What are you worried about now? I try not to worry needlessly but I feel like I always have something in the back of my mind. Share it here and maybe someone else is walking the same road of worry right now!
My current worry is kind of silly - my 9 month old has zero teeth and isn't showing any signs of getting any. Also she isn't very verbal and never has been.
pear / 1622 posts
My biggest worry is that my 13 month old stresses my almost 3 year old. My 13 month old makes noises and the almost 3 year old is sensitive to the volume and often doesn't want to be in the same room as his younger brother. Are they going to get along more once the little one starts talking - I hope so. I can't figure out if it's terrible twos or if it's something more.
pomelo / 5509 posts
Weight gain! She's tiny; at her 4-month appointment she was 4th percentile for weight. She went from 15th at birth, 10th at 1 month, 7th at 2 months. The doctor hasn't been concerned yet but I'd just feel better if she gained a bit faster. She's always barely on the cusp of the 1 lb per month gain they like to see. We have a baby scale and I weigh her periodically and right now it says she's only gained half an ounce in the past week. Sigh.
blogger / pomelo / 5361 posts
If/When my previously delightful, chill, always happy baby will exit the toddler stage and if at that time, he will in fact return to being delightful, chill, and always happy, or if his personality is actually the bad-temper, stubborn, but dangerously charming characteristics that we currently see. In all seriousness, I really do worry a little bit about if this is just his toddler personality or if we've done something terribly wrong to make the shift from easiest baby ever to super-challenging toddler.
I think I always have the underlying worry with all my kids if I'm doing the right thing, if I'm enough, if I should be doing something differently. When you love your littles so much, it's hard not to feel the weight of every single tiny decision as though it's a critical, life-altering decision. I'm working on letting go of some of that, but it's not in my nature to not worry so that's a challenge for me.
cantaloupe / 6171 posts
Whether lo1's "big feelings " lately are just developmentally normal 3yo behavior/limit testing, a response to no longer being an only child, or a response to our parenting/something we're inadvertently making worse. Not that those are mutually exclusive. I miss my sweet girl, I feel like I have to walk on eggshells when seemingly anything can turn into a whining screaming meltdown the second she doesn't get her way
coconut / 8079 posts
@nana87: our LOs are the same age and I feel exactly like you. At times we are definitely walking on eggshells. So many big feelings. One minute he is fine and the next he is crying like he lost his best friend. Hang in there!
nectarine / 2461 posts
@mrsjd: ours are the same age! My boo doesn't like solids, doesn't clap/wave, and is inconsistent in responding to his name. Trying not to worry about it sort of works, and everything else developmentally is good. But when people say, "so is he waving hello and goodbye ALL THE TIME" it's hard to not worry. Gah!
clementine / 777 posts
@LCTBQE: yes!! We also don't clap and only wave a teensy amount. She responds more to "Chunky" than her full name because that is the nickname I call her and I have been trying to stop. 
But her fine motor skills are excellent, she can pull up, crawl, and cruise with a little help. It's so easy to focus on the negatives rather than the positives. Milestones are so fluid at this age.
grapefruit / 4988 posts
I'm only a little bit worried about my 6 month old, but over a whole bunch of things: his 6 month appt put him at 2% height (hoping it was a bad measurement), he has started refusing bottles, his sleep has been insanely inconsistent, solids aren't going too well.
Somehow we're in a good spot with my 3.5 year old, so for once I'm not worried about her. Whew.
pear / 1580 posts
In the back of my mind... and front and side and all over -- I am terrified of potty training! LO is 27mo. There are so many methods out there, so many ways to get it wrong. I'm a pretty relaxed parent, but the stakes here are high, man.
We're moving in a month and a half and we're thinking of starting after we settle in there. We'll see.
cantaloupe / 6171 posts
@jhd: ugh sorry you're going through this too, it does seem like it's completely just a normal developmental phase! I hope it passes quickly for both of us!
coconut / 8483 posts
My son hits, punches, THROWS my daughter. He's the sweetest and nicest to every one else.. then cannot even walk by her without a smack. It's making me go crazy.
DD... I'm just curious if she will ever get hair! Haha. She is 11 months and quite bald.
nectarine / 2018 posts
I'm worried about potty training. DD is just about 2.5 and has very little interest. With her personality I know pushing it will just turn it into a constant battle but I'm afraid she will never be interested. (I know never is highly unlikely, but it's the thought in the back of my mind 
)
Also, just the tantrums. Am I handling them correctly? Or am I making them worse? There are so many different methods I'm not sure what to do. DH will in theory do whatever I tell him but in the moment he freezes and forgets what we have discussed. So I feel like we aren't being consistent.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
5 months - She is going to daycare in a month so I worry about her adjusting. DD1 went when she was 10 mo so while I am comfortable with the environment/teachers, I still worry if she'll eat/sleep, etc
2.5 years - Not really "worried", but just hoping she'd be ready for the potty this summer because I really don't want to do this in the winter! Also, she starts pre-school this fall but she has a Dec birthday so she is the youngest. Just worrying whether she can keep up, even though she has moved up before her older classmates before.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@catgirl: Haha I just wrote the same thing! 2.5, has peed on potty ONCE at home and just a few times at school. She kept telling me when she is older she will go on the potty and she is not ready right now...
nectarine / 2018 posts
@snowjewelz: We tried telling DD that big girls pee on the potty and she said "no thanks. I'm a baby." So I feel you. I really would rather do it over the summer too so we'll see.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
I'm worried DD is going to be mad and sad when her little sister is born. 
