X-Babies!

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This is entirely Tap's fault. Really.

Here's the question: What was your character like as a baby? From birth to kindergarten, what was Baby!whoever like?


Tapestry: Now I'm thinking of what kind of baby Marius would have been. One of extremes, probably. Fussy. When he was happy he was really happy. When he was upset, though...daaamn.
Tapestry: Doubt he gave his mother even one night of solid sleep.
Sil: He was so one of those babies that total strangers would come up to and coo at. But he was occasionally mistaken for a girl
Tapestry: The ego was reinforced at an early, early age. It was the curls. Amanti probably dressed him up all Pretty, too.
Tapestry: Whereas Marius learned to talk fast, and would. At every opportunity.
Sil: Marius on the other hand would use his cute and charm to get treats.
Tapestry: Yeah, I think Marius was like Davey-level manipulative.
Sil: He also chased other toddlers and gave them sloppy kisses
Sil: then pulled their hair
Tapestry: And then acted totally unashamed when called on it.
Tapestry: If you scolded David once you never had to do it about that again. Marius, on the other hand, listens quietly to the lecture and then turns around and does the exact same thing all over again.
Tapestry: David followed the Rules. Marius only followed the rules if he decided they weren't stupid ones.
Sil: And they were all stupid if they prevented him from getting exactly what he wanted
Tapestry: Yeah, Marius was that kid every teacher dreads having in class but can't like helping anyway. Because they are TOTALLY out of control, but they make you smile.
Sil: Marius fidgeted his way through naptime, then would get up /right/ before it was over and start banging on something noisy
Sil: And then paint a picture and give it to his teacher with an 'I love you, Teacher!' *big hug and sloppy kiss*
Tapestry: Oh god, I wonder at what point the verbal artifice started...
Sil: about thirty seconds after the verbal started
Tapestry: He KIND of gets it from Amanti, but she speaks more like an Oscar Wilde play. Marius' speech is just more...god knows where it came from. At some point he made a decision to talk like he does, because it's Charming.
Tapestry: I did something very similar. For a long time I would speak very properly, and it always got me weird looks. So at a certain point, I think middle or high school, I started making an effort so speak more casually to disarm people. Marius was kind of like that, except I think it was to get girls. -. -
Tapestry: And it's only English. His French is a bit flowery, but proper. Because Amanti would smack him if he mangled French. *g*



Sil: Terry was exactly the same as a baby as she is now. LOUD, small and overwhelmingly cheerful She also liked to bite things
Tapestry: And prone to fits of pique and obstinacy.
Sil: Oh yes. If Terry didn't want to do something, she would let you know
Tapestry: By throwing it.
Sil: And of course, horribly spoiled by her uncle She didn't talk until late and when she did it was whole sentences. Which she lisped.
Tapestry: Hee. Of course she did. That's where all the voice control lessons came from.



Tapestry: David was a good baby, but creepy. Quiet. Slept through the night mostly, but once he could focus on things would watch you in a vaguely unnerving way. Like he was expecting you to say something to him, all the time. And if someone else was upset he was probably inconsolable, which kinda made the situation worse. : )
Sil: He was totally one of those babies that you constantly reassured though.
Sil: And he was a snuggle monster. Never happier than when held even if he wasn't being paid attention to.
Tapestry: Yeah. Because you were kinda worried about him. Didn't seem quite normal. "Shouldn't the baby be crying more? Or at least making some kind of noises?"
Tapestry: I want to say David was probably a slow developer verbally. Not because he didn't get it, but just because 95% of the stuff going on was internal.. And reserved, even as a child. But you know he woudl burst out with intense displays of affection to the people he was close to at seeming random.
Sil: Absolutely. Very quiet, very solemn but if you were close to him, he'd come over every now and again and wrap his arms around the nearest available bodypart and not let go.
Sil: In kindergarten, David was so the teacher's pet. He always got to help set up for snacktime



Sil: Lorna was precocious and started to walk and talk early.
Tapestry: And you know she wrapped people around her little finger when she did.
Sil: But when her parents died, she just kinda stopped for about six months.
Tapestry: Aww. Trauma.
Sil: Then one day it just all started up again and it was like that time never existed.
Tapestry: I think there was rebound. Now she can't shut up. : )



Sil: Alex was totally that little kid who runs up and hugs /everyone/. Even though there's paint on his hands.
Sil: And followed his big brother everywhere
Sil: Scott on the other hand was all focused and serious and even crying was a deliberate and well thought out act.
Tapestry: AHAHAHAHA. "Is this an opportune time to cry? Can I afford to express myself now?"
Sil: "Would crying achieve the purpose of earning me another cookie?"

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Paige was much like I was as a kid, really - ahaha, colour no one surprised - cute and sunshiney and had grown-ups wrapped around her pinkie, but fiercely stubborn and a bit of a know-it-all. Could amuse herself for hours and read anything that sat still long enough. Loved horses and collected little plastic figurines that she could play with. Wore her hair in one long braid and followed her father around like a shadow.

And because Laurie and Remy can't be the only 'the hell?' situations...

Sofia was. Well, loud as a baby; lots of crying and then later giggling and babbling. She adored strangers coming up and noticing what a cute baby she was. She was much the same when she was a child, always moving, always chattering. She liked bright colours and painting and helping her mother weed the garden. Sofia also was a little bossy, and tended to act before thinking, diving headfirst into anything remotely in her way. She got into a lot of scraps with her cousins. Unlike Paige, though, she also enjoyed wearing dresses and took dance classes with a few other girls from a retired lady in town. She wore ribbons in her hair and liked to borrow her mother's necklaces.

The turning point was knocking down one of her father's buildings and being informed after spending the weekend in a cell that the charges would only be dropped if she was sent overseas. She essentially went through a year of living only half in focus and fully turned off at sixteen, missing the years of developing people skills.