Baby Personalities- Tell us the Tale

Lolo427

I thought this might be an interesting and fun conversation to go down as I'm a FTM and know nothing other than my own daughter; I'm the first out of my friends to have a baby and didn't see the relatives close enough to know what thier babies were like.  Take the time to tell us about your baby and what makes them tick, I'm curious to see the differences:  

Felicity is a high needs, diva baby. She can't be left alone more than 20 minutes (me within eye view or 5 minutes not) in her gym or mama roo before she loses her mind. She very much seems to need time to get used to things (5+ introductions) before she's willing to be okay with them- new toys, her bouncer, whatever it may be. She needs to be entertained CONSTANTLY and only likes things for at most 15 minutes before she's bored and wants a change in activity or scenery. She loves to eat and would happily eat the days 30 ozs in a sitting if you let her. She wants so badly to do things on her own. She's much more happy being propped up in the boppy, couch or hanging by your fingers to sit up that you holding her up- she seems to want to be independent. She does not like her face touched or kissed unless she's in a very good mood in which she is simply tolerant- she doesn't like her vision obstructed. When she cries, it's crocodile tear central. When she's happy though, it's all smiles and squeals.

Now I know some of these are just synonymous with babies but I'm curious about other baby personality types. I've heard of the elusive 'easy baby' but don't know what that consists of. What is your baby like? For STMs(+) was there a huge personality difference of similarities between each kid?

GoogleMD

I think we struck the baby lottery, Grayson is pretty chill and easy going 90 % of the time. He likes to be held, and wants to be able to see what is going on. Here the last few weeks he wants to sit up propped against our chests or stand on our laps. He has no problem watching us from his bouncer or swing, he honestly loves his swing will sit in it for 45 min to an hr just looking around. He has blue and white stripes which he loves to stare and smile at. 
Kid does not mess around with eating, and has a double chin to prove it. HE goes from lip smacking and fist chewing to full on hanger screams in 30 seconds

He loves to smile and talk to my H and I, but doesn't really give out many smiles to other. Others have to earn his smiles, it takes him sometime to decide if he likes. He will give you a serious look whike he sizes you up haha.
He thinks the dog is the greatest thing ever.

gipfish

Jane was staring into my eyes as soon as she was born, and from the get-go she has resisted closing her eyes wherever there are people in the room. It isn't difficult for a complete stranger to get a smile from little miss social. Her daddy is banned from the nursery during her bedtime routine because as long as she hears his voice, she won't go to sleep. She never screams unless she is hurt (shots!), and she is content to sit still on her seat or someone's arms as long as she can see everybody in the room. She gets fussy when overstimulated because she won't sleep when tired as long as she feels like she would be missing out on social interaction if she closed her eyes. She wakes up smiling and chatting in the mornings, but hiccups will make her very grumpy indeed. She vocalises every swallow of milk, and if she starts to fall asleep, she vocalizes every exhale. She thinks it's incredibly fun when I speak sign language to her. She never fails to smile when she spits up on DH.

Pontot31

Blake is the most chill baby I think I've ever met. He loves to snuggle and doesn't care who is holding him as long as they will walk him around and show him the sights until he falls asleep. 
He can sleep through pretty much anything, thanks to big sister. We've taken him everywhere since he was born and most days barely even notice he's there because he's just content to be with us and look around. 
Night time sleep is hit or miss but he just wants to snuggle when he's awake so he comes to bed with me and sleeps well. 
It takes him a while to really cry- unless he's been hurt. He will suck his hand and smack his lips for 20 minutes when he wants to eat. And he eats and is done most days. It's so different from his sister who wanted to be attached to the boob all day and night long. 
The only thing that really bothers him is gas. 1 or 2 nights a week he seems to get a little belly ache but even then he doesn't complain much. He will even stop to smile at me mid cry if I start talking to him. 
He loves his big sister but is also kind of afraid of her when she starts poking at him

My daughter was very attached to me and cried easily when things made her mad, but still was a very happy baby. He is so much more laid back. 

TKG83

Jude is a sweet natured baby for the most part.  He loves being held and needs to see everything around him.  He's very much a "carry me" baby and doesn't like to be put down... we're trying to break him of that.  He loves moving and being in the car... but he can tell when you're slowing down and is not happy about it and usually starts crying until you get moving again.  He will not let me out of his site for more than a few minutes most of the time.  Even if someone else is carrying him and he's perfectly happy with them, the second he hears my voice he gets fussy until he can see me.  He's also somewhat shy when meeting new people and will bury his face in my neck for the first couple minutes but then he gets curious.  He'll let others carry him as long as he can see me and he'll be looking at me the whole time.
He loves bath time with Daddy and smiles through the whole thing.  He's much happier sitting up or standing on our laps.  He needs to see what's going on around him.  
My husband and I have always had some kind of noises going on (even if it's just the dog barking) so he has no trouble sleeping with noise around him.  Getting him to sleep is usually a chore as he likes to fight sleep as much as he can.  He's always cranky when it comes time to put him to sleep.  When he's asleep he sleeps well, best with a few cuddles.   
Most of the day he's happy as can be and smiles all the time!