Different

- Alex hated breastfeeding, resorted to pumping after a few weeks and finally quit all together at 9 months.
- Max exclusively breastfed for 6 months, continued for over a year. Would still nurse now if I'd let him! (I don't)

- Alex slept through the night at 8 weeks old and continues to give me no trouble during bedtime and even sleeps in most days.
- We're still waiting for Max to sleep through the night.

- Max usually comes into my room in the wee hours of morning. Usually around 4 or 5 o'clock. He snuggles in bed with me for about an hour before he starts poking me "is it time to get up?" When I agree, he gives me a squeeze, tells me I'm "the best Mommy i ever had!" and leaps out of bed and begins zooming around the apartment.
- Alex staggers out of bed, usually about 2-3 hours after Max and I have gotten up. He'll give me a groggy hug and collapse on the couch with his blankie. It's about another hour before he's really up and going. I'm glad he'll be in afternoon Kindergarten this year, because I don't know how we'd make it to school on time in the morning!

- Alex is the pickiest eater ever. I am surprised he has survived this long on nothing but Gogurt and Apple juice.
- Max will eat anything.

- Alex would rather sit and make art projects all day long than do anything else.
- Max wants to RUN! and JUMP! Preferably both at the same time, off of things much taller than himself. He was BORN for parkour!

- Alex will throw tantrums, but is easily distracted by deals and bribery.
- Max can (an often does) throw a tantrum for upwards of THREE HOURS. His tantrums can not be stopped or quieted or bargained with. Once the tantrum train has started, you just have to wait it out.

- Alex insists that he is a BIG BOY.
- Max insists that he is a LITTLE BOY and sometimes even says he's the baby.

- Max is obsessed with trains, cars and blocks. Preferably trains and cars that ARE blocks (Lego anyone?). He plays with his toys.
- Alex is obsessed with collecting stuff. He doesn't care what the stuff is, he just wants it. Preferably MIB (Mint in box). He won't play with his toys, he just organizes them in boxes and baskets and bags. He'd display them all if he could without little brother grabbing them and playing with them. (This behavior reminds me of his Daddy, seeing as how we can't use our closets because they are full of BOXES OF STAR WARS TOYS!)

- Alex wants to make things and put things together.
- Max wants to break things and take things apart (there is a reason we refer to him as "THE DESTRUCTOR!")

- At the park Alex goes up to new kids and asks them to be his friend. He doesn't really play with them until he gets confirmation that "Yes, I will be your friend"
- Max doesn't need confirmation. He just goes up to kids and says "You're my new friend! CHASE ME!"

- Alex is afraid of bugs.
- Max thinks bugs are totally cool and loves to try to catch them.

I never knew that two brothers so close in age could be so different. I love this. I love that they have such unique personalities. They're both so weird and wonderful, and even though they often make me pull at my hair in frustration, I am enjoying being the mom of these two.