Differences

It's amazing to me the differences between my children. Their different cognitive abilities are already apparent. Meredith is 18 months old today and I've always said she was my little engineer. She gets into EVERYTHING and she will take things apart and put them back together. Just now, she is sitting in the floor of my office playing with legos. She has just built a lego structure that is worthy of a five year old. I say a five year old because my four year old can't do it as well as Meredith. Madelyn never builds a large enough base to keep the tower steady when she is building with legos and she gets very frustrated when it falls. The first thing Meredith did was build her sturdy base worthy of supporting a tower at least as tall as she was sitting on the floor building it. She even put all the bigger pieces toward the bottom and smaller pieces toward the top. When Madelyn builds a structure, she haphazardly throws pieces together and it inevitably falls. Poor baby! Another area where Meredith excels in comparison to Madelyn is her athletic ability. Granted, it's still very early to assess especially since Meredith has only been walking for just under 2 months. But she's already showing signs of ambidexterity with a preference for her left hand. (Yea Meredith!!) She can throw a mean ball and her balance is awesome. Madelyn on the other hand reminds me of a 90 year old woman sometimes with her athleticism. She can be walking and just fall down sometimes. Her middle name Grace fits her well in that department. Again, her epilepsy might hinder her in that department. Madelyn definitely excels in the verbal department. I bet Madelyn had 100 more words at Meredith's age. She is on the cusp of reading and she amazes me with her memory!! I love to see their gifts and talents emerge!! They are precious to me!!