Rinty is Misty's runt. While he has a sister close to the same size but her fur quality is so much better. Rinty looks like a long haired chihuahua.
I weaned Misty's babies on Sunday but continue to let Rinty nurse. I left him out all night & woke up once to find him crashed ontop of Dreamer & her looking so proud of herself. I put him with his mother & he imediately latched on for a midnight snack. Later I awoke to find him nursing from DE.
This morning when I put him away,his belly was twice as big as normal! That never slowed him down though as he faught his way to the food dish.
He has been spoiled rotten & loves climbing under my chin where he'll chew & bat at me awhile & then curl up to go asleep.

There is something about witnessing a baby's "first" reguardless if human or animal.
Some highlights for me with these current litters so far have been ....The day Seally begged & begged to be let out of the kennel & when I left him out he climbed right into my lap & went to sleep.... The kittens just started eating canned food on Monday. Today while feeding,1 of Misty's girls pounced on the first spoon full & when I tried putting more in she pushed at the spoon & started growling thinking I was tring to push her away from the food..... Tonight I witnessed 1 of Misty's using the litter box. I just added litter boxes yesterday........ Watching Rinty has been a blast. He still looks so pitifull but he's a fighter & he just loves climbing all over me. He might not look like much but he's going to make someone very happy. He loves being loved & is a little show off.

Kittens,like all animals,have their own personalities. What's been amusing to me is the difference in litter personalities.
This is my first time having 2 litters at once. Not my plan but it took Misty 4 months to concieve & I wasn't going to miss breeding DE on the hopes Misty would finally produce.
Both queens are first time mothers. Misty acted like an old pro in delivery.DE went into a blind panic.It didn't help that I kenneled her when she went into labor as she hates being locked up.
Outside of opening the sack on 1 of Misty's babies,she needed no assistance. DE on the other hand had a dificult delivery. Her first kitten was deformed & still born & didn't want delivered. I had to tie & cut the umbilical cords on 3 kittens. She finally did the 4th herself after I started to remove it to do the job myself.
Misty's kittens are quiet when she leaves the box. Now at 19 days old they'll adventure to the door but not come out. Today I took them out as they need to be moving around more. 1 went back into the box & went to sleep. 2 pretty much stayed in 1 spot while the 4th wandered all over creation. (She had 5 kittens but I gave the runt to DE to raise).
DE's litter on the other hand is very vocal & have no problems leaving the kennel on their own (they are 15 days old).
some other differences that may have something to do with why 1 litter is so laid back & the other "in your face". DE became standoffish while pregnant. Misty became more loving.
Misty & family had to be evacuated 3 times. First time when DE went into labor. I thought I had about 2 weeks between litters,not 4 days & wasn't prepared. 2 times to clean out the kennel as Misty won't say she needs out & will pee in the kennel. Misty also has twice tried moving her kittens on her own.
Misty has never has never bothered DE's babies where DE will leave her kennel & go straight to Misty's babies to feed them. Misty is content to spend more time away from her babies than DE is.
Is it DE's over protectiveness that is giving her babies more confidence? Is it because they were handled more at birth? Maybe the stability of not being moved around? A combination of these things?
What ever the reason. It is interesting to me to see how different 1 litter is from the other personality wise.