Types of children

I know that me and my sister were totally different - she was a real unsettled baby, not sleeping and stuff, but then was a really good toddler and child.

I was an angel baby (second born) and slept through the night from my first night home from hospital. But then I turned into the devil toddler, with mega tantrums.

I think it's definitely nature rather than nurture at that early stage... though I do think that when I was a toddler, being the youngest contributed to my tantrums - I wanted to do all these things my sister did, but I either couldn't or I wasn't allowed to. But they don't think like that as babies!!

Both of mine were the same as little babies, hardly sleep and want to be held all the time but the best eaters. Jack is now a really full on kid but ever since he started moving he got better cos he could do what he wanted, he doesn't sleep tho.

I don't think Caprece is going to be as full on because she seems a lot more happier to sit and play and doesn't really seem that eager to move about. She still doesn't sleep to well either.

I'd say both of mine were nightmare babies with Jack having reflux and Caprece having colic so I'm hoping they will be dream teens Or this might just be karma because I was the worst baby ever

Paris was a very calm child mostly, slept like a dream but was hard to feed simply cos she just wouldn't drink! she sat, learnt to talk and figure things out and wouldn't move an inch despite numerous constant attempts to convince her that she should. so she tends be the more quiet thinker one, although i must say she has tended towards the girly girl side of things more lately, very into dancing, fashion, jewellery music and is a bit of a posh bossy little chick.

Ayja i think was kinda harder to handle, she fed like a dream but wouldn't sleep! she has been more active all along, learnt to roll and crawl and walk earlier and got into things - everything! We never had to toddler-proof our house much with Paris cos by the time she could actually get to things, she listened when we said no. Ayja has pushed the limits with alot of things, but she is in some ways a bit more free-spirited, fun and cheeky so she makes up for that bit of defiance and stubborness with that and is lots of fun!.

I have also found that Paris is very shy until she knows you (possible the result of me being a shy SAHM for the first year of her life so she didn't get too much public interaction apart from close family)
Ayja is the talkative, friendly kid that talks to the strangers in the takeways which is a bit of a worry, but then i could attribute that to her going to daycare at 11 weeks old, so she's been used to lots of different people and adapting to new situations a bit easier.

Our girls are much the same as Teresa's first two, Paris is very into having things done "the right way" as well whereas Ayja will just tear in and do things her way, Paris gets very annoyed at Ayja because of this. Benefits we have found is that where paris is a bit of a scaredy cat with trying new things, she'll often decide not to do something then in comes ayja with her "i'll-try-anything" attitude and does it which eggs PAris into thinking "well if she can do it so can i"

Funny Teresa you said about the dancing and gymnastics thing, i was thinking that Ayja would probably go well with Gymnastics too actually. I can't see her doing dancing?

I try not to pidgeon-hole the girls, but i can see very clear differences and in some ways can see how they'll be growing up. I try not to let them know that, or treat them differently because of it, but i do see paris being the miss popularity kinda girl at high school, I see ayja being possibly the one that gets in trouble in class even though she knows the answer, I somehow also see Ayja being the one that dyes her hair black and pierces things she shouldn't. lol

so yeah, I think most of us that have replied now have noticed that. Maybe it's alot to do with being kinda cheltered and precious with our firsts no matter how much we try not to, and being a bit more "she'll be right" stress-less attitude with the second. But definately i think nature does come into it. I have also found that the descriptions of my childrens star signs fit them to a t.

Edited by mum2paris

Megan is a fairly content baby 99% of the time she will settle to sleep within 5-10 mins and when we are out she is very quiet and only gets grizzly if it has been a couple of hours since her last feed or her bum needs changing otherwise she is happy to just lie there.

it will be interesting to see what sort of personality she has.

My Andrew and Josh are a little bit like Paris and Ayja. Andrew was a good sleep and can be by himself easy as. He wasn't a good feeder and went onto formula early.

Josh on the other hand was a great feeder but poor sleeper.

jack was an absolute dream baby! slept through from 6wks.
apart from a couple of nights here and there slept well night and day, fed well and is generally really cruisy happy chappy....apart from now when he has little tantys over nothing
he'll happily sit down and watch his dvds or read books, he has a high concentration level and always has.



charli....a little tart! didn't sleep through til 10wks, spent alot of that night time screaming and we didn't know what to do with her. she was good during the daytime, just didn't want to sleep at night. she feed well but she was on formula top-up at night from about 15wks.   she wakes up during the night every now and again.
she's a stubborn little madam, very cheeky and is always on the go, can't sit still for 5mins. she's not interested in books for long and doesn't really get into dvds either

but i love them both to bits

Mine have all been very different.
Natasha was the hell child she never slept AT ALL !!!! She would throw up whole feeds so I'd have to start again. She was a fussy eater when she started and she was always sick. She could actually make herself sick when she got upset about something.
Now she is the most wonderful, sweet, caring, bright 12yo you could ever ask for.

Alex was a dream baby she slept and eat well she was a happy we thing and made us laugh at her antics then..... she started school and my god did she develop an attitude big time. She could throw the most amazing tantrums and she always new best.
Shes nine now and has really calmed down over the last year. She's funny and bright and loving and she's so good with Alyssa and loves little kids.

They fight between themselves all day every day. But both kids Teachers have always told me how good they are so we must be doing something right. Maybe they save up all their naughtiness until they get home.

Alyssa is a good baby not as easy in a way as Alex as she doesn't sleep well at night (still wakes for a feed) but she's a cruisy happy baby 99% of the time so I can live with that. She's not a great eater either but she is slowly improving.

Now I'm more worried about what they will be like as teenagers

Oh its so nice to hear that horror babies can turn into lovely children! My biggest fear was that this is just her personality and she was going to be a monster to raise

Its interesting how they can be so different from day dot. In theory most have the same genes going in so you would think that they would be more similar. Its obviously alot more complex than that!