustrated. Plus his sleep was absolute crap!
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Newborn to 4 months. Colic, nonstop screaming, MSPI. I really thought we had made a mistake.
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The first 2 months of 3 were absolutely intolerable. Nothing else has compared to those 2 months by a long shot. May nothing else be harder!
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I would say the first six weeks, and then 5-6 months.
I feel like this age (15 months) is a breeze compared to how she was back then.... getting her to sleep was a nightmare. She doesn't sleep for long stretches now, but at least we arent pacing the house for hours and hours and hours.
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Newborn to 4 months were really hard, but aside from those days... I don't think we have hit the hardest age yet. I'll say that 11 months has been hard but I don't think the tantrums are nearly as bad as they are going to get. If I got more sleep I'd probably be ok though.
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@MamaBehr: totally and completely agree!
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Idk I just think the constant whining for me is difficult on me. He barely plays by himself anymore!
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Newborn to 4 months. I was miserable. It's a real part of the reason we might not have more. I'm still not over how bad those days sucked.
I've been enjoying the current stage (16 months) a lot. I live seeing him learn so much so quickly. Plus, he's a ton of fun.
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4-6 months was hard. Transitioning from a newborn who naps all the time to a baby with major sleep problems was rough.
Also, 3 years old...I don't know how I made it through the whole third year with DS.
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DD is 2 years old and 15-18 months was really hard. :S
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For olive right now. 21 months+. Even though it is the most fun, she has been sooooo clingy. I can't get anything done because she constantly wants me to pick her up or she starts crying until I do.
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Glad to hear from colic mamas those days were the hardest
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So far year three has been my hardest!
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Months 5-10 were really tough for us.
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DS - first 14 weeks. We had to hold him.all.the.time. MSPI, reflux, colic. 2 surgeries. I thought I'd never want another baby!
But he's been super easy until 3. Oh god, 3. He's a full blown "threenager".
DD - first 7 months were hell. MSPI etc again. At 12 months she's driving me crazy getting into things but she's happy, so it's hard but doable. -
Months 6-11 were really hard for me because she was old enough to want to do her own thing, but too little to take to a park or a museum. She'd just army crawl through a park and get filthy, and she wasn't even pulling up, so there wasn't much for her to do at the children's museum. But she wasn't just interested in going to museums or other quiet things with me any more. Once she got mobile we had a lot more fun.
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Um. If anything is harder than this current newborn stage, I'm not sure what I'll do!!!
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Right now is really tough (16 months) he is mobile, and wants to go go go, but at the same time is clingy and demanding. He is ballsy and doesn't understand about danger, so I am constantly trying to keep him from killing himself, he doesn't talk very much, so he isn't communicating his wants/needs and then screaming at me that he isn't getting what he wants/needs.
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She is only 5.5 months, but the first 10 weeks were the hardest so far. Although 13-17 sucked pretty hard too due to sleep regression and having to work on no sleep.
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