What have I done!?!

Manateearmz · September 2014

Any other STM's dealing with a toddler that wants to be a baby again? She is acting out and asking every night to be a baby again.

OMG make it stop. Why did I think that 2 of these beasts would be a good idea?

Eora3 · September 2014

Hugs!! I legitimately wondered this while pregnant with my second child and now am having my third! Lol!

Don't over-think it, it just works out in the end. Some days survival means success. Other days my two boys play together for hours on end and I am so glad they have each other. You can do it!

BankerBSN · September 2014

Atleast the next one doesn't come out already 3yo. Maybe?

Manateearmz · September 2014

If this one comes out anywhere near a 3 year old I will immediately go to the nearest liquor store and buy their entire stock.

ashleykadlec · September 2014

I feel ya. My 2 yr old has been potty trained for 2 weeks and today she decided, eff it I'm gonna pee in my pants all day! About 20 mins ago she ran through the kitchen and living room while doing a full bladder pee, slipped in it and fell and was covered head to toe in pee. And of course daddy is out with his friends for a birthday, so I had to clean up pee for the millionth time today and give her another bath. Days like this definitely scare the shit out of me thinking about having 2 girls in just a few short months - it's hard enough with one!! Tomorrow's another day mamma

Manateearmz · September 2014

After tonight's bedtime fiasco I'm thinking about trading in the 3 year old and getting a fresh start with #2. It sounds logical and rational after 30 minutes of overly tired crazy pants screaming for a toy.

Manateearmz · September 2014

Haha @AJIrishMama‌!

3 is when they pick up on snark. She wiped her face on my arm and I said I wasn't her napkin. Her response was "ya well I heard you were".

MeganK81410 · September 2014

My 2-year-old has gotten insanely clingy lately. The last three or so months he's made a habit of coming into our bedroom every single morning, anywhere between 2 a.m. and 7 a.m. I usually enjoy getting the extra snuggles in, but when I'm already squished against the wall thanks to a 6'2" husband taking up 99% of our full size bed, adding a 2-year-old who tosses and turns just makes sleeping impossible. So I lay there and try to imagine how this is going to work with a newborn instead.

leoandethansmom · September 2014

I am SO glad I'm not the only one. DS is legitimately a crazy person in a 2 year old's body some days and I wonder why the eff I have voluntarily signed up to do this again. DH has been gone for 2 months and handling a 2 year old alone is so freaking hard. He has his adorable moments but I've also thought about researching the trade in process for number 2 on some of the worse days.

Manateearmz · September 2014

@leosmom25‌ your DH has been gone for 2 months?

::hands you all of the non-alcoholic booze::

vintagejjane · September 2014

Yes! My two year old wants to nurse all the time. It's like a freaking newborn again. We were down to once or twice a day in the morning and at her nap. Now, she says, "I baby." and nurses constantly and wants to be held all day.

leoandethansmom · September 2014

Manateearmz said:
@leosmom25‌ your DH has been gone for 2 months?

::hands you all of the non-alcoholic booze::

Yes he's on an oil rig and I'm ready to helicopter myself out there and drag him home by his weiner.

Manateearmz · September 2014

@Courtneylovesjason2‌ true story! I really want to find the person who coined the phrase "terrible twos" and hand them my threenager.

brownmouse · September 2014

Dude, DD is five and she is totally acting like a baby again. She started sucking her thumb, and using baby talk and whining all. the. time. It's driving me bonkers.

Oh, and she started being TERRIBLE to get to bed. For three years she's been a breeze to get to bed. Brush teeth,one book, two songs, kisses/hugs, and off to bed she goes without a peep. But for the past two months bedtime has been an hour long production of whining and asking questions, and having to "tell me something important", having to go poop suddenly (which I guess since she actually DOES poop is okay), asking for drinks, more kisses, telling us we didn't sing(when we did), complaining and she can't sleep after being in bed for 20 seconds, and on and on and on..... UGHHHHHHH.

bowlwoman · September 2014

My almost 8 year old started this tonight. Having a sulky whiny pity party saying how we only love her a little and we don't need her anymore. Where the fuck did this come from? Because I got testy when you put another 1/4 cup of water in the masa after I explicitly told you 2 seconds before that one was enough? I have no idea what got into her tonight. Maybe the new school year and baby coming is making her a bit insecure. After dinner we had some cuddles and reassuring snuggles, but man, I know at some point it's coming that I won't be able to soothe it away and I'll be in such trouble then.

drpayne · September 2014

Well... Imagine having 2 of them and expecting your 3rd. Does that make
you feel a little better?;)

I am scared.

