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Moms of older kids - personality question

Has your LO's personality stayed the same since they were a baby?

We were at a GTG on Monday with our childbirth class, so there were other babies there. LO was definitely the "shyest" of the babies. He is also the youngest, so I'm not reading too much into it, but it made me start wondering if babies show their true personalities very young.

 

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  • Yeah, I'd say C's personality now is similar to when he was an infant. He's always been kind of melodramatic (super super HAPPY! Or very, very MAD!) and liked crowds and people and being out and about. Of course, he's still soooo young who knows what he'll really end up like!
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    granted, sprout is only slightly older than your baby, but since birth he's been very alert, nosy and suspicious of new people.  he'll give strangers a *good* looking over.  some of his looks at new people are kind of embarassing (it's as if they say "and who the hell exactly are you?!?!" with a very furrowed brow) so I'm hoping that mellows out.

    and if you're doing something, he wants to see it, figure out how it works, etc.

     

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    Yeah, I'd say C's personality now is similar to when he was an infant. He's always been kind of melodramatic (super super HAPPY! Or very, very MAD!) and liked crowds and people and being out and about. Of course, he's still soooo young who knows what he'll really end up like!

    Pretty much ditto that.

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  • Definitely. J has always been wary of new situations and people. He eventually warms up, but from the outset he's always taken a while to get used to new people.

    It took us a good 20 minutes to get him from sitting in my lap to dipping his toes in the water to actually splashing around the pool last summer - and I'm pretty much expecting the same drill when we go this year. But once he's in he loves it!

    (That goes for pretty much every "new" thing.)

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  • DS has been outgoing and easily frustrated from the delivery room. HTH!
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  • DD was a lazy baby- like slept her life away for the first 3-4 months. She did not care who held her as long as she was comfortable or being fed. From the time she was born until the time she could walk- we could have taken her anywhere without an issue. Once she started walking, everything changed. Now, she never stops moving, she is way more demanding, it is hard to take her places where she might have to be contained and she is stubborn. Oh, and she is a total daredevil.

    Her personality took a few months to come out.

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    Nope - both of mine did 180s.  DD was the baby from he11 and so high maintenance and fussy.  Once she hit about eight months, things started to shift, and she was such a good toddler and has continued to be relatively easy to parent.  She's retained the stubborn streak she's always had, but I wish I'd known how much better it would get during those rough first months.  DS was a much calmer, easy-going baby (actually probably about average, but compared to DD, I thought he was a dream).  Once he reached about seven months, he turned crazy clingy and then, upon walking at a year, has been a pretty typical quick-to-tantrum, headstrong, curious toddler.

    Regarding shyness, DD is a bit on the reserved side, and while friendly when others show her attention, she was never that baby who was screaming "Hi!" to every stranger she saw in the store.  I chalk it up to her taking after me and genetics.  DS is more outgoing, but I think it's because he's had to compete for attention from day one.

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  • I would say I can see a lot of their personality traits have stayed the same. DD was always outgoing and happy. She would go to anyone and rarely cried. She has definitely been my tantrumer though. She loves people and is never shy but is stubborn as a mule and that didn't really start until she was a toddler. DS has always been the clingier one. He was a difficult baby, horribly colicky for the first four months and then just cranky for the next few. He is all boy now, very rough and tumble but still cries easily. He can be very clingy, especially when I try to leave him in the nursery at church or with a sitter. 
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  • Yes, certain things have stayed the same.  He got stranger anxiety at 3 months and has pretty much kept it.  He does well with adults at this point, but still is anxious around kids.  He has also been extremely sensitive to a variety of environmental things (loud noises, smells, textures) since about 6 months old.  He went through a wild and crazy age (12-15 months) where he had no fears about anything physically, but overall, he has consistently been rather cautious about new activities until he has evaluated all of the risks involved.  

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  • My son's personality hasn't changed much since birth.  He's always been super out going.  He's never had stranger danger.  He talked early and is rarely silent.  

    My grandmother used to go on and on about how most of personality is with kids at birth.  She said they come out who they are.  I tend to agree with that. 

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  • let's hope not b/c DS is a huge cry baby

     

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