And This Is The Difference

Between Elliot



And Delaney


Elliot dives right into his food-and everything else-making an absolute mess and having a blast, rubbing hummus in his hair and shirt, putting crackers on his head while laughing hysterically and throwing crumbs to Penny. Delaney, on the other hand, insists that we place each piece of food on a particular place on her tray; she nibbles, rearranges her food, asks me to 'fix' her sandwich if the ham or cheese overlap the bread-she absolutely loves it when everything is in its correct 'order'-and tells Elliot to stop throwing food to Penny.

Is it boy / girl differences? Oldest child / younger child differences? Maybe a little of both, but more than anything, they are just the differences between my Laney and my Elliot. They are like night and day in so many ways, but then they're both so drawn to each other. Before I had Elliot, I read in a parenting book that siblings less than 18 months apart are more 'unequal twins' than siblings; I totally understand what this means now!