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CarrieB. · April 2014

Does anyone else feel like their baby is like the complete opposite of their older child? Some days I have a hard time believing they are related.

For example, DD1 slept great. DD2 had colic and reflux and is now just nocturnal. And yesterday I noticed that DD2 is cutting a tooth, while DD1 didn't get teeth until she was almost 1.

Some days I just feel completely unprepared for this baby even though I am a STM.

Princess_Lily · April 2014

Yup, but its the opposite.

DS was a fussier baby until we FF at 2.5mo. He also was sleeping in crib at 1mo in his room and was fine being handled by others.

DD is a chill baby, but loves to ebf. She rooms in, in her crib and gets scared being handled by others if she can't see mommy.

They spoiled us in different ways.

[Deleted User] · April 2014

DD was a napper and still doesn't sleep all the way through the night without waking at least once. DS will not nap hardly at all but STTN.

DD didn't roll until 8 mos, crawl until a year and walked at 14 months. DS is already on hands and knees rocking and rolled at like 2.5 mos. He eats solids like a champ and hates his crib. He is the exact opposite of DD.

I am experiencing the same thing you are. I feel like he was supposed to be my easier baby since I have already been through this, but he is just giving me different issues to work out.

Kaymee · April 2014

YES!! Except thankfully DS2 is much
more chill than DS1 ever was!!

Kim22 · April 2014

All three of mine are very different but I'm lucky, they got easier besides the bottle resisting this one has.

Zilly13 · April 2014

Yes, my kids are opposite. DD1 was my tough cookie (still is!) and DD2 is much more chill. I'm glad it happened that way as I would have lost my mind if I had a toddler and a tough infant. DD1 is amazing though and what makes her challenging also makes her such a cool kid.

sarenu1 · April 2014

My son is an extremely happy baby and very much about the pacifier or finger/thumb sucking.

He doesn't like his crib and will fall back to sleep almost instantly when he's picked up or cuddled.

My daughter slept in her crib at 3 months, was cranky and liked to be walked around a lot.

They both hate to nap.

katmac17 · April 2014

It is amazing how different the parenting experience is. DS was a very challenging, high needs baby. DD is much easier and mellower overall and was a much better sleeper in the early months, but is waking 4-6 times at night now, and the bottle refusal was an unexpected curveball. It has made my return to work vastly more stressful, and DH and I still haven't so much as been out to dinner since she was born because we are too exhausted to go out after the kids are in bed, but I can't be gone for bedtime because she won't take a bottle.

We had been planning on a third before DD was born, but have now decided we are done, done, done!

hologram87 · April 2014

Definitely very different!

DS fights sleep like it's his job, and cries a lot more than DD ever did. On the opposite end, he laughs, smiles and babbles way more than she did. It's so hard having a challenging baby when you have a toddler wanting your attention all the time.

I tell DH that if DS had been first, we might not have had a second. So thank goodness DD came first. She is such a joy and such an awesome big sister. She loves her brother so much and wants to help all the time.

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