So different, yet so the same

I was reading some old posts from this blog the other night – from when Rosemary was about the same age as Eleanor is now. You can take a look, here.

And it struck me how a lot of things were actually quite similar at that time. For example, I had a busy work period where I decided it would be much better to be a stay-at-home mum (SAHM), rather than a work-at-home mum (WAHM), just like I did recently. Rosemary was spending large chunks of time under her gym, which is something I recalled her not doing for more than about 10 minutes at a time. Rosemary was getting good at sitting up (with help), shuffling on her back on her play mat/changing mat, being all chattery (though with different noises, interestingly).

And then there are the differences… If you look at the photos, there’s one huge difference, in that Eleanor has tonnes of hair. Their noises were different. Rosemary was apparently sleeping through a lot at that point. Not sure when she stopped doing that, because my memories of her sleeping habits are all about being woken up in the night loads! Eleanor is not sleeping through yet, but she goes to sleep pretty well and much earlier. Rosemary’s bedtime was generally between 9 and 10pm, whereas Eleanor’s is generally between 7 and 8. Rosemary was almost entirely fed to sleep. Eleanor is able more and more to put herself to sleep in her cot, with the help of her thumb and her Taggie. Rosemary needed a lot of attention, whereas Eleanor is quite happy to sit/lie quietly and look around at the world. Not that she doesn’t love a chat or play, of course!

And, of course, it goes without saying that they are both the cutest girls in the whole world and quite obviously absolute geniuses.