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Ugh, sleep again!

J's a night owl but the holiday break really did us in - he was actually (!!) taking a nap, and going to bed at a normal time during vacation and then the school schedule starts up again and he's passing out as soon as he gets home from school. And then is up until midnight!

Daycare. Not the daycare itself, just getting her there and dropped off. We switched this week to a new school and she is so, so, so sad. She hates change so much.

Not pooping in the potty. I have a feeling she had been holding in her poops, and I'm afraid she is going to have functional constipation!

Potty training....sigh she's regressing right now and it's stressful. I'm going to get incentives over lunch to surprise her with if she goes a whole day with no accidents, I hope it works.

And last night she didn't sleep. I think she might be coming down with something, she's sneezing constantly but hasn't complained of anything yet. Sigh....I'm tired.

Going to sleep by herself.

Once she’s out at night she always STTN, but getting her to sleep is becoming a real pain. We never sleep trained because we didn’t feel like we needed to; but I feel like that is really backfiring on us now. E will NOT fall asleep on her own, and she isn’t a good candidate for CIO (we are not either), and if I/DH leave her room before she is totally 100% asleep she completely loses her shit on us. Screaming, sobbing, muckling onto your arm so you can’t get away, etc. Ugh, GO TO SLEEP ALREADY!!!!!

Phew, I feel better for getting that out

High energy. DS has major cabin fever being cooped up inside due to the cold weather.

2 year old realizing he can say "No!" and refuse to do something.

Just adjusting to life with a newborn in the house and not getting to do all of his normal activities yet. He's 2.5. Also getting him to sit for a whole meal has been very challenging lately.

Going to sleep and staying asleep. As I write this, E is screaming in her cot. She has been up there screaming for an hour now.

@Cherrybee: hang in there Mom!!

tantrums because she cannot express what she wants. She is able to tell me what she doesn't want but not what she actually wants. She is also fighting naps and food because she wants to play.

boob obsession - Her hands are constantly down my shirt. pulling, pinching, grabbing.... we weaned about a month ago and while she has no interest in nursing she's obsessed with my boobs. I know its a comfort thing but its like i'm constantly at the movies with a 14 yr old boy.

Drawing out bedtime to take a really long time. He keeps adding new things to his night routine and I can't even keep track of everything he wants, but he remembers so every five minutes he's crying about for some silly reason like I forgot to tuck in his feet, or sing itsy bitsy spider (along with the other 10 million songs), his garbage truck fell out of his bed, or I didn't let him say, "see you in the morning" before I closed the door.

Finally last night I said no more, and I told him that if he cries, we're not coming in to rock him or anything, he needs to go straight to sleep. And it actually worked!

@Mrs. Pen: this!!!

Bedtime. She is a night owl and has a bunch of energy from 5 pm-10 pm every evening. It is hard to get her wound down and is killing us. We tried CIO last night again, but are having some issues since she is on a floor bed now and can open her door herself. She has no problem with her nap, so it is extra frustrating.

@mrsjyw: I have given up. I still give her veggies but nothing I do makes her eat them

potty training and start of crazy uncontrolled tantrums (turning 2 on sunday!)

DD is being a picky eater, we waste so much food trying to get her to eat.

Refusing to eat. And crap sleep.

Tantrums, not wanting to go to daycare, do morning routine, etc. He's more whiny since coming back from seeing his grandparents for an extended period of time. This morning, the only way to avoid a meltdown, was offer donuts as an incentive to get out of bed and do our morning routine.