Dawson was never a super needy baby. He was happy, laughed, cooed, and hit all of his miletsones early and well. He didn't, however, sleep well. For 2 years I had to rock him to sleep and then he still got up many times a night.
ETA: I wanted to clarify that maybe D wasn't a super easy baby. Maybe it was me. I didn't ever have him on a schedule, I just followed his cues. When he wanted to eat, he ate. It wasn't every 4 hours or anything like that. I slept when he slept even if it was in 20 min increments. I held him most of the time and I thought it was just because that's what parents do. Maybe to me he was easy but for some moms he wouldn't have been.
Now he's 2.5 and SUPER clingy. He's also VERY verbal, talks incredibly well and uses big words that sometimes shock me (yesterday we were talking and he said Actually, at 2.5 he knows the word actually and uses it correctly) When he was in daycare he ALWAYS cried when I dropped him off and he would cry off and on throughout the day. He doesn't like to be left with anyone including his Dad very often and reacts to loud noises and pain in a exuberant manner. I mean tears, fits, throwing himself on the floor, etc. After some very trying mommy moments in which I just want to yell scream and pull my hair out, I've done some research....and I'm quite certain D is a highly emotionally sensitive child which means he's probably hypersensitive to other things too. Now, I have to figure out how to properly parent this sensitive child without effing him up for life.
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