Was your difficult older kid a colicky baby?

[Anonymous]

FTM with a colicky baby...for those of you who had one, how is s/he now as an older child/teen? Is this some sort of preview of what's to come? And on the flipside, do "easy" babies become "easy" older kids??

[Anonymous]

Colicky baby is my easy older kid. My easy baby is now a "challenging" older kid.

[Anonymous]

My MISERABLE baby (cried nonstop for months, never slept more than a 2 hr stretch for nearly 9 mos) is now a delightful, even-tempered 12 year old. Something magical happened at age 2.5 and she had a complete and utter personality switch. Older child was a relatively easy baby and remains a relatively easy teen.

[Anonymous]

My colicky girl is generally delightful and even-tempered but when she gets upset, she gets REALLY upset. It's developmental, though - the last time I truly 100% wanted to murder her was two years ago, and she grew out of that.

[Anonymous]

My colicky youngest is a now a laid-back teenager.

[Anonymous]

My first born colicky baby was a pretty easy child overall. No disciplinary issues. However he's always been a night owl and still is at the age of 20. But if he gets in any moving vehicle, car, bus, train (or when little, a stroller) he goes to sleep instantly!

My two younger kids by contrast were always great sleepers in their cribs. No colick. However, they could never sleep well in car seats or strollers and still don't sleep on long car rides.

[Anonymous]

Ha! My kids were both colicky ( "passionate" as my daycare once called them). The older one is a fabulous child but very high anxiety. The younger one tends to be cranky and seems to have lot of recurring minor health complaints. She can be very funny, but she is also somewhat anxious and hig strung.

[Anonymous]

My colicky baby was pretty difficult until 4.5. Was a delight from then until about 10/11. Last three years have been tough. DC is quick to anger, argumentative, etc. DC is beginning to be a bit better. And, has never gotten into any trouble. He will just argue with us, until all hours. DC is a night owl and is sensitive to certain types of foods. Our easy baby has always been easy, but he is still not a teen yet.

[Anonymous]

My son literally screamed for more than 50% of his first year (severe reflux and colic) and hardly ever slept.
He is now an exuberant, tender hearted, and very optimistic 9 year old who sleeps like a rock.

My happy and easy baby is the dramatic glass-half-empty kid now...go figure.

The first year is not an expression of their personality. You won't see that start to emerge until around 15-18 months.

Hang in there! It gets better. I promise.

[Anonymous]

No, but my colicky baby grew to be a tween with a sweet disposition.

[Anonymous]

My colicky daughter is now a very sweet but melodramatic and strong willed 3 year old. She is a huge crier and can easily go from zero to full meltdown in 2 seconds. In school, I hear she is a serene and obedient angel, though.

[Anonymous]

My very easy going, super laid back first born, became a nightmare around 18 months and is now 8 yrs old and still driving me crazy.

My second didn't sleep through the night until he was 4 yrs old! When he was a baby all he did was cry and scream, cry and scream, night and day. He is the chill one now and is much easier to be around than my older.

[Anonymous]

My borderline colicky baby who did not STTN until 3 or 4 is a very mellow, sweet tween.

[Anonymous]

Add me to the list of people with fussy babies that grew into charming, pleasant children. I think "colicky" in infants more neurologic than behavioral. A better barometer, I think, is behavior at age 3 or 4, when they are testing limits and can truly understand consequences. If, at that age, they know at that age that "no" means "no" and that tantrum won't change the situation, you're good to go.