I've had lots of people tell me how chilled out my DD is - everyone from friends to strangers to the women at Mothers Group. Seeing as she's my first, it's pretty hard for me to tell but then people often say "yep, well that's no surprise, you're pretty laidback yourself." And I suppose I am.

Anyhow, I was having a discussion with my physio about this who is VERY clucky and I said "well, it's pretty easy to be calm when you have a calm baby but I might be a wreck if she was a bit more trouble so it's like the chicken and the egg. Are babies calm because their parents are calm or do calm babies make it easier for their parents to seem calmer?" She still reckons she's seen lots of parents (she specialises in pregnancy-related stuff) and she thinks there is something to the idea that calm mother = calm baby.

So, what does everyone else think? Personally, I just think I was very lucky with my DD and as much as I might hope that a second one might be the same, I may still end up beside myself.