Boys will be boys and girls will be girls

As soon as I found out we were expecting number two the biggest piece of advice (well, not advice, but tid-bit) that people told me was,

"Number two will be NOTHING like number one."
"You wait, your children will be nothing alike." And so forth and so on.

I had given this much thought because, seriously, how different could two children be, coming from the same parents? Right? WRONG!!! I cannot believe how different our children are, already. It's like night and day, water and oil, Yankees versus Red Sox, Clemson versus South Carolina (ok- too far.) You get my drift.

The teacher in me wants to make a T-Chart to show you how different Jack and Riley really are, but I can't do that on here, so I'll just make a list.

1. Jack was already housing some serious baby food by 5 months. We started him early, thanks to Willia, his babysitter, but his sister is 5 1/2 months and won't have anything to do with it. She pushes that cereal right out of her mouth. If I mix it with some baby applesauce she'll lap it up, but then she projectiles it a couple of hours later.

2. They look nothing alike. Jack has short, super curly hair and Riley has long, straight hair. Even a friend of mine commented the other day, "Your children look nothing alike. Are you sure they have the same parents?" She was kidding, of course (I hope.)

3. From the age of two weeks Jack was a scheduled kid. He ate every three hours and napped at the same times each day (mind you, they weren't long naps until about the age of one.) Riley, she eats when she feels like it. Two days are never the same. It's amazing because at almost six months of age you think she would figure it out. Maybe I need to be better about helping her along.

4. As infants their demeaner has been totally opposite. Jack was much more uptight, liked to be held and could be a bit high maintenence at times. Riley just chills. She'll sit in her saucer (previously her bouncy) for as long as you need her too, or she gets hungry. She loves to play on her bedroom floor and hold her toes and look around. Jack- no. He wouldn't do that.

5. One huge difference about the two is Jack didn't get stranger anxiety until 9 months (when they're supposed to.) Riley has had it since she was three months. Most of the time when someone looks at her up close (unless it Todd, myself or a little kid) she gets this high-pitched scream. We call it her mommy cry. It's gut-wrenching to hear it. She does it to neighbors, friends and even family whom she sees regulary. I hope she grows out of this soon because it's a bit annoying.

I can only imagine the differences that will begin to pop up as they grow older together. One thing they do have in common is that they love and adore each other. And that means the worls to us. That's all for now.

Until next time...

(PS- Jack is much better, still has a bit of a cough and passed the sniffles on to Riley, but we're much better. Thanks for the well wishes.)