The differences between the 1st and 2nd child

So it's quite obvious that there will be differences between your first and second child. Not only their personalities but also how you handle the same situation.

Ethan rolled over at 6 months, cut his first tooth at the same time, crawled at 9 and walked at 13 months. Helana is now 10 months old and has only mastered the rolling over so far. She is mobile and is pushing herself around on her bum to get where she wants to go and as of yesterday she is standing confidently. In fact a little too confidently as we had our first big bump.  She was holding on to the table when she decided to try one handed. It didn't end well as she fell backwards and bumped her head. Cue tears and screams but all was well. When Ethan had his first big bump I was panicked, I kept an eye on him to make sure he wasn't concussed. I over reacted. This time round it was a cuddle and a few kisses and all was well again.

Oh my the kids are two different people. I knew they would be of course but I look at them and I can see that they will be trouble when they are older. Ethan is very stubborn (his dad) and he likes to get up early (this he gets from me), he likes to know how things work, he's caring, he's very smart and he can be very high strung. Helana on the other hand likes to sleep (dad), she's a happy girly, barely makes a fuss, inquisitive and independent. Of course the kids are a mixture of both of our personalities but a Ethan is a mini Hayd. He looks like him and he acts like him. No denying who he belongs to. :)

By your second child you've already been through the mill and you've pretty much come up against most issues. You know what to do. You can do it with out much thought and when you look back you do laugh at how silly you may have looked as you cried with your little one when they did. This time around I'm the mum I wanted to be the first time. I'm not suffering PND, I'm enjoying life.

Our birthdays came and went with nothing memorable to mention. We had made plans to go for dinner with the kids on the Friday but the eldest woke that morning with a temperature and was generally unwell. The dinner was postponed until the following week. However both I and the youngest had then caught the bug and we weren't up to doing much so we postponed it again. We did go out this past Friday though. It was nice and I do believe the first time we had been out for dinner as a family since the youngest was born.
Ethan had his second parent/ teacher meeting on Friday. We are so happy with his progress. He is a "pleasure to have in class" and a "very caring little boy". He's also very smart and they have no worries about him at all. :)
We were invited over to our friend's house on Saturday to celebrate Richard's birthday. It was a good laugh and took my mind off a few things. Unfortunately both Hayden and I were at work early the next morning so I didn't drink too much (unless you count a huge glass of Gin with nothing but a wedge of lime)  unlike Hayden. He asked me to push him into a bush! He also doesn't remember getting home or some other events that took place. We both woke up the next morning realising we aren't 18 anymore and drinking before a early shift isn't as easy to recover from as it once was. Thank you Lucozade for helping me recover.