Charlie was a normal newborn. Happy, alert and strong because he was big.
Olive was so so so sleepy that I thought something was wrong with her! But she was born early so it makes sense. She also was the loudest grunter ever! Probably because her digestive system was underdeveloped. She had a huge umbilical hernia that went away by 4-5 months.
What was your LO like as a newborn?
honeydew / 7230 posts
Alice was a screamer from day 1. We tried to send her to the nursery but they couldn't calm her down so they sent her back. We could hear her screams the whole 10 min she was gone. At 16 months she still has a lot of feelings that she expresses loudly.
Blake, her twin brother, was super mellow from the beginning and a pretty sleepy newborn. He's still our more laid back child.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
Sleepy! But once that went away, she still doesn't sleep well at 9 mo!
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
They're both pretty easy going and chill. Ds2 was a sleepier nb due to jaundice. They're both just really laid back, love to nurse/eat/play! I feel very, very, very lucky.
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
D1: Colicky, pissed off at the world, loud screaming shrieking cry
D2: Calm and quiet...Not a peep.
papaya / 10570 posts
E was a colicky, miserable newborn. She hated being held - she wouldn't even take a bottle in my arms, I had to sit her in a bouncy chair and feed her while facing her.
pineapple / 12566 posts
DS: awake, alert, fussy and high maintenance.
DD: an absolute angel. All she did was sleep and eat.
apricot / 370 posts
Very awake and alert, low sleep needs, and wanted to be held constantly. We did a lot of babywearing.
grapefruit / 4355 posts
Super strong (nurses and doctors are always commenting on it), very alert and pretty chill.
pomelo / 5258 posts
DD: Mad at the world. Cried all the time. Nothing pleased her.
DS: Screamed whenever he was not nursing but he could always be quieted by nursing. So, he was a constant nurser.
blogger / honeydew / 7081 posts
Very awake/low sleep needs, wanted to be held all the time, nursed constantly. But being alert meant she seemed like she had a real personality right away.
pomelo / 5607 posts
Sleepy (even now that she's several weeks past full term) and low-maintenance. Some might say she's a little difficult in that she does NOT like being put down, but I love holding/wearing her, so it doesn't bother me. Actually, she also probably doesn't sleep well by some standards, since she doesn't sleep in a crib, but we'd always planned to cosleep, and she does good stretches cuddled against me. My only complaint is that she still doesn't nurse well/long, but we're working on it.
blogger / kiwi / 588 posts
DS - Active, always moving around, loved sleeping in the swing.
DD - Loved being held and cuddled. Very sleepy, probably because she was a premie.
hostess / papaya / 10219 posts
Wanted constant motion. Refluxy. Wanted to be held but only facing out.
cantaloupe / 6634 posts
Incredibly strong, fairly mellow and likes to be moving (swing, rocker etc.)
coffee bean / 29 posts
H is a happy, smiley baby who is easily settled. She is non-stop and loves to be upright during the day.
persimmon / 1431 posts
Confused. She didnt know when to eat, sleep, play, etc. She slept in 30 mins increments, and snacked. She got a whole lot better around 5-6 months.
pomegranate / 3658 posts
Easygoing, and very bad at nursing but relentlessly determined to improve. (She nursed 20+ times per day for the first three months or so). She slept anywhere, usually in whatever room we happened to be in, and fell asleep the second we put her in the co-sleeper at night (or after night feedings) so we didn't have to think about her sleep at all. She NEVER cried. I had no idea that her little fussing wasn't really crying until she was 3 months old and had her first actual crying fit. I was shocked to my core when it happened. Now we're totally accustomed to crying around here.
kiwi / 659 posts
Strong, happy and alert in the morning. Always wanted to be held 
He usually wasn't fussy if he was held and/or offered the boob.
kiwi / 643 posts
Easygoing, only cried when hungry or tired and even then he never really had a super loud cry, he would just fuss. And he was always a good sleeper.
apricot / 388 posts
DD1: refused to nurse, formula made her sick, always crying and unhappy. Better after 6 weeks when she started nursing, but still pretty fussy up to about three months. Then it was like a switch flipped and she was a happy baby.
DD2: happy and chill from day 1!
apricot / 320 posts
Hyperalert from birth, not snuggly, never low-grade fussy but would go from calm to high-decibel nonstop shrieking in seconds. Voracious nurser plus shallow latch equaled bloody nips by day 2. On the flip side, he has been a great sleeper and very adaptable from the beginning. He remains functionally easy if temperamental - eats well, sleeps well, travels well but loud, always on the move, and prone to meltdowns.
pear / 1657 posts
Sleepy, sweet, and snuggly. He is still sweet and snuggly but he is now a super curious, non-sleeper 
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