Alike or different?

On my drive home tonight I was thinking about what Ivan was like when he was Aubree's age, 19 months. I specifically remember when he was 19 months old he could say and understand 66 words. I totally expected my second child to be the total opposite of the first, since that's the way it usually seems to work out.

Since I'm not good at keeping up memory books or scrap books lately, I thought I'd record it here.

How they're alike: Both are very independent and strong minded. Ivan said 66 words at 19 months, Aubree is also a very good talker, but I don't have time to catch all the words she says like I could Ivan. I know she can count to 10, sing about 5 songs from memory, knows all the names of the kids in her class, and does just about anything I ask her to like she knows what I'm saying. So I say she's on track with Ivan. They both are blond, with blue eyes. They both love to be outside. Both are very sensitive and get their feelings hurt easily. Both are friendly to other kids, neither one of them ever bit at daycare. Both are big climbers, AKA monkeys!

How they're different: Ivan would eat ANYTHING, especially meat. He's a big meat eater. The only meat Aubree will touch is hamburger (sometimes) and chicken nuggets. She is very picky. Ivan didn't walk till he was 1 year, Aubree walked at about 10 months. Aubree took a passie from day 1, Ivan never did. Aubree is attached to a blankie, Ivan never was. Ivan was a chunky baby, Aubree is tiny. Ivan was not a whiner, Aubree whines and screams all the time! Ivan would cuddle and rock for hours on end, but very rarely does Aubree sit still enough to be rocked. I rocked Ivan to sleep before bed and sometimes I still do. Aubree likes to go to bed awake and she puts herself to sleep, for nap and bedtime. Aubree is a daddy's girl, Ivan was a momma's boy. Aubree laughs and giggles alot, it's easy to make her laugh. I used to try and make Ivan laugh and couldn't. Every morning when Ivan woke up he would cry, no matter what. Aubree wakes up quitely, she could be in her bedroom awake for an hour and you'd never know it. Aubree is Ms. Congenatlity (like her daddy), Ivan is more reserved. Aubree has never had an ear infection, Ivan had them constantly until he was 4 years old.

So maybe they're not as alike as I thought they were... Developmentally they are on pretty much the same track, but personality wise they are pretty different...