I'd say that just feeling pulled in every direction. Both kids are in a fairly easy stage but I am just overwhelmed with everything that needs to be done all of the time. As a WOHM with two LOs, I am struggling to keep organized in all parts of my life.
What's hard for you right now?
clementine / 990 posts
About the same.
I struggle with the days where I really don't feel like doing anything other than lounging on the couch after work. But teeth still need brushing and laundry needs washing and stories need reading. I'm especially impatient on these days.
grapefruit / 4361 posts
8-month sleep regression 
new skills are fun but why do they disrupt sleeeeeeeep
pear / 1837 posts
Lack of sleep, my 4 year old whining all the time, and parenting while living in my parent's house.
pomegranate / 3858 posts
Lack of sleep, 4 mo not wanting to nap except on me so nothing gets done, nearly 4yo whining and having so much clutter in the house and not enough space!
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
Lack of sleep because the baby's sleep is getting worse instead of better, combined with typical 3 year old tantrums and whining and drama. And trying to meet both their needs- baby needs to behome to nap but toddlerneeds to go out and do things. And mommy wouldn't mind talking to adults sometimes.
papaya / 10570 posts
Baby sleep. Ugh. She slept through from 10 - 14 weeks but we never recovered from the 4 month regression and now, at 6 months, it's the worst it has ever been. Also, my 3yo has just started in the nursery class at school and she is so, so tired and grumpy all the time!
pineapple / 12793 posts
Just wrangling and coordinating schedules.
It's hard getting two toddlers and a preschooler out of the house.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
Right now? Being pregnant lol. It's hard to move around and I don't have energy but I really want to treasure and make the most out of these last few months w/ DD!
clementine / 874 posts
Honestly, I have problems cleaning the house, having energy to play, helping my son's language develop and looking for a daycare for 2 we can afford.
So much of parenting is hard it is almost impossible to pick the hardest part! But this is this week's: feeding my family in budget. I'm pregnant, so shopping can turn into a 'we could make that!' and then goes over budget soooo easily. Also, my son s allergic to dairy and his favorite foods are specialty soy dairy substitutes, which are very expensive.
pear / 1961 posts
They both go to preschool til 330 everyday, but then they get home -- usually over-stimulated, tired, hungry, and ready for the witching hour that *always* coincides with me trying to cook dinner. So the hardest part is really just that timeframe every weekday! Dinner ends up being ok, and after/bedtime aren't terrible either. But that 1.5-2h is rough. Every. single. day.
blogger / pear / 1509 posts
Sleeeeeeeep. I miss it. T is a champion, sleeping through the night pretty much every night. O wakes up every 45-120 min. All.night.long. Occasionally I get a three hour stretch and feel amazing.
pomelo / 5573 posts
At this particular moment it's that I have a vicious cold and yet my children still want food and attention and me to meet their basic human needs when all I want to do it lay quietly with my hand over my face.
In the broader scheme of things it's probably that W is desperate to crawl and wakes up 3 or 4 times a night to push up into crawling position and rock back and forth and I have to rock him back to sleep every time.
cantaloupe / 6171 posts
Pregnancy just zaps my patience, and I get snippy with lo over totally normal toddler things like whining. it was worse a few months ago when she went through a phase of throwing lots of tantrums, but I still find myself getting more frustrated with her than I should and then feel guilty about it. It's usually bedtime stalling issues
pomegranate / 3921 posts
Working full time, being 9 months pregnant, and mom-ing my 22 month old. 
kiwi / 698 posts
DD is super easy, which is a blessing, because it's all the other crap that's bogging me down- workaholic travelling husband, pregnancy, work & commuting, being sick. My house is a complete disaster, DD has had mac & cheese more times than I care to admit for dinner. I can't keep up!
persimmon / 1445 posts
Patience is definitely the top challenge for me right now and has been through a lot of my pregnancy. I have not been dealing well with DD's tantrums, and then we both end up crying because I know I should be calmer and more understanding of her big, tough emotions. We are almost to baby time so hopefully I will start being more patient with her once I don't feel like a vomiting beach ball instead of a person.
@codeitall: I have been having a grocery budget problem recently too! I am usually a pretty frugal shopper- we have a list that we do NOT deviate from and I make everything from scratch. For the past few weeks I have not stuck to the budget at all- I just get whatever DH and DD ask for at the store and buy what I think sounds good/ will be easy to make instead of what's on sale. I just don't feel like driving to the cheap grocery store or dealing with coupons or cooking labor intensive meals. im giving myself a month after baby comes and then we are going back to strictness.
nectarine / 2262 posts
Sleep deprivation. Everything is hard when I'm so effing tired. I have been exhausted for 13 months. It's not as bad as when my son was a newborn, but he's always been a crappy sleeper. I feel like I could handle everything else if I was better rested... I'm miserable being so tired!
pea / 20 posts
LO will be 3 in two months and the hardest part is not laughing at him when he misbehaves or says something he shouldn't say. It's so bad of me but he's just such a character lol
pomelo / 5220 posts
Struggling through the first trimester with a toddler and lots of vomiting (on my part), plus a dh who works too much.
pomelo / 5084 posts
Sleeping arrangements for ds. DW and I don't agree and it's a constant source of stress 
pear / 1718 posts
Trying to maintain some semblance of organization at home while raising a kid and working full time (well over 40 hours/week).
pomegranate / 3764 posts
Trying to find a balance between feeding LO2 all the time, but giving LO1 the attention she's acting out for.
nectarine / 2436 posts
Dealing with pressure and guilt from the grandparents who want to see my son all the time. I work full time, my husband works 6 days a week and some (most) of the time I just want to be with my little family! I know, positive problems...
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