Has has been the biggest struggle this last year with your baby?

[Daffodil]

My biggest struggle was exclusively pumping...ugh.

[jessanddane]

Sleep, or lack of.....and dealing with CIO. Also, the guilt of not continuing to bf.

[Jule'sMomInOR]

Lack of sleep ... and lack of freedom. I'm a person who enjoys my freedom and used to love going to the gym after work, doing whatever I wanted whenever I wanted. Now my life revolves around this little person, and I better be home by 7 pm or it's going to totally mess up the bed-time routine.

[Daffodil]

Originally Posted by jule'smominor

lack of sleep ... And lack of freedom. I'm a person who enjoys my freedom and used to love going to the gym after work, doing whatever i wanted whenever i wanted. Now my life revolves around this little person, and i better be home by 7 pm or it's going to totally mess up the bed-time routine.

this.

[sfarrow3]

The biggest struggle would be working full time with two babies under 5. The struggle has been learning to balance it all. Regarding London per say NOTHING..I have enjoyed ever second and milla-second of her first year. One reason I think is because she is totally different than my first (which was a high needs baby). Another reason is because she is my last baby for awhile and it went by too too fast. I enjoyed her newborn stage through present. I'm tearing up just reliving it in my head.

[Mama2Owen]

Lack of sleep and lack of quality time with DH has been really difficult.

The hardest part for me has been the equal time with both girls and also 1 on 1 time with each one. I sometimes feel like Kaitlyn got a lot more of me since she is the oldest.

[AmandaEliz]

Originally Posted by KaiX2Momma

The hardest part for me has been the equal time with both girls and also 1 on 1 time with each one. I sometimes feel like Kaitlyn got a lot more of me since she is the oldest.

I always feel like one gets more attention than the other & wonder if I've been fair to them. I'm so glad I got to take 8 months off, but these last 4 working full-time with 2 kiddos under the age of 3 has been tough... I've had a lot of Mommy guilt over working. For Avery specifically, I think the biggest challenge was her reflux. It took us awhile to figure out what was going on & then to get her Zantac dose right so that the poor thing could get some relief (and I could get a little sleep).

[DawnN]

Oops...lol wrong pr.

Originally Posted by Jule'sMomInOR

Lack of sleep ... and lack of freedom. I'm a person who enjoys my freedom and used to love going to the gym after work, doing whatever I wanted whenever I wanted. Now my life revolves around this little person, and I better be home by 7 pm or it's going to totally mess up the bed-time routine.

Ditto. And sleep training!

[.s.o.p.h.]

Lack of sleep.

[nat1970]

Juggling two babies and a toddler.

[Hollybear]

Being so far away from my family/friends "back home" --- feeling a lot of guilt about that, lack of sleep.

[shockandawe]

hmmm. PPD was probably the toughest stage for me. I found it came on around the same time I was confronting the total lack of freedom and resenting DH for being able to sleep through the night, and spend all day at work, and put in his token few hours of "help" each week. ooops. Does that still sound bitter? lmao. Honestly he's been a wonderful daddy. Couldn't hope for better over here.

Now I think these tantrums and the bottle weaning and working again are going to be my biggest every day issues in year 2. I'm so excited it's already starting.

[mommytokem]

Sleep but I think also being able to balance, everything else we had going on, deaths in the family, choosing where to move to and moving, plus still homeschooling. Praying this year is much smoother.

[Jule'sMomInOR]

Originally Posted by shockandawe

resenting DH for being able to sleep through the night, and spend all day at work, and put in his token few hours of "help" each week. ooops.

I'm still in this phase!

[Daffodil]

It seems like BTDT moms have had easier time for the most part...that gives me hope for baby #2!!

[Mom-Mom]

I would say for me personally, nothing. Juggling a baby and a toddler had/has its moments, but nothing too bad.

Now for df, it was when i went back to work. Charlotte is a very hands-on baby...as an infant she HAD to be held a lot. I was ok with it, but df isnt much of a holder. So, for the first 4 mos after i went back to work, she went to Mimi & Papa's bc Matt couldnt handle her screaming. She screamed almost the entire time i was gone at work for the first week, then went to my parents house. I had to leave work early bc Matt texted me & told me to get home now bc he had to go outside and walk away her screaming was so bad, he said he could not go back in there. Didnt help he was out of lexapro either. So she went to my parents after that until age 6 mos-ish...now she still has a temper but not like before.

[dinamommy]

Originally Posted by Daffodil

It seems like BTDT moms have had easier time for the most part...that gives me hope for baby #2!!

This is VERY true for me. I had the hardest time adjusting after I had my first baby. I think I can go with the flow easier now after baby #3. I also suffered from some PPD after I had Tyrael, so that was awful, plus she had what I thought was colic.

The hardest thing this past year has been juggling all the different needs of my kids, my husband, and myself. I have an active 7 year old who takes lessons in a couple of things and is in a school that parents are expected to participate in. I also have a three year old who loves to be with her mommy and is learning new things every day. It's been a wonderful year, though. Eli is such a fun baby and we've had a great time!