What a perfect baby... Your experiences?

[Arimeh]

I've always found my bubs were "perfect" until they were 2 weeks old. Then reflux kicked in and they woke up a bit to the world and didn't settle as easy.

That's not to say you will experience that, some babies are really good ones - I just haven't had one yet rofl

[lilmisspositive]

Ha Mel. Reflux.. the dreaded word. Two weeks... so counting down! Lol. I am surprised your not cuddling your bubs yet!! XX

[Arimeh]

I am surprised your not cuddling your bubs yet!! XX

Yah. But the waiting is supposed to be fun isn't it?

[megs]

I've had pretty much happy babis.

My first born well I was new at it all, but with my 2nd and 3rd, I think I was just more relaxed and i got them into a good sleep routine quite early (cos I knew what I was doing) which I think helped. That being said my youngest 2 boys both became really unsettled around 4 to 5 months, think they were just starting to get a bit hungry, once they started on solids they soon went back to being quite content and good sleepers.

Fingers crossed I have been lucky in that I didn't have any reflux or constipation issues.

[HotI]

My baby feeds heaps more than 4 hourly, doesn't sleep that often or for very long, has colic until 12 weeks and is still perfect.

[Boo Boo]

yep, what Arimeh's Eden said - we have just hit the two week mark and more awake, more wind especially between midnight and 4 am but he is still perfect and I'm not going to send him back to the hospital just yet The joy of babies is you never know what the day will be like but if it's not so great there's always room for improvement the next day!

[Roryrory]

I've had three "perfect" babies. A mate actually said "what's your recipe?"
It is actually possible to get lucky more than once.

[Yeddi]

I guess it depends on what you define a "perfect" baby. I thought my first was perfect and she was... too perfect - she slept well, rarely fussed, was happy to sit or lie down and play with her own hands or even her bib for ages. It ended up that was because she had an under-responsive vestibular and proprioceptive system that caused major delays and still effect her greatly. My second is more wakeful, chucks little tantrums when he doesn't like something, pukes up because he's rolling around and putting pressure on his tummy as he explores, and squeals like a banchee just to hear his own voice and I think it is wonderful! Well, maybe not the squealing, some days that does my head in because it's so loud and high, but it's his happy attention noise. My DD is perfectly unique and DS is perfectly normal - both are perfect.

I guess my point is, that what can be seen as a negative in a babies behaviour, if not caused by something physically wrong but personality, can also be their greatest strength. Likewise what can be seen as good behaviour might actually be an indication of that child's weakness. Does that make sense? A baby might chuck tanties because they are strong willed, while this doesn't make them an easy baby, it will hold them in good stead as teenagers when they''re dealing with peer pressure. It's all about how those traits are steered more than whether or not one is right or wrong.

[starangelk]

Congratulations again on your LO

What a great thread - this exact thing happened to us! And now we are pregnant with number 2, it's worse - people keep telling us because we had a perfect DD, the next one will be a terror

DD has been a great kid but I think our expectations were that she was going to be difficult. You know, you hear so many horror stories that as first time parents we were prepared for a nightmare and when we didn't get that, it was a welcome surprise. DD is still wonderful, she eats, sleeps and plays very well. She absolutely has her moments but in all seriousness, she is a pretty easy child. The expection to this has been illness which has wreaked havoc on her sleeping but regardless she is still happy so her smile pretty much makes up for any short lived sickness sleep deprivation.