If a baby cries a lot does this mean they will have a more intense personality as a child?

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DD cried an awful lot as a baby and has a very loud, intense, fiesty, extrovert personality. DS was a very quiet baby and is a very content & chilled out child who rarely has tantrums. ds2 has just arrived and cries whenever he's not being held.... Has anyone had similar experiences?

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i spose it might make sense.

not really sure though - dont ALL babies cry rather a lot.

No. I think it just means they cry a lot.

My DS cried a lot as a baby but is very chilled and laid back now (aged 4). I don't think it necessarily works like that.

Unfortunately, babies who cry a lot will never be able to tell us why and what made them like that

I guess it could have been coincidence with my first two DC

This hasn't been the case for my children. If anything it's been the opposite.

The one who cried the most is now quite happy to sit back and watch the world go by.

The one who cried the least turned out to be the loudest child.

Ds was a cryer and is still, at 10 yo, a little intense/fiery and easily overwrought.

He can be very chilled, but when things don't go exactly to plan, say, he has meltdowns even now (although he's getting way better).

I think the crying and his personality now are related in his case. He is also dyspraxic, which I think has something to do with both.

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He's not a loud child though, as in he's never really been one of those DCs who charges around like a loon (well no more than most).

My DD1 (4) cried all the time. She is incredibly independant and has a right attitude, but very very clever. She reminds me of me. DS (almost 5) was chilled and was mostly a shy boy but since he started school is much louder and has boundless energy!

DD2 (2 1/2 months) can't be put down for too long or she cries, but is mostly a good girl. We'll have to wait and see if she's more like me or her dad!

That's an interesting question, and one I've wondered about.

My dd cried a lot, wanted to be held all the time, would only sleep on the move, couldn't bear other people holding her etc. At 3.9, she's very 'highly strung', sensitive, particular about fabrics touching her skin, though sleeps well and is gradually becoming more socially confident.

DS barely made a peep as a newborn (I used to mislay him around the house quite often), didn't cry much as a baby and is now a sociable, relaxed toddler. Bloody awful sleeper,though.

For me, my older kids just seem more grown up versions of when they were born, but it doesn't sound like it's been like that for everyone.

My DS3 was the most chilled out baby there ever was - never, not once, did he wail on and on. He is wild now, totally loud and energetic.

DD1 - cried a lot as a baby, was a handful as a toddler, now a quiet 9 year old, v. studious, loves reading etc.

DD2 - very placid baby and toddler, now semi-ferral. SOOOO loud, age 6.

DD3 - Not 2 yet. Didn't cry mutch as a baby, crys more now and is a handful. Having said that everytime she moved as a baby I put her on the boob!!! You can't cry and feed at the same time.

Rosebud05 - my two are exactly the same as yours!

DD cried (screamed actually) for the first 6 months pretty much non-stop. She is now 4.5 years and is highly sensitive, throws wobblies at the least little thing and is very demanding (although very loving with it). Her saving grace as a baby was that she slept brilliantly.

My ds, by contrast, was chilled as can be as a baby, hardly cried really and is a chilled out 2.3 year old (albeit with the occasional terrible two tantrum from time to time). He, on the other hand, is rubbish at sleeping.