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to brag a little about my perfect baby??

44 replies

catinboots · 27/07/2010 15:45

I know, I know - this is smuggery at it's finest. But I really need to brag a lot little about my perfect baby.

DS2 is 20wks old and the easiest baby anyone could wish for. My NCT friends call him 'The Perfect Baby'. He's so VERY different from DS1(10)!

He is BF but still sleeps for 11 straight hours at night and for a long 3 hour nap in the day. He always wakes up smiling and gurgling - never crying.

I can put him down in his gym/bumbo/swing all day long and get on with my chores.

Nothing seems to phase or worry him. He is Mr Laid Back Larry.

I know, I know - he will be a vile toddler. Or a horrific teen. But please let me boast about him while I can .

Disclaimer - this is nothing to do with my excellent/determined/astringent parenting! He's just a groovy little guy!!!

OP posts:
slushy · 27/07/2010 15:48

My dd 12months has been similar likes to entertain herself but even though ds was a demanding baby who really loved mum and made me feel needed and cherished they were both perfect to me yet completely different.

YANBU

ReasonableDoubt · 27/07/2010 15:52

I had the MOST demanding baby ever first time around (and he is still a 'challenging' child five years later), so could not wipe the smile off my face when my second baby was a 12 hours a night sleeper, smiley, gurgly, lovely little bundle of joy .

She is 20 mths old now and a tantrumming little terror. Enjoy it while it lasts!

Firawla · 27/07/2010 15:56

awww that is lovely. mine are like that as babies but ds1 is now a toddler and extremely extremely active, not naughty really but a handful, can be more hyper than others. so expecting the same from ds2 (still a baby..) but it is nice to have them very laid back as babies, makes life alot easier i think.

lostinwales · 27/07/2010 15:56

On Easter morning when my delightful 10 week old baby had just slept through until 6am, had milk and then slept until 9am I actually said to DH 'I bet Jesus wasn't even this good' . I knew it was a bit nuts but I really meant it at the time!

(won't mention that he is three and a half now and has been possesed by satan for at least the last 6 months, and he's my third so I know normal toddler evil!)

namechangingchick · 27/07/2010 15:58

YANBU - I hope my next one is like that as my first was a nightmare baby! You must be so pleased that it didn't happen the other way round!

sapphireblue · 27/07/2010 15:58

enjoy it while it lasts

My DD2 is the same........keep waiting for it all to go wrong!

LittleMisscantbewrong · 27/07/2010 15:58

He sounds lovely! My dd2 is like that (nearly 26 weeks old now) - people don't believe that she hardly cries, we go days without her crying as she just gurgles and coos a lot . Would pretend it's because I am such a super parent but my older dc's were totally different

Enjoy your lovely little man (and your lovely big ds too!)

Rugbylovingmum · 27/07/2010 16:22

Awww, how lovely.

DD def took longer than your DS to sleep through but she is just such a happy, laidback cheerful little soul . My friends call her the bombproof baby as nothing seems to phase her. It's really making me worry about having a second DC - surely I will be punished for my good luck by having a crazy screaming insomniac child next time around . Oh god, just realised DD will probably hit her little demon phase at the same time .

MountTheFairy · 27/07/2010 16:27

YANBU, just tell the rest of us who are still waiting for a baby what you did right!

julybutterfly · 27/07/2010 16:37

My DS (PFB!) was the 'perfect' baby too. Slept lots, only cried when something was really wrong, happy, smiley etc. Everyone warned me he'd be a terrible toddler. He's still perfect 5 years later

DD on the other hand....

StealthPolarBear · 27/07/2010 16:42

In comparison to DS DD is really easy, happy, smiley, never did the evening cluter feeds or the hour long feeds, and at 10 mo I have been able to do stuff while she entertains herself for what seems like hours. She is also a lot less clingy, while she is definitely a mummy's girl she'll happily go to grandparents etc, in fact recently mum & dad took them both out all day (just popping home for a lunchtime feed) -would have been unheard of for DS at this age.

She doesn't sleep though. Grr.

gingernutlover · 27/07/2010 16:47

YANBU

and if I knew that dc2 would be The perfect baby I would have another. However it would be just my luck to have a second non sleeping non put downable, non feeding, non placatable baby that with pnd makes me know I cannot risk it.

