Making a baby is fun and having a kid is easy. Caring for a child (especially our little one) is fucking hard. Really fucking hard sometimes.
The little one hasn’t been sleeping well (both naps and at night) for about the last two weeks. She’s been crazy during the day and is now fighting bedtime when she used to be so easy to put down. She’s almost 23 months old and I can’t tell if it is just a stage she is going through or if there might be something else. Argghhh.
She’ll whimper and cry at night and call out for us to hold her. It breaks my heart to not go check on her, but I feel that she might just need some “tough love” here and learn to be independent. Am I wrong to feel this way?
She was the most pleasant little girl for the longest time. She slept well, she was agreeable, and she ate well. Now she protests all three of those things. It is almost as if she is a completely different child than she was a month ago. What gives? I know it will get better, but I’m just venting here. Thanks for listening. It is much appreciated. For more tales of our toddler woes head over to my wife’s blog Mums The Wurd. She also does hella great product reviews and (for the parents out there) is giving away over $500 in free stuff right now.
P.S. The Chicago Cubs are going to give me a heart attack and have been aptly nicknamed the “Cardiac Cubs.” What a win tonight!
She’s adorable. I’m sure it will turn out fine, I’m rooting for her and of course Da bears.
Edgar
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Our oldest is a few months younger than your daughter. She goes through stages where she won’t take a nap, wakes up at night, doesn’t like to eat certain things, but I think that’s typical of kids. I hope that what you guys are going through is a phase, but it’s easier to believe that when it’s not happening to you. It surely will end soon, and you all will get some much needed sleep. Go Cubs!
Hi Eric – Andrea from Boston here (formerly of Q Division Records, now working at Rounder). My daughter’s about 2 months younger than yours and is starting to go through the same issues yours is — formerly a great sleeper, she’s started protesting bedtime and waking in the middle of the night calling out for us. Last night I sat on the floor beside her crib and let her fall asleep holding my hand through the bars. Today I am DRAGGING. I’m wondering if it’s due to her recent transition to a slightly older kids’ room at her daycare, but it could also be the 2x-month phase. Hang in there… I’m told it gets better!
Take care,
A
They don’t call it the terrible twos for nothing. It’s just part of her becoming more independent and realizing that she doesn’t have to do what you say. It’s a stage and it will likely pass, replaced by something else, i.e., “I hate homework” or “It’s not fair” or “I wish I lived in a different family!” (that’s my six year old talking). Hang in there.