JRod13 · September 2014

Omg- right there with you. DS is a total beast lately. He won't listen, wakes up every night, whines incessantly, and dear lawd the mouth on this child....his snark puts anything I've seen on TB to shame. I'm halfway impressed with his advanced sarcasm. 3 is so much harder than 2....kinda makes me look forward to a baby who will at least stay wherever I put him for a minute and won't back talk.

bowlwoman · September 2014

drpayne said:
Well... Imagine having 2 of them and expecting your 3rd. Does that make
you feel a little better?;)

I am scared.

I am right there with you in this boat. At least my two are school age. Which means they'll be hitting puberty close to the same time LO is 2-3...

I'm screwed.

brittandjp · September 2014

I've told DH multiple times that we didn't think this whole thing through very well. When we started ttc, DD was a sweet little 9 month old baby. Now she's almost 20 months and freaking CRAZY.

I love the girl, but she's been going on 2.5 for the last few months and I have NO IDEA how I'm going to handle two of them!!!!

Heidig14 · September 2014

You guys are scaring me! But of course my baby is going to be perfect and do none of these things!

nopegoat · September 2014

Both the 4yr old and 2yr old have been driving me crazy. H has said more than once, wtf are we going to do with 3 freaking turd boys?! I have no clue what we were thinking lol.

MeganK81410 · September 2014

drpayne said:
Well... Imagine having 2 of them and expecting your 3rd. Does that make
you feel a little better?;)

I am scared.

I'm in this boat, too, but my 4-year-old doesn't give me much grief! The worst she does is fight me when I pick her and DS up after work. She cries as soon as she sees my car, but once I actually get her in the car she calms down. I'm waiting for the real attitude to start coming out now that she's in preschool.

bowlwoman · September 2014

3girlsnthepup said:

bowlwoman said:

My almost 8 year old started this tonight. Having a sulky whiny pity party saying how we only love her a little and we don't need her anymore. Where the fuck did this come from? Because I got testy when you put another 1/4 cup of water in the masa after I explicitly told you 2 seconds before that one was enough? I have no idea what got into her tonight. Maybe the new school year and baby coming is making her a bit insecure. After dinner we had some cuddles and reassuring snuggles, but man, I know at some point it's coming that I won't be able to soothe it away and I'll be in such trouble then.

@bowlwoman I'm living this with my 7 year old... I swear if I hear another "Why do you even need another baby anyway? Guess you don't love us!" I'm going to lose it.

ETA: OMG! I didn't even think of the puberty thing!! DD1 will turn 12 a few weeks before LO turns 3 and DD2 is a year behind that. I'm so friggen screwed!!!

Also, I taught preschool for 9 years... 6 of those years were teaching Three's.... There is no comparison!! Three year olds are the WORST!!

------QBF------

Yup, DD1 will have just turned 11 and DD2 will be 9 1/2 when the baby turns
3. I went through puberty at 10, so yeah, I'm screwed major.

ScarlettsMommy0515 · September 2014

My 2 year old daughter recently started asking me to hold her like a baby when she wakes up in the morning and before bed. She also sometimes asks to be fed like a baby. I'm assuming it's because my belly is growing and we refer to it as the baby. It's a huge change. She's been the baby all her life. It makes me feel sad for her but we keep reminding her that she'll always be our baby even when she's big. I don't think indulging her in this is harming anything. If she needs some comforting that's fine by me. I do try to emphasize all the great things she gets to do because she's big and how great of a big sister she's going to be. We're not through this phase yet so I don't have much advice. Just that we're going through something similar. All the best!

mlee116 · September 2014

Uh oh, I should not have opened this. DS has had his days where he's been clingy and whiny , but overall, he's been pretty good. Although I've been hearing a lot lately about how 3 is worse than 2 and I'm wondering what we're in for in the next 6 months!

kimba1976 · September 2014

I thought it was just me!! I'm pretty sure my daughter (18 months) would crawl back into the womb if she could. She wants to be held all the time. And daddy just won't do. She normally wants to run around and play on her own, but lately she can't bear to be parted from me. Thankfully she still takes a good nap every afternoon so I can get a break.

I don't want to not cuddle and hold her if she needs it, but FFS, my back is killing me and my belly isn't getting any smaller!

colliebabe · September 2014

Right now she thinks the baby is in her belly and talks about how "baby needs this and baby needs that." Like her baby "needed" to eat ice cream last night.

But I know there will be some regression once the baby actually gets here.

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