In between

Let me start off by saying that the whole genetics thing is amazing to me. As babies - my kids cover the spectrum.

Julia was super chill baby. She rarely cried, slept great, and spent a lot of time just hanging out and looking at the world around her. She was cute - to be sure - but her personality took a while to emerge. My brother called her the Adamantly Watching Baby. She was a natural nurser and from the beginning was an easy feeder, I didn't even mind the 2 hour nursing sessions because I didn't have other kids to chase and it was quality bonding.

Anna came out with a smile on her face. Her personality was evident from the moment she was born and is rarely absent. She enjoyed a good cry (she WAS born with a broken collar bone - that would make anyone cry!) and slept on her own schedule (which wasn't much) but was generally happy go lucky, but very alert and actively interested in the entire world around her. Anna was a difficult nurser - caused me soooo much pain and in the end it worked out ok - but she was super fast - so she'd latch on and 5 minutes later she was done.

Emma Leigh is an interesting combination of both so far... besides looking like a mix of both of them... her personality (if you can call it that at this stage) is also part Julia and part Anna. If Emma Leigh is awake she is either screaming full force or quietly sitting and observing the world around her. She has a weird sleeping pattern - that is wholly unpredictable, also a mix of her big sisters. She can and does sleep for long stretches (5+ hours) just like her big sister Julia, but is unpredictable and mixes it up with 1/2 hour - 1 hour naps with no real pattern, more like the Banana. As for her nursing... yep - you guessed it - also part Julia and part Anna. Sometimes she'll nurse for an hour on each side, other times 5 minutes and she's done. Luckily as far as latch and pain are concerned - she's much more like Julia than Anna.

Notice here that I'm comparing but not necessarily judging these differences. I just can't wait to see how they continue to grow and change as they get older. Well not Emma Leigh, she can stay exactly as old as she is now.