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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our baby was similar but did also have reflux which may have contributed to it. But overall remained a difficult kid for years. Didn't sleep through the night until 2.5. Very sensitive, very strong-willed, very particular. She's now 4.5 and getting somewhat easier, though she's still incredibly strong-willed and very sensitive. I can see where these traits can be positives in the long run actually, if parented correctly. Here's what has worked for us:

- [b]She needed an ironclad schedule.[/b] Food and sleep are always on time so we don't have meltdowns. Starting to get more flexible now but only recently. 
- We have had to become parenting experts! I have read a ton of parenting books and picked up lots of helpful techniques. What works best for us is that we are very warm/supportive/loving while also having strict rules and high expectations. 100% never give in to tantrums or whining. You must stand firm or else it gets a lot worse.
- Understand you might be in it for the long haul and figure out ways to make your life easier. Get a regular babysitter if you can (ours was little during covid so this wasn't really an option for us).

Hopefully your baby becomes easier than ours did but know that even if she doesn't, you can get through this and be great parents and raise a great kid - you just might need to put in more work, time, patience, and effort than other parents. [/quote]

Then you'll have some other parents saying that, oh, they don't stick to a schedule and they have "made" their baby easy-going by not worrying too much about nap or food schedule.  Always made me roll my eyes.  Yeah, my baby can skip the schedule, but I'm going to pay for it later in the day.  Sometimes that is worth it, sometimes it is not, but don't tell me that I'm making my baby "need" a schedule.

It got better around 9 months for us (crawling age), but really just gradually got slowly better as she got more and more ability to assert control over her little baby experience.  She's a great 5 year old now.  She still can be particular.
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