anyone had such a "easy" baby that there worried number two can't possibly so easy and your scared ?

[robinredbreast]

well dd is 6 months and apart from finding bf quite difficult, dd has been a total star in that shes a very easy going baby
hardly cries, sleeps great a night , very smiley etc
the only thing i wish dd would do is have the odd nap in the day, but from 6 weeks shs slept a good 12 hours at night,very night so i guess i can't complain

but everyone keeps telling me theres no way i can get this lucky twice
and its scaring me about having another baby
how will i cope i wonder with a much more demanding baby?
has anyone had an experience of this ? or any views or ideas?

do you think theres no way, you can get so lucky twice ?

Ha yes me ds was a happy, smiley good sleeping little sole, he was the perfect baby you could not ask for any better.

Dd on the other hand has proved just how different children are, she is loud, screams alot, still does not sleep well & is 2 soon, saying that she was bliss till about 7 months then things started to change.

They say you never get 2 the same & thats totally true

I thought DS1 was easy - he was textbook with everything - he slept 7 hours at night from 6 weeks and 12 hours at night by 10 weeks. However I didn't bond with him

DS2 It was love at first sight - a teenage crush - so although he took longer to sleep through I loved being able to see him in the night. He is now 15 months old and still not textbook like DS1 but smiles at me so much and wants so many cuddles that it doesn't matter.

My concern is similar to yours in that I would like another child but I am not sure how I would feel if I don't fall in love again - now I know how it feels I can't imagine doing all that without the crush IYKWIM

ds1 was a great baby and is a great toddler.

ds2 is not as good as his brother, but is still an easy baby.

Kitty - I'm not pushing my luck - we are soooo stopping at two!!!!!

I had 2 very easy babies .. although 2nd one had a phase as a nightmarish 3 year old

shrinking, possibly a very sensible move

Yes. DS slept through 6 hours or more at night from 12 days old and also slept for one 3 hour nap a day from around 6 weeks old.

DD did not......

DD only started napping for more than 10 minutes at a time during the day at around 10 months and was still waking twice for feeds until around 11 months. Couldnt put her down either until she was about 8 months. Had to carry her everywhere and she still has days like that now. Whereas DS would spend up to 40 minutes under his baby Gym from really early on.

It did come as a huge shock I have to admit. You do sort of think that baby number two will be similar but definitely not in my DC's case.

got an absolute angel but worried that if i have an another baby and its a little horror i wont have enough time to give the well behaved firstborn!!

Yes. DS1 was so laid back, we thought we'd had our bit of luck, but then DS2 came along and he was even more laid back.

Don't worry too much, I found going from none to one extremely hard, but going from one to two was really easy

Hahahahaha! When we were talking about possibly having number 2, I was concerned about another baby as demanding and as active as DD. In fact, I brought up the fact that DB2 could be more active etc etc. At which point, my Dad (who we lived with for a while when DD was a newborn) told me that the only way to have a more active baby would be to have one with a special newborn form of ADHD.
So, I don't think that it's something that I'll worry about.

DS1 slept through the night from 10 weeks, always content, smiled at everyone. DS2 refused to be put down for the first, oooh 9 months, refused to sleep in his own cot, woke up 5 times a night, screanmed if anyone held him but me. Now 15 months, he's happy, smiley, sleeps 12 hours a night and is basically totally and utterly divine.