I’m going to be frank with you right now… little boys make me nervous. It must be something to do with the whole ‘fearing the unknown’ thing because I have very little experience in caring for baby boys and I honestly have no idea what it’s all about.
I always dressed up and played house and painted my nails and baked cookies and was generally silly and dramatic. I am a girlie girl, and so is Maddie. That’s all I know. If you asked me what little boys do for fun, all I could really give you for an answer is… eat dirt?
this gives me heart palpitations. GIVE THIS CHILD SOME SOAP!
Also, I don’t have a ton of experience with changing little boy’s diapers, but let me just say that the few times I’ve been present for the blessed event, there has always been some sort of a pee malfunction. ALWAYS. I don’t handle streaming pee in my face with calmness and grace, I’ll just say that right now.
On the other hand, I’ve held baby boys and they are the most cuddly, squishy little things. They are so, so sweet and man, do they LOVE their mamas. That’s definitely something I envy. Madeline loves me, sure… but she’s a Daddy’s girl all the way.
Five of my friends are currently pregnant with boys. FIVE. It’s an epidemic… and with another ultrasound right around the corner, it’s possible I could find out early like my friends did. I am getting sort of anxious to know whether or not I’m going to be a part of the bugs-mud-pee-stream-in-face club or remain in the pink-dramatic-sparkly-fit-throwing club.
Either way, I’ll be thrilled. But if it’s a boy, I’m going to need some major help.
I’m a 3-time boy-club member. It’s a GREAT club! I’m by no means a girlie-girl, but neither am I enamored of all things boy. Take, for example, the snail-race the big boys had recently. Fine. Except the snails were “racing” up their arms – EUUUWWWW!
It will be different, but it will always be fun. Oh, and I’ve never gotten pee in my face. A dribble on the floor, once Aidan hit the bulls-eye logo on some Target vaseline, and Gavin peed on his feet when he got his diaper off in the yard last weekend, but nothing major. Have fun hon!
I too am in the same boat Morgan….my daughter will be 6 this December and baby #2, which is a boy (at least that’s the census from the last 3 ultrasounds) is due a week before her 6th birthday. She too is a daddy’s girl, so I am looking forward to him being a mama’s boy….ok to a certain extent…lol. But like you mentioned, there’s so many more things that go along with a boy that I’m not sure if I’m mentally prepared for, especially the whole difference in anatomy thing and the peeing fountains I’m sure to face…but then on the other hand, the mystery of what raising a boy will be like has me definitely intrigued, and I look forward to the new little adventure to come. Good luck and God Bless!
I am a new member of the club; my son is 4 1/2 months old. I have been reliving my childhood, remembering all the things my brother got up to and listening to stories about what my husband did as a little boy. I sit in horror sometimes – why, oh why, did we ever think it was acceptable to let 10 year olds have BB guns and/or jump off roofs? And yet it seems almost reasonable when you look at what else was going on.
Morgan, don’t worry too much about the pee malfunctions. You can just get a Wee Wee Tee Pee.
And my son hadn’t had a malfunction since he was 2-3 weeks old until the other night when I gave him a bath. I couldn’t just let go of him since he started peeing the moment his toes hit that warm water and he wasn’t in the tub yet. That’s right, you just have to stand there and take the pee to the neck sometimes. That’s a boy for you.
I’m quite the opposite! I have two boys and was afraid of what would happen if I had a girl! Oh, and my boys never once peed on me
Well… My boy (little boy, that is) was easy, organized, well behaved and tidy. Then came my daughter. She was the reason we actually fenced off the kitchen. (not a kiddie gate, a fence) She was the reason we called Poison Control more than once. (Apple scented shampoo is not a beverage) She was the reason we had to make sure there were never dead flies in the window tracks. (They look like raisins, but they’re not)
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Now, boys will age you once they learn to turn the key in the ignition. That senior year just might kill you. But thank heaven for little girls AND little boys. It’s all fun and it goes wayyyyy to fast.
I’m 100% girly girl.Think Elle Woods in “Legally Blonde.: And I had a little boy — it’s like getting a secret skeleton key to the guys’ club; it’s getting the pin number to the chromosome account. It’s exploring uncharted territory in a mysterious land. Little boys and big boys are the most fun and fascinating creatures. No one made me laugh so much as boys. And their storybooks and toys — big fun!