answer:My oldest son was a very fussy baby. I may have said this in another thread and I am sorry if I did, but the boy would not let me put him down for pretty much the first year of his life. He insisted on being held constantly – by me and only me. When I put him down he would cry and cry and cry until I picked him up again. He got very easily over-stimulated and needed a lot of quiet time. He loathed loud noises and screamed in crowded noisy places. I remember having to turn off a busy road where we were talking a walk because the traffic bothered him so much he wailed the whole time. Pretty early on, probably when he was less than a month old, I told a friend that he cried if I didn’t hold him, her response “So hold him.” That’s what I did. He started turning the corner fussiness-wise when he was between a year and 18 months or so, but he has always needed plenty of attention. My fussy baby is 14 years old now. He is really smart and a great kid. He works hard in school and gets straight A’s. He is very responsible and (I am told) mature for his age. I am not sure if I would describe him as a go-getter, but he is a pretty neat person.