I justify it all by the fact that dd is beautifully behaved when out or at preschool and seems to be bright. Just like me when I was little apparently

traceybath · 27/07/2010 16:50

DS2 was/is like that. DS1 very high-maintenance and lets just say that DD takes after her older brother.

Enjoy it while you can.

Thinks back fondly to going shopping with DS2 who would just sit smiling/sleeping for hours in the pushchair. Contrasts with DD who will not stay in pushchair for more than 5 mins without crying.

Original poster
catinboots · 27/07/2010 16:55

ah - ginger - that is my only worry.

Perfect Baby was gurgling happily in his gym smiling at his own hands and feet and my elderly great-aunt remarked:

"Golly, he's so laid back. I do hope he's not going to be a stupid child.."

In her eyes:

feisty/difficult baby = intelligent

laidback/easy baby = thick

Evidence au contraire please MNers!!

OP posts:
eirikthered · 27/07/2010 16:59

I was the most chilled out baby imaginable, according to my mum. Slept well, fed well, hardly ever cried, and loved being cuddled. 19 years later I went to Oxford University.

Eat that, great aunt.

MrsJohnDeere · 27/07/2010 17:03

Enjoy while you can. Ds2 was one of these so-called perfect babies then turned into an absolute monster at about 9 months old.

PosieParker · 27/07/2010 17:07

cat......I had two like this!! DS1 cried less than 10 times in his first year, would sleep anywhere, slept through from 10 weeks (7-4)

He does struggle at school though, nothing is easy.

BUT DS2 nearly as brilliant, just got all 3s in his yr2 sats!!

Enjoy, it will bode well. Neither of my two relaxed babies have any trouble at school and are not alpha males. dd1 and ds3 are different, both had reflux and cried fro their first 8+ months,.

pigletmania · 27/07/2010 17:10

my dd 3.4 was a nightmare demanding baby, did not like bf as she did not like to work for her food, and is a very very demanding and difficult pre schooler, though I love her to bits, tantrums here there and everywhere. She is beginning to settle down a little though. I wonder if we are lucky enough to have another whether they will be a dream baby.

Boobz · 27/07/2010 17:34

DD1 was like this. Now a tantrumming toddler (16 mo). DD2, 7 weeks tomorrow, alas, cries. A LOT.

Bugger.

SloanyPony · 27/07/2010 17:54

I had 2 like that!!! So easy, never cried, entertain themselves, etc. DS is 3 and has near perfect manners, has never really had a proper tantrum yet, they sleep like angels.

Even if it all changes, I still got off very very lightly

Mother nature aint stupid, she knows if she gave me a challenge I'd balls it up...

MumNWLondon · 27/07/2010 18:07

I have one of these too. DS2, 3 months old, EBF, sleeps all night, smiles and gurgles all day. Happy to lie under babygym for hours on end or in baby chair, or on floor!

My DD was the same, my parents (dad is a gp) said maybe there is something wrong with her she sleeps too much as is too placcid. Now she is 6 years old and pretty much at top of class and has always been pretty easy. My DH gets annoyed as I was always saying "DD, perfect in every way" and DS1 does not like me saying this as he was a more challenging baby & toddler etc.

BreastmilkDoesAFabLatte · 27/07/2010 18:42

YANBU of course. But be careful all your NCT friends don't turn against you in jealousy...

Baileysismyfriend · 27/07/2010 19:12

YANBU. DS is the same, he is a year old now and Im still waiting for my good fortune to vanish!

gingernutlover · 28/07/2010 07:30

catinboots

apologies if my comment offended you - no where did i say that anyone's baby was thick, only that it helped me to get through the very sleepless times and constant whinging and pnd to think that the reason my baby was so high maintenance was because she was and is very curious and bright. If I had had a very relaxed happy baby I probably would have put it down to the same thing!

tortoiseonthehalfshell · 28/07/2010 07:37

Awww, catinboots, how sweet.

My pfb has never been a brilliant sleeper, has always been clingy and demanding, and she's the perfectest perfect baby ever anyway.

So brag away, your sweetheart sounds lovely and we should all be able to brag.

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