Over the past 4 days, we have spent time with 3 babies between 2 weeks and 3 months old. Each one of them was so calm over the several hours we saw them. They laid on blankets or in their pack and plays and babbled and remained chill and unfussy while we hung out with their mommies and daddies. With Noelle, when we were going through it, we never really thought of her as a particularly high maintenance baby, but since we were the first of our local friends really to have a newborn, we didn't have anything to compare her behavior against. And she was always a good eater and slept in her crib at night (in stretches) from very early on, thank goodness. But as we interract with other very little ones, we can't help but remember how our little Ellie would never let us put her down from the moment she woke up in the morning to the moment we all went to sleep at night for the first 3 months of her life or so. Yes, it was nice to have a snuggler who wanted to be close to mommy or daddy, and she was happy if she was touching us, but the fact that every nap and waking moment was on top of us, did make things a bit difficult. And we all definitely remember the fact that with the exception of one short month in June 2010 or so, none of us slept through the night until this past January. It's hard to believe that my stubborn, independent toddler who is so daring now was the baby we are remembering that was so clingy! Well, the stubborn part was present I guess!
So over the past few days we have been hoping and wishing that Alien is a bit more chill than his big sister. While the most important thing is just that he is healthy, if he wants to add being a calm, happy little guy who just likes to watch the world and take it all in to his characteristic list we'd be pretty excited. It certainly will make life easier if he'll let us get other things done and will definitely endear him to his sister! Only 2 more months til our due date!
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