June 2023 Babies

Is anyone else struggling with their two year old? I love my daughter to pieces, I miss her as soon as she’s not with me (unless she’s just been driving me mad🙃) but oh my god she is such hard work and I’ve worked with children since I was 17 (now 31) so it’s not like I have no experience with toddlers though obviously having your own is very different.

I feel like she is grumpy 90% of the time. She’s so strong headed and stubborn. Everything is ‘no’ and a battle even when I’m trying to give her choices and have fun with her. I show love through affection and though she enjoys a hug and a kiss here and there if she gets hurt or is grumpy she rejects comfort until she decides she is ready for a cuddle or she’s over what happened and starts playing again, which I guess is fair but I find it hard when I want to help her and she’s rejecting me..and this happens regularly throughout the day as I say she’s grumpy a lot! She is also not very kind to other children, hitting etc when all they want to do is interact with her. She has really good speech and understanding which I would have thought would mean she would be better behaved as I can try and explain/ reason with her but no, it’s her way or the high way and everything I say is rejected with a loud ‘no’

I do have less patience as I’m 34 weeks pregnant and struggle a lot with fatigue and breathlessness so I’m hopeful that I will cope better with her when the baby is here but equally im terrified I will cope even less with her when the baby comes. I spend most my day drained and miserable and wanting to cry because I love her but spend a lot of the time feeling like I don’t like her and it makes me so sad and I feel like I’m an awful mum. I find whenever I’m talking about her to my mum or sisters it’s negative and her dad doesn’t think she’s half as bad as I ‘make out’ but I’m with her all day everyday and he isn’t. It doesn’t help that her cousin is 3 months younger and an absolute little angel in comparison.

If you read all this then thank you and please don’t judge me, From a very exhausted mum 🫠

Hello I am just looking for some advice !

The last couple of months my little boy has been really good at going to sleep for bed time on his own, we lie him down drowsy and he takes himself off to sleep.

However the last 2 weeks he is hysterical when we try and leave the room, and he is taking nearly an hour to go off to sleep with us sitting by the cot.

He is still on 2 naps a day, is this a sign that I need to transition him to 1 nap or is it just separation anxiety that will hopefully pass !?

Once he is asleep he sleeps until the morning it's just a big struggle getting him to sleep!

Has anyone seen a rash like this? It’s flat and smooth. Doesn’t really look like hand foot mouth based on the pictures I see of it online but idk what it is??

Hi mamas! My big boy just turned 1 yesterday 🥺🥺 I was just wondering how some of you made the switch and introduced your baby into regular milk?? I only drink almond or oat milk because I’m kind of lactose. I do want to give my baby 2% reg milk being that it has all the nutrients babies need, and see how that settles with his stomach for the first few days/weeks. Just curious to hear other first time mamas stories!

1st birthday fun in the water 🥰

Hi all.. I'd like to know what are your LO's feeding schedule is at this age? My one is formula fed and I'm struggling to reduce his intake. He likes his food but doesn't eat that much.