Tale of Two Kiddies

Here is a news flash: People -- even children are their own persons. It is human nature to compare your own children to each other, i.e. Reagan is a lot more vocal than Tiernan was at this age. You just can't help yourself. It's like forcing your tongue not to fiddle with a loose tooth. It just does it and you say to yourself, "I have to stop doing this" and three minutes later, your catch your tongue playing games with the loose tooth.

Human's can't help themselves. I am human. Thus, I play with my teeth and I compare my kids to each other. Here are some observations.

Reagan eats like a horse. Tiernan nibbles around the edges when it comes to meals. Which works out pretty good since Reagan will often finish Tiernan's meals. This works well at lunch. Tiernan will not eat the crusts of a sandwich. Reagan likes the crust. It is a symbiotic relationship, very natural.

Reagan eats, and eats and eats, but is more adverse to trying new stuff.
Tiernan eats a wider variety of food, but less of it. Reagan likes what she likes and has little desire to like more things.

Reagan is fearless, throwing caution to the wind. I call her Hillary Edmund, a play on Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mt. Everest. Tiernan isn't a coward but he is more cautious. Perhaps it just experience and wisdom which makes him rethink actions that Reagan, might jump headfirst into.

When Reagan is hungry, she wants to be fed, no matter what she's doing. Tiernan is often too wrapped up in what he's doing to take time to eat.

When Reagan is tired, she wants to go to bed. She welcomes bedtime with a smile. Tiernan has never been tired. He would never admit that he needs to sleep. He would rather pass out on his feet than go to bed and miss something life can offer him.

Tiernan is going to run for mayor. He wants to be everybody's friend and know who everybody is. Reagan is happy with Mommy, Daddy, and the folks she knows. She is friendly, waving to people on the street but she is just being polite.

Tiernan is very sensitive little boy. Reagan is a harder person. She's not cold, but while Tiernan loves to cuddle and is very affectionate and has been so since he was an infant, Reagan wasn't a baby to be held and cuddled. As such, she is much more independent than Tiernan.

These are all broad stoke observations and all may change as the they grow up, but these are my kids, and my observations.