Most parents of more than one child will tell you that second children tend to be easier. They sleep better (my mother-in-law’s second was sleeping through the night at three weeks!) (!), they sleep anywhere, they eat better, they’re portable, etc.
But I’m very concerned that our second can’t be that much easier than our first. In fact—though I hope I’m wrong—I have a nagging suspicion that our next baby can’t be any easier than Hayden.
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Hayden is, in my opinion, a pretty easy-going kid. He’s content to play by himself much of the time—and not just content, but insistent (lately he’s taken to telling me “bye bye” when he wants me to go away and let him play by himself). He sleeps through the night (though that one did take some time). He’s generally pretty good about taking naps. He wakes up happy the vast majority of the time.
Granted, most of this self-sufficiency is age related, but Hayden has always been a pretty easy-to-handle little guy. He never seemed to cry much. He took as many as three good naps on a reasonably good schedule by about 4 or 5 months.
I’m just not seeing a lot of room for “improvement,” you know? What do you think—am I just glossing over all the rough parts of Hayden’s babyhood (and personality), or am I pretty much doomed?
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