What a bundle of personality we have here. Samantha is all smiles all the time. She likes to laugh and is a real chatterbox. Samantha is a real happy baby. Keith says that she is needy, but I call it being social. She likes to be held, and she likes to be around people. When you leave her alone, she complains.
I'm sure a lot of parents compare their children. For the most part, it is not a good or bad. It is just different. The comparisons start as early as the pregnancy. I felt these symptoms with this one and these symptoms with that one. It then moves into the birth and then how the child is as a newborn, an infant, a toddler. You get the picture. This is where the needy, um I mean social baby comes in. Joshua was very easy. (It is not that Samantha is not easy). With Joshua, we would put him down, and he would be ok just hanging out in his pack n play or swing or bouncy seat. If he got a little fussy, he would get a pacifier, and then would be nice and calm. With Samantha, she won't take a pacifier. So, if she gets a little fussy, we have to hold her. She will fall asleep while nursing and then when we move her to put her down to sleep, she instantly wakes up and wants to be held. On the flip side, when you look at her, she looks at you back and instantly smiles. It is the most beautiful smile and she lights up. Joshua didn't smile as much and it was nearly impossible to get him to smile for the camera. Actually, at age 2, he still hardly smiles at the camera.
It has been 3 months, and Samantha is still not sleeping through the night. Hopefully, soon. We still have her in the bassinet and I like having her there in the room with us. While she is still in the bassinet, I feel that she is still a newborn. Once Samantha goes into her new room, I feel that we are letting the newborn go and an infant is emerging. These first 3 months really gone by fast.
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