Different Girls

The only thing that Julia and Lyvia have in common is that they are girls. I always said I would not compare my kids, but it is impossible. We find ourselves every day saying "Julia never did this" or "Julia never did that". It is really crazy how different they are- comparing the two at the same stages of life.

Julia sucked her thumb
Lyvia sucks her two fingers

Julia never stuck anything in her mouth- we could give her a penny and she would just look at it.
Lyvia tries to eat everything- the stroller, the rug, magazines, etc. She's like a goat.

Julia was a content baby
Lyvia had major gas issues

Julia would sit in a poopy diaper and never cry
Lyvia can't stand even a pee diaper

Julia would never cry when she woke up in the morning- just layed there and smiled
Lyvia usually wakes up crying because she is hungry

Julia was true to her age with clothing- at 12 months old she wore 12 month clothing
Lyvia is a chunk. At 8 months she is wearing Julia's old 12 month clothes

Julia would fall asleep in the stroller all the time as a baby
Lyvia would just cry when she was tired......NOW, she is finally able to fall asleep.

Julia would fall asleep as soon as we started driving in the car even if it wasn't nap time.
Lyvia is usually wide awake when we get to wherever we are going.

Julia was and still is a very hard sleeper- I could vaccuum in her room while she was napping.
Lyvia is a light sleeper- i can barely tiptoe in her room while she is sleeping.

Julia would never even wake up if we had to get her out of her crib and go somewhere
Lyvia wakes up right away and usually does not go back to sleep

Julia never spit up. We never even used her burp cloths.
Lyvia still spits up and we now put a big blanket on our living room floor to catch the puke.

It's great that they are different- they are going to compliment each other well:) I'm interested to see what Lyvia's personality type will be- similar to Julia- an animated story-teller?? Or a quiet and reserved? We will find out!