Fire and Ice

So on April 29th we had our second son, Blake Wesley. Whoohoo!! This really reinforced for me how inadequate pediatricians are at dealing with children sometimes, little Blakey is the quietest cool of a child you've ever seen.  If I had to contrast him with my first son Brian he is white hot to Blake's chilled persona.  There is no instruction manual for little Brian, any pediatrics advice anyone has ever dealt seems to fail ridiculously with him...I was starting to wonder what it meant for me as a pediatrician if I couldn't raise my son in normal pediatrician fashion...as it turns out it means nothing.  Blake is the child all of my advice will work for, he is the as-advertised-model of the "boy".  Just goes to show you, that you are born with a temperament and personality, which along with your experiences shapes you into the person you're going to be.  It's amazing to me that both boys mimic their namesakes so perfectly (Kate and I's respective brothers, Brian and Wes).  Not that I'm hating on my first son, he has and will continue to be difficult to raise, but his temperament is going to push him into success...not that Blake can't have that to (his uncle is easy proof of that), but when I see Brian's personality its hard to imagine him doing anything that isn't in some shape or form exceptional. We are two very tired, very proud parents.

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