DS is only 4.5 months old at the mo, so I know things can change, but so far he has been a perfect baby. Sleeping through the night, not noticing two teeth arriving etc.
We're not planning on trying for another baby yet, however, when we do, the next one isn't going to be an angel, is it? Then it'll be hell, won't it?
If I could guarantee future babies would be like him I'd have more now, but everyone's telling me that no other babies will be as good as him.
Has anybody had 2 (or more) very good babies? Or does the first one just give you a false sense of security and then a monster comes next?
Or is he going to make up for it and be a terrible toddler/teenager?!
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First baby is an angel.. Will future babies be too?
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Hobby2014 · 03/01/2015 23:49
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Fanjango ·
03/01/2015 23:55
I have 4 and thy were all different.
Ds1 total P&O as a baby, wouldn't sleep cried all the time. He's a teen now, can't wake the bugger up till lunch 
Dd1 sleeps for Britain, always has right from day 1. Polite and helpful 9yo now
Ds2 (dd1s twin ) fussy and fidgety. Needed a dummy constantly and now is an argumentative little sod. He's also really kind and love him to bits (most of the time)
Dd2 was an angel from the start. Happy just to watch the others from bouncy chair. She's almost 8 and sweet, funny and flippin demanding
Yup. They are all different in their wonderful ways 
Clearlymisunderstood ·
03/01/2015 23:59
My first was an angel, slept through at 8 weeks always delightfully happy. My second is 7 months old now and even better tbh! She slept through at 3 weeks old and is such a laid back and happy little thing.
I'm not having anymore though, not taking a chance again
Hobby2014 ·
04/01/2015 10:34
Hmm... so no clear pattern!
I know he can change, but at the mo he is perfect. I hope he stays that way!
But even if he doesn't or another baby isn't, it'll be ok, right?!
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badRoly ·
04/01/2015 10:51
4dc here, all had their moments as babies. Still all very different and 'angelic' in different ways
Fwiw - the one who slept through earliest (7weeks) was probably the hardest work as a baby as he wouldn't feed or go to other people happily!
HungerKunstler ·
04/01/2015 10:54
I second the 'angel baby / hellion toddler' theory . My 3 year old was easy-peasy as a baby, slept through (well, 8pm-4am) from about 3 months, barely noticed him teething, almost never ill, only cried when he obviously needed something etc.
Then he turned 1 and the shit hit the fan . It felt like I didn't sit down or eat a meal in peace again for about a year and a half. He is great again now he is 3 but still very emotionally dialed up. So if you want a second, maybe wait and see...
DD is 2 months old and not harder work than DS really but just different - latched on better than DS from birth and feeds more easily but is clingier and self-soothes less than he did. Who knows? It's swings and roundabouts...!
LizzieMint ·
04/01/2015 11:01
No. 
My first was an absolute angel, slept through at 10 weeks, breezed through teeth, weaning, never ill etc etc.
Second baby damn near broke me. Didn't sleep longer than 45 mins at a time, up 7-8 times a night, finally slept through for the first time at 2, but still at 7 is quite a poor sleeper.
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