How different are your children?

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In terms of personality/behaviour. Currently pregnant with DC2 and I’m spending a lot of time wondering if they will be similar to DC1 or completely different.
So just interested to hear some anecdotal info about the differences between your DC!

DC1 was a really good sleeper. DC2 was a disaster sleep wise.

Thanks all, loving hearing about the differences. We have a large age gap between them too so it’ll be interesting to see what the relationship between them will be like. I’m actually really nervous after having only known and loved one child all this time!

Absolute opposites.

Mine are complete opposites as well.

DS1 is quiet, studious, overthinking and very self conscious. He is also really tall and built like a Rugby Player.

DS2 is loud, fearless, feisty and loves being the centre of attention. He is very very slim and very fast!

Mine 2 DSs are very similar, even though theres 9 years between them age wise, and they have different dads.. they both have a quick dry humour, look similar, hated sport at school, and even both work in the same field.

Only difference was their sleep patterns when younger, DS2 used to only sleep for 2 hours at a time but i think it was because he's dyspraxic, so was constantly moving about 'space checking'...

Complete and utter opposites, from personality to looks.

Dc1 was a dream slept from 6 weeks, never have problems now with sleeping, very quite, loving child, can be very introverted, hates change and people. Not overly academically achieving but very creative. Has a very small social circle with maybe one or two friends. Currently being explored for dyspraxia. Looks wise blonde hair blue eyes, very very pale. Looks almost doll like with porcelain skin.

Dc2 now 6...still doesn’t sleep well, wakes at the drop of a hat, has been a whirlwind since birth, is very loud, outgoing, popular, high achiever academically, also very friendly but a lot harder work to keep entertained. Dark hair (almost black) dark eyes and very looks more Mediterranean.

Childminders and school have both commented on how different they are.

Yes both have the same dad as I’ve been asked that a few times before.

DC1 is quiet, reserved, measured, calm, obedient, prefers intellectual play (games, puzzles, lego, reading) is very smart and has a few very close friends.

DC2 is loud, confident, always talking, never sits still (loves dressing up / imaginative play / sports). She is also tenacious and practical. However she does not listen. Ever. DC2 is a social butterfly and even parents know who she is and say hi to her.

Both very different but rub along pretty well

Toddler is registered disabled and is globally delayed but I see aspects of both her siblings in her personality.

Chalk and cheese! That's it, total opposites in most ways, although similar sense of humour so they get on (most of the time). There is a 5 year gap too.

Chalk and cheese.
Ds1 :difficult, worldly wise.
Ds2 : easy, happy, naive.

Oh this thread is scaring me! Also pregnant with my second.

DS (2) was a placid, calm baby. Good feeder and always 98th centile for height and weight. Never ill, minor sniffles aside. Not a great sleeper until about 15 months but an absolute delight. As a toddler he is a whirlwind. Zero patience and full of energy. Really confident and has never been through any kind of clingy phase. Absolutely loves going to nursery and being with people which really helped the mum guilt!

I'm so worried that i'm going to have a timid, clingy one. I'd trade that for sleep any day!

Very.
DS 13. Mr sensible. Funny. Organised. Slept from 12 weeks old. Can be reasoned with if he's being an idiot.

DD 11. Didn't properly sleep until 8yrs. Messy beyond belief. Destructive. Cannot be reasoned with at all. Although she does know right from wrong.

I think it is a bit like how similar / different they are in looks. You don't think they look like each other but then someone comes along from outside your little family and thinks your dc all look alike. Then Your Aunty Maud can 'see' how they all look like her dd, or they all have 'your eyes' or whatever but their Dad's Aunty Hilda can see that they all look exactly like her dc and all have their Dad's 'nose' or whatever. We all see a bit of what we are looking for.

I have 3 (now adult) dc and don't think they are alike in personality or 'mannerisms' (or looks), but am regularly told about how much one is like the other, or how they "are all {insert a character description}"

As babies and toddlers - dcs 1 and 2 in particular were like chalk and cheese. ds was loud, a poor sleeper, great at tantrums etc, but dc2 slept FAR better, never really bothered with tantrums, was much more 'measured' on entering a room (dc1 was more like Tigger), etc etc. dc3 is a bit of a mix of both of them, but at various stages they change and you see likenesses you haven't seen before or notice differences as they move through different stages.