Gigi, Riv didn't smile for ages either, you still have to work blimmin hard to wrangle a smile from him! And I've *heard* that girls can be uncuddly at times as a general rule, as opposed to little boys. I don't have the words right now Gigi, but I bet she loves you heaps, but shows it differently to how you expect to see it. The fact that she might push you away at a park, shows that she's confident to step out on her own, knowing that you're there looking out for her, for example.


I fell in love with Riv slowly. I had a baby in my tummy, and suddenly I had a baby in my arms, and I had trouble connecting the two. He was so precious, but like Fiona, I was more fascinated at first.

Si, on the other hand, was easy, because I knew what the little person in my tummy was going to turn out to be, I knew what little babies were like, I knew his sex (and therefore name) this time around, and I was used to talking to a bub, so I didn't feel silly talking to my belly.

But that's how the boys are like even now - Riv warms up to you slowly, and Si's got a grin for you the moment you talk to him.