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@Mrs. Pickle: Aww she won't be!! She might act out due to the adjustment but she will adjust and she won't even remember life when it was just her! 
persimmon / 1095 posts
DS: 32 months old and we need to start potty training. However, ask and he says "NO". Also he starts pre-school in three weeks. He has only screamed when he was put in gym daycare so I could workout.
DD: nothing yet. 4 months old and perfect
blogger / apricot / 389 posts
Enjoy that gummy smile as long as you can 
Teething is the pits!
My current worry - my son is a TERROR to put down for a nap. He's just starting daycare (he's 6.5 months) and was up for 5 hours straight yesterday so I had to pick him up early. I am stressing about him finding his groove there. Kid NEEDS his naps... but fights them if he gets overtired.
clementine / 777 posts
@Mrs. Marshmallow: Fighting sleep is the worst. My DD only naps 1.5 hours TOTAL from 6 am - 7 pm. 
But she is happy about it.
apricot / 271 posts
I'm not super worried but DS is 8 months next week and crawling and waving are both on my radar. Also responding to his name. He doesn't do any of it and seems much less mobile than other babies his age. He sits with the most lovely posture and doesn't want to move!
nectarine / 2243 posts
Compared to her peers, my LO at 26 months is behind with language. She's also not super social with other kids (currently yells at them if they invade her space). I know it's typical toddler stuff., but ya know.
grapefruit / 4455 posts
That seems normal for a 9 month old fwiw! Even if the teeth come in late, they will come in... and I'm guessing very soon!
My one year old seems to have an abnormally high pain tolerance. I've brought it up to his doctor who says some kids are like that. He does cry sometimes, and you can tell he is uncomfortable when he falls or whatever, but he just doesn't cry every time or for long at all. He took a sort of big fall yesterday and I was able to get him to stop crying in just a few seconds.
honeydew / 7622 posts
She was sick so we gave her water cut with juice to keep her hydrated and now she's not getting enough liquid now that she's back to milk and water. All she wants is juice!
clementine / 955 posts
@2littlepumpkins: I thought this was just me, thinking the same thing about DS . He'll cry rarely, even busted his nose face planting one time and quit crying after like a minute.
I'm trying not to worry right now, I'm staying off of Google. Ds recently had a spurt of sorts right before his EI eval, but before that I was worried about everything. He's still way behind in his eating (not feeding himself) , but we took a little break, because I needed it after making myself sick waiting on his eval. The OT gave me great suggestions on how to get him feeding himself, so now it's just having the patience to do it.
persimmon / 1273 posts
@nana87: @jhd: in the same boat with you guys, so at least we are not alone. He's always been a pretty easygoing kid so the volatility of the threes really came as a surprise. We feel unsure what to do often.
grapefruit / 4455 posts
@arosebyany: Glad I'm not alone but sorry you're in the same worried state I am. I mean my LO cries- but they're mostly all temper tantrums, not pain. I almost want to just be like yay, easy kid- and he was mostly an easy baby- but I can't help but worry. 
clementine / 955 posts
@2littlepumpkins: oh no DS was a TERRIBLE infant lol. DH has a high pain tollerence, so I try to put it off on him
nectarine / 2262 posts
DS 21m has had awful hysterical screaming till he's gagging the last 2 nights about EVERYTHING after he comes home from daycare. Tonight was so awful. He screamed like that for 40 minutes before bedtime, just on a hair trigger about everything. He is usually not like this. So I am worried he has an ear infection or something is wrong.
papaya / 10560 posts
I'm nervous about DS starting Kinder in the fall. Not losing sleep over it, and I would keep him in kinder another year if it doesn't go well, but educational decisions get me so worked up! He'll be 4 for about 3 weeks of kinder. I was adamant about keeping him in montessori another year but his teachers completely convinced me he was more than socially and academically ready for kinder so I decided to start him and see how it goes.
cherry / 100 posts
Whether or not she'll decide to poop on the potty before preschool starts in August. DD will almost be 3.5 by then but boy is she adamant that diapers are the best place to poop right now.
persimmon / 1339 posts
Worried about how my son will like being an only child, OR worried about how he would feel about a sibling. There's nothing imminent to worry about him at the moment, so I'm worrying about family planning and whether I can even get pregnant. Or if I want to.
cherry / 236 posts
Whether I'm challenging my 28-mo enough, helping her learn, creating a good learning environment, etc. She's super bright and hit all of her milestones early and i just want her to feel stimulated and creative and like things are fun.
I'm also 15 weeks pregnant with DD2 and I'm in that fun stage of "what are you doing in there?!?" I have an appointment on Friday and I can't wait to find out baby is still okay/can't wait to feel movement so maybe I can relax a little.
Of course, I'm also worried about how DD1 is going to adjust to being a big sister...
#momlife
pomelo / 5084 posts
@mrsjd: Speech. At 18 months DS only has a handful of words used inconsistently. The ped and his daycare teachers told us not to worry (yet) but of course I do.
pear / 1728 posts
DD isn't walking yet at 14.5 months. I probably wouldn't normally worry but it seems like all the other kids her age in daycare have been walking for months.
hostess / papaya / 10219 posts
4yo- tantrums-- he still has them fairly frequently at home and even sometimes at school, like today when the teacher said that he couldn't take some rocks and bring them home. He's going to public pre-K in the fall and I worry about him still tantruming and getting labeled as a difficult child. I hope a lot of maturing happens over the summer.
17mo- His bow legs and toeing in. Poor kid.
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