Alpha Baby

My parents always told me that I would someday have a daughter that would match me in feistiness. Lately, I have decided that one might be able to blame my "type-a-ness" more on my first-born status than on my gender. At least that theory would explain why my son is, what I have conveniently coined, an "alpha baby." What, you say? He appears to be a perfectly calm and collected child. Right?

Wrong! That is because, I have strategically not posted pictures of this side of my child. That is . . . until now.


Let me assure you that I spend quite a bit of my day looking at the above face. I am not sure how a child can only be four months old, and already know how to throw a tantrum. Yes, you read that right; he throws TANTRUMS. When he does not get his way, usually when we are not playing with him or feeding him (because adults have other things that they have to do during the day) or when we are trying to get him to go to sleep, the monster comes out in him. At church, I watch other small babies whimper for a couple of minutes at a time. My baby; he doesn't whimper, he screams. Though I don't think his mood is entirely due to his personality (first he had colic, and now he is teething), he is definately feisty.

So, back to my original claim. As I think about all of the first-born children that I know, more often than not, they have a strong type A personality (you know who you are). With that said, I have decided that my son is no different. I did a quick google search (and by quick, I mean I only looked at the first page of results), and I was unable to confirm my theory. However, what I did find was interesting and pleasing. If you are curious, you can check it out here. For Brooklen's sake (okay, and for mine too), I hope it is true!

P.S. Mom, you also always told me that I would have a daughter that would fight with me when I tried to do her hair. Lucky for you, I had a baby boy with a lot of hair, who has put up a fight about his hair since he